Stitching your two posts together into one reply as coherently as I can!
For some reason I seemed to miss your post on 2nd Oct?
I've got the 1st oscillator operating according to the manual (55.5 for 0 and 84.5 for 29 indicated); there is a slight mistracking but it's not too bad.
I assume that this is measured with a frequency counter at TP401?
In the manual which I managed to find on the net, it mentions to use a buffer amplifier between the counter and TP401, are you using a buffer?
If not, the lead from the counter could be loading the oscillator. So when you adjust the oscillator and then disconnect the counter, the oscillator runs at a higher frequency than you expect. Which ties in with your next statement:
Now back to what seems to be the main problem: everything is shifted up 3 Mhz. When I tune to 2.000 MHz on the radio I'm picking up WWV @ 5.000 MHz. When I tune to 7.000 MHz I pick up WWV @ 10.000 and when I tune to 12.000 MHz I pick up WWV @ 15.000 MHz.
The preselector is correct for the WWV freqs; that is if the radio is tuned to 7.000, I must tune the preselector to 10.000 to pick up WWV. If I tune the preselector to match the indicated freq then I pick up nothing anywhere.
Which appears to confirm that the Mhz oscillator is running high in frequency.
I've scoped the oscillator and it's amplitude is ~33mV @ 55.5 MHz but goes down to ~12 mV @ 84.5 MHz. I'm not sure if that can be leveled out or if it even matters.
Dont worry about it. Also, what is the bandwidth of the scope? If it is less than 100Mhz, the diplayed amplitude will be lower.
I did a lot of checking of the MHz oscillator and noticed that I could never reach 84.5 MHz (29 MHz on the readout) and then I noticed that TC401 was totally open so I need a little less capacitance. C401 is in parallel with TC401 and checking C401 I notced that it was actually 2 caps in parallel - a 150 pF + 30 pF which would of course give 180 pF but since I needed less capacitance I removed the 30 pF and now I can get to 84.5 and tracking is fairly good with the IF's peaking fairly close to each MHz readout.
Hmm, a major assault on the oscillator!
I cant help but think that you are loading the oscillator with the counter so that it is running at a lower frequency, as I said above.
For a test, see if you can hear WWV or anything else for that matter on the correct 1 Mhz segment by leaving the counter connected to the oscillator.
If you do, I suggest that you restore the oscillator circuit, build the buffer amplifier and try again.
JimB