Re: Tool boxes
Interesting argument.
Presuming that the case is all encompassing, then in the theoretical sense, the currents must flow on the outside of the case. Due to RF skin depth those currents won¡¯t be
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Gordon Gibby KX4Z
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#89433
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Re: Tool boxes
I'd agree with it coming through the mike cable. Just added this electret fist mic from Amazon to mine ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FRCPK88 ) which doesn't appear to have a shielded cable.
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gareth.paley@...
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#89432
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Re: Straight key
Thanks! Got to the menu at long last. Assigned the straight key and am in business. Thank you so very much!
DC
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Don Carter <dfcarterinseattle@...>
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#89431
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Re: Tool boxes
I'd tend to mostly agree with Max.
With DC and low frequency AC, and sometimes at RF, grounding with individual
wires or traces from each circuit to a single point often works best, as KF6VB
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Jerry Gaffke
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#89430
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Re: Straight key
switch off the keyer?!?
Am 10.07.2021 um 20:08 schrieb Don Carter:
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Siegfried Jackstien
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#89429
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Re: Interfere local Broadcasting radio station
Maybe sometimes there is a nuance between agc and avc from the tube aka valve days. Its rarely as easy as it sounds. In a modern receiver like the ubitx, gain is minimized until after the xtal filter.
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Curt
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#89428
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Re: sBITX
Hi Ashar,
I succeeded in building the sbitx software from your repository on a RasPi-Zero on a recent/fresh copy of Raspberry Pi OS.
The building went rather smoothly and had no errors but took like
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jeanrenier2004
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#89427
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Re: Signal bars on display?
Answering my own question -
Looking at http://www.hamskey.com/2018/05/ubitx-firmware-cec-version-108-release.html - I'm guessing ST stands for "straight" as in straight key for CW
Everyday's a
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gareth.paley@...
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#89426
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Re: Interfere local Broadcasting radio station
Re-read question. High-pass filter is the BCI cure. AGC or AVC is kinder on the ear.
73!
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Dexter N Muir
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#89425
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Re: Interfere local Broadcasting radio station
Question: AGC or AVC?
AGC is automatic GAIN control - that cuts the gain of the incoming signal to knock back overly STRONG signals.
AVC is automatic VOLUME control - that cuts the gain (usually of
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Dexter N Muir
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#89424
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Re: Signal bars on display?
Thanks for the link. It's a bit of an unknown this box. I got if off ebay and there was lots wrong with it - the speaker had come detached in shipping and rolled all over the PCB smashing a couple of
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gareth.paley@...
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#89423
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Re: Signal bars on display?
Hello Peter,
I¡¯ve been trying to reach you via direct email about the boards I shipped and haven¡¯t heard back. Perhaps my messages are getting caught up in spam folder?
Best,
Jim
KM4TXR
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James Zdunic <james_zdunic@...>
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#89422
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Re: Signal bars on display?
This might help...
http://www.hamskey.com/2018/05/setting-smeter-to-ubitx-with-cec.html
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Peter McCracken EI3JCB
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#89421
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Re: Straight key
Don,
To get to the v6 menu you press and hold in the encoder for 10 seconds or so until the settings menu comes up.? You then use the encoder to select the CW Keyer and then press the encoder to
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Evan Hand
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#89420
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Re: Straight key
Don
Email me direct and we could brainstorm on antenna. My call at yahoo.
Its summer, but bands aren't that dreadful overall. Ubitx not my favorite cw rig, still I have made hundreds of cw contacts
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Curt
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#89419
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Re: Straight key
¡°Using¡± V6.1. Between the menu issue and the limited space for an antenna, and dead bands, I have not been having a good time.
Thanks.
Don
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Don Carter <dfcarterinseattle@...>
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#89418
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Re: Straight key
Hi Don,
Which version of uBiTx do you have. and are there any modifications from stock?
Most versions with stock displays are as Curt has stated.? You change settings through the encoder (tuning
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Evan Hand
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#89417
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Signal bars on display?
Just fixing a secondhand uBITX from ebay. it's a v4 and it's running uBITX v0.20 +v1.200 firmware according to the start up display
I'm puzzled by the bars in the 14th and 15th characters on the top
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gareth.paley@...
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#89416
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Re: Straight key
Press the tuning knob and then as you turn it you should see various menus. To select a topic press again, then you can scroll through the settings. If all else fails then find a YouTube video. My
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Curt
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#89414
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Re: Straight key
Thanks. But Where is the menu?
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Don Carter <dfcarterinseattle@...>
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#89413
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