Re: uBitx LCD Viewing Angle and Replacement Hints Needed
A little change of contrast potentometer ( JUST 5 DEGREES ON? EITHER SIDE OF PRESENT ) would also help orientation.
?Please on't turn too much.
On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Mike Lichtman via Groups.Io <tchrme@...> wrote: Good evening. I have my uBitx mounted in a cabinet that working well with 12w on 75m and 9 on 40m. The only problem is
I went to put it on a shelf on my operating desk and the viewing angle made the display unreadable. While not?
a new to electronics, I am new to playing with digital and lcd displays. Can anyone recommend a plug and play blue/white or black/white display
without the viewing angle concerns that is as close to the current opening size as possible? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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Re: Raduino Replacemnt, COMING SOON!
OK
could also use longer header pins on the LCD if socketting the NANO.
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Re: Raduino Replacemnt, COMING SOON!
HI Glen,
That decision is up to the builder... If socketing I imagine I2C LCD is going to be needed and/or remote mounting the LCD.
73
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Re: Raduino Replacemnt, COMING SOON!
sorry, this was meant for Nic not Ian.
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Re: Raduino Replacemnt, COMING SOON!
Ian, did you plan to have the NANO board as a plug in rather than solder in??? If so I think you might have height issues once the LCD is fitted.
glenn
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The one supplied has a 4 mm shaft while the encoder has a 6 mm shaft. I found Mentor Knobs that had the same style for both shaft sizes.? See my photos posted or my QRZ page.
I ordered from Farnell in the UK (export site) and apparently they must ship a container to the US each day and then send by Mail as I paid a almost nothing to get them here in the US.
Dave WI6R
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 4:02 AM, Robert Goodwin <bobgn1@...> wrote: What is the shaft size on the provided audio pot in the uBITx?? It was 0.16 in the BITx40 but pictures of the uBITx parts make me think it might be different in the the uBITx.? I'm trying to get all the parts that I have to provide together before the kit arrives, and this knob is of interest.
Bob, N4HCI
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Hi Simon,
Yes, that is the part for mounting the Power Poles.? Available from Mouser Australia As are the Hammond cases.
Dave WI6R
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 4:42 PM, Simon Rumble <simon@...> wrote: Hey Dave that's a beautiful rig. Nice work!
How do you panel mount the power poles? I'm just getting started with them and I haven't seen any panel mount versions. So how do you keep them in place? Is it something ? (Those are cheap but the postage to Australia is ruinous) Here is mine in the Hammond 1402DV (V for Vented since the heat sinks are inside.)
?It's tight with the Volume Control mounted in between the display and the extrusion. So the PCB is mounted as close as you can get to the right side extrusion, then mark for the display and pot, with the encoder centered between the display and right side.
I used my own connectors for Mic, Headphones and Paddle plus Power Pole power connection all on the rear panel with the BNC antenna connector.
Room to later mount a USB cable as shown, I would have centered the Power Pole connector with the USB rear panel connection.
Dave WI6R
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Re: uBitx LCD Viewing Angle and Replacement Hints Needed
I found this on a previous thread. Get the 5V version, they say. Should work fine, they say...
Bernie, KC9SGV
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On Feb 14, 2018, at 9:24 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...> wrote: Check out:
Terry King runs the shop and is great to work with and knows his stuff (EE type). Check out his software tutorials, too...they are worth a look if you're just getting started. Also, if you go with an I2C display like he sells for $5.50, you'll free up several I/O lines for other uses. Search this forum for posts relating to I2C interfacing with the ?BITX.
Jack, W8TEE
From: Mike Lichtman via Groups.Io <tchrme@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 10:09 PM
Subject: [BITX20] uBitx LCD Viewing Angle and Replacement Hints Needed
Good evening. I have my uBitx mounted in a cabinet that working well with 12w on 75m and 9 on 40m. The only problem is
I went to put it on a shelf on my operating desk and the viewing angle made the display unreadable. While not?
a new to electronics, I am new to playing with digital and lcd displays. Can anyone recommend a plug and play blue/white or black/white display
without the viewing angle concerns that is as close to the current opening size as possible? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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Re: uBitx LCD Viewing Angle and Replacement Hints Needed
Check out:
Terry King runs the shop and is great to work with and knows his stuff (EE type). Check out his software tutorials, too...they are worth a look if you're just getting started. Also, if you go with an I2C display like he sells for $5.50, you'll free up several I/O lines for other uses. Search this forum for posts relating to I2C interfacing with the ?BITX.
Jack, W8TEE
From: Mike Lichtman via Groups.Io <tchrme@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 10:09 PM
Subject: [BITX20] uBitx LCD Viewing Angle and Replacement Hints Needed
Good evening. I have my uBitx mounted in a cabinet that working well with 12w on 75m and 9 on 40m. The only problem is
I went to put it on a shelf on my operating desk and the viewing angle made the display unreadable. While not?
a new to electronics, I am new to playing with digital and lcd displays. Can anyone recommend a plug and play blue/white or black/white display
without the viewing angle concerns that is as close to the current opening size as possible? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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Re: uBitx LCD Viewing Angle and Replacement Hints Needed
I had the same problem with my Bitx40. You just need to adjust the display contrast that¡¯s the variable resistor on the back of the display board.?
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On Feb 14, 2018, at 10:09 PM, Mike Lichtman via Groups.Io < tchrme@...> wrote: Good evening. I have my uBitx mounted in a cabinet that working well with 12w on 75m and 9 on 40m. The only problem is
I went to put it on a shelf on my operating desk and the viewing angle made the display unreadable. While not?
a new to electronics, I am new to playing with digital and lcd displays. Can anyone recommend a plug and play blue/white or black/white display
without the viewing angle concerns that is as close to the current opening size as possible? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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uBitx LCD Viewing Angle and Replacement Hints Needed
Good evening. I have my uBitx mounted in a cabinet that working well with 12w on 75m and 9 on 40m. The only problem is
I went to put it on a shelf on my operating desk and the viewing angle made the display unreadable. While not?
a new to electronics, I am new to playing with digital and lcd displays. Can anyone recommend a plug and play blue/white or black/white display
without the viewing angle concerns that is as close to the current opening size as possible? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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Wonderful, congrats Dave,
Wednesday, February 14, 2018, you wrote:
DR> Everyone.
DR> Last night my uBITX took ti's first breath of life. Even worked a couple of
DR> QSOs. Attached are some pictures. Please note that I installed the 4.7K
DR> resister on the radinio board for CW pull up instead of installing it in the
DR> wiring with the CW jack on the front panel. Because of the case size I
DR> removed the heat sinks from the finals and using mica insulators I mounted
DR> them to the back panel. The heat sinks that were supplied had metal ridges
DR> on the back that had to be removed so they could mount flat on the bolts
DR> that fastened the finals to the rear panel.
DR> The radio works on 80 through 10 meters with decreasing power as you go up
DR> in frequency. I get about 15 watts out on 80 down to 5 watts on 20.
DR> The frequency calibration seems to be very close. In performing the bias
DR> adjustment I discovered that I could only adjust the current for each final
DR> to about 83 ma with the pot set fully CCW. So to even the shared current of
DR> the two finals I adjusted them to 60ma each with the total of 120 final bias
DR> current. The little voltage regulator in the final circuit was working
DR> correctly supplying 5 Volts to the bias circuit during transmit. Though this
DR> radio is not in the same league as my Elecraft equipment it is a radio I can have a lot of fun with.
DR> 73 Dave ?KD1NA
73! Zsolt
VE7WQ
73! George
VE7WQ
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Re: error on verify raduino ino
What are the error messages you're getting?
Jack, W8TEE
From: Michael Monteith via Groups.Io <michael_r_monteith@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] error on verify raduino ino
Jack,
?I assume he must have his fixed.? I've got the same error.? I'm running 1.8.5.? I have both the btix40 tab and the si5351.h tab.
I did notice when I installed the si5351 library it put it in:
C:\Users\username\Documents\Arduino\libraries
I even copied the folder to where the IDE libraries are:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries
and restarted the IDE
?I thought while I was sitting here I'd load the sketch, compile it, and be able to play around with some ideas.?? So not critical right now.? Just when you get time.
73, Michael
KM4OLT
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Lots of good info on his blog site that should be the first place you should look:
It¡¯s like comparing a moped to a corvette ;) fixed a lot of bugs and usability is far superior with his updates.?
Things like controlling the ubitx via your computer via the USB port using ?programs like FLdigi and others. He has also made a ubitx manager tool for adding memories and locking down TX on the radio to just the ham bands.. saving your settings and more... it really makes the ubitx shine!
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On Feb 14, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Gary Shriver < gshriver@...> wrote: I¡¯m such a nubee I am still waiting on shipment of my uBitx.? But what is the difference between the KD8CEC firmware when compared to the stock firmware that comes with the uBitx?? ? 73-Gary ? ? Dave, Now upgrade to?KD8CEC firmware and you will be amazed.?
On Feb 14, 2018, at 4:21 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum@...> wrote:
? Everyone.
Last night my uBITX took ti's first breath of life. Even worked a couple of QSOs. Attached are some pictures. Please note that I installed the 4.7K resister on the radinio board for CW pull up instead of installing it in the wiring with the CW jack on the front panel. Because of the case size I removed the heat sinks from the finals and using mica insulators I mounted them to the back panel. The heat sinks that were supplied had metal ridges on the back that had to be removed so they could mount flat on the bolts that fastened the finals to the rear panel.
The radio works on 80 through 10 meters with decreasing power as you go up in frequency. I get about 15 watts out on 80 down to 5 watts on 20.
The frequency calibration seems to be very close. In performing the bias adjustment I discovered that I could only adjust the current for each final to about 83 ma with the pot set fully CCW. So to even the shared current of the two finals I adjusted them to 60ma each with the total of 120 final bias current. The little voltage regulator in the final circuit was working correctly supplying 5 Volts to the bias circuit during transmit. Though this radio is not in the same league as my Elecraft equipment it is a radio I can have a lot of fun with.
73 Dave? KD1NA ?
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Re: phone + ssh/vnc to raspberry pi was Raduino Replacemnt, COMING SOON!
Okay. That wasn¡¯t the method then. Not even sure that¡¯s even an option I was foggy on the details but you create a file called ssh and put it in the boot folder on Sd card. When it finds the file on boot it enables ssh and then deletes file.?
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On Feb 14, 2018, at 5:41 PM, Fred Buecker < tfbiii2002@...> wrote: The settings do not disappear on the next reboot. This enables the SSH server and then it stays on.
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Just an update, I have incorporated the optional PTT POP fix on the board too as per: /g/BITX20/wiki/UBitx-PTT-POP-Fix
And an extra cap for power filtering... And extra holes for more power resistors. 
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I¡¯m such a nubee I am still waiting on shipment of my uBitx.? But what is the difference between the KD8CEC firmware when compared to the stock firmware that comes with the uBitx?? ? 73-Gary ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of bill richardson Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 2:06 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [BITX20] My uBITX is alive!! ? Dave, Now upgrade to?KD8CEC firmware and you will be amazed.?
On Feb 14, 2018, at 4:21 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum@...> wrote:
? Everyone.
Last night my uBITX took ti's first breath of life. Even worked a couple of QSOs. Attached are some pictures. Please note that I installed the 4.7K resister on the radinio board for CW pull up instead of installing it in the wiring with the CW jack on the front panel. Because of the case size I removed the heat sinks from the finals and using mica insulators I mounted them to the back panel. The heat sinks that were supplied had metal ridges on the back that had to be removed so they could mount flat on the bolts that fastened the finals to the rear panel.
The radio works on 80 through 10 meters with decreasing power as you go up in frequency. I get about 15 watts out on 80 down to 5 watts on 20.
The frequency calibration seems to be very close. In performing the bias adjustment I discovered that I could only adjust the current for each final to about 83 ma with the pot set fully CCW. So to even the shared current of the two finals I adjusted them to 60ma each with the total of 120 final bias current. The little voltage regulator in the final circuit was working correctly supplying 5 Volts to the bias circuit during transmit. Though this radio is not in the same league as my Elecraft equipment it is a radio I can have a lot of fun with.
73 Dave? KD1NA ?
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Re: phone + ssh/vnc to raspberry pi was Raduino Replacemnt, COMING SOON!
The settings do not disappear on the next reboot. This enables the SSH server and then it stays on.
On Feb 13, 2018 8:01 PM, "Joe Puma" < kd2nfc@...> wrote: If you¡¯re trying to access a rpi from ssh on a fresh install or headless when Ssh is not enabled you can edit the boot.txt file on the SD card from another computer and add ¡°ssh¡± (without quotes) to the file. You will have one shot to boot up and connect via Ssh. The setting will disappear on Next reboot.?
Joe KD2NFC? I figured it was time to free this thread from VK4PLN's post.
There is another option if you can beg, borrow or otherwise obtain a computer for the very first set up.? Frustratingly SSH is disabled on most of the pi distros by default so you will need another box to set this up with a card reader/writer.? Also if you are using a windows machine you need a way to write linux files.? I used a demo version of Paragon ExtFS ? Once done you can SSH or VNC (for gui) into your pi via wifi using your phone or tablet as a monitor.? I fumble around with the phone screen keyboard for minor stuff and use VNC or PuTTY on my desktop for real work.? I don't see why you couldn't use a bluetooth or usb/otg keyboard connected to your phone.? This is a good article to get you started I currently have 3 pis running with this set up.? If you go this route you don't need all the USB ports on the Pi3 and can go with the cheaper ZeroW.? Just make sure you get the W with wifi not the plain zero.
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Re: Bitx40 Raduino convert to uBitx Raduino
Yet, when I put Ian's 1.01 in it, lsb was lsb, usb was usb. Somehing wasn't perfect from the frequency perspective , possibly the BFO was off. Of course, the software lets you adjust the BFO while operating but I haven't tried that. Still not sure why your original software switched usb with lsb, but soon will figure this out I hope because I would like to be able to switch softwares at will. ?
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Dave,
Now upgrade to? KD8CEC firmware and you will be amazed.?
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On Feb 14, 2018, at 4:21 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...> wrote: Wow...nice job!
Jack, W8TEE
Everyone.
Last night my uBITX took ti's first breath of life. Even worked a couple of QSOs. Attached are some pictures. Please note that I installed the 4.7K resister on the radinio board for CW pull up instead of installing it in the wiring with the CW jack on the front panel. Because of the case size I removed the heat sinks from the finals and using mica insulators I mounted them to the back panel. The heat sinks that were supplied had metal ridges on the back that had to be removed so they could mount flat on the bolts that fastened the finals to the rear panel.
The radio works on 80 through 10 meters with decreasing power as you go up in frequency. I get about 15 watts out on 80 down to 5 watts on 20.
The frequency calibration seems to be very close. In performing the bias adjustment I discovered that I could only adjust the current for each final to about 83 ma with the pot set fully CCW. So to even the shared current of the two finals I adjusted them to 60ma each with the total of 120 final bias current. The little voltage regulator in the final circuit was working correctly supplying 5 Volts to the bias circuit during transmit. Though this radio is not in the same league as my Elecraft equipment it is a radio I can have a lot of fun with.
73 Dave? KD1NA
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Nick VK4PP
Michael Shreeve