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Re: uBitx Antenna
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I have a cheap CB swr meter (just swr not power meter) and a crossneedle ham-meter. In the instruction sheet they say it is usable between 1.8-30! They are liers!!!!? It works from 1.8 to 50Mhz (yes up to the 6meters band) !!! Very similar reading to the ham meter!!! What a shame... They don't even know what they sell... hihi... hi Il 10/set/2018 07:40, "Vince Vielhaber" <vev@...> ha scritto: SWR and Wattmeters made for CB are often worthless in the ham bands, unless you're only using 10M.? I picked up a Firebird SWR/Wattmeter a while back that was supposed to be good for 1.8-30 MHz.? HAR!? That thing won't even read accurately (or even semi-accurately) at 21 MHz and gets progressively worse the lower you go.? It barely responds with almost 1KW going into it at 3.9MHz.? Needless to say it's going back on ebay.? It is fairly accurate on 10 meters, so it probably is on 11 too. |
Re: Simple spur fix
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýAre those little boards available to purchase now?Thank you Ripley KD8UYQ The words are mine but this iPad does what it will with them. On Sep 10, 2018, at 1:05 AM, Nick VK4PP <nickpullen@...> wrote:
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Re: Simple spur fix
I used a different filter
Best I could tell (googling) it's termination impedance is 1200. I used a 5:1 turns transformer with? BN61-2402s. I don't have the equipment to sweep the filter accurately but the spurs are for the most part gone, insertion loss was minimal, and I landed in the right spot relative to sidebands. Audio sounded very good over another radio- perhaps better than previously. As Warren points out this was assuming 50 ohm input and load impedance which is probably wrong. I had this filter so I used it but it may be better to stick with the 600 ohm filter everyone else is using. I grounded to C11 per Farhan's suggestion and used 26 magnet wire at the three connection points- seemed stout enough to support this very tiny board. I put a piece of kapton tape on the main pcb and up the back of the filter board for additional anchoring. As usual- your mileage may vary! :) John KC9OJV |
Re: Surprised by generous and kind act
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On Sep 9, 2018, at 12:15 AM, Robert D. Bowers <n4fbz@...> wrote:
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Re: uBitx Antenna
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On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 07:25 PM, Richard Spohn wrote:
Most radios actually have very diverse output impedances, butI like that statement. Was just reading an "authoritative" article repeating the standard "maximum power is transferred when the load matches the transmitter impedance" and that was why you had to match the load to the transmitter.? Well if that was true it would be impossible to build a transmitter with greater than 50% efficiency. A transmitter with high efficiency may have an output impedance of a few ohms.? I'd just got through reading the other article and saw this. Being fresh in my mind made the above sentence jump out at me. So, I'm agreeing with Richard's statement. Tom, wb6b |
Re: uBitx Antenna
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Vince Vielhaber
SWR and Wattmeters made for CB are often worthless in the ham bands, unless you're only using 10M. I picked up a Firebird SWR/Wattmeter a while back that was supposed to be good for 1.8-30 MHz. HAR! That thing won't even read accurately (or even semi-accurately) at 21 MHz and gets progressively worse the lower you go. It barely responds with almost 1KW going into it at 3.9MHz. Needless to say it's going back on ebay. It is fairly accurate on 10 meters, so it probably is on 11 too.
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Vince. On 09/09/2018 03:13 PM, Gordon Gibby wrote:
The only cb ones I have tried on 2 m are the long parallel rod pick up type, they were quite in accurate --
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Re: Simple spur fix
approx. install position. R27 would be removed and short wires fitted. Hole was drilled into main board behind this adapter board.? There are two GND through holes, near R25 and to the right near the transformer also which might be useful. This assumes that R27 removal is the final idea.
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Re: uBitX controller issues
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Thanks for the reply. Someone told me how to check the voltages along the circuit path. Found a bad solder joint. (Damn trifocals ain¡¯t as good as young eyes!). Repaired the solder and fixed the problem. Mark On Sep 8, 2018, at 3:01 PM, Mark Rosenthal <marksro@...> wrote: |
Re: Simple spur fix
Hi Nick,
I made a simple single sided PCB for my install, but not installed yet. I used ~0.2mm for the filter side winding (7T)? and ~0.5mm for the Low Z? winding (2T) to give the install a bit of mechanical stability. All parts vertically mounted. PCB is 0.685" x 0.42" in size. The 3 pads on the bottom are spaced to allow very short connection to R27 (removed) and ground via a small hole drilled into the main board. glenn vk3pe |
Re: uBitx Antenna
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Dan, a CB swr meter will probably give you an incorrect reading on any
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band except maybe 15 or 10 meters. A nice, relatively inexpensive new SWR meter is the MFJ-818, correctly constructed for all the bands the uBitx operates on. Many people on this list will tell you that the uBitx cannot stand a high SWR for very long before the finals blow. About output impedance, the radio output impedance is not as important as using 50 or 75 ohm coax to connect your uBitx to your antenna system. Most radios actually have very diverse output impedances, but overall are designed to deliver the most output power into 50 or 75 ohm coax. Keep reading everything you can lay your eyes on. After almost 50 years in the hobby, I still find great joy and inspiration in doing this -- and I am still constantly adding to what I know. Welcome again! 73, Rich WB2GXM<div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"> <tr> <td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href=" target="_blank"><img src=" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" /></a></td> <td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free. <a href=" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com</a> </td> </tr> </table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div> On 9/9/18, gonewiththeego@... <gonewiththeego@...> wrote:
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Re: Antenna Loops
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Nothing to be sorry for. This is good info! Marco - KG5PRT? On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 12:31 PM David Posthuma <davep@...> wrote:
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Re: K5BCQ uBITX Relay Switched LPF/BPF board
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýKee¡¯s, are you referring to relay K3 that is used to switch M1 and M2. Is that relay on your board now or are you revising your board to include it.?Skip Davis, NC9O On Sep 9, 2018, at 20:07, Kees T <windy10605@...> wrote:
It looks like great progress is being made on spur reduction, so back to LPF switching and a few other things. Received the first set of boards and have already made some modifications for better wireability.
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Re: uBitx Antenna
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓýIf I may add to the conversation - my experience of using CB meters is if they're the parallel-strip kind (very common), they may loose some sensitivity at the low end.? Otherwise, they did a fair to good job checking the SWR, which is a ratio anyway.? (At the upper end of the 'usual' spectrum - sometimes TOO sensitive, but I've used them with reasonable accuracy on 6m.) Power measurements are a different story... but in those cases, I'd rather use something more accurate.? The way many of them are made, they are still accurate for measuring power between 15m and 10m only (my experience is that they're usually rather accurate at the upper end of the HF spectrum if they're made for 11m).
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Re: Simple spur fix
George also modified the main 45MHz filter by adding transformer coupling ...........on?Sep 8???#58971
73 Kees K5BCQ |