Re: BITX QSO Night, Comments
I enjoy the QSO night very much, it has exactly what I like in ham radio.? I enjoy listening in and hearing different conversations around the country.? I like the CQ format instead of a directed
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KC8WBK
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#31882
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Comments
I listen most Sunday nights and will jump in when I get my disemboweled BITX40 back together. Last night conditions were horrible here, but I heard a number of CQ-BITX's, including Willy. My question
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Jack Purdum <econjack@...>
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BITX QSO Night, Comments
This thread is your opportunity to comment on the format and operation of the BITX40 QSO Night, which is our "net".
Any comments or suggestions are welcome.? Some ideas for discussion:
Is the day
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KC8WBK
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BITX QSO Night, Sunday, September 3, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
BITX QSO Night, Sunday, September 3, 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!
To participate, call
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KC8WBK
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Re: Has anyone Adapting bitx to 6 meters?
I'm also interested in a BITX-6 for portable operation. ?Allison KB1GMX built one 10 years ago, she reported the need for an additional RF amp stage, a better BPF, replacement of the first 2N3904
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VK3HN
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Re: Automatic RF Attenuation Mod for Bitx40
Very nice. ?Good complete explanation. Thanks!
I've never quite figured out the difference between PIN and regular diodes.
Apparently a PIN goes into some sort of free-wheeling mode where it
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, August 27, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
??? How would one educate an antenna? The word would be "taut" - ain't English wonderful? Particularly Brit-glish. Take the King James Bible's "strait the path". No, it's not a misprint or typo - a
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Dexter N Muir
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Re: Automatic RF Attenuation Mod for Bitx40
Hi Jerry,
The diodes are BA479G and are available from Mouser. ?They are PIN diodes, designed for RF attenuation. ?The voltage controlled RF attenuator in the diagram is variable, attenuating
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ND6P
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, August 27, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
I doubt you need any special PIN diodes, as the RF signal voltages never exceed the bias voltages.
So all diodes could be 1n4148 or 1n914. ?If I am right.
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: Automatic RF Attenuation Mod for Bitx40
Scratch that, the chokes are there only to block the incoming RF signal.
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: Automatic RF Attenuation Mod for Bitx40
That looks pretty good to me, may try it.
The Bitx40 probably has more RF gain than is required (if you have a decent antenna hooked up to it).
So a simple attenuator like this is a good choice,
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, August 27, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
I set up portable outside the house for about three hours
starting at 19:00 Pacific time. I heard a few murmurs on
7277 KHz, but nothing that I could copy. I put out lots
of CQs, but eventually
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Keith VE7GDH
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, August 27, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
Called CG BitX for 45 minutes on 7277 from my southern Oregon location beginning at 7pm Pacific time. No stations heard.
Thomas W Noel
KF7RSF
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Thomas Noel <tnoel@...>
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Re: Automatic RF Attenuation Mod for Bitx40
Hi Jim
I was looking for such AGC: Thanks for sharing.-
73 – LU5DNM
De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de jpkellyburbank@...
Enviado el: domingo, 27 de agosto
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Norberto Modanesi
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Re: 2 and 3 pin connectors used with Bitx40 sad board
If you want to try a nice alternative to traditional heat shrink, check out
the "Liquid Tape" sold by Lowes, Home Depot, amazon.com and others. A four
ounce bottle with brush applicator is only a few
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Mark Muller
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, August 27, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
I made a few contacts at 7 EST. Then I switched to the 3905 CCN 40 meter
net. At net start, quite a few stations could hear me and work me.
However, by the time my turn came around, at 9 PM local,
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Baruch Atta <baruchatta@...>
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Re: Subject: Connectors - board to device
Yes, these look right. Thanks Kevin.
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Baruch Atta <baruchatta@...>
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Re: U3 on W8TEE Schemtic
It should be 82.
Jack, W8TEE
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] U3 on W8TEE Schemtic
In?B40AssemblyManual03.doc R1 is listed as 10 ohm not 82,
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Jack Purdum <econjack@...>
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Re: 2 and 3 pin connectors used with Bitx40 sad board
You're usually better off buying from their website rather than their ebay
store. www.taydaelectronics.com
Vince.
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Michigan VHF Corp. http://www.nobucks.net/ http://www.CDupe.com/
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Vince Vielhaber <vev@...>
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, August 27, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
Yes Tom, I am using a velocity factor of .8 for the foam core RG6. The stub is around 7.9 meters. The antenna is coated wire. Listened late with nothing heard, but did roam up and down the band a
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Randy W5ZJ
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