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Re: DDS/VFO output #bitx40

 

I don't have a scope but I think that would be normal. In the uBitx Farhan drives the diode mixers from the Si5351 (3v output) via a small attentuator pad. In the Bitx40, Q7 to Q9 are left over from the analogue vfo. If you wanted to drive with a cleaner square wave you could rebuild it to be the same as the uBitx. If you want to really clean up the 7Mhz output (and get rid of the 7.2MHz birdie) you need to use the vfo at 19MHz and change the 12 MHz oscillator to be on the low side of the IF.
73 Brian.
Re: uBITX Wire Up Drawing error

 

Don't know how i missed this, but i did and have been operating with my Volume pot wired wrong according to the wiring diagram. I can't say as I have noticed any difference since changing it. My audio chip ran cool before and after and sounded great. Oh well, I will sleep better knowing it's right now.

Joel
N6ALT
Re: uBitx Shipping question

 

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I always use the cheap route Indian Post and everything not on back order has taken between 3 to 4 weeks tops. My last Bitx40 showed up maybe 2.5 weeks?

Mine are sent to Killeen, Texas.

James Lawrie

On Feb 23, 2018, at 13:31, Terry Morris <terry.kb8amz@...> wrote:

Gary Shriver, i
?ordered my ubitx January 12, 2018. I ordered the ubit40 and was told there would be a delay. Two weeks later I received email indicating the ubit40 was shipped and it arrived in Ohio 2 weeks later.


Terry - KB8AMZ
Brimfield Twp, OH
Linux User#412308, Ubuntu User #34905
OSs: LM18.1, Ubuntu 16.04, Puppy tahrpup64, Raspbian
Orgs: PCL70-FOP, NTHS, ALUG, ARRL, PCARS#78, NAQCC#6668, NO-QRP-C, QRP-ARCI#8855
I chair the PCARS CW/QRP SIG and Linux for Hams SIG, second and fifth Tuesday

my computer, my opinion

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Gary Shriver <gshriver@...> wrote:

I have a question for the group.? For those of you in the USA.? What has been the average time to receive your uBitx once you have been notified that it has been shipped via DHL.? I was just wondering if we have a long customs delay here in the states.??

?

Thanks

73-Gary

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Sheldon
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 6:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] My uBitx shipped today

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I had managed to get one of the first batch and decided to order a 2nd one.? 2nd uBITX ordered on 23 December and I just got shipping notification this morning (Central US time) DHL tracking says it has been picked up in Hyderabad and expected delivery date is Wednesday, the 21st (I'll bet it takes at least 1 or 2 days longer as it will have to clear custom. The first one took 4 days from shipping to my receiving it. so I'm expecting it more like this coming Friday.? DHL sure beats India Post though.? I'm waiting on a case for it coming by India Post that was shipped earlier this month.? No telling when that one will get here - LOL.

Jim - W0EB


BITX QSO Afternoon/Night, Sunday, February 25, 3PM/7PM Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere

John P
 

BITX QSO Afternoon/Evening, Sunday, February 25, 3PM & 7PM Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere.

Join us as we make contacts from BITX40 to BITX40 on 7.277 MHz in 40 meters!

This is a worldwide event for BITX40 stations starting at 7pm in each time zone. To participate, call CQ BITX on Sunday, starting at?3PM and/or 7PM?your local time. The BITX QSO Night continues through the evening and conditions usually improve after sunset, so it is worthwhile to participate later in the evening.

Suggested Best Operating Practices:

Work at QRP power levels unless conditions require more power.
Call and listen for CQ BITX on the hour and every quarter hour.
It is helpful if you call CQ BITX with your callsign, name and location.?
Repeat your callsign a number of times during your CQ BITX and during QSO's.
Start a QSO by confirming the callsign, location, name and signal report of the other operator.
Say the callsign, name and location of the other operator so others can hear.
If the frequency is busy, avoid long conversations.
After your initial QSO is complete, ask if there are any other stations who would like to contact.

Report your QSO's, discuss propagation, noise, signal reports, audio reports, antenna type, etc. in this thread.

This is an undirected, scheduled event.? The BITX QSO Night relies on you to call CQ BITX to initiate contacts with other stations, so warm up that final and transmit a few calls on Sunday evening.? Talk to you then!
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John - WA2FZW
I got my uBITX ... adventurous shipment !

 

Hi all, some of you have been writing about delay and others points about the uBitx shipment.

If I do recall, my parcel was taken by the indian postal service around 9AM local time on december 16 2017? After twoday was shipped outside India. I could not trace any position around the world. Maybe a second hand italian postal camel was the carrier ... by end of december no news. Beginning of january till end no news. On Feb 2nd 2018 it arrived in Milan (1000km north from my QTH) at the international postal exchange. It was there till the 5th ... then no news. On the 13th it arrived at the postal customs site near Milan, 30km away. It was there till the 17th. then shipped. It arrived on the 20th in Bari, 40km north of my QTH. On the 21st the postman came to my house but I was not at home. The ticket left reported tha it was avalable on the 23rd february at my town main PT office ... but I had to show up with some money: nearly 20€ for import duty and nearly 8€ for postal handling. It did not get lost !!! Hi.

73

Gian
I7SWX
Re: Activity on ubitx.net

 

I just tried the link Ron and got the page. See the print-screen image.


Terry - KB8AMZ
Brimfield Twp, OH
Linux User#412308, Ubuntu User #34905
OSs: LM18.1, Ubuntu 16.04, Puppy tahrpup64, Raspbian
Orgs: PCL70-FOP, NTHS, ALUG, ARRL, PCARS#78, NAQCC#6668, NO-QRP-C, QRP-ARCI#8855
I chair the PCARS CW/QRP SIG and Linux for Hams SIG, second and fifth Tuesday

my computer, my opinion

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 5:27 PM, w7hd.rh <w7hd.rh@...> wrote:

I am getting 403 Forbidden when I try to access

/g/BITX20/wiki/home


Ron W7HD


On 02/22/2018 03:23 PM, Thomas Sharka via Groups.Io wrote:
Thanks for your undertaking of what appears to be a large and growing project. I just came back from the uBITX.net website and noted that?

Internal Server Error

is what I get when I try the various links.
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Sent from Yahoo Mail.




On Thursday, February 22, 2018 5:16 PM, Mike Woods <mhwoods@...> wrote:


Hi everybody

You may be interested in how uBITx.net is going.

To date in February 2018, there have been 170,000 page hits, with 14220
visits by 8214 unique visitors.? Together, all those 8000+ uBITx fans
have shifted 14Gb of data! This shows just how big the interest is in
the uBITx.? I host around 25 sites, and this is now our second most
popular site.

I am still catching up with reading new emails on the list posted during
the last few days.? I have been otherwise occupied with a visit by
Eugeny UA3AHM and time out at the saltmine.

Since the site launch less than a month ago,? a total of 68 news stories
have been posted.? There will be a few more posted today. These stories
are running about 3 per day, drawn primarily from the approx. 100 email
postings a day on the BITX20 email list (i.e. 3% of all emails to the
list are "news worthy").? This is a pretty interesting statistic in itself.

I am still gob-smacked by the extent of hacking already going on with
the uBITx ...? eclipsing a year's worth of hacking on the BITX40. There
are already three software variants available - each with unique
features.?? Clearly, Ashhar Farhan has a tiger by the tail, as he has
two months of back orders of the uBITx to clear before shipping ex stock.

Hopefully, is filling a helpful niche in the ecosystem for the
uBITx.? It's purpose is to document and categorise that which is of
enduring value from the BITX20 list about the uBITx. I have not had the
time I would like to distill out the "nuggets" into guidance like I had
hoped.?? However, I guess that will come with time ... It would also be
nice to find the time to work on hacking my own uBITx! ? But I do hope
to get into the workshop this weekend and work on an interesting mod of
one of my BITX40s.

Don't forget that you can volunteer to help out with uBITx.net. It would
be great to have one or two others assisting with the daily collation of
news items.? This takes an hour or two a day at most...? I can prepare a
simple guide? to assist volunteers in managing this.? No coding skills
are needed ... just good editing skills, and the ability to track down
an appropriate graphic to go with each item.

73? Mike ZL1AXG



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Mike Woods






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W7HD - NAQCC#7587 OMISS#9898 KX3#6966 LinuxUser#415320


Screenshot at 2018-02-23 15-59-28.png

Re: Activity on ubitx.net

Joe Puma
 

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What happens when you ping the Domain name? What happens when you ping the IP address? What happens when you do a trace route to the IP address.

Can you go to the IP address in the browser?


On Feb 23, 2018, at 7:35 AM, w7hd.rh <w7hd.rh@...> wrote:

The problem turns out to be with my Comcast modem, apparently.? The problem is that I can not connect to through Comcast - not an email problem.? The email is working fine.? If I connect my PC to my Verizon phone, the connection works fine.? Every other site I normally connect to works fine - just the fails through the Comcast modem.? We're now on our second day of troubleshooting with Comcast.

Ron W7HD


On 02/22/2018 10:20 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io wrote:
Check to see that your messages are not being directed to spam. One time I clicked the wrong "Move-to" link and set it to Spam. After that, I was removed from subsequent mailings. Look for a message from explaining what happened and follow their link to reestablish your link.

Jack, W8TEE


From: Clark Martin <kk6isp@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Activity on

I¡¯m on several groups and have been receiving messages regularly. ?Perhaps the problem is localized.

Clark Martin
KK6ISP

On Feb 22, 2018, at 3:13 PM, w7hd.rh <w7hd.rh@...> wrote:

It looks as though Comcast has blocked??for its customers.? Hopefully, it will be fixed soon!
Ron W7HD




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Re: uBitx Shipping question

 

Gary Shriver, i
?ordered my ubitx January 12, 2018. I ordered the ubit40 and was told there would be a delay. Two weeks later I received email indicating the ubit40 was shipped and it arrived in Ohio 2 weeks later.


Terry - KB8AMZ
Brimfield Twp, OH
Linux User#412308, Ubuntu User #34905
OSs: LM18.1, Ubuntu 16.04, Puppy tahrpup64, Raspbian
Orgs: PCL70-FOP, NTHS, ALUG, ARRL, PCARS#78, NAQCC#6668, NO-QRP-C, QRP-ARCI#8855
I chair the PCARS CW/QRP SIG and Linux for Hams SIG, second and fifth Tuesday

my computer, my opinion

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Gary Shriver <gshriver@...> wrote:

I have a question for the group.? For those of you in the USA.? What has been the average time to receive your uBitx once you have been notified that it has been shipped via DHL.? I was just wondering if we have a long customs delay here in the states.??

?

Thanks

73-Gary

?

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Sheldon
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 6:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] My uBitx shipped today

?

I had managed to get one of the first batch and decided to order a 2nd one.? 2nd uBITX ordered on 23 December and I just got shipping notification this morning (Central US time) DHL tracking says it has been picked up in Hyderabad and expected delivery date is Wednesday, the 21st (I'll bet it takes at least 1 or 2 days longer as it will have to clear custom. The first one took 4 days from shipping to my receiving it. so I'm expecting it more like this coming Friday.? DHL sure beats India Post though.? I'm waiting on a case for it coming by India Post that was shipped earlier this month.? No telling when that one will get here - LOL.

Jim - W0EB


I2C 16x2 Display with pushbuttons.

 


Now what could I use the extra 5 buttons for? Hmmm.?
?


Sent from Yahoo Mail.

Re: uBITX AGC - Adafruit TPA2016, A Success! #ubitx

 

Thanks for taking the time to reply and posting the library files, Nik.? I certainly appreciate it.? I have replaced the files in my TPA2016 library with your modified files and recompiled my sketch.? The results are still the same - almost no audio.? As I said in my last post, connecting the TPA2016 module as a basic amplifier, with no firmware control, the audio is very low.? There is no background noise and only signals at S9 or better can be heard.? The same module installed in a BiTX40ver3 as a basic amp to replace the LM386 works well.? To me the issue appears to be low drive in to the TPA2016.? I'll keep digging and I'd definitely like to see more detail in regards to your implementation.?

Thanks again -- Mike
Re: uBITX without Raduino

 

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:01 am, Lawrence Macionski wrote:
Why pay for something I'm going to throw in the junkbox or waste basket.
Or you could sell the Raduino.? Seems to be tremendous demand for them.
Re: Distorted RX audio at higher volumes #ubitx-help

 

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There ya go!

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of radiodoc43
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 9:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Distorted RX audio at higher volumes

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I think that I had a similar problem to what has been described. Someone suggested that I check to make sure that I wasn't using a monaural plug for the speaker. Yikes!! That was the problem!

You must use a stereo plug, and wire it correctly, or you will short the audio output which will lead to the audio distortion at anything but lowest volume levels. It also explains the hot audio chip.

Craig
KC2LFI

Re: Distorted RX audio at higher volumes #ubitx-help

 

I think that I had a similar problem to what has been described. Someone suggested that I check to make sure that I wasn't using a monaural plug for the speaker. Yikes!! That was the problem!

You must use a stereo plug, and wire it correctly, or you will short the audio output which will lead to the audio distortion at anything but lowest volume levels. It also explains the hot audio chip.

Craig
KC2LFI
Re: uBITX without Raduino

Lawrence Macionski
 

Some of you have missed my point. I do not care if the Raduino is not the same as between BITX40 or uBITX.

I have plans on using uBITX without the Raduino it comes with. Why pay for something I'm going to throw in the junkbox or waste basket.

I am sure many people will be inquiring to this way to buy in the near future. I recommend it be offered that way. as a sale of something is better than no sale at all.
After all the intent is to experiment, modify, IMPROVE (key word here)

de W8LM
Re: uBITX Wire Up Drawing error

 

even the broken resistor could slowly be salvaged by using a thin wire instead of original wire.
?it would be possible
?However one side resistor woronal wire would hold it in position.
?
?finally even 5K1 should work i suppose.


Regards
MVS Sarma
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On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 9:33 PM, Walter <W9KJO@...> wrote:
I dont have a 4.7k? but I do have a 5.1K? I wonder if that is close enough?? But it is a carbon resistor.

What do you folk think?? maybe shoudl be patient and order the exact replacement.
--
73, W9KJO
Walter


Re: the new site

 

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On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Carl Beck <carl@...> wrote:
Ashhar:? We need a breakout just for uBITX.? Searching through BITX20 and BITX40 to find things on uBITX is a pain.? Please: can you do something about this?


Re: the new site

Jack Purdum
 

Really? Buy one of these:





and do it yourself. Researching things on the BITX family is a pain, but why do you want to transfer that pain to Ashhar?

Jack, W8TEE

From: Carl Beck <carl@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] the new site

Ashhar:? We need a breakout just for uBITX.? Searching through BITX20 and BITX40 to find things on uBITX is a pain.? Please: can you do something about this?



Virus-free.

Re: the new site

 

Ashhar:? We need a breakout just for uBITX.? Searching through BITX20 and BITX40 to find things on uBITX is a pain.? Please: can you do something about this?
Re: uBITX Wire Up Drawing error

 

I dont have a 4.7k? but I do have a 5.1K? I wonder if that is close enough?? But it is a carbon resistor.

What do you folk think?? maybe shoudl be patient and order the exact replacement.
--
73, W9KJO
Walter
Re: uBITX Wire Up Drawing error

 

Glad you mentioned this.? I am in the process of wiring my ubitx up and sure enough this and the volume controls were wired per the diagram and wrong.

I rewiring the lead on the resister broke off :( Now I must see if I have a replacement in the house.? Will a carbon resister work?? probably dont have one at that value.

May just have to order one and wait.? and I was so close to powering this radio up.

Things happen LOL

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73, W9KJO
Walter
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