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Re: my digital tc tuner



Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Yes, multiturn pots are our friend with a TCT. I use the Bournes p/n 3540S-1-103. This is not a trimmer pot, but a good quality 2W pot. The power rating is not the reason to use it. It's the mechanical structure of the pot that makes it perfect for replacement in the TCT. It's high quality so spendy ($13), but it's worth it and makes a great replacement for the 10k pot in Terry's TCT (or anyone's tuner). Terry's pot had a switch off position (audio taper). To use the multiturn pot, just install a separate little on/off switch.

Take care,
Bart

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Original poster: "CajunCoiler" <cajuncoiler@xxxxxxxxxxx>


10-turn pots are good.
10-turn pots can be our friend. :)


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> Original poster: "claudio masetto" <claudmas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> I did the same thing a while back. Works great. Use a 10 turn pot for
> easier adjustment.
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> Claude.
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> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:30 PM
> Subject: my digital tc tuner
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> >Original poster: Ben Buxton <bb@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> >Until now, I have been tuning my coil with Terry's TCT and a
> >multimeter to accurately measure the resulting resonant frequency. I
> >decided I wanted to make something a little more self contained so I
> >decided to combine it with a PIC based frequency counter.
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> >This is my resulting device:
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> >http://au.cactii.net/~bb/tesla/dtct.jpg
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> >So now I just adjust the dial until the LED goes bright (sec) or dim
> >(pri), then I can read the frequency off the display for < ~1KHz accuracy.
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> >I used this frequency counter circuit (variant 1):
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> >http://www.qsl.net/dl4yhf/freq_counter/freq_counter.html
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> >Chosen mostly because it uses an LED display - goes much better
> >aesthetically with a TC than LCD IMHO. :)
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> >The main concept involves having both circuits on the one board,
> >then just joining the output of the TC oscillator to the input of
> >the PIC (via a 2k resistor).
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> >It's built on prototyping board, so no neat layout, but if anyone
> >wants more details, just ask.
> >
> >Ben
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