Re: First zbitx in the wild
Ha-ha, you must have posted your pictures just as I was taking mine - here's a link to my photo album, nothing really different from John's photos, but since I took them I'll share a link to them:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/03bTX7WhJFiI_nUMiada2kZWQ
It was packed very nice, thanks HF Signals!
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Ken, N2VIP
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Please see this post by HFSignals:
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Evan
AC9TU
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Is there any way to get on the list for ordering a zbitx or will no more be produced?
Nice video.
My number is 3377, when can recevid trx.
Matjaz
S56ZVD
Ashhar Farhan via je 26. 03.
2025 ob 11:57?napisal:
zBitx shipping is on the way. We are shipping out
about 30 per day. This is mostly due to the slow paperwork at
our delivery partner. We are pressuring them to bump us to
providing APIs for faster paperwork. We hope it resolves soon.
In the?meantime, I have uploaded a few videos about the
zBitx from my bench. They are in a playlist on?
Let?me know if you have any questions
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Re: First zbitx in the wild
I followed the instructions here on this link and it still shows 1.02
Got mine as well, but I don't have a mini-hdmi cable that works for it, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get connected to the internet.?
We also need instructions to upgrade the firmware: I see you are at 1.02, but the videos show 1.04.?
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Re: First zbitx in the wild
Got mine as well, but I don't have a mini-hdmi cable that works for it, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get connected to the internet.?
We also need instructions to upgrade the firmware: I see you are at 1.02, but the videos show 1.04.?
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Re: First zbitx in the wild
More photos, including size comparison with QMX+ and truSDX:
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Re: First zbitx in the wild
Mine arrived this afternoon?? Very nicely packaged and all in good working order!
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Many thanks to Farhan and the HF Signals team for all of your efforts in getting this unique and fun little radio over the line!
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73 Chris M0KNF
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Now best steeps ever made. I calibrated on 14065 - here is the closed with abt 30 Hz Down to 40m and up to 12m the differences increases. Will calculate the Values and set.       --
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HB9FIH Erich
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It has arrived. ? ?I'm slammed with work to play with it. In the package came with USB Cable, allen key, OTG adapter and a test report card.. Let me take a photo of it .
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Nice video.
My number is 3377, when can recevid trx.
Matjaz
S56ZVD
Ashhar Farhan via groups.io je 26. 03.
2025 ob 11:57?napisal:
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zBitx shipping is on the way. We are shipping out
about 30 per day. This is mostly due to the slow paperwork at
our delivery partner. We are pressuring them to bump us to
providing APIs for faster paperwork. We hope it resolves soon.
In the?meantime, I have uploaded a few videos about the
zBitx from my bench. They are in a playlist on?
Let?me know if you have any questions
- f
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Try again before going to a bigger audience:
Hardly used V3 with original paperwork and SD card ( 32bit version );? Only SWL.
I am a QRP guy and was fortunate to get on the first ZBITX list so my V3 is available.
$380 shipped in the US.
Ron
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So what is the status of the new sBitx V4? ?Nothing about it on the HFSIGNALS site
On Mar 26, 2025, 6:57 AM -0400, Ashhar Farhan via groups.io <farhanbox@...>, wrote:
zBitx shipping is on the way. We are shipping out about 30 per day. This is mostly due to the slow paperwork at our delivery partner. We are pressuring them to bump us to providing APIs for faster paperwork. We hope it resolves soon.
In the?meantime, I have uploaded a few videos about the zBitx from my bench. They are in a playlist on?
Let?me know if you have any questions
- f
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You can always shut it down. Shutdown is a super user privilige. I didnt want to elevate sbitx executable to su
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 8:52 PM David T-- VE3TOS via <digiital= [email protected]> wrote: There were some parts of the Video he didn't have an antenna connected. Also noticed he had a high SWR.?
And I have to agree 100% that there should be a shutdown button?to powerdown?the system correctly.?
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 11:13?AM Shawn Rutledge K7IHZ / LB2JK via <social= [email protected]> wrote: Thanks for the videos!? Those are much more informative.? I’m surprised you don’t see more signals in your area.? FT8 has always been really crowded here, anytime the band is open.? I’ve had contacts from Norway to far-away places on all continents over the last few months, with the sbitx and simple wire dipole antennas.? Not with India so far, but I hope we can have a QSO some day.?
I see that you simply pull the power when you are done.? I don’t think it’s a good idea to keep doing that with a raspberry pi: eventually it may corrupt the filesystem, or at least some files on the sd card, if it happens to be busy writing something when you pull the power.? So I think you should add a shutdown button to your settings screen on the pico.? In the meantime I’d probably try to ssh to it and run the shutdown command.? That’s usually what I do with the sbitx, since I’m often running it over ssh anyway.
Even my 3d printer has an embedded board inside, runs Linux off an sd card, and therefore has a shutdown button in its UI, and I always use it.
zBitx shipping is on the way. We are shipping out about 30 per day. This is mostly due to the slow paperwork at our delivery partner. We are pressuring them to bump us to providing APIs for faster paperwork. We hope it resolves soon. In the?meantime, I have uploaded a few videos about the zBitx from my bench. They are in a playlist on?
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Congrats Farhan ! Looks good... I hope will get my order also soon in a few
days delivered.
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73 , Jens / HB9JOI
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Thanks for your order #3392 to HF Signals.
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From: Ashhar Farhan via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] zBitx videos
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I just added a video showing CW on the zBitx
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 4:27?PM Ashhar Farhan via
<farhanbox@...> wrote:
zBitx shipping is on the way. We are shipping out about 30 per
day. This is mostly due to the slow paperwork at our delivery partner. We are
pressuring them to bump us to providing APIs for faster paperwork. We hope it
resolves soon.
In the meantime, I have uploaded a few videos about the zBitx from my
bench. They are in a playlist on
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Let me know if you have any questions
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- f
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There were some parts of the Video he didn't have an antenna connected. Also noticed he had a high SWR.?
And I have to agree 100% that there should be a shutdown button?to powerdown?the system correctly.?
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 11:13?AM Shawn Rutledge K7IHZ / LB2JK via <social= [email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the videos!? Those are much more informative.? I’m surprised you don’t see more signals in your area.? FT8 has always been really crowded here, anytime the band is open.? I’ve had contacts from Norway to far-away places on all continents over the last few months, with the sbitx and simple wire dipole antennas.? Not with India so far, but I hope we can have a QSO some day.?
I see that you simply pull the power when you are done.? I don’t think it’s a good idea to keep doing that with a raspberry pi: eventually it may corrupt the filesystem, or at least some files on the sd card, if it happens to be busy writing something when you pull the power.? So I think you should add a shutdown button to your settings screen on the pico.? In the meantime I’d probably try to ssh to it and run the shutdown command.? That’s usually what I do with the sbitx, since I’m often running it over ssh anyway.
Even my 3d printer has an embedded board inside, runs Linux off an sd card, and therefore has a shutdown button in its UI, and I always use it.
zBitx shipping is on the way. We are shipping out about 30 per day. This is mostly due to the slow paperwork at our delivery partner. We are pressuring them to bump us to providing APIs for faster paperwork. We hope it resolves soon. In the?meantime, I have uploaded a few videos about the zBitx from my bench. They are in a playlist on?
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Re: zbitx getting ready to be shipped ...
Thats normal it will clear in 2-3 days to Shipped.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 11:15?AM Bob Benedict, KD8CGH via <rkayakr= [email protected]> wrote: I just got an email from DHL saying that a package from HF Signals is on the way for delivery on the 31st. The HF Signals Order Tracker still says "Packed, ready to go" :/
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Re: zbitx getting ready to be shipped ...
I just got an email from DHL saying that a package from HF Signals is on the way for delivery on the 31st. The HF Signals Order Tracker still says "Packed, ready to go" :/
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??? Bob? KD8CGH
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Thanks for the videos! ?Those are much more informative. ?I’m surprised you don’t see more signals in your area. ?FT8 has always been really crowded here, anytime the band is open. ?I’ve had contacts from Norway to far-away places on all continents over the last few months, with the sbitx and simple wire dipole antennas. ?Not with India so far, but I hope we can have a QSO some day.?
I see that you simply pull the power when you are done. ?I don’t think it’s a good idea to keep doing that with a raspberry pi: eventually it may corrupt the filesystem, or at least some files on the sd card, if it happens to be busy writing something when you pull the power. ?So I think you should add a shutdown button to your settings screen on the pico. ?In the meantime I’d probably try to ssh to it and run the shutdown command. ?That’s usually what I do with the sbitx, since I’m often running it over ssh anyway.
Even my 3d printer has an embedded board inside, runs Linux off an sd card, and therefore has a shutdown button in its UI, and I always use it.
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On Mar 26, 2025, at 11:57, Ashhar Farhan via groups.io <farhanbox@...> wrote:
zBitx shipping is on the way. We are shipping out about 30 per day. This is mostly due to the slow paperwork at our delivery partner. We are pressuring them to bump us to providing APIs for faster paperwork. We hope it resolves soon. In the?meantime, I have uploaded a few videos about the zBitx from my bench. They are in a playlist on?
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Hi please let me know when I can order the zBitx thank you
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Ralph Perreca
N7RMP
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Re: zbitx getting ready to be shipped ...
Thanks for the update. Hope I don’t miss your next announcement to place an order.?
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Jens/HB9JOI
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