What tools and test equipment are needed to align radio equipment?
All of our transmitter and receiver kits require alignment after construction. Even if you buy factory built equipment, you should have tuning tools in case you want to do alignment at some point? On synthesized units, frequency can be changed up to two MHz without retuning coils, but for a larger frequency change, some re-peaking of tuned circuits is required for optimization. The new style coils we use take a special .060 inch square tip tool, and you can break the slugs by using a tool which doesn’t fit properly. The A28 coil tool is $6.00. The A2 capacitor alignment tool is $6.00. These tools are rugged; so you will probably never wear them out. Some of our newest products use hex slots or miniature coils, and they use the A1 Trituner tool, which is $6.00. Test equipment required for alignment is about what you would expect. In addition to a dc voltmeter, receivers require a stable, accurate signal generator for the channel frequency and the 10.7 MHz if frequency. Transmitters requ
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