Re: V12 RF Board
Display freezes buttons and encoders stop working. Do you have some extra Audio Hat extender boards? I would like a few. Tim W4YN
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Tim
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#6025
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Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Display driver board reality
Sorry Phil, I have no idea now. Never bothered keeping records. Should have as there seem to be muliple versions. I just ordered the 5" in the minimum configuration suggested on the group. Glenn vk3pe
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Glenn P
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#6024
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Re: Conductive Paint
*** I had to look that up. How can a big square have the same resistance as a little one? It's because as you add length - increasing the resistance - you also add width - decreasing it. - Jerry,
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jerry-KF6VB
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#6023
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Re: Conductive Paint
The resistance of a flat surface is called sheet resistance, measured in ohms per square. Not square inches or square cm, just per square. After that, it looks like things get complicated. The amount
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Wes Plouff
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#6022
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Re: Conductive Paint
Copper tape is one of the better ways to shield. Solderability is a feature you won¡¯t get with aqua-dag or silver-dag, and these paintable solutions are quite costly, meant more for small areas with
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Roland Williams
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#6021
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Re: V12 RF Board
Hey Tim¡ when you say it shuts down¡ what do you mean? The signal stops or the power goes off? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ Owner - Operator
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K9HZ
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#6020
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Re: V12 RF Board
My bad I had left off Jumpers 18 and 19. I can now rx fine, but only for short period then it shuts down. Not up long enough to do RX calibration. Tim W4YN
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Tim
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#6019
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Re: Conductive Paint
** Yeah, the attenuation for the cheap carbon stuff doesn't look too good around 20M. I bought a roll of self-stick copper tape that claims that their adhesive is conductive. I figure I can put that
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jerry-KF6VB
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#6018
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Re: Conductive Paint
Have a look at msg #5998 from Chris Corcoran¡ He shows a number of plots that show the resistance of the coating. You can use that to figure out the attenuation for the coating. Dr. William J.
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K9HZ
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#6017
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Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Calibrate S meter?
Hmm - at 14.2 MHz with the gen set to -72dBm ( as low as it'll go without an external attenuator ), I'm seeing just a hair under S9. Not bad! 7.2Mhz - just a hair under S8. Well, on that band the BPF
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jerry-KF6VB
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#6016
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Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Calibrate S meter?
I didn't say that right. The calibration of the s-meter sets the ZERO point (well... -73 db point) on the meter. That is the intercept of the equation for "S" units. You also have to calibrate (eg
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K9HZ
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Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Calibrate S meter?
Yeah and make sure you do it with the attenuator at ZERO! THEN go ahead and calibrate the RX attenuation control. Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ
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K9HZ
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#6014
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Re: Conductive Paint
I am probably oversimplifying something I may not fully understand but is there a general rule of thumb for knowing if a material may be suitable? ? Such as if it measures x ohms per square cm or
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Doug W
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Re: Calibrate S meter?
Yeah¡ we need a calibration procedure for this too¡ Looks like you have volunteered Jerry! Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ Owner - Operator Big
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K9HZ
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#6012
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Calibrate S meter?
I was just doing this for one of my other radios, and wondered: Is the S meter display on the T41 calibrated? S9 is defined as -73dBm, or 50 microvolts @ 50 ohms. I think I'll try it out with a signal
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jerry-KF6VB
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#6011
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Re: V12 RF Board
That is on the ¡°TO DO¡± list. Since this is an open/ community project¡ I would ask that someone with a working radio¡ please step up¡ do this as a contribution to the project if¡ people
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K9HZ
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#6010
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V12 RF Board
I see lots of test points on the RF board, is there a list of expected voltages and signal data for each point somewhere? Trying to trouble shoot my RF board issues. Tim W4YN
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Tim
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#6009
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Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Excessive Noise
I¡¯ve never had noise from an on-board source, but that doesn¡¯t mean it couldn¡¯t happen. There is probably a solder bridge somewhere that is causing this¡ but keep it simple¡ to hone in on
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K9HZ
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#6008
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Re: Conductive Paint
I suspect you could spray a cheap clear coating over the top with no degradation of the graphene coating to solve the transfer problem. 20 Ohms is very low for a paint-on coating. The silver coating
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K9HZ
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#6007
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Re: Conductive Paint
I have checked adhesion to PLA+ with Rustins and it adheres very well. I was very surprised by the conductivity which was around 20 Ohms for 35mm x 35mm surface area. I would add that the graphene
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John
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