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Originally Posted by vortalexfan
A little update, I hooked up the 1076 to the antenna terminals on the TV and sure enough you were right the first time, Channel 3 pointing up to the 12:00 position was indeed the correct position because as soon as I tuned the tuner to that position the 1076 came in loud and clear, it was just a matter of me having the tuner in the wrong position the whole time.  |
Very interesting. While the 1076 is a great trouble shooting tool, don't go so far as to assume it's an ideal frequency standard. But once you've established what's what, you can fine tune any channels local oscillator to whatever signal source you're wanting to watch. Essentially you're shifting the tuners's mixer IF output to accommodate whatever state of alignment your IF is at. The local oscillator can tune over a broader range, while the IF is optimized for a relatively narrow response.