https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/fd2780be-8c96-4fec-909e-e528ec600f31 The more kilohertz you shift a crystal in a VXO circuit the more prone it becomes to instability including parasitic oscillations. This video shows the effect of oscillator instability in a homebrew superhet receiver and how the use of damping resistors can cure it. This video is part 2 of a 3 part series starting with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KgUy_MTBs8 Part 3 is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN_2YBu0r7A PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube,, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv, or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Wed, 06 May 2026 02:13:12 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/fd2780be-8c96-4fec-909e-e528ec600f31 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.