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Old 24th May 2009, 5:53 pm   #1
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Default AVO All Wave Oscillator

I have a hunch that my AVO is not working properly. I have an output. The problem I think, is that I can't adjust the output level with the multiplier and output slide wire control. How would you test it ? I have a scope.
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Old 24th May 2009, 6:24 pm   #2
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Hello David,
Do you have the Handbook ? Cant remember if I obtained mine as a free download off this site or BAMA.
If you experience trouble downloading it, let me have your email address in a PM, and I'll try & send you a pdf attachment.
Sounds like a dodgy switch.

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Old 24th May 2009, 6:49 pm   #3
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Default Re: AVO All Wave Oscillator

Thanks David. Yes, I do have the manual. Hope it's not the switch ! I think the best thing I can do, is plug it into the scope and report back what I see. I'm a bit of a novice, so it may even be working properly !
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Probably best to put a 56ohm resistor across the 'scope input to load the generator output. If the generator output is calibrated in volts or millivolts, the figures should be roughly equal to 1/3 of the peak to peak voltage on the 'scope. (1/(2*root2) to be precise)

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Old 24th May 2009, 9:06 pm   #5
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David, Set your scope's "Yamp"'s mV/Div to 5mV, and your Osc to x10 & 500micro-volts, at say 500hz. Then set your scope's t/base to 2mS, and you should be seeing some nice sinewaves. Use the "fine" controls on your scope to ge a steady display, then change your Osc to x100, and see if you need to adjust your scope's Yamp accordingly.
Have you got a bnc connector(same as on the scope's i/p) on your osc ? Or just the old-fashioned crock clips on the end of a lead ?
Each x10 change in Ocs o/p & freq should be correspondingly matched by changing your scope's mV/Div & timebase to maintain a sinewave within a chosen cm square, or number of squares on the graticule. If you have a double beam scope - feed a signal of known freq & amplitude(internal 1Khz calib.?) into Y1, and the Osc into Y2 and compare.
I think that the internal oscillator's(V1) max o/p is actually 1V, and is then attenuated down to less than 500microvolts by the switch & pot. You'll need the scope's probe & crock clip to carry out tests internally. Be careful.

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Old 25th May 2009, 6:39 pm   #6
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O.K. All is now well. The range switch was to blame on range 5. All checked out well on the scope. Thank you for the guidance David.
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