Re: the cause for the spurs, found!
I had to re-bias after swapping the TX transistors (Q20, Q21 and Q22) in June. I wondered why TX-power on SSB went down - and the reason was that Q20 was not on the correct operating point. Allisson (
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Sascha Bohnet | DL5SMB
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#61414
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
I believe the 12mhz crystals for the Bitx40 are all from the same bin after sorting by frequency. The filter uses them at series resonance, the BFO uses the crystal at the parallel resonant frequency.
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Jerry Gaffke
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#61413
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Re: Overpowering tone on Rx
#ubitx-help
my recent ubitx was delivered with the LSB BFO way off, but the USB side okay.? try both USB and LSB on appropriate bands.? when BFO is right, the SSB and CW audio are quite nice.? I am surprised
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Curt
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#61412
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VK3YE AGC Not Doing It
Built this circuit up, and caught the need to use a 560 ohm resistor to feed the transistor that drives the LED.? Using a orange LED and a LDR with 20k dark resistance.? Only on very high signals do
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Curt
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#61411
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Overpowering tone on Rx
#ubitx-help
Finally got my ubitx working mostly correctly. Everything is default, firmware is 2.0. After following tuneup procedures, I'm able to tune to local AM stations and hear properly, audio is great aside
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Evan Clark (OSC)
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#61410
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
here it is after? a lot of rework with the dual diode pkg as per factory installation . The SX xtal was thrown out an a full HC49U one (Digikey) was put in from the new matched set. As you can see,
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Timothy Fidler <engstr@...>
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#61409
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
He matched the xtals but did not measure the passband as per your above.? I warned him that he would? be fitting xtals of unknown motional params to? a set of capacitors that were not matched.? He
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Timothy Fidler <engstr@...>
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#61408
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
Hmm. Arv asked? JGaffke said that the old style balanced modulator had two discrete diodes and a pot. Which I suspect Arv knows full well because he has built a few Bitx's like that. Old and new
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Jerry Gaffke
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#61407
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
Ah, I do vaguely remember that stuff from long long ago in a thread far away ... Yup, there's a few spots where the currently shipped Bitx40 does not agree with the schematic. That balanced modulator
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Jerry Gaffke
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#61406
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
It has been backed up by J Gaffke on this BBS already (that is the issue of the BM change) The board as photographed (not mine) shows the old style BM with two diodes , a so called half bridge BM with
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Timothy Fidler <engstr@...>
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#61405
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
Timothy But *you* also made some claims that need backing up.? * *HF Signals back ordering...?* Is that really true?? Where did you get that information?? * *On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 12:59 PM,
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Arv Evans
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#61404
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Re: #bitx40 #parts
#bitx40
#parts
Yes. I was about to put it on eBay. I could ship it tomorrow. Priority or std, it should get to about anywhere in the US within 3-4 days. Priority 3 or less. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 Sent:
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Ruarto <rhgalyan@...>
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#61403
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
The Bitx40 that M Trager (lately of these pages ) rxd was a nightmare and he gave up on it.? I had him search the cct? and he related what J Gaf above has noted.? Trager had changed out the full
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Timothy Fidler <engstr@...>
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#61402
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
That older Bitx40 would have to be at least 2 years old, from before they had a Raduino. The modulator then was two discrete 1n4148a's and a pot. The Bat54s now used has the two diodes on one die and
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Jerry Gaffke
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#61401
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
Huh. Got any more details or sources? Not that I don't believe you, just...trust but verify, right? -- Jon Tabor KI7JYE http://obsolete.site
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Jon Tabor
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#61400
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
B Shep ; reading between the lines on some work I did with M Trager , HFSigs seem to have made some hardware mods to the Bitx40 (modulator area and leaving out the trim cap on the BFO OSC which is a
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Timothy Fidler <engstr@...>
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#61399
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Timothy Fidler wrote: > > B Shep -? reading between the lines on some work I did with M Trager , > HFSigs seem to have made some hardware mods to the Bitx40
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Timothy Fidler <engstr@...>
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#61398
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
Interesting. I bought one (my first!) last week, and it shipped yesterday. Jon KI7JYE
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Jon Tabor
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#61396
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Re: #bitx40 #parts
#bitx40
#parts
still for sale?
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Billy Shepherd <dis60cd@...>
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#61395
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Re: HF Signals still back ordering?
#bitx40
#ubitx
I might be willing to buy it lol!!!
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Billy Shepherd <dis60cd@...>
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#61394
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