To be clear, by lack of audio, I mean that there is no reception at all. In most videos I see online, there is a ¡°noise¡± that¡¯s heard. So I assumed I might have done something wrong¡ I mean without tweaking the BFO. Or am I understanding this wrong?
for eg upon assembly and adding a rudimentary antenna, I expect there to be some noise at ham frequencies? Not blaming the device! Just trying to figure this out!
Regards,
prashanth?
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Maybe I misunderstood something but my V6 did not work correctly until I reset the BFO. This was a year ago. ?The instructions were adequate for a 77 year old ham to figure it out without too much pain. ?Also, has to make a mod to get it to work with CW. ?I am still using the original firmware. ?I used a KiWiSDR 70 miles away to listen to myself as I changed things ever so slightly. Now I have a neat radio to play with for $206.00 from India. ?
It might be helpful to lock the BFO settings. ?It might have been something else but adjusting the BFO fixed it for me.
If it ain¡¯t broke break it so I can fix it¡..Ha!
Dave K8WPE? David J. Wilcox¡¯s iPad
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? The ubitx comes factory set with the bfo and clock. There is some unfounded feeling that it needs to be tweaked, resulting in unusable ubitxes. The enclosed note in the box too warns against it. I would suspect a suboptimal antenna in your case. There are a number of other tests to carry out before messing up with the bfo settings. If you are a new ham, there are few ways to mess up your ubitxes. The worst way is to try setting the bfo. Unfortunately, this is buttressed by many experienced hams talking about their exploits with the bfo settings. I think we should consider a new arduino sketch that takes away the ability to change the bfo settings. - f Dear friends,
I am a new ham from south India. I assembled the ubitx v6.1 few months back. I have connected a receiving antenna (for now a length of wire for recieving/testing). When I switch it on, the panel lights up as expected and displays all options as expected. I keep the volume dial at max but hear nothing/not even noise. I have looked online already at the BFO alignment video tutorial provided by hfsignals, but in those videos too, the unit is producing some noise. Can anyone point me to possible leads/solutions???
Regards,
Prashanth
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The ubitx comes factory set with the bfo and clock. There is some unfounded feeling that it needs to be tweaked, resulting in unusable ubitxes. The enclosed note in the box too warns against it. I would suspect a suboptimal antenna in your case. There are a number of other tests to carry out before messing up with the bfo settings. If you are a new ham, there are few ways to mess up your ubitxes. The worst way is to try setting the bfo. Unfortunately, this is buttressed by many experienced hams talking about their exploits with the bfo settings. I think we should consider a new arduino sketch that takes away the ability to change the bfo settings. - f
Dear friends,
I am a new ham from south India. I assembled the ubitx v6.1 few months back. I have connected a receiving antenna (for now a length of wire for recieving/testing). When I switch it on, the panel lights up as expected and displays all options as expected. I keep the volume dial at max but hear nothing/not even noise. I have looked online already at the BFO alignment video tutorial provided by hfsignals, but in those videos too, the unit is producing some noise. Can anyone point me to possible leads/solutions???
Regards,
Prashanth
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Dear friends,
I am a new ham from south India. I assembled the ubitx v6.1 few months back. I have connected a receiving antenna (for now a length of wire for recieving/testing). When I switch it on, the panel lights up as expected and displays all options as expected. I keep the volume dial at max but hear nothing/not even noise. I have looked online already at the BFO alignment video tutorial provided by hfsignals, but in those videos too, the unit is producing some noise. Can anyone point me to possible leads/solutions???
Regards,
Prashanth
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All:
First, I posted this to multiple sites to tell you NOT to buy something. Let me explain.
Al and I have been discussing our book and have planned changes for it to the extent that we are going to do a revised edition, not one that just corrects typos and the like. The normal procedure followed by publishers is to put the revised edition of the shelves first and then tell everyone about it. That way sales don't dry up before the revised edition comes out. That's not right, especially with the Holidays coming up. If you were planning on giving the T41 book as a gift, take a 5x3 card and write on it that, if they still want the book when the new edition comes out (March 1st, we hope),? they will get the revised edition of the book.
We have both learned a lot in the months since the book first came out. We want to pass that new and more in-depth information on to the reader. I am taking a fresh look at the software from the perspective of not only telling what a certain piece of code does, but will try to point out how you can modify the code for reuse. There are lots of functions that might be useful in other applications, too. There are software/hardware blends that will be covered, too.
We're always asked: "Should I buy a new copy of the book?" I almost always say "No" on revised or new editions. Most new editions have only minor changes to the subject material. While we do expect to plow new ground in the revised edition, If you already have a copy, stick with that for now. See what the reviews says after the new book has been out for a while.
So, if you're thinking about buying the book, hold off for now. We think it will be worth the wait.
Jack, W8TEE
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Oscar, I am readying a new push. Give me until monday. - f
On Sat, Dec 3, 2022, 7:17 AM Oscar < kp4rf@...> wrote:
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I just install a RTC clock on the SBITX falowing the PA Ugrade kit instructions at the clock I2C. The question is, there is a SBITX software upgrade for the RTC to operate properlly? Is so where I can dowload it? By the way I already install
the lates software from the .
Thanks
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Dear Farhan
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I just install a RTC clock on the SBITX falowing the PA Ugrade kit instructions at the clock I2C. The question is, there is a SBITX software upgrade for the RTC to operate properlly? Is so where I can dowload it? By the way I already install
the lates software from the .
Thanks
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73
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I have fully assembled/tested SBITX with PI-4, screen, and microphone. Serial number 38.
Receiver works great and have never transmitted.
Since I am a software person I shy away from many hardware projects.? I offer for sale
at what I paid $499 shipped in the USA.? I will also include the update kit when it arrives.
Reach me direct at w2ctx @ yahoo.com
Ron
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Re: #sbitx upgrade kit 2 is on the way
#sBitx
Looking forward to the update. Things were going to fast for met to keep up with and I'm still working on the uBITX V5 LOL.?
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I vote for Bars on the Air!
How about beaches on the air? I do lots of operating by the ocean and may join this group:
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> On 12/01/2022 2:46 PM Bruce W4BRU <w4bru@...> wrote:
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> Why not; the British have Churches and Chapels on the Air,
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How about beaches on the air? I do lots of operating by the ocean and may join this group:
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Why not; the British have Churches and Chapels on the Air, https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2015/06/05/churches-chapels-air-2/
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From: Doug WSent: Thursday, December 1, 2022 12:25 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [BITX20] uBITX v6 Microphone #microphone #ubitxv6-help ? On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 07:14 AM, Don, ND6T wrote: Here is a link to some of what I have done:
Don's work and drawings always impress me.? If he were to publish a coffee table book with all of his drawings I would buy it in a heartbeat!
I went more chainsaw than scalpel...
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On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 07:14 AM, Don, ND6T wrote:
Here is a link to some of what I have done:
Don's work and drawings always impress me.? If he were to publish a coffee table book with all of his drawings I would buy it in a heartbeat! I went more chainsaw than scalpel...  ? --
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Re: [QRPLabs] Lakes On The Air?
PAINTSVILLE (KY) HAS A PARK AND PICK-NICK AREA BESIDE IT. (KY has many state parks beside lakes)
?I have forwarded the original message to the (Paintsville) club president as a good idea. To connect it to our hobby, it would be another good idea (I believe) to make it like a contest or, at least, to issue a special QSL card for those who operate QRP/solar/battery power.
Bob KK5R
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 09:44:09 AM EST, Jack, W8TEE via groups.io <jjpurdum@...> wrote:
Hi Jim:
I would love it if you'd start the ball rolling. I would not want to "force" the rule of actually being on the water, as that might force some people who want to participate into buying some (unsafe) inflatable watercraft. Rather, I would like to see some measure "from the water's edge" being used as the criteria. Most of the others rules could be adopted from other OTA's.
When the T41 project ends, I can do some programming although I haven't done much web programming since a lot of it is done in Java, and I'm not a fan. (Java is C with training wheels.)
I think the first order of business is to register a web site and draw up a set of "rules" for an activation. Keep me posted on your plans.
Jack, W8TEE
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 01:15:32 AM EST, Jim Manley <jim.manley.mscs@...> wrote:
Hi Jack, et al,
My resend attempts have all failed and I now realize that it¡¯s the Groups.io e-mail reply formatter that¡¯s screwing me, not (just?) GMail.? However, what do I expect for ¡°free¡± (not counting the buck-two-eighty value of my personal information!)?
The software developers at those places each get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but given the lack of visible changes, let alone improvements, in their services for upwards of a decade-plus, I have to ask what, exactly, they¡¯re being paid to do?
Anywaaay, Lakes(/Waterways?) On The Air suggests to me being _on_ a lake/waterway, along with the public interface being paramount in POTA and SOTA.? However, most boaters aren¡¯t usually very interested in other boats being in proximity, especially if they¡¯re near their favorite secret fishing spots.? Another problematic situation is when someone is into waterskiing at the time, and maxed-out boat racing would be a real challenge!
I suppose the 19th-hole equivalent in boating is around boat docks/ramps, at least for those who haven¡¯t yet made too big a dent in the contents of their coolers.? A fortunate coincidence is that the largest fishing poles are often used to deploy portable antennas in remote environments, especially for SOTA, where practitioners are often thousands of feet in elevation above treelines.? I can see a L/WOTA participant deployed on a craft that would put a Soviet/Russian signals intercept ¡°trawler¡± to shame!
Being the salty nautical dude that I am with well over half a century of boating and shipboard deployments all over the planet, long and deep experience developing and operating large data collection and processing systems (you may have heard of someplace nicknamed No Such Agency), and lots of experience in data sources for terrain and waterways mapping, charting, and geodesy (which covers natural and human-made lakes, rivers, canals, etc.), I¡¯ll volunteer to kick off the L/WOTA community infrastructure.? I¡¯ll talk to fellow POTA and SOTA organization folks for shortcuts and other pointers to help achieve rapid success.
Is that enough penance for my cute reply to your original question, Jack?
Jim ?KJ7JHE
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On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 11:07 AM, Doug W wrote:
At the risk of sounding overly pedantic, do you mean operating on a lake or from the shore?
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 11:30 AM, Jack, W8TEE wrote:
you must operate 50' or less from the water's edge
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Re: [QRPLabs] Lakes On The Air?
Hi Jim:
I would love it if you'd start the ball rolling. I would not want to "force" the rule of actually being on the water, as that might force some people who want to participate into buying some (unsafe) inflatable watercraft. Rather, I would like to see some measure "from the water's edge" being used as the criteria. Most of the others rules could be adopted from other OTA's.
When the T41 project ends, I can do some programming although I haven't done much web programming since a lot of it is done in Java, and I'm not a fan. (Java is C with training wheels.)
I think the first order of business is to register a web site and draw up a set of "rules" for an activation. Keep me posted on your plans.
Jack, W8TEE
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 01:15:32 AM EST, Jim Manley <jim.manley.mscs@...> wrote:
Hi Jack, et al,
My resend attempts have all failed and I now realize that it¡¯s the Groups.io e-mail reply formatter that¡¯s screwing me, not (just?) GMail.? However, what do I expect for ¡°free¡± (not counting the buck-two-eighty value of my personal information!)?
The software developers at those places each get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but given the lack of visible changes, let alone improvements, in their services for upwards of a decade-plus, I have to ask what, exactly, they¡¯re being paid to do?
Anywaaay, Lakes(/Waterways?) On The Air suggests to me being _on_ a lake/waterway, along with the public interface being paramount in POTA and SOTA.? However, most boaters aren¡¯t usually very interested in other boats being in proximity, especially if they¡¯re near their favorite secret fishing spots.? Another problematic situation is when someone is into waterskiing at the time, and maxed-out boat racing would be a real challenge!
I suppose the 19th-hole equivalent in boating is around boat docks/ramps, at least for those who haven¡¯t yet made too big a dent in the contents of their coolers.? A fortunate coincidence is that the largest fishing poles are often used to deploy portable antennas in remote environments, especially for SOTA, where practitioners are often thousands of feet in elevation above treelines.? I can see a L/WOTA participant deployed on a craft that would put a Soviet/Russian signals intercept ¡°trawler¡± to shame!
Being the salty nautical dude that I am with well over half a century of boating and shipboard deployments all over the planet, long and deep experience developing and operating large data collection and processing systems (you may have heard of someplace nicknamed No Such Agency), and lots of experience in data sources for terrain and waterways mapping, charting, and geodesy (which covers natural and human-made lakes, rivers, canals, etc.), I¡¯ll volunteer to kick off the L/WOTA community infrastructure.? I¡¯ll talk to fellow POTA and SOTA organization folks for shortcuts and other pointers to help achieve rapid success.
Is that enough penance for my cute reply to your original question, Jack?
Jim ?KJ7JHE
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The Worked All Lakes award seems a tad daunting...
Jack, W8TEE
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 08:04:09 AM EST, Dennis Zabawa <denniszabawa@...> wrote:
How Many Lakes Are There in the United States? According to the National Lakes Assessment, there are?111,819 lakes?in the United States. Of that number, more than half (58,700) are natural lakes.
-- Jack, W8TEE
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