Raduino firmware upgrade instructions at
73 AL
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Re: BITX40 build for SOTA/POTA operation
I like all these antenna options, but I do have to find a way to operate w/o a tree. The MI parks ask people not to run anything up into trees because of concerns about moving parasites around. I am thinking the tenkara fishing rod option or possibly a magloop. Mag loops seem to get much simpler to build when you're talking QRP power (no vacuum capacitor needed).
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Raj,
thanks a lot, now it compiles too on my Pc,
Der Sketch verwendet 5882 Bytes (19%) des
Programmspeicherplatzes. Das Maximum sind 30720 Bytes.
Globale Variablen verwenden 592 Bytes (28%) des dynamischen
Speichers, 1456 Bytes f¨¹r lokale Variablen verbleiben. Das Maximum
sind 2048 Bytes.
so only 5,8 kB
thanks a lot!!
Am 07.11.2017 um 14:36 schrieb Raj
vu2zap:
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Henning,
I added these libs and it compiles as is..
I could not send this to the group so here are the dropbox links
Raj
At 07-11-2017, you wrote:
Michael,
after commenting out the two header files You stated below, I
had to
comment out a lot more lines, then it compiled, only 5 k of
code, see the
attached sketch. But i am not sure if this code will give a
working
result.
I got Your pcb, but have not populated it due to non existing
files i.e.
schematics, layout. I remember You sent it to me but momentarily
I can
not find these files...
Henning
Am 05.11.2017 um 22:06 schrieb Michael Hagen:
Probably these?
#include "si5351.h"
#include <Rotary.h>
Remember the complaint the
external SI
library eats memory?
That's why it is internal
on newer
versions.
Mike, WA6ISP
On 11/5/2017 1:00 PM, Henning Weddig via Groups.Io wrote:
yes, now it compiles:
"Build-Optionen wurden ver?¡èndert, alles wird neu kompiliert
Der Sketch verwendet 15464 Bytes (50%) des
Programmspeicherplatzes. Das
Maximum sind 30720 Bytes.
Globale Variablen verwenden 838 Bytes (40%) des dynamischen
Speichers,
1210 Bytes f??r lokale Variablen verbleiben. Das Maximum
sind 2048
Bytes."
but I am wondering why this sketch uses abouzt 50% of the
available
programm memory space !
Henning
Am 05.11.2017 um 21:54 schrieb Michael Hagen:
OK, comment out LCD.H
and
// LCD Backlight ON
//lcd.setBacklightPin(BACKLIGHT_PIN,POSITIVE);
//lcd.setBacklight(HIGH);
Now it compiles here?
Look like those
functions are in some
other library other than the standard Liquid Crystal
library?
?
WA6ISP, Mike
--
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID?
"MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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Henning,
I added these libs and it compiles as is..
I could not send this to the group so here are the dropbox links
Raj
At 07-11-2017, you wrote:
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Michael,
after commenting out the two header files You stated below, I had to
comment out a lot more lines, then it compiled, only 5 k of code, see the
attached sketch. But i am not sure if this code will give a working
result.
I got Your pcb, but have not populated it due to non existing files i.e.
schematics, layout. I remember You sent it to me but momentarily I can
not find these files...
Henning
Am 05.11.2017 um 22:06 schrieb Michael Hagen:
Probably these?
#include "si5351.h"
#include <Rotary.h>
Remember the complaint the external SI
library eats memory?
That's why it is internal on newer
versions.
Mike, WA6ISP
On 11/5/2017 1:00 PM, Henning Weddig via Groups.Io wrote:
yes, now it compiles:
"Build-Optionen wurden ver?¡èndert, alles wird neu kompiliert
Der Sketch verwendet 15464 Bytes (50%) des Programmspeicherplatzes. Das
Maximum sind 30720 Bytes.
Globale Variablen verwenden 838 Bytes (40%) des dynamischen Speichers,
1210 Bytes f??r lokale Variablen verbleiben. Das Maximum sind 2048
Bytes."
but I am wondering why this sketch uses abouzt 50% of the available
programm memory space !
Henning
Am 05.11.2017 um 21:54 schrieb Michael Hagen:
OK, comment out LCD.H
and
// LCD Backlight ON
//lcd.setBacklightPin(BACKLIGHT_PIN,POSITIVE);
//lcd.setBacklight(HIGH);
Now it compiles here?
Look like those functions are in some
other library other than the standard Liquid Crystal library?
?
WA6ISP, Mike
--
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID?
"MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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Re: BITX40 build for SOTA/POTA operation
Nice case peatmoss. I like that you brought out a usb connector so you don't have to disassemble every week when Allard has a great new software upgrade. It looks like another pot without a knob was also added. What is it for?
I usually just carry 2 lengths of 1/4 wave wire on a winder. I throw one end up in a tree and lay the other on the ground. The downside of a half wave is that you need a longer wire which is tougher to get up in the air. The plus is that if you can use a half wave wire you can get the high current point up in the air.
??? Bob
?????? KD8CGH
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I too had trouble with the driver for the Nano in the BitX and had to download it from somewhere. Don't remember where I got it unfortunately, but it wasn't from the site mentioned above. Never had the problem with the Uno or Megas.
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John - WA2FZW
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Thanks Larry. I will give it a try
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On Nov 6, 2017, at 21:05, Larry Smith < 815cpu@...> wrote: You may need this driver:??
Might want to see if other BITX's agree with this
It's in Chinese but I just down loaded a while back and fixed my problem.??
I find cheap China Nano lack this driver.. I have 7 ultra.? My old Vista machine need this driver as well. 73
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Re: BITX40 build for SOTA/POTA operation
Very nice! I like that arrangement even better than the one I linked to. Question: how did you anchor the plate everything is mounted to to the case?
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Michael,
after commenting out the two header files You stated below, I had
to comment out a lot more lines, then it compiled, only 5 k of
code, see the attached sketch. But i am not sure if this code will
give a working result.
I got Your pcb, but have not populated it due to non existing
files i.e. schematics, layout. I remember You sent it to me but
momentarily I can not find these files...
Henning
Am 05.11.2017 um 22:06 schrieb Michael
Hagen:
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
Probably these?
#include "si5351.h"
#include <Rotary.h>
Remember the
complaint the external SI library eats memory?
That's why it is
internal on newer versions.
Mike, WA6ISP
On 11/5/2017 1:00 PM, Henning Weddig
via Groups.Io wrote:
yes, now it compiles:
"Build-Optionen wurden ver?ndert, alles wird neu kompiliert
Der Sketch verwendet 15464 Bytes (50%) des
Programmspeicherplatzes. Das Maximum sind 30720 Bytes.
Globale Variablen verwenden 838 Bytes (40%) des dynamischen
Speichers, 1210 Bytes f¨¹r lokale Variablen verbleiben. Das
Maximum sind 2048 Bytes."
but I am wondering why this sketch uses abouzt 50% of the
available programm memory space !
Henning
Am 05.11.2017 um 21:54 schrieb
Michael Hagen:
OK, comment out
LCD.H
and
// LCD Backlight
ON
//lcd.setBacklightPin(BACKLIGHT_PIN,POSITIVE);
//lcd.setBacklight(HIGH);
Now it compiles
here?
Look like those
functions are in some other library other than the
standard Liquid Crystal library?
?
WA6ISP, Mike
--
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID "MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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Re: raduino v1.27 released (improved suppression of spurious burst)
Allard Your software is impressive!? I have been using v1.25 and adding in some features for my BITX40s (x2) - Voltmeter, SWR and S-Meter.? ?Space and ports represent a major issue now! I note your interest in using one of the PLLs instead of the BFO.? This would be great!? It would also make it easy to add in PBT and adjust carrier offsets and not have the issue of USB being subtractive (so not as deaf - unless you remove the caps in the VFO buffering stages).?? I am in the process of adding the following features/mods:
- Multi-banding using the QRP-Labs relay boards (LPF and BPFs)? ?- Requires 5 digital I/O ports (or 10 if you want to drive relays directly from a port)
- 2 Rotary Encoders with press switches (requires 6 digital I/O ports)
- one encoder for tune control (press switch to toggle between 10khz and 100hz steps)
- one encoder for selector control (rotate to step through the menu - VFO A/B, RIT, etc. and to set defaults, and press switch to set menu item)
So, I need at least another 11 ports and some more program space and SRAM!? Ideally I would like band stacking registers for each band, which will demand more memory! My feeling is that it would be good to decide collectively, on where we go with the processor!? ?Choices seem to be:
- Arduino Mega Mini Embed (available from China for around US$8 including headers).? This is functionally the same as a Mega meaning tons of room and ports.
- Maple Mini STM Clone (BAITE) - About US$5 - very affordable and solves headroom problem and it has sufficient extra ports (particularly if the display uses I2C)
- Teensy 3.6 (or earlier) - but about US$30 each.
I am tending to favour the Mega Embed as this has tons of ports and code shouldn't need much in the way of changes (some ports shift of course).? However, the Teensy would provide for DSP as well in future, albeit at greater cost.? There are readily available SI PLL modules that would be mated to any of these devices. I would be interested in what others think.? ?I would really like a better? UI (User Interface).? Pushing a button multiple times is not really very user friendly, and rotary encoders can do the job so much better for both menu select and tuning functions. 73 Mike ZL1AXG
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Re: RX and TX LED (LEDs 101)
we generally use RED (1.4V) for Tx and Green (2.1V) for Rx.
?let us imagine? 2V as led drop. ?With 12V power , i suppose that 4K7 is work older or newer (hi bright) leds. ?all the best. sarma vu3zmv
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
> I buy 1K and 10K by the hundreds.? So that's what it gets.? Buy the way,
Raj > is correct.? One or 2 ma on the newer LEDs is usually bright
enough.? I go
> 1K on 5V and 10K on 12V for some reason.
I buy all my resistors by the hundreds.? At Tayda they're only a penny or
less each.? Doesn't cost much to have a good stock of the common values.
Vince.
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? ?Michigan VHF Corp.? ?? ?
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Further to the LPF modification for 80m, I have done more experimenting and found that if you switch in a 470pf cap across L6 in the LPF, you will get about 37db attenuation on 40m, with a nice rolloff from 80m.?
The attenuation on 80m is negligible. See the attached graph.
Cheers
John de VK4JWT
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You may need this driver:??
Might want to see if other BITX's agree with this
It's in Chinese but I just down loaded a while back and fixed my problem.??
I find cheap China Nano lack this driver.. I have 7 ultra.? My old Vista machine need this driver as well. 73
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 6:59 PM, 1practical.man <1practical.man@...> wrote: Allard
Will your Raduino version 2 be based on the ATMega 2560 or similar platform?
Just curious about how that is evolving.
BREAK.
I still haven't figured out how to load your code in the original chip. My ancient windows 7 machine won't recognize the chip and allow a write. Thought it worked initially because the LED on the raduino came on, but no code on chip.
I will keep plugging away trying to sort it properly.
This is all new to me. I haven't tried programming since I did FORTRAN in school.
Thanks for your efforts and education that you provide on this list. It's really great stuff
John
KN4GUY
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Re: BITX40 build for SOTA/POTA operation
Thanks!
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On Nov 6, 2017, at 20:16, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote:
It's called a Pelican Case. Google it and you'll find several suppliers, even ebay. I got one from BHPhoto.
Vince.
On 11/06/2017 08:01 PM, 1practical.man wrote:
That's a nice box. Can you shared what make and model it is? Perhaps a
vendor?
John
KN4GUY
On Nov 6, 2017, at 19:55, peatmoss - ki6ssi <pete@...
<mailto:pete@...>> wrote:
Yoyo dipole is good but it takes more work to put up. Lately I've been
using an EFHW, its just a small 49:1 auto transformer and 67 feet of
wire for 40-10m no tuner, 15 feet of coax. Sling one end up a tree and
have the transformer near the ground. So far its the best portable
antenna I have tried. Here is a good Facebook group for all the
details
I also put the bitx in a waterproof box.<P_20170506_175244.jpg> --
Michigan VHF Corp.
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Re: BITX40 build for SOTA/POTA operation
It's called a Pelican Case. Google it and you'll find several suppliers, even ebay. I got one from BHPhoto.
Vince.
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On 11/06/2017 08:01 PM, 1practical.man wrote: That's a nice box. Can you shared what make and model it is? Perhaps a
vendor?
John
KN4GUY
On Nov 6, 2017, at 19:55, peatmoss - ki6ssi <pete@...
<mailto:pete@...>> wrote:
Yoyo dipole is good but it takes more work to put up. Lately I've been
using an EFHW, its just a small 49:1 auto transformer and 67 feet of
wire for 40-10m no tuner, 15 feet of coax. Sling one end up a tree and
have the transformer near the ground. So far its the best portable
antenna I have tried. Here is a good Facebook group for all the
details
I also put the bitx in a waterproof box.<P_20170506_175244.jpg>
--
Michigan VHF Corp.
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Re: BITX40 build for SOTA/POTA operation
Well that is fine,?
sounds interesting.? What if we just want to see it, WITHOUT
FaceButt?
I have a random wire
up, kinda like a portable would be.
Mike, WA6ISP
On 11/6/2017 4:55 PM, peatmoss - ki6ssi
wrote:
Yoyo dipole is good
but it takes more work to put up. Lately I've been using an EFHW,
its just a small 49:1 auto transformer and 67 feet of wire for
40-10m no tuner, 15 feet of coax. Sling one end up a tree and have
the transformer near the ground. So far its the best portable
antenna I have tried. Here is a good Facebook group for all the
details?
I also put the bitx in a waterproof box.
--
Mike Hagen, WA6ISP
10917 Bryant Street
Yucaipa, Ca. 92399
(909) 918-0058
PayPal ID "MotDog@..."
Mike@...
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Re: BITX40 build for SOTA/POTA operation
That's a nice box. Can you shared what make and model it is? ?Perhaps a vendor?
John KN4GUY?
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On Nov 6, 2017, at 19:55, peatmoss - ki6ssi < pete@...> wrote: Yoyo dipole is good but it takes more work to put up. Lately I've been using an EFHW, its just a small 49:1 auto transformer and 67 feet of wire for 40-10m no tuner, 15 feet of coax. Sling one end up a tree and have the transformer near the ground. So far its the best portable antenna I have tried. Here is a good Facebook group for all the details? I also put the bitx in a waterproof box.<P_20170506_175244.jpg>
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Allard
Will your Raduino version 2 be based on the ATMega 2560 or similar platform?
Just curious about how that is evolving.
BREAK.
I still haven't figured out how to load your code in the original chip. My ancient windows 7 machine won't recognize the chip and allow a write. Thought it worked initially because the LED on the raduino came on, but no code on chip.
I will keep plugging away trying to sort it properly.
This is all new to me. I haven't tried programming since I did FORTRAN in school.
Thanks for your efforts and education that you provide on this list. It's really great stuff
John
KN4GUY
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Re: BITX40 build for SOTA/POTA operation
Yoyo dipole is good but it takes more work to put up. Lately I've been using an EFHW, its just a small 49:1 auto transformer and 67 feet of wire for 40-10m no tuner, 15 feet of coax. Sling one end up a tree and have the transformer near the ground. So far its the best portable antenna I have tried. Here is a good Facebook group for all the details? I also put the bitx in a waterproof box. 
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Re: raduino v1.27 released (improved suppression of spurious burst)
Hmm, maybe possible. But this would take extra program space and we're
already tight. I want to implement digital BFO first (v2) which also needs
some space.
If we would have 4 VFO's then we also need to consider how the SPLIT
function should work.
73 Allard PE1NWL
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On Tue, November 7, 2017 01:18, radiomanjwt wrote: Hi Allard,Would it be possible to have, say, 4 vfos instead of the 2? It
would make it a lot easier when switching bands to have 80m on one vfo
(which i have now) and 40 on the next, 30 on number vfo3 and 20 on
vfo4.??Cheers John de VK4JWT??
Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 edge on the Telstra Mobile Network
-------- Original message --------From: Allard PE1NWL <pe1nwl@...>
Date: 6/11/17 7:11 pm (GMT+10:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re:
[BITX20] raduino v1.27 released (improved suppression of spurious burst)
Hi,
I discovered a bug that the carrier burst is still not properly suppressed
in CW-SPLIT mode. Normal (non-SPLIT) mode works OK.
I'll correct that soon.
73 Allard PE1NWL
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Raj vu2zap
Bob Benedict, KD8CGH
radiomanjwt
Allard PE1NWL