Galaxy Saturn Freq Counter

[johnboy2729]

My Saturn's frequency counter is on frequency, but one of the leds is out, making an 8 look like a 0.

Can the lights be changed out/ can I get another freq counter installed?
Or will I just have to deal with it? lol

-Any answers a good answer.
Thanks

John Boy

 

[guy martin]

The LED digit is all that needs to be changed assuming the segment is burnt out. Other possibilities are a cold solder joint on the LED pin or the chips output that turns on the segment has a problem. My guess is the LED digit needs to be changed.

 

[johnboy2729]

Thanks so much. Sounds like an easy fix.

 

[c316buckeye]

would an external freq counter for a galaxy 949 plug into the fc board inside the Saturn if the segment fix didn't work?

 

[nomadradio]

Should.

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[Ranch55]

It is not a frequency counter.......
It is only a frequency display.....It does not count frequency......

 

[brandon7861]

Last seen 16 years ago. Not sure we will ever know if the segment fix worked.

 

[nomadradio]

does not count frequency.

Sure it does, just with some added arithmetic. Discovered an odd quirk in the Galaxy FC-390 external 'display' a while back. Has two wires to select the IF offset, For AM, leave both wires alone. For USB, feed 8 Volts to the yellow wire. For LSB the orange wire. IF you feed both wires, the offset changes to zero, and it becomes a straight frequency counter. Definitely an undocumented feature.

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