Something occours with my zBitx :
After install of latest update the 2-tone is not more working.
Something will modulated ,but not more an 2-tone ...
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Any ideas ..?
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73,, Jens / HB9JOI
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From: Vu3vwr via groups.io
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2025 8:17 AM
To: BITX20@groups.io
Subject: Re: [BITX20] No output power
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Martin and Raul,
Can you check if you are seeing any power output on
the two tone mode? Set the drive to 100 and connect the zBitx to a dummy load
through a power meter.? Please try this on all bands and let us know.
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73,
Ragav
VU3VWR
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Re: Help: Import tax Germany
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Frank,
The beginning...
Continued:
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Wojtek,?
Given the nature of the goods, I think this would be the right solution.
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Re: Help: Import tax Germany
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In Poland received my zBitx via Germany (via Leipzig). I only needed to fill the information about the shipped goods:
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Dear Sir/ Madam
We are contacting you regarding the shipment with the number 3010910173, which requires customs clearance.
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In
order to prepare customs clearance, based on the documents provided by
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provide as follows:
1. Copy paste below statement and fill it in completely. It is necessary for the pricing of goods:
STATEMENT
I (name and surname) ……………………………………
Declare that I take full responsibility for the AWB shipment ................ ... (number in the subject of the e-mail)
The parcel is addressed to me and will be used by me for private purposes and will not be traded. The exact description of all goods included in the shipment is: What is this product……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…. What material is it made of? ................................................................................................................................. What is it for / What device?..................................................................................................................................
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Information on customs clearance in Poland, sample documents, answers to the most common questions can be found by clicking .
You are also kindly requested to check our price list under the
Please be informed that, as of 1 January 2025, customs services have been updated. You can find details and the fees charged by DHL Express in the . IMPORTANT: Please also note that from the 4th day after arrival by air we charge warehousing costs in accordance with the above Guide. IMPORTANT: If the above documents are not received within 10 days, the shipment will have to be sent back to the sender
Best regards ,
DHL Customs Agency
After providing the above information, I was only charged with VAT (23% in Poland). The whole process was quite fast:
My zBitx was shipped on 2024.04.15 at 6:12 AM.
Earlier, on 2024.04.14 at 8:33 PM I got the above request. On 2024.04.16 at 6:30 AM I was informed about the due VAT, and I paid it immediately. On 2024.04.16 at 1:40 PM I was informed that zBitx may be received from the DHL Service Point.
73,
Wojtek SP5DAA
Yesterday I have received an email from the German tax office.
It appears that my zBitx is stuck in the tax office…
Never received something like this request before.
Is there anybody from Germany out with the same experience and how to react?
73 Peter
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email received:
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WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
How do you do?
We are currently processing your DHL Express shipment and need your EORI number and a clearance order for your commercial shipment.
SEND DOCUMENTS NOW
Required are:
The EORI number registered in the European Union - The registered office must be registered to an address within the EU.
If you do not yet have an EORI number, please apply for one free of charge at and send us a copy of the submitted form 0870 for clearance as proof.
For EORI numbers from another EU member state, we require an extract from the commercial register.
For an establishment number >0000, we require the two-page establishment letter from the customs authority.
In addition, an informal order for clearance is required in all cases.
You can send us your documents / information online at any time. Simply click on this link.
We need the information by 23.04.2025. If we have not received the requested documents from you by then, the shipment must be returned to the sender country.
Best regards
Your customs clearance team DHL Hub Leipzig GmbH
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-- Wojciech M. Zabo?otny
My GPG/PGP keys:
standard: 8192R/7E17F00A (B53C 1F09 BEA9 ED46 51B6 ?2C2E 4344 F292 7E17 F00A)
confidential: 16384R/1FEDB03C (3412 2330 E225 D57D 70C3 ?2340 B294 9408 1FED B03C)
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Re: Help: Import tax Germany
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Whatever carrier anyone choose, nobody is going to work for free. The administration burden of collecting taxes at point of sale and filing tax returns with EU governments is also not free. Fundamentally all these business exist as a profit-making concept. That means they have to cover the costs of the paperwork AND then some. In some EU countries the government customs collectors themselves add a huge fee. National post offices are in many cases charging even higher admin fees than the "carriers" (DHL Express, FedEx, UPS etc). Of course many national post services are privatized too, so they also exist for profit.
Taxes are at the root of the problem to start with. Of course we need taxes, to pay for many things which the government needs to fund, that won't be done any other way otherwise, including social care. In Europe there are typically more benefits than US and these take more taxes to fund. There's also a lot of bureaucracy goes along with it which also takes lots of taxes to fund.?
Basically if you don't like it and you think taxes are too high, there's nothing HF Signals can do about it (or me); pretty much the only chance you have to have any influence over it all, is once every 4 (or 5 years) at the ballot box, choose the party that seems to want to lower taxes and reduce bureaucracy... Of course the down side is you may not like a bunch of their other policies but that's the price of "democracy" in the world we live in.?
Note, I'm observing, not complaining. I think complaining without having any idea of a proposed better operational model is poor play indeed.?
73 Hans G0UPL
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The company was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn; the first letters of the surnames form the company name. ?
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I share your frustration!
What country is DHL from? You guessed it... ;-)
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Glad it's working now!? I've really enjoyed my sBitx radio, hope you have fun with it too!
Jeff KF7YDU
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From: BITX20@groups.io <BITX20@groups.io> on behalf of Dean, N2TNN via groups.io <N2tnn@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2025 7:15 AM
To: BITX20@groups.io <BITX20@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [BITX20] sBitx schematic for rotary encoder board? #sBitx #sBITX_v3
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New encoder board arrived and installed within minutes. Great looking board and nice components and a perfect fit. What a pleasure to operate the radio now. Thank you Jeff and if anyone is thinking about an encoder problem, this is the place to go and
get it fixed.
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73, Dean/ N2TNN
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Today I had to pay 49 Euro TAX for the zBitx.
This is a shame any far to much in relation to the unit price.
Now I am waiting for the zBitx to be delivered.
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Re: Fixed: cw latency and wsjtx/flidigi sidetone
That’s great of y’all for trying it!
gordon kx4z?
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Re: Fixed: cw latency and wsjtx/flidigi sidetone
This did not work for me. Thank you anyway.
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Re: Help: Import tax Germany
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Strange.? ?I have?used them many many times and get products from the other side of the world in 6 days, without a hitch.? ?I'm sorry that others are having such problems!
73 Gordon KX4Z
The worst company in the world of transportation,? without consulting you undertake actions which you cannot stop or change later.? Also when made damage to entrusted goods it is impossible to refund.
Milan YU7NS
DHL are notorious for ripping people off with random exhorbitant superfluous charges. It would be nice if places like HFSignals and Amateurradiokits could find some alternative carrier(s) to ship their orders.
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 05:16 PM, HA8LKT Laci wrote:
HA3HZ Gyula!
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Jó lenne valahol direktben levelezni.
Sok kérdésem lenne.
I don't have a zbitx and I don't plan to buy a weaker device after the sbitx v2.
I know sbitx from DE onwards, zbitx cannot be compared to these, even if the running application is called sbitx.
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Nekem nincsen zbitx-em és nem is tervezem, hogy az sbitx v2 után vásároljak egy gyengébb készüléket.
Az sbitx-et a DE-t?l kezd?d?en ismerem, a zbitx nem hasonlítható ?ssze ezekkel, akkor sem, ha sbitx-nek nevezik a futó applikációt.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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Re: Help: Import tax Germany
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By most accounts, DHL is the best choice for most situations, and provides HF Signals with a single, predictable cost.
Rather than just wish for a better option, why not cite a specific superior carrier as an alternative??
Here in the U.S. much of these import fees and tariff issues are avoided due to so-called de minimus thresholds, allowing shipments under $800 U.S. to enter the country freely (no fee or tariff) from anywhere (except, going forward, China, it seems - as discussed here previously, no need to re-hash it).
As I understand this particular situation, the local gov't has some fees it wants to collect, and the shipper treats it as a COD transaction, with a fee to cover the collection and reporting of that fee. Until the shipper (HF Signals) has a way to pre-pay the fee and collect the fees from the buyer in advance, this is the best that can be done. HF Signals won't pre-pay the fee, and any shipper will add a fee for the collection/reporting effort. (Can a shipper even pre-pay the fee? I just assume that's an option, I have no idea.)
It's hard to find a solution that works best for everyone, but DHL appears to be a good fit for many/most buyers...
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On Apr 21, 2025, at 10:53, Richard Lambert-Porter via groups.io <rl-p@...> wrote:
? DHL are notorious for ripping people off with random exhorbitant superfluous charges. It would be nice if places like HFSignals and Amateurradiokits could find some alternative carrier(s) to ship their orders.
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The worst company in the world of transportation,? without consulting you undertake actions which you cannot stop or change later.? Also when made damage to entrusted goods it is impossible to refund.
Milan
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On 21. 4. 2025., at 17:53, Richard Lambert-Porter via groups.io <rl-p@...> wrote:
DHL are notorious for ripping people off with random exhorbitant superfluous charges. It would be nice if places like HFSignals and Amateurradiokits could find some alternative carrier(s) to ship their orders.
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Re: Help: Import tax Germany
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DHL are notorious for ripping people off with random exhorbitant superfluous charges. It would be nice if places like HFSignals and Amateurradiokits could find some alternative carrier(s) to ship their orders.
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HA3HZ Gyula!
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Jó lenne valahol direktben levelezni.
Sok kérdésem lenne.
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Unfortunately, this happened to me too!
No output power in any mode.
The receiver works.
I did not use a high-current power supply.
I hope it was just the output transistors that failed for some reason.
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Zero on the web interface is "normal" for the latest version...the only on-board indicator that occasionally works is the front panel display and then only briefly.
The only thing consistent on my unit is the inconsistency of whatever it is I am trying to get the radio to perform. Completing a simple CW qso with the unit screwing up is a challenge....even when using the message memories.
SO WHY should the output power display be stable and useful ?
es vy 73 on de "Baab" w9ya
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On Monday, April 21, 2025, Raul EA3HLF via <rmartinezpu= gmail.com@groups.io> wrote: > Tests done, connected to Ol'reliable LPM-880, no power on 2TONE on any band. > Same simptoms: S-meter still present, no mic monitor, no power meter, no VSWR info, message "Power: 0 watts" on web interface. Same for all bands. > ? > ? > Thank you, > Raul EA3HLF > _._,_._,_ > ________________________________ > Groups.io Links: > > You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#117579) | Reply to Group | Reply to Sender | Mute This Topic | New Topic > > ________________________________ > The original BITX > BITX40 by HFSignals > uBITX by HFSignals > BITX Store by Sunil > BITX Web Site of Mike ZL1AXG > /g/BITX20/wiki/home Wiki > > ________________________________ > Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [ w9ya.ham@...] > _._,_._,_
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Good work! ? Thanks for writing it up! ?
I suggest putting it on the wiki page as well
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Gordon kx4z?
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