Re: PSK31 overdriving audio on sBitx v3
On Feb 1, 2025, at 02:17, Ryan Wesolowski via groups.io <cosmo1stgen@...> wrote:
Yes on fldigi psk31 I have to turn the audio drive/attenuator from -3.0 to -28.0 on most modes. Look at the bottm right of your fldigi screen Indeed I¡¯ve embarrassed myself several times by overdriving, because fldigi doesn¡¯t remember these attenuation settings by default, and it takes so long to adjust it, having to hit the left-double-arrow button a lot of times to adjust by 1dB increments. The JT-type programs have a vertical slider at the lower-right corner to quickly adjust output level (seems like better usability to me), whereas fldigi puts the squelch control there. (Well, squelch is also important, but it just helps you avoid noise getting decoded as garbage.) But yesterday I finally found this setting: if you save ¡°Transmit level control¡± on a per-mode basis, then it will remember where you set this attenuator control, so when you start the program again it¡¯s where you left it (but you might have -28dB for one mode and -29dB for another).
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Mike,
The zBitx will support 3rd party software out of the box, just like the sBitx. Just set the radio to digital mode and run JS8Call software in the background. You will most likely have to use an external HDMI monitor to ensure that the software is displayed properly.
73,
Ragav
VU3VWR
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I got the email from HFS about the Chinese Lunar New Year, so I
guess I get a new toy around the end of the month or early next
month.
Gerry Sherman
Sent by the Windows 11 Thunderbird
On 2025-02-04 03:59, Ken N2VIP wrote:
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And? I've confirmed HF Signals has your email address, when
you placed your order, did you get a confirmation email
immediately after paying?
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IIRC someone already shared the contents of the email, but
apparently it's a concern for some, so here you go:
Hello,
We hope you're doing well.
We wanted to update you on the status of your zBitx radio.
Due to the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, our suppliers
and shipping partners are experiencing delays, which is
affecting our overall delivery timeline.
As a result, we expect to begin shipping orders by the last
week of February. We understand this may cause some
inconvenience, and we truly appreciate your patience and
support during this time.
If you prefer not to wait, we're happy to assist with a
refund. However, we¡¯re confident your order will be on its
way soon, and we¡¯ll keep you updated with any new
developments.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please
don¡¯t hesitate to reach out.
Thank you again for your understanding and continued
support.
Best regards,
Ragav
Team HFSignals
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Apologies to HF Signals if this was supposed to be private,
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Ken, N2VIP
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And? I've confirmed HF Signals has your email address, when you placed your order, did you get a confirmation email immediately after paying?
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IIRC someone already shared the contents of the email, but apparently it's a concern for some, so here you go:
Hello,
We hope you're doing well.
We wanted to update you on the status of your zBitx radio.
Due to the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, our suppliers and shipping partners are experiencing delays, which is affecting our overall delivery timeline.
As a result, we expect to begin shipping orders by the last week of February. We understand this may cause some inconvenience, and we truly appreciate your patience and support during this time.
If you prefer not to wait, we're happy to assist with a refund. However, we¡¯re confident your order will be on its way soon, and we¡¯ll keep you updated with any new developments.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don¡¯t hesitate to reach out.
Thank you again for your understanding and continued support.
Best regards,
Ragav
Team HFSignals
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Apologies to HF Signals if this was supposed to be private,
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Ken, N2VIP
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No email there either.
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Robert, AG6LK?
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Your email address was in the TO: field on the email I got, you were part of the 252 recipients, check your spam folder.
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Again, the email was sent on Jan 30
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Ken, N2VIP
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I also ordered mine on December 26th and I never received an email¡.?????
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73,
Robert, AG6LK?
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On Feb 3, 2025 at 10:00?PM -0500, Gwen Patton via groups.io <ardrhi@...>, wrote:
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I ordered mine within half an hour of its announcement. YOINK!
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
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I ordered mine within half an hour of its announcement. YOINK!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73, Gwen, NG3P
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That¡¯s a good question, I¡¯m interested in that idea too if extending gpio for a different reason - fitting a PI 5 externally where I can heat sink it.?
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I epoxy the larger part of a snap* to the outer portion of the tuning knob. It provides a finger-sized divot that feels like the finger 'crater' in my old Kenwood rigs.
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*the outer 'female' part with the wire ring inside. Abrade the bottom with 80 grit sandpaper to give the epoxy some 'tooth' to grab onto.
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73,
Andy
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Hi guys!
I'm evaluating a case for my sBitx v3, and I got the (probably bad) idea of using an aluminum enclosure for the motherboard while moving the Raspberry and display outside that box, in a 3D printed enclosure to be fixed to the aluminum box.
Do you think that a 20cm extension of the GPIO port would work or may it be a source of noise and disaster?
Waiting for your thoughts!
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73 de IU5RDU - Lorenzo
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Kees,
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Im not sure what 'responsibility' you are impressed by, sending the email to over 200 people or assembling over 200 zBitx radios in just over 6 weeks? LOL, I'm kidding.
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Seriously, the zBitx is, by design a low component-count device, relies on SMT for much, if not most, of all components, and I imagine HF Signals has a (virtual) army of enthusiastic worker that assemble, test, and calibrate the zBitx. As I recall, the design was mostly 'nailed down' around Dec. 25th, and was sent to production in early January.
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Without a hint of sarcasm, I think "It takes a village" to do what HF Signals does, and that's precisely why things are done the way they are.
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Ken, N2VIP
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I have an ldg1000 pro ii, ?the little atu-10 and now an atu-100 that will be squeezed into the sbitx. ?The ldg and atu-10 work very well no complaints, ?they tune an antenna. ? I haven¡¯t used the atu-100 yet it¡¯s a kit though a friend of mine has one and it works very well. ?
Ryan
KK6DZB
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Am I reading this correctly, that the note from HF Signals copies around 200 people who have ordered a zBitx and they are going to be delivered starting in late February. 200 assembled and tested units ??? WOW that's quite good, who has this responsibility ?
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73 Kees K5BCQ
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Re: Anyone got a ZBitX or SBitX connected to the Internet?
There's a few ways to make this happen.? I use a dynamic DNS service called DuckDNS and there are a few others that have been talked about here before.? I use it to VNC into my radio from anywhere on my phone or tablet or whatever.? Buddy, send me an email
and we'll see if we can come up with a time to try that out.? I'm curious to see if a screen reader would work through VNC.? There won't be any audio as VNC doens't seem to pass audio, but at a minimum, you'd be able to see if the screen reader can detect
the buttons.? I'm guessing that it's not going to work over VNC since I assume it's just passing image content and no real text.? But we can try it.
Jeff
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But I wrote that the shack had its own router. Right?
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Yes, you did, but the OP was asking about access over the public internet to someone else's sBitx.
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To access an sBitx behind a 'shack router' which is itself behind a 'home router' would be an example of 'double NAT' and you'd have to port-forward on both routers to access the radio over the public internet.
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i suspect most people deploy a simple switch in their shack, rather than *another* router, and in such a case (switch behind router) you would only have to do port forwarding on the 'hone router', since it's the only one in the network.
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I think having a 'shack router' is a rare arrangement, I'm not sure why one would feel the need for that, but I'm certain some do.
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Ken, N2VIP
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I checked my trashed items from that time frame and it was indeed in there. ?I don¡¯t know if it was spam or not just that I moved it to trash.
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Ryan
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Check your spam folder, Your email address was in the To: field:
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it was sent Jan 30th
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HF Signals included everyone's emails in the To: field, rather than BCC: - it might have been labeled as spam with 251 addresses in the To: field...
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ken, N2VIP
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I am ready to see a good YouTube video of zBitx
On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 2:06?PM Ryan Wesolowski via <cosmo1stgen= [email protected]> wrote: Ordered mine on 12/26 with email confirmation but I never received an email saying it will be shipped late.
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Ryan
KK6DZB
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Searching the drop it does show other threads discussing it.?
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Gwen Patton
Charles Guerin
James Riley kb9tzq