Re: Dec 16 order of uBitx received Feb 10 via India Post
I just measured a board. It's 4.9" x 4.7 x 1.1. You can shrink the 4.7 down to 4.5 with a different heat sink. It'll be a tight fit.
Vince.
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On 02/10/2018 09:12 PM, VE7WQ wrote: Hi Chris,
HFSignals Team replied to my enquiry in 3 hours.
"Yes, We have received your payment of USD 59.
The order will be shipped in 3-4 days.
Tracking details will be updated once the shipment is done."
Sounds like they have it in stock.
Do you know how deep a box I need for the BITX40 with Raduino?
I'm planning to repurpose my flaky IC-25/AE (5"x5"x2") for it.
Saturday, February 10, 2018, 4:10:02 PM, you wrote:
CC> Hi George
CC> I assume your PayPal notification is for the payment. PayPal will send
CC> another when HF Signals inform them the item has been shipped and that
CC> second message should mean it's on it's way. As you can see it took
another
CC> 10 days to arrive here via India Post and Royal Mail with no further
CC> tracking once it was 'in the bag'. I got the Jan 24 message from HF
Signals
CC> following an enquiry, so I might not have heard anything until the
second
CC> PayPal message. However, as Chris Gress says, I think they have stock of
CC> Bitx40 and if so yours could be shipped quite soon. And arrive even
sooner
CC> if you use DHL, but I get the impression if you are using DHL in NA they
CC> will slap a tax on you. Not sure if that happens UK so I didn't take
the chance!!
CC> 73 Chris
CC> G3SQU
73! George
VE7WQ
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Michigan VHF Corp.
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the board layout and other documentation can be found at
73,
Paul
KL7FLR
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The website moved, and that broke a few links. You can find the schematic here:?
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Karl Heinz - K5KHK
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Hello Daniel,
Sinceramente few data ah¨ª, I noticed that the link is broken and the diagram is unavailable.
73 DE OA4CKN
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Re: How to deal with Broadcast FM QRM
Hello all! I received my bitx40 last wednesday (total newcomer).
Thanks Jerry! I had the issue of the broadcast station at los volume setting but after soldering a 10nF capacitor between cursor and ground of the volume potentiometer, the station dissapeared! ?
Thanks for the advice!?
73 de OA4CKN, at grid FH17lw.
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Jack,
just ordered 2 pcs of KY-040 rotary encoders.
How can I implement your version of fast tune for the BITX40 Raduino?
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Re: uBITX woes, feeling disheartened.
#ubitx
Sorry all the voltages you mention are wrong!
Pin 5 & 8 MUST have 12v if your board is connected to power supply 12v. No 12v means RX will not work..
Pin no 1 (Square pad) can have 12v ONLY on TX.
I suspect that you are not measuring properly or counting the pins wrong... cant be this way off.
Raj
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At 11-02-2018, you wrote: ok now that I slept for 12 hours doing better. ok square pad # 12v---pin #3 no volts---pin5 no volts---pin8--0 volts----pin#9--no volts---pin#12---12 volts---pin #14 12 volts---pin #16--12 volts. hop that is correct. with PCB & Radunio unplugged measured connunity, connunity ok. checked k3 no voltage on any pins on receive. Thanks 73's de AC8XZ
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Re: Dec 16 order of uBitx received Feb 10 via India Post
Hi Chris,
HFSignals Team replied to my enquiry in 3 hours.
"Yes, We have received your payment of USD 59.?
The order will be shipped in 3-4 days.?
Tracking details will be updated once the shipment is done."
Sounds like they have it in stock.
Do you know how deep a box I need for the BITX40 with Raduino??
I'm planning to repurpose my flaky IC-25/AE (5"x5"x2") for it.
Saturday, February 10, 2018, 4:10:02 PM, you wrote:
CC> Hi George
CC> I assume your PayPal notification is for the payment. PayPal will send
CC> another when HF Signals inform them the item has been shipped and that
CC> second message should mean it's on it's way. As you can see it took another
CC> 10 days to arrive here via India Post and Royal Mail with no further
CC> tracking once it was 'in the bag'. I got the Jan 24 message from HF Signals
CC> following an enquiry, so I might not have heard anything until the second
CC> PayPal message. However, as Chris Gress says, I think they have stock of
CC> Bitx40 and if so yours could be shipped quite soon. And arrive even sooner
CC> if you use DHL, but I get the impression if you are using DHL in NA they
CC> will slap a tax on you. Not sure if that happens UK so I didn't take the chance!!
CC> 73 Chris
CC> G3SQU
73! George
VE7WQ
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After doing some tests with the rig, I made the mistake of transmitting near the Bitx40 with an ICOM 725 with a badly isolated tuner,
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A quick flash, smoke, and the bitx40 that was only on, no antenna connected, died. No more tranmission or power output.
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What components should I start checking or replacing?
Regards,
Eduardo
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Hi Bob, the diode package you are talking about was substituted for the 2 diodes and pot with the thought that the packaged diodes were a very good match and the pot was not necessary. My BITX40 came the same way and I haven't had any issues with a strong carrier. I have built this circuit on a home brew rig and used two individual diodes and pot with better results than the BITX without the pot adjustment. But, you shouldn't be getting a strong signal on the output without audio. If you have a scope check the mic audio amp circuit and make sure that there is no oscillations with the mic disconnected. You can also check the input to the diode package legs(D20) and see that you are getting equal signal on both diodes. It's possible that one of the wires on the transformer is not making a good contact on the board. It will be a 12mhz signal from the carrier oscillator input.? I'm sure others will have more ideas and tests you can perform to isolate this problem. Good Luck and let us know what's happening. Dale kg7ssb
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 6:54 PM, <radioant@...> wrote: I set up my bitx40 for transmit and on key up I heard a strong carrier from the bitx40. The carrier was 20 over on monitor receiver.? No it wasn't feed back from the mic. I looked at the balanced modulator circuit on the board and discovered that D15 and D16 and the 100 ohm trim pot we're not in the circuit. But a dual diode D20 was there. Could someone explain this modification and if anyone else has had this problem. Will see if any DC is getting back into modulator.? Thank you Bob WB2TFG
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page 2 about mid way down has a few options for size of the black and silver.
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It was a change HF Signals made about a year ago and has worked fine. The dual diode is better balanced than you would get via the pot.
Did you do any of the mods to the board, like perhaps the one that involves a 10K resistor to the area of the balanced modulator for CW?
Vince.
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On 02/10/2018 08:54 PM, radioant@... wrote: *I set up my bitx40 for transmit and on key up I heard a strong carrier
from the bitx40. The carrier was 20 over on monitor receiver. No it
wasn't feed back from the mic. I looked at the balanced modulator
circuit on the board and discovered that D15 and D16 and the 100 ohm
trim pot we're not in the circuit. But a dual diode D20 was there. Could
someone explain this modification and if anyone else has had this
problem. Will see if any DC is getting back into modulator. Thank you
Bob WB2TFG*
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I set up my bitx40 for transmit and on key up I heard a strong carrier from the bitx40. The carrier was 20 over on monitor receiver.? No it wasn't feed back from the mic. I looked at the balanced modulator circuit on the board and discovered that D15 and D16 and the 100 ohm trim pot we're not in the circuit. But a dual diode D20 was there. Could someone explain this modification and if anyone else has had this problem. Will see if any DC is getting back into modulator.? Thank you Bob WB2TFG
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Re: Dec 16 order of uBitx received Feb 10 via India Post
USA import Duty fees or non fees. ?Up to?$1,600?in goods will be duty-free under your personal exemption if the merchandise is from an IP. Up to?$800?in goods will be duty-free if it is from a CBI or Andean country. Any additional amount, up to $1,000, in goods will be dutiable at a flat rate (3%).May 31, 2017
On 10 Feb 2018 6:10 pm, "Chris Clarke" < csclarke@...> wrote: Hi George
I assume your PayPal notification is for the payment. PayPal will send another when HF Signals inform them the item has been shipped and that second message should mean it's on it's way. As you can see it took another 10 days to arrive here via India Post and Royal Mail with no further tracking once it was 'in the bag'. I got the Jan 24 message from HF Signals following an enquiry, so I might not have heard anything until the second PayPal message. However, as Chris Gress says, I think they have stock of Bitx40 and if so yours could be shipped quite soon. And arrive even sooner if you use DHL, but I get the impression if you are using DHL in NA they will slap a tax on you. Not sure if that happens UK so I didn't take the chance!!
73 Chris
G3SQU
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Re: Dec 16 order of uBitx received Feb 10 via India Post
Yes in the UK they slap ?24 on it get no extra with India post and with them I have never lost an order touch wood chris G0WFH?
On 11 Feb 2018 00:10, "Chris Clarke" < csclarke@...> wrote: Hi George
I assume your PayPal notification is for the payment. PayPal will send another when HF Signals inform them the item has been shipped and that second message should mean it's on it's way. As you can see it took another 10 days to arrive here via India Post and Royal Mail with no further tracking once it was 'in the bag'. I got the Jan 24 message from HF Signals following an enquiry, so I might not have heard anything until the second PayPal message. However, as Chris Gress says, I think they have stock of Bitx40 and if so yours could be shipped quite soon. And arrive even sooner if you use DHL, but I get the impression if you are using DHL in NA they will slap a tax on you. Not sure if that happens UK so I didn't take the chance!!
73 Chris
G3SQU
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Re: Dec 16 order of uBitx received Feb 10 via India Post
?Mine should be here Monday or Tuesday and I got absolutely no notices from PayPal. I only was able to follow with DHL tracking. ?I believe you have the Customs tax with DHL backwards. No cost in the United States but there is cost in Europe and that's why most Europeans are using India post.
On 10 Feb 2018 6:10 pm, "Chris Clarke" < csclarke@...> wrote: Hi George
I assume your PayPal notification is for the payment. PayPal will send another when HF Signals inform them the item has been shipped and that second message should mean it's on it's way. As you can see it took another 10 days to arrive here via India Post and Royal Mail with no further tracking once it was 'in the bag'. I got the Jan 24 message from HF Signals following an enquiry, so I might not have heard anything until the second PayPal message. However, as Chris Gress says, I think they have stock of Bitx40 and if so yours could be shipped quite soon. And arrive even sooner if you use DHL, but I get the impression if you are using DHL in NA they will slap a tax on you. Not sure if that happens UK so I didn't take the chance!!
73 Chris
G3SQU
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Re: Dec 16 order of uBitx received Feb 10 via India Post
Hi George
I assume your PayPal notification is for the payment. PayPal will send another when HF Signals inform them the item has been shipped and that second message should mean it's on it's way. As you can see it took another 10 days to arrive here via India Post and Royal Mail with no further tracking once it was 'in the bag'. I got the Jan 24 message from HF Signals following an enquiry, so I might not have heard anything until the second PayPal message. However, as Chris Gress says, I think they have stock of Bitx40 and if so yours could be shipped quite soon. And arrive even sooner if you use DHL, but I get the impression if you are using DHL in NA they will slap a tax on you. Not sure if that happens UK so I didn't take the chance!!
73 Chris
G3SQU
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Re: Second batch of uBITX shipping?
#ubitx
I also ordered mine on the 18th and mine is also sitting in Cincinnati for the last day. ?It is indicated that once it hits the USA it is USPS. Was supposed to deliver this last Friday so I figure maybe Tuesday here in Minnesota.
On 10 Feb 2018 5:27 pm, "S. Porter" < srporter@...> wrote: ordered 18 December?
picked up by DHL on 7 February, 3:07pm (0937z) Hyderabad time
arrived U.S. hub near Cincinnati, Ohio on 9 February, 5:40am (1040z) via Bangalore and Leipzig
DHL did an incredible job of moving it 9,200 miles in 2 days!
but still at Cincinnati 36 hours later
apparently took 24 hours to clear U.S. customs
no worries, it should be delivered here Monday, 12 February
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Really good, and I like your screen layout and features.? Are you
going to open source your sketch so that others can make use of
it?
73 Mike ZL1AXG
On 11/02/18 7:10 AM, ´¡²Ô»å°ù¨¦²õ Moreno wrote:
The project is on the right track.
Everything is already in a metal box (cookie), it is already
possible to transmit, getting about 12W in 40m. and
approximately 7 in 20m. For the other bands I do not have
antennas.
QSO's in 40m are relatively easy to do, depending on the
propagation, but even with my precarious antenna I have been
able to perform QSO's with EA8 and HB9, in addition to
practically all EA. Keep in mind that I use a mic preamp that
has some compression.
The front-end has changed, being governed by an arduino mega2560
pro and a 2.4 "touch screen.
It is possible to adjust the frequencies of BFO, IF, CW Tone and
an offset if necessary for the VFO. For the Si5351 the
calibration factor and the outputs can be adjusted.
As a disadvantage, this Arduino works at 16MHz and it seems
that, together with the screen, it introduces some noise.
Working now to eliminate it.
I just uploaded a small video showing all that: ? ??
or search for "ubitx EB7ME" on YouTube
Thank you very much Farhan for your great idea.
Regards?
EB7ME? ´¡²Ô»å°ù¨¦²õ
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