Well, unexpected follow up....? I was funning FT8 on 40m last night.? I had JTDX and gridtracker running, but they weren't controlling the radio (mode was set to FT8, not Digital).? So I was watching the maps to get squares that I need.? But then I wasn't getting
anyone back at all.? My brother who lives about 20miles away contacted me, and it logged, but halfway through I realized that there was 0W output displayed on the screen.? So I went out to the garage and watched it show that the output is 0, the tuner said
something like .1w.? It was only drawing about 1amp current from the power supply on TX.? So it appears I've cooked the finals somehow.? This morning I tested the sense diodes (while still in the pcb, do I need to pull them out first?) and they showed ~.3v
forward, and ~1v in reverse.? How do I test the mosfets?
I did run git stash/pull and ./update, but that didn't change anything.?
It looks like it's modulating, on FT8 and 2-Tone testing, but no power is getting out.?
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Sounds good, I'll give that a go tonight.?
hmmm.... Actually, you've reminded me of something.? When I export the log to adi and upload to LotW, it complains that one of my entries is ignored due to errors.? I'll have to look at that entry tonight.
Jeff,
I had my sBitx log open while operating FT8 mode from sBitx over several days and didn't encounter any issues.?
You may need to perform a git stash and git pull then compile with
./update
There may be an issue with the sqlite database or a file on your local copy.
-JJ
