Re: replacing V2 board with V3 ???? DOES NOT DROP IN
Bill,
I'm not sure whats going on. I noticed you have SN 0045, mine was a V2 radio also, SN 0042 so built at the same time yours was and my new V3 board just dropped in very easy. Maybe the heat ink
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Joel Caulkins/N6ALT
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#113748
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Re: replacing V2 board with V3 ???? DOES NOT DROP IN
AND? what is the purpose of the 2 screws on the "new flange" on the back of the heatsink ,? screws facing out ????
looks like a hacksaw ,,,,,coming soon???? how appropriate HACKsaw.
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bill steffey NY9H <ny9h@...>
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Re: replacing V2 board with V3 ???? DOES NOT DROP IN
I GOT THE v3.02 ? BOARD KIT TODAY.
The V# board heat sink is offset from the enclosure cutout .... OOPS ///
do I need to take off the outputs,,, and take the sink off and mount the sink from the
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bill steffey NY9H <ny9h@...>
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Re: A long long video on building feedback amplifiers
That was a very informative video. I'm primed to try some ugly construction for the first time (more or less) since I build the Ugly Weekender back around 1999.
I wonder if anyone happens to have the
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Nick Kennedy
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Re: any hints on replacing V2 board with V3 ????
Sure Gyula, ? original finals in the V2 were an issue. ?Had an initial failure running FT-8 on 10m at about 50% power. ? At the time the power supply was a 30A non current limited unit. ?I
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Michael Saladino
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Re: any hints on replacing V2 board with V3 ????
Michael,
could you tell the forum readers why the final stage fets had to be replaced 4 times?
What antenna, what power supply did you use and in what modes did you use the device so that this could
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HA3HZ
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Re: any hints on replacing V2 board with V3 ????
I replaced my V2 with a V3 board.?? Moved the Pi4 over and used the new SD card.? Works great except for the V3 SWR not really reading.? I replaced the finals ( 4th time ) in my old V2 board with
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Michael Saladino
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Re: Anyone running V2 code on DE
Thanks Evan. I'll keep working at it!
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Mike KB2ML
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Mike Johnshoy
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Re: Anyone running V2 code on DE
Hello Mike.
There is an error in the final formula. The correct formula is
New Scale = Current Scale * (power setting/100 * desired max power)/Measured power
formula
Sorry for the error in copying
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Evan Hand
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Re: Anyone running V2 code on DE
Evan, I decided to try to level the max power output on my sbitxDE by adjusting the values in hw_settings.ini. I followed your example and built a spreadsheet. Following your example calculations I
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Mike Johnshoy
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Re: What is bitx23?
hey Charudatt,
I have clean simple 6 meter code you might want to look at...
writen on the raspi pico and a sh1107 1.3 oled.? it has alot to it . contact me a n4cnr.ham@... I figure if we
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Richard Neese
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Re: any hints on replacing V2 board with V3 ????
Bill,
Here is link to the TVS diodes, https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/bourns-inc/CDSOD323-T08C/3742081
Joel
N6ALT
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Joel Caulkins/N6ALT
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Re: any hints on replacing V2 board with V3 ????
Hey Bill,
One other thing I forgot to mention, you will have to move your Raspberry Pi over from the V2 board to the V3 board but that's easy, just four screws, also make sure to install the SD card
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Joel Caulkins/N6ALT
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Re: any hints on replacing V2 board with V3 ????
tnx Joel , that sound like my plan...
? ? what are the specs on the diodes used for clamping..????
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bill steffey NY9H <ny9h@...>
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Re: any hints on replacing V2 board with V3 ????
Hi Bill,
To answer your question, just take the V2 board out and install the V3 board in it's place. They are basically identical boards, the V3 board having IRF510s for finals instead of the
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Joel Caulkins/N6ALT
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Re: Reverse polarity protection on the sBitx?
#sBitx
#sBITX_v3
Gyula, good catch! I do have XT65s, I've just labeled them incorrectly in the schematic. But you are right in that I have them flipped, that's a quick fix.
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Jeff Duce
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any hints on replacing V2 board with V3 ????
expecting a board ( to get current ) ..... got tired of having to pay attention to all the conversations on mods....
guess I'm 50% appliance operator & DXer.
so you have any hints? , should be
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bill steffey NY9H <ny9h@...>
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Re: UHF SBIT
It would be interesting to incorporate a small UHF antenna directly into the sBitx, when and if it will support the band.
With a dedicated antenna socket, it could offer "off band" communications to
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IU0KVG
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Re: Advice and Opinions on the next iteration of the sBitx
sorry if already suggested, I guess I should have read the previous threads before...
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IU0KVG
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Re: Reverse polarity protection on the sBitx?
#sBitx
#sBITX_v3
Well, you just need four contacts, but I see your point.
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IU0KVG
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