Freq Switch Additional Uses

[POLEWAGGER]

While doing some precision ground balance testing in the coin garden today, I made an interesting discovery that I haven't heard mentioned anywhere else.
Switching the freq to the right has the same effect as adding a touch positive GB. Switching to the left makes it a touch neg. If you set your GB perfectly neutral in the center position, then you can quickly bump it pos or neg with a flip of a switch.
This could be enough to make a difference on a C with internal GB to get optimum depth if your internal setting is a bit off. Check your GB on your C! It should be able to hit hard on a dime @8".

 

[Larry (IL)]

Thanks for the tip, I will have to give that a try.

 

[DiggerDug]

Just tried it and it seems to work. I had GB'ed the Cibola with the trimmer neutral last time out and just checked a dime and it picks up better with the toggle to the left. Cool, thanks for the info.

 

[BarberBill]

Interesting. I'll try that with the Conquistador and the Eldorado

 

[SkiWhiz]

I was thinking about your post this morning and had to get my Conquistador

 

[POLEWAGGER]

Glad to be of assistance!
I think my investigational skills can sometimes make up for my retarded learning curve

 

[johnnywayne]

Intresting. I'll have to tests this out never actually have to use the freg. shift for anything might come in handy now.

 

[tater-tots]

good information, thanks

 

[litrfree]

Dear Pollewager,

may I ask you, do you have idea for tuning GB in disk mode for VAQ? I did do it for my LST, its solved, and now I am looking for "aggressiving" my Vaquero. If you have any links for diagrams or for other useful info, I will very pleasure.....

Thank you

litrfree

 

[SkiWhiz]

Dear Pollewager,

may I ask you, do you have idea for tuning GB in disk mode for VAQ? I did do it for my LST, its solved, and now I am looking for "aggressiving" my Vaquero. If you have any links for diagrams or for other useful info, I will very pleasure.....

Thank you

litrfree

Not sure if "power balancing" can be done with a Vaquero, but might be of help to search and read over Monte's power balancing posts.

 

[POLEWAGGER]

Dear Pollewager,

may I ask you, do you have idea for tuning GB in disk mode for VAQ? I did do it for my LST, its solved, and now I am looking for "aggressiving" my Vaquero. If you have any links for diagrams or for other useful info, I will very pleasure.....

Thank you

litrfree

Not sure if "power balancing" can be done with a Vaquero, but might be of help to search and read over Monte's power balancing posts.

That motivates me to do another test to see if power balancing will be equal to my freq2 method, and if one or the other is "better" for depth and silent running.

 

[litrfree]

Dear Pollewager,

may I ask you, do you have idea for tuning GB in disk mode for VAQ? I did do it for my LST, its solved, and now I am looking for "aggressiving" my Vaquero. If you have any links for diagrams or for other useful info, I will very pleasure.....

Thank you

litrfree

Not sure if "power balancing" can be done with a Vaquero, but might be of help to search and read over Monte's power balancing posts.

.... yes, of course, influence is. I red and know and have been use PB Monte

 

[allcav]

I just tested this method of Power balancing. I will tell you it is off 1/8th a turn. This also lost depth when we did this as well. Ill agree it is easier to ground balance this way. I would so that after you power balanced, go to the all-metal mode and check it and get it perfect or you will loose depth and possible targets!

 

[POLEWAGGER]

I just tested this method of Power balancing. I will tell you it is off 1/8th a turn. This also lost depth when we did this as well. Ill agree it is easier to ground balance this way. I would so that after you power balanced, go to the all-metal mode and check it and get it perfect or you will loose depth and possible targets!

Thank you for checking that!
I think the most beneficial use of the freq switch, besides it's "intended" use would be to get a better balance for Cibola when encountering mildly changing conditions.
I would assume that as long as the GB is set right, freq1 is always going to be the deepest since the inductive field is strongest on freq1? If this is the case, I'll always do "power balancing" on freq1 for max performance.
I think it might sell more C's if the extra benefits of the freq switch were known. Have you guys thought of this previously? I haven't heard anybody else mention the relationship between the freq switch and GB. I assume this was my "discovery"?
Thanks again!