06-26-2023, 11:59 AM
Given my experience, anything digital (synthesizer) is good.
Those old tube jobs, while give you the warm feeling "hey, look at me, I am an old school radio tech", in fact do not work well, are not stable, have error between what you set and what you get, and require therefore the use of frequency counter. Which weill tell you that your signal is drifting.
One piece of advice: some folks complain of solid state SG outputs sometimes getting damaged by connnecting them to tubes inputs due to some potential kept by capacitors.
I avoided that by simply connecting back-to-back small voltage zeners right across the SG output (I made an insert for a BNC cable). This will limit any spike to safe levels.
Those old tube jobs, while give you the warm feeling "hey, look at me, I am an old school radio tech", in fact do not work well, are not stable, have error between what you set and what you get, and require therefore the use of frequency counter. Which weill tell you that your signal is drifting.
One piece of advice: some folks complain of solid state SG outputs sometimes getting damaged by connnecting them to tubes inputs due to some potential kept by capacitors.
I avoided that by simply connecting back-to-back small voltage zeners right across the SG output (I made an insert for a BNC cable). This will limit any spike to safe levels.
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