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Old 27th May 2023, 6:38 pm   #15
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Default Re: Add a test for microphony to your valve tester

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Originally Posted by FrankB View Post
G6Tanuki- The 100 cycles is what most of the U.S. vibrators operate at. Supposedly that is filtered out. Not always though.
This issue was mechanically conducted vibration wobbulating the local oscillator. Which meant listening to SSB or CW was a horrible experience.

I looked at the LO on a speccy, it was producing a 'carrier' about 400Hz wide on 14MHz.

Testing for microphony is frequency dependent!!
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