Re: How to get rid of Local FM broadcast stations
#ubitx
I found this while browsing for ugly balun excerpt "
From Russ Wilson <ve6vk@telusplanetlnet>
"Don. I built one of your "Ugly Baluns". I was
using it on a dipole for 80/40 meters.
I had some TVI without the balun, so no doubt the feedline was radiating.
With the balun attached, the TVI completely disappeared. I built a second one as
I had the same TVI problem with an R7. The balun cured this as well. I can run
my linear now with no problems as all. So I appreciate your expertise and your
article."
"Thank you.
Best Wishes
Russ, VE6VK""
On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 8:45 AM Clark Martin < kk6isp@...> wrote: To verify, if you have a low power transmitter (oscillator) that can tune around the offending AM BCB frequency, turn it on near the ?BitX and see if you can interfere with the interfering signal.? If you can, then it is the lower AM frequency, not FM.
The discussion above made me think whether I have AM or FM interference. I had one MW Radio which was also playing the same station at 650 + KHz so I was in conclusion that it is AM.?
But I checked and found that it is being transmitted over FM too.
Huh.. I am lost.. How do I verify??
Looks like I have to wait for any program host speak it out and say You are listening to AM/FM ..?
Any way I am trying to make a HPF first and see if that is going to eliminate my problem..
Getting Toroid at my place is bit difficult. Hope I get ready made conductors.
I am going to purchase the parts and hope I will be able to use my uBitx..?
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The package was tendered to DHL on the Dec 21 and arrived in South Carolina on Dec 27 at 1321 EST.? Good delivery time!? Upon assembling the radio, a couple of the screws were difficult to install due to slight misalignment of the holes.? The plastic knobs are of marginal quality and I replaced with with some metal knobs that I had.? The scheme for mounting the rubber feet with 3M adhesive is a non-starter.? I have two modifications planned for the radio: installation of a SOTABEAM?Variable Bandwidth Filter Module; installation of the Kit-Projects, uBITX AGC board.? While I have the case disassembled, I will modify it to mount te\he rubber feet with hardware.? One last item, I did not receive the nut for the BNC connector and replcaed it with one from my hardware supply.
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Re: Looking for v4 or v5 board
Richard,
In which country are you in?
Trystan ( in the UK )
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Re: Version 6 Received, and working. Comments, questions, and a couple of bugs
Mine came also. Have not tried all bands but it hears. Band conditions were not too gong last night, but I does hear. Have not made a contact.?
my only serious complaint so far is the brief delay in sending the first dit or dah.?
nz2z
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Re: New uBITX Ver. 6 Assembled Today
Check that your BFO is properly set. Use this tool :?
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On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 7:55 AM Jack, W8TEE via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote:
Joel:
That's feature!
Jack, W8TEE
On Friday, December 27, 2019, 4:01:46 PM EST, Joel Caulkins/N6ALT < caulktel@...> wrote:
Hi Bert,
I have discovered on V6 that when you switch between LSB and USB nothing happens until you click the encoder knob one way or the other.
Joel
N6ALT
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Jack, W8TEE
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making a v5 into a v6 - detailed and deleted previous
from Farhan and excellent explanation of the process
If you look carefully, the pins are still the same, we have brought down the PTT and keyer lines from the raduino's 8 pin connector on the top to the main board to hook up the mic and the keyer. However, these lines have been added next to the existing lines of the main board's connector.
Further more, we haven't touched the CONTROLS connector on the top of the Raduino, it remains as it was on older boards.
1. Using the 16x2 Raduino with the new board:
You can still plug-in an old raduino board into the new V6 board.
You will have to align the old board such that the V6 main board's pins 3 to 18 line up with the old Raduino's 1 to 16.
Of course, the on-board MIC connector and the keyer won't work as those lines are missing, you can tack solder them. I don't seem anyone needing to do this anyway.
(more on this later).
2. Using the TFT Raduino with the old board:
You plug in the TFT Raduino such that the pins 3 to 18 of the TFT Raduino fit into the existing 16 pins of the raduino on the V5/V4/V3 main board.
If you were upgrading a V5/4/3 main board to the TFT, you would have had wired the PTT and Keyer directly from the top connector of the Raduino and you wouldn't need the pins 1 and 2 of the TFT Raduino to wire up the PTT and the Keyer lines.
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Upgrading V5/4/3 to the New TFT.
1. This doesn't need you to acquire the new TFT Raduino at all.
2. Directly order an SPI TFT display of 2.8 inch with ILI9341 display controller and XPT2046_Touchscreen controller. Here is one such listing on Amazon.
3. On the Raduino, the digital lines of D8, D9, D10, D11, D12, D13 are brought out on the 16 pin LCD connector of the 16x2 LCD as pins 4,6, 11,12,13,14.
4. The TFT display's back side has pins clearly marked out. Solder wires from from the display connector to the TFT display such that :
D8 -> TOUCH_CS
D9 -> Data/Command
D10 ->? TFT_CS
D11 -> SDI
D12 -> SDO
D13 -> SCK
5. Load the new firmware of V6 from the github and off you go!
?I hope this clarifies it
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They are extra. There are some extra screws as well as I drop them all the time and lose them. I guess the bean counters at HF Signals also have a sly intention of making you fiddle around with the radio so if you blow it up, they get to sell you another!
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On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 8:23 AM MONEYSMITH < w4nfr@...> wrote:
THOSE EXTRA CONNECTORS AND WIRES ARE NOT NEEDED FOR V6 KIT.
YOU ONLY NEED THE CONNECTOR AND ENCODER TO PLUG INTO THE FRONT
ASSY.
THE SPEAKER MUST PLUG INTO THE CORNER CONNECTOR ON THE BOARD
CORNER.
73 BILL W4NFR
On 12/27/2019 6:19 PM, Leon Bishop
wrote:
I received my kit today.? Fast delivery.? It came with a bunck of
cables that have plugs on 1 end and not the other as follows:
2 x 2 pin connectors
1 x 3 pin connectors
1 x 8 pin connectors
I have no idea where they go, anyone have this kit working?? If so
where did you connect them?
HELP
Leon?
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Apparently I did not break the V6!
This evening I opened the case and pulled the raduino board. I traced the 12 volts through the board, all the way to the header for the raduino, and all appeared to be as it should. I tested the raduino board while it was out, and it booted up as expected. I then re-inserted it onto the main board and powered up the rig. This time the tft lit up and everything worked.
~Mike
KD7ZPC
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THOSE EXTRA CONNECTORS AND WIRES ARE NOT NEEDED FOR V6 KIT.
YOU ONLY NEED THE CONNECTOR AND ENCODER TO PLUG INTO THE FRONT
ASSY.
THE SPEAKER MUST PLUG INTO THE CORNER CONNECTOR ON THE BOARD
CORNER.
73 BILL W4NFR
On 12/27/2019 6:19 PM, Leon Bishop
wrote:
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I received my kit today.? Fast delivery.? It came with a bunck of
cables that have plugs on 1 end and not the other as follows:
2 x 2 pin connectors
1 x 3 pin connectors
1 x 8 pin connectors
I have no idea where they go, anyone have this kit working?? If so
where did you connect them?
HELP
Leon?
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Re: New uBITX Ver. 6 Assembled Today
Joel:
That's feature!
Jack, W8TEE
On Friday, December 27, 2019, 4:01:46 PM EST, Joel Caulkins/N6ALT <caulktel@...> wrote:
Hi Bert,
I have discovered on V6 that when you switch between LSB and USB nothing happens until you click the encoder knob one way or the other.
Joel
N6ALT
-- Jack, W8TEE
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Re: Several Quality Control issues with ubitx v6
Did you receive the V6 kit via DHL?
Prior to assembling? my DHL kit I made sure that all metal was square (back panel must of suffered the customary shipment "abuse" but was easily reformed)? and did not receive the infamous 300 pound angry packing "individual" touch.
The BNC nut was missing easily replace, volume control length should be a easy fix if you are inventive and have the infamous "junk box"
Best Regards.
Steve AB2ET/4?
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They are spare, I believe they are the 'other half' of the cables that are pre-soldered on the board, provided for your use if you modify the board.
You should have a cable to match every connector on the board.
Several connectors on the board are unused. Ken, N2VIP
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On Dec 27, 2019, at 19:19, Leon Bishop <n5pu@...> wrote:
?I received my kit today.? Fast delivery.? It came with a bunck of cables that have plugs on 1 end and not the other as follows:
2 x 2 pin connectors
1 x 3 pin connectors
1 x 8 pin connectors
I have no idea where they go, anyone have this kit working?? If so where did you connect them?
HELP
Leon?
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I received my kit today.? Fast delivery.? It came with a bunck of cables that have plugs on 1 end and not the other as follows:
2 x 2 pin connectors
1 x 3 pin connectors
1 x 8 pin connectors
I have no idea where they go, anyone have this kit working?? If so where did you connect them?
HELP
Leon?
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Re: Version 6 Received, and working. Comments, questions, and a couple of bugs
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On Dec 27, 2019, at 6:16 PM, Neil Goldstein < neilgoldstein@...> wrote: Bert,?
For the Freq adjustment, I tuned the radio to the loudest WWV broadcast (which I think in my case was 10 MHz) This could also work with any strong-ish broadcast station, but the tones on WWV are easier to work with.? I used two pairs of earbuds.? With one from the uBitx in one ear and one from my Icom-7300 in the other ear, I adjusted the setting until the pitch matched without a beat-wavering tone or as low as possible.?
For the BFO adjustment, I just tuned to a strong SSB signal on the Ham bands and adjusted it till it sounded "right" to me.? Believe me, once you move around?with the setting you'll know when it sounds good.
I hope that helps.
Incidentally, my 1/8" jacks protruded enough for the screw on nuts, and my volume control fit fine.? My board lined up with the holes enough for it to work, and I didn't really need the BNC nut.
-- Neil Goldstein ?W2NDG ?WQXD361
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Re: Version 6 Received, and working. Comments, questions, and a couple of bugs
Bert,?
For the Freq adjustment, I tuned the radio to the loudest WWV broadcast (which I think in my case was 10 MHz) This could also work with any strong-ish broadcast station, but the tones on WWV are easier to work with.? I used two pairs of earbuds.? With one from the uBitx in one ear and one from my Icom-7300 in the other ear, I adjusted the setting until the pitch matched without a beat-wavering tone or as low as possible.?
For the BFO adjustment, I just tuned to a strong SSB signal on the Ham bands and adjusted it till it sounded "right" to me.? Believe me, once you move around?with the setting you'll know when it sounds good.
I hope that helps.
Incidentally, my 1/8" jacks protruded enough for the screw on nuts, and my volume control fit fine.? My board lined up with the holes enough for it to work, and I didn't really need the BNC nut.
-- Neil Goldstein ?W2NDG ?WQXD361
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Re: Version 6 Received, and working. Comments, questions, and a couple of bugs
Neil -- Can you tell me more about number 1 in your list?? I got into the setup menu messed things up.? Got it working again by "ear" but I think it's not right.? I can't find any detailed instructions, or any instructions at all!
Bert N8NN
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You and I were concerned if the unit would run after I dropped the ubitx to the ?floor. I think that we should be happier that the unit runs as opposed to all these faulty rigs described in the emails that I keep on sending you. An additional problem is that there is no common fault. It is all over the board and circuit. It served its purpose but the final end result is not what we thought it would be"
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On Dec 27, 2019, at 4:35 PM, dgclifford@... wrote: Hello men I have just returned to playing with my ubitx ?after a break for my sanity .I managed to get the display back on ?but it would appear that the firmware has not loaded properly as I can not get into the set up mode ( ash farhans original v5). I get a hiss from the speaker not very loud , signal seems to change when tuner is moved ?. should I try to reload the software or do I have to remove the existing download In some way getting close to big hammer cure ?.
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Hello men I have just returned to playing with my ubitx ?after a break for my sanity .I managed to get the display back on ?but it would appear that the firmware has not loaded properly as I can not get into the set up mode ( ash farhans original v5). I get a hiss from the speaker not very loud , signal seems to change when tuner is moved ?. should I try to reload the software or do I have to remove the existing download In some way getting close to big hammer cure ?.
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Re: New uBITX Ver. 6 Assembled Today
Hi Bert,
I have discovered on V6 that when you switch between LSB and USB nothing happens until you click the encoder knob one way or the other.
Joel
N6ALT
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Re: NIB-uBITx Version 3, Un-Built
This rig is still available.
Any interest??
Thanks, Kevin NZ1I
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Trystan G0KAY
Bob Bennett
Matt 9V1MH/VK2AMH/YF2AAH
Neil Goldstein
N8NN Bert
Joel Caulkins/N6ALT
Kevin Gilot NZ1I