You are right, Stephen. Just pushing the PTT button on the microphone while in SSB would not show a carrier or signal unless one talked into the mic . On CW, though, if the finals are working, along with the rest of the circuit, RF would show up on the watt-meter if the PTT button is pushed and it's all working. This would eliminate many possibilities.
Bob ¡ª KK5R
On Sunday, July 12, 2020, 4:23:15 PM EDT, Stephen KO4CVU <goinfishin1952@...> wrote:
Aaron, First, don¡¯t get discouraged. Have you tried putting the uBITX in CW mode and pushing the PTT button on the microphone with the watt meter connected? Start out on the 80 or 40 meter bands first. Does the TX light come on? Can you heard a relay click? Have you tried another microphone yet? I replaced mine with a CB microphone having a built-in preamplifier. It made a tremendous difference in power output for the phone mode. I¡¯ll let other folks chime in with more technical troubleshooting advice now. Stephen
Bob Lunsford