DX-40/VF1 chirp?

[Steve and Anne Ray]

Years ago I had a VF1 and used a Globe Scout 680, it chriped also.  The
solution was a separate power supply made out of a old TV set power
transformer and regulating the voltage through a Voltage Regulator tube.
73,


Steve Ray K4JPN ex K1VKW HW-101, HW-8,
SWL 30-40, Pixie II, NC 38S, OHR 100A 30 M and Heath Kit fan


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Berry <basalop at GTE.NET>
Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 11:35 AM
Subject: DX-40/VF1 chirp?


>Hello Heathens,
>
>I got out my trusty old DX-40 and hooked it up.  What a nice rig.  I hooked
>up a VF-1 VFO also, but the chirp is horrid.  I could get away with it on
80
>meters, but 40 and up it really sounds awful. If I had a fist full of
xtals,
>I would be tempted to just run it that way, but I have only one and it is
>3722 Kcs.
>
>I am cathode keying the VF-1 and DX-40 at the same time and am QSK.  Sure,
>cathode keying is not the best way to go, nor is keying the VFO.  I thought
>maybe I could try the VF-1 on a separate supply instead of running it off
>the DX-40, but I am not sure that would tame it down that much.
>
>Anyhow, was wondering what you folks might suggest.  Sure would like to use
>the VFO, but can't have it oscillating when the key is up.
>
>73 Jim K7SLI
>

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