Also make sure that semiQSK is ON in the SETTINGS menu (CW params).
73 Allard PE1NWL
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
No he doesn't.
I don't need to know someone's order date(s) in order to find their claims credible.
This is getting silly.
Ken, N2VIP
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On Feb 4, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Arv Evans <arvid.evans@...> wrote:
M0OOZ
How many boards have your ordered from HF Signals. How many were defective?
What were your order dates? What were the defects? In order to be credible you
need to provide more information.
Thanks,
Arv K7HKL
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version 1.097 for ubitx/nextion software
OK I will try again but first what I want to do.
Ubitx ver 4 with
Panadapter
Cat/
nextion 2.6 display
I have no luck finding a download link for software.
Where is version 1.097 for running the nextion display
Where is the required Arduino software to make this work
and can the stock raduino board handle all of the above?
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No. I had the toroid at the rear of the box, on the center pin of the rf connector, about three inches away from the board. That is what is strange about this. BTW, all relays were changed to the recommended axicom. Thanks Evan.
i do not have an explanation, only that I have seen similar when going from a dummy load, to a straight dipole, to an off center fed dipole, with the OCFD being the worse.
When you add in that there is a lot of talk about the output relays causing feedback issues that are reduced with a better relay, putting in the toroid may increase that feedback issue.? Did you try shielding the power sensor?
73
Evan
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
M0OOZ
How many boards have your ordered from HF Signals.? How many were defective?
What were your order dates?? What were the defects?? In order to be credible you
need to provide more information.
Thanks,
Arv? K7HKL
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i do not have an explanation, only that I have seen similar when going from a dummy load, to a straight dipole, to an off center fed dipole, with the OCFD being the worse.
When you add in that there is a lot of talk about the output relays causing feedback issues that are reduced with a better relay, putting in the toroid may increase that feedback issue.? Did you try shielding the power sensor?
73
Evan
AC9TU
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
I also agree with Kevin.? As far as I know Heathkit never sold a kit that did not meet U.S. FCC emission requirements.
No were in the sales site or the assembly instructions does it say anything about that I may have to saw up the board our replace all the relays. It never mentions extra filters or change out of toroids? and transistors.
?
I think the right thing to do at this time would be for the seller to offer a replacement board or at least a kit of parts and instructions to repair.
But that¡¯s my view,? I have more important projects at this time
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Licensed and active Ham for 52 years.
K6KWQ
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Agree with Kevin but will say this
Hello Sir
Let me start with saying no intention to start a fight here at all:
All 3 of mine worked at the get go but these units are sold as kits to be built.
Because of the post delivery assembly performed by the buyer, the
supplier would be buried having to deal with returns due to user error
and you would be paying 3 x the amount.
This is why the price of these units is so affordable. There is
assistance available when boards do not work but they are sold as
experimenters boards.
You are not forced to purchase these units, and are free to buy a
Yaesu 817 etc. that has a manufacturers warranty.
I will argue the Paypal statement of yours as well. I buy lots off
ebay, where the statements are for many purchases "unit untested,
returns not accepted"
Most purchases on Ebay are paypal.
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:59 PM M0OOZ <geoffcowne@...> wrote:
>
> On the same subject of responsibility, I say that a business that uses PayPal or almost any bank will discover their responsibilities toward serving upon obligations. It is unacceptable to supply a board which is sold as built and tested and subsequently
deny all responsibility for failure.
>
> This is especially true when looking at the numbers of faults on boards delivered.
>
> Pactus sunt servandum!
>
> International contract law!
>
> This means agreements must be served. When, like me, you discover that there is a difficult to diagnose problem, on a board that has more than one fault, the 'tested and built' board that you trusted in, should be replaced by law!
>
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2019, 06:30 <pauln@... wrote:
>>
>> I place an order 4 days ago and have only received a PayPal advice confirming my payment and that it has been processed.? I have not received any order confirmation, nor has a there been a response to my email to confirm my order, that was sent to teamhfsigs@...
>> So am wondering if they are still in business?
>> Thank You
>> Paul vk4apn
>
>
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Last boards sent.
Nomore PCBs available at the moment.
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
Guess I am throwing fuel on the fire, however I feel I do need to comment,:
1 - The thread is about the business practices of HF Signals, so as much as any other thread, I do believe that it could go here.? The original question is about not receiving an email on the material that was ordered.
2 - As to the warranty, How would this be handled if it was not a large supplier, rather just a few "kits" by another amateur based on open hardware/software?? I have not seen people going after auxiliary boards for this platform as an example.
3 - The only questionable thing in the business practices in my mind is the site advertisement: It does read as if there were minimal risks as an? assembled and tested device, which is what has lead many to believe there is responsibility on HF Signal's part for the board design (NOTE it IS listed as a KIT).? Need to remind all that it is OPEN SOURCE both hardware and software.? Ashhar does participate in the process, but relies on a host of others to provide the input.
My experience is that there has been quick response in delivering the purchased material, as long as you do follow the DHL recommendation for shipping.? Both of the boards that I purchased on two separate occasions have worked out of the box. However they both did have to be re calibrated? when I made changes for increased functionality.? And some hardware modes were required when I added more load on the 5volt supply (added a Nextion screen).? This has been a HUGE learning process that has been a POSITIVE experience for me.
Before it gets brought up, I will address the "harmonics and spurs" issues that I have comment on negatively in the past: I have since learned that in a lot of the international realm, the board as delivered, is fully compliant.? That is not the case for the USA, here it is marginal to out of spec.? So then it becomes a question only of so designating that on the web page, however this forum is listed as the one for support.? That issue has been all over this forum, with multiple possible solutions.
It boils down for me that the only change in business practice that I would like to see is the clear notification when placing the order that it is as is; all new parts, factory tested, assembly required, with no warranty issued or implied. (it may be there, as I did not check when ordering).
Above are my experiences/beliefs, yours can and may be different.
73
Evan
AC9TU
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Hopefully some could shed some light here. I intended to put in a power meter in my ubitx, so I installed a FT37-43 toroidal core at the rf output Connector (ran the center coax conductor though the core) with 3 turns for the secondary winding. One end of the winding was grounded the other end to a diode to a capacitor and 47 ohm resistor, in parallel, to ground. Upon key down in CW mode I measured around 3.4 volts which was about 11 watts out into my dummy load....So far so good! This is where it gets interesting! With my SA the harmonics on all bands went from marginal to very poor. I pulled the toroidal core off the coax and the harmonics went back to marginal, where I started from. Why would a toroidal core at the output cause such a degrading of the harmonics? Even the second harmonic was there with the toroidal core, and not with the core removed. Puzzling, very puzzling! Thanks Barry K3BO
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First thing to check is the frequency: if you are too close to the band edge in some cases the rig will act as you describe.? This is because there is a check in the base code to disable the Clock#2 (CW VFO) and not allow transmission if the signal could go out of band (it is not consistent across all bands, and not sure if it is international or US based bands).
Beyond that not sure that I can help, as I do not have the version of software that you are using.
73
Evan
AC9TU
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I have had Allard Munter's v1.27 sketch (modified to add an S-meter and voltmeter) running for almost a year. It works fantastically. I utilize the CW keying capability to add a TUNE button by taking the grounded input (same as a straight key) to ground A1 in the Raduino, then take the output of D6 to take 5v through a 4.7K resistor? to C107 on the main chassis to unbalance the carrier, all per his modification instructions. That worked perfectly for quite a while, but now it doesn't! The D6 pin is still putting out 5v when I press TUNE, the path from there to the capacitor reads 4.7K, and when I press TUNE the rig generates a bit of sidetone, indicates it is now in CW mode, but does not go into transmit. Further, the voltage at C107 rises only to about 0.4 volts and the receiver stays on. Otherwise the rig is working great and I've continued to enjoy SSB contacts. Any idea what has happened here?
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
Agree with Kevin but will say this
Hello Sir
Let me start with saying no intention to start a fight here at all:
All 3 of mine worked at the get go but these units are sold as kits to be built.
Because of the post delivery assembly performed by the buyer, the
supplier would be buried having to deal with returns due to user error
and you would be paying 3 x the amount.
This is why the price of these units is so affordable. There is
assistance available when boards do not work but they are sold as
experimenters boards.
You are not forced to purchase these units, and are free to buy a
Yaesu 817 etc. that has a manufacturers warranty.
I will argue the Paypal statement of yours as well. I buy lots off
ebay, where the statements are for many purchases "unit untested,
returns not accepted"
Most purchases on Ebay are paypal.
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On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:59 PM M0OOZ <geoffcowne@...> wrote:
On the same subject of responsibility, I say that a business that uses PayPal or almost any bank will discover their responsibilities toward serving upon obligations. It is unacceptable to supply a board which is sold as built and tested and subsequently deny all responsibility for failure.
This is especially true when looking at the numbers of faults on boards delivered.
Pactus sunt servandum!
International contract law!
This means agreements must be served. When, like me, you discover that there is a difficult to diagnose problem, on a board that has more than one fault, the 'tested and built' board that you trusted in, should be replaced by law!
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019, 06:30 <pauln@... wrote:
I place an order 4 days ago and have only received a PayPal advice confirming my payment and that it has been processed. I have not received any order confirmation, nor has a there been a response to my email to confirm my order, that was sent to teamhfsigs@...
So am wondering if they are still in business?
Thank You
Paul vk4apn
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
@M0OOZ?
#1, create your own thread - don't hijack somebody elses #2, dispute the charges with PP or your CC company
73, Kevin K5KDT
On the same subject of responsibility, I say that a business that uses PayPal or almost any bank will discover their responsibilities toward serving upon obligations. It is unacceptable to supply a board which is sold as built and tested and subsequently deny all responsibility for failure.?
This is especially true when looking at the numbers of faults on boards delivered.?
Pactus sunt servandum!
International contract law!
This means agreements must be served. When, like me, you discover that there is a difficult to diagnose problem, on a board that has more than one fault, the 'tested and built' board that you trusted in, should be replaced by law!?
I place an order 4 days ago and have only received a PayPal advice confirming my payment and that it has been processed.? I have not received any order confirmation, nor has a there been a response to my email to confirm my order, that was sent to?teamhfsigs@...
So am wondering if they are still in business???
Thank You
Paul vk4apn
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
On the same subject of responsibility, I say that a business that uses PayPal or almost any bank will discover their responsibilities toward serving upon obligations. It is unacceptable to supply a board which is sold as built and tested and subsequently deny all responsibility for failure.?
This is especially true when looking at the numbers of faults on boards delivered.?
Pactus sunt servandum!
International contract law!
This means agreements must be served. When, like me, you discover that there is a difficult to diagnose problem, on a board that has more than one fault, the 'tested and built' board that you trusted in, should be replaced by law!?
I place an order 4 days ago and have only received a PayPal advice confirming my payment and that it has been processed.? I have not received any order confirmation, nor has a there been a response to my email to confirm my order, that was sent to?teamhfsigs@...
So am wondering if they are still in business???
Thank You
Paul vk4apn
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
This company sells a flat packed finished and tested board which it claims cannot be returned when you discover it does not work! I love the bitx idea. However, the denial of responsibility for supply of goods fit for purpose is unacceptable and is against PayPal policy. There are literally hundreds of boards delivered that do not work!?
I say this since it is my belief that the supplier should and must take responsibility for the trouble caused by supply of inadequate boards.?
I place an order 4 days ago and have only received a PayPal advice confirming my payment and that it has been processed.? I have not received any order confirmation, nor has a there been a response to my email to confirm my order, that was sent to?teamhfsigs@...
So am wondering if they are still in business???
Thank You
Paul vk4apn
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
I have 3 of these
Never got notified for any on order other than paypal
They all arrived safely
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On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:58 PM Jonas Sanamon <sanamon@...> wrote:
I ordered on 29/12, have not heard anything from them since. Mailed them at 18/1 asking if it has been shipped. Still nothing.
Some potential for improvement :-)
/Jonas - SM4VEY
Den tors 31 jan. 2019 kl 06:40 skrev Vince Vielhaber <vev@...>:
They're still in business. You'll get a notice soon. Sometimes they
get backlogged.
Vince - K8ZW.
On 01/31/2019 12:30 AM, pauln@... wrote:
I place an order 4 days ago and have only received a PayPal advice
confirming my payment and that it has been processed. I have not
received any order confirmation, nor has a there been a response to my
email to confirm my order, that was sent to teamhfsigs@...
<mailto:teamhfsigs@...>
So am wondering if they are still in business?
Thank You
Paul vk4apn
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Re: Is the order website - hfsignals.com still in use?
#bitx40
I ordered on 29/12, have not heard anything from them since. Mailed them at 18/1 asking if it has been shipped. Still nothing. Some potential for improvement :-)
/Jonas - SM4VEY Den tors 31 jan. 2019 kl 06:40 skrev Vince Vielhaber < vev@...>:
They're still in business.? You'll get a notice soon.? Sometimes they
get backlogged.
Vince - K8ZW.
On 01/31/2019 12:30 AM, pauln@... wrote:
> I place an order 4 days ago and have only received a PayPal advice
> confirming my payment and that it has been processed.? I have not
> received any order confirmation, nor has a there been a response to my
> email to confirm my order, that was sent to teamhfsigs@...
> <mailto:teamhfsigs@...>
> So am wondering if they are still in business?
> Thank You
> Paul vk4apn
>
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Re: The sun orbiting the earth, spectrum analyzers and the uBITX
Ahh Tom, I definitely felt this way when joining this group. I¡¯ve learning so much from tinkering with the uBitx and this group, it¡¯s effected how I now see things around me. It¡¯s like someone turned the lights on.?
Thanks uBitx!!?
Joe
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On Feb 4, 2019, at 3:32 AM, iz oos < and2oosiz2@...> wrote: Ours may be more called 'Learning by Tinkering' :), which involves some but not that much thinking, luckily enough!
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Re: PCBs Giveaway AGC & Noiseclick K5BCQ
Uwe please confirm paypal address because it seems that it has disappeared. Thanks and regards Lawrence
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:35 PM Uwe , DF1UB < jento23@...> wrote: All Boards sent.
One pair left.
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Vic WA4THR
M0OOZ