Thanks Steve - Im sure your correct as 1003Hz would be the external 'closer" ref and 1023Hz (the rought typical I see for the dell) would be the "internal" - as you say quite why it boots in that order I dont know;
Its a mystery and liable to stay that way, but at least I know now to check when using the Icom R75 and Dell . Its going to be easier from late December as Im shoving in a GPS disiplined and divided down to by 2Khz comb from dc to light on the snapper; where Ill lock one of those for spectrumlabs and at least have a decent non shifting or iono'd scrambled reference to look at. Seems to work ok here in Okie so Ill shove it onto my sledge as I head North.
Hope the Alligators and bugs are leaving you alone.
Laurence KL7UK remote 5
ps Radio America maybe making a come back but Im still living on that old "check" I got...
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 20:16:59 +0000
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> Hi Laurence,
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> Just a stab: it's unlikely an oscillator is coming up on different
> frequencies but it may be that in one 'mode' it's using the USB device's
> clock and in the other cuddly Widnows is nicely using it's
> sample-rate-converter on you. How to make it stop doing that I don't
> know - boot order or such?
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