Re: do you every visit bitxmap.com?
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Hi Doug, If you have a paypal account let me know.
Love this little uBitx.
Cheers
Kevin VK2KTG
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I have a Bitx 40 I am troubleshooting that a friend put together. The display comes on okay and covers the entire 40 meter band when I tune it. I do not get any indication of it receiving nor any volume out of it with the volume control and an 8 Ohm speaker soldered to the speaker leads.
I have watched the troubleshooting video. I do not get any noise touching a probe to the center conductor of the SO-239 and no antenna attached. I also do not get any noise when touching the probe to C107.
The video does not talk about what to look for if that occurs.
I was hoping that someone would have some ideas where to start out with this problem. I have checked the volume control a couple times and it is wired correctly. I have not yet checked the current draw of the radio
as I will have to dig up a power cable I have for doing just that.
Any assistance or tips on figuring this out is much appreciated.
Mike K7MH.
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Re: uBITx Control circuit...
Bill,
Did you create a PCB for this, or should I just go ahead and do one for myself?
Matthew Pitts N8OHU
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Just a heads up. Do NOT use the battery pack and have any power in the DC jack. You will have a melt down.
 
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Re: do you every visit bitxmap.com?
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Doug
thank you!? I visited and managed to add my icon.? nice to see the global distribution of folk.?
73 Curt
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I had registered, and forgot about it.? Nice to have, however would not spend money on it.
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Forgot all about it.? But didn't use it much when it was first started.? I backed it up a number of times but that was it.? Don't think I even automated that.
Vince - K8ZW.
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do you every visit bitxmap.com?
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About 2 years ago I thought it would be useful to have a map where BITX owners could pin their location.? In that time we¡¯ve had over 450 users added to the map.? Shortly after setting up the map in google maps I registered? which redirects to the map page.? The domain name is coming up for renewal and it got me thinking.? Is anyone using the map?? It shows over 26k views but most of that was in the beginning.? I don¡¯t mind renewing the domain name for another year but I¡¯d like to think someone actually visits the map every now and then.
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Re: Inexpensive eBay Amplifier Kits
Thank for this Karl. It is much appreciated. 73,? Terry - KB8AMZ Brimfield Twp, OH USA EN91hd Linux User# 412308, Ubuntu User# 34905,?PCARS#78, NAQCC#6668, QRP-ARCI#8855, SKCC#14195
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:48 PM Karl Heinz Kremer, K5KHK < khk@...> wrote: There is an English version of the document:?
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Thank you WoodJr for the new glcd library. Looks good now!
Rob PA0RBL
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Re: FS: uBITX V5 in Beautiful Case - New!
GOOD.? But, I think that IT IS EXPENSIVE APPROACH ?? ... except Om FARHAN's uBITX QRP M/Band assembled Board.? Am I correct ? 73s
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:33 AM PeteWK8S via Groups.Io <pmeier= [email protected]> wrote: Version 5 uBITX - in AmateurRadioKits Black Universal Case with 2.8 in Touch Display and Kit-Projects AGC/S-Meter board, USB and Mouse/Keyboard Interfaces installed. Control by touch and/or mouse/keyboard. Using W0EB/W2CTX firmware and Teensy 3.6 micro.? The radio works great and puts out around 12 watts.Features include USB, LSB, CB, Digital Capable, 40 memories, Pass Band Tuning, S-Meter, AGC Fast/Slow/Off, Dual VFOs, Split, RIT, Interrupt driven CW with adjustable T/R Delay with reliable smooth keying. Using W0EB/W2CTX firmware and Teensy 3.6 micro with plenty of open I/O pins for further expansion or experimentation.
Just completed this build so all is brand new and working well - about 12W. But due to unexpected extensive home repairs starting now I have to part with a few things.?
V5 uBITX Transceiver $250 plus ship?
V5 Raduino (unused) $30 plus ship
AmateurRadioKits Universal Case Front Plate (Black) for Raduino 2 line LCD (was not used for for above build). $10?
  
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Re: Antuino battery voltage
There is a problem on the DC jack. The assembly girls couldn't get the DC jack onto the pcb, so, they, er, drilled a bigger hole and destroyed the PTH. There is no connection between bottom and top tracks of one of the DC jack pins. Take an iron and flow as much solder as you can on the top layer of the PCB so that it catches the tab on the top and spills over the mounting tab (on the top tracks). Here is picture of which tab is the problem
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:59 AM David Wilcox via Groups.Io <Djwilcox01= [email protected]> wrote: Bruce,
I was in error.? Rechecked the battery voltage tonight and it is 9.45 v with the new batteries.? I thought it had only 4 AA batteries in the internal battery holder but on second look there are 6 AA batteries.??
Still won't work from the battery pack.? Does work using the external power jack and 9 v battery.??
Will have to take more time and look into it.
Dave K8WPE
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Re: Raduino frozen on BITX40
Perhaps hf signals can send a raduino cheaper. Try once , before landing on an 30$ item.
On Thu, 23 May 2019, 5:05 pm < e78cb@... wrote: Thanks Sarma for advice. My Arduino load only on "old bootloader" as it was the case before so this is nothing new. I tried to upload original sketch again but I have some problems during compiling because of new version of the program ( v2 vs v1).. could not bother about that...?? However, I succeeded to upload Raduino diagnose program and it showed only VFO potentiometer is registered to work fine in position, but no frequency or any other readout happens. Later I uploaded couple of Si5351 diagnose and example programs for testing of 5351 but everyone gave only blank screen... Reading the privious posts I understood that Si5351 works in 2.6V range and that 4.5-5V can easily kill it, which probably did happend, so probably every program for Arduino that use Si5351 (every skatch!) just stay frozen at the biginning although it is loaded fine.. The voltages arround Si5351 now are fine, but must be that I fired it before by accidently connecting 4.5V to it and now it is blanked.. As I am not very handy with SMT to change this chip alone, I am thinking of buying new DDS for arround 35 USD.. these looks interesting for BITX40: ?? Will see..? my enclosure arrived today.. Srdjan, E78CB?
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Connecting IK3OIL FLL VFO reader
Can anyone tell me where on BITX40 board can I connect IK3OIL FLL counter? I am thinking of reconstructing original analog VFO and I happened to already have this FLL counter in a drawer. It is not a simple reader but should keep VFO frequency to stay stabilized against the drift, so I suppose it is not to be connected only as frequency reader to IF stage or it is? And where?
I am doing this because my Raduino has toasted (probably Si5351 chip).
Thanks for any help..
73 de Srdjan, E78CB
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Re: Raduino frozen on BITX40
Thanks Sarma for advice.
My Arduino load only on "old bootloader" as it was the case before so this is nothing new.
I tried to upload original sketch again but I have some problems during compiling because of new version of the program ( v2 vs v1).. could not bother about that...?? However, I succeeded to upload Raduino diagnose program and it showed only VFO potentiometer is registered to work fine in position, but no frequency or any other readout happens. Later I uploaded couple of Si5351 diagnose and example programs for testing of 5351 but everyone gave only blank screen...
Reading the privious posts I understood that Si5351 works in 2.6V range and that 4.5-5V can easily kill it, which probably did happend, so probably every program for Arduino that use Si5351 (every skatch!) just stay frozen at the biginning although it is loaded fine..
The voltages arround Si5351 now are fine, but must be that I fired it before by accidently connecting 4.5V to it and now it is blanked..
As I am not very handy with SMT to change this chip alone, I am thinking of buying new DDS for arround 35 USD.. these looks interesting for BITX40:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RTC07S-super-low-cost-Si5351-Transceiver-Controller/173864437979
https://www.ebay.com/itm/QRP-RADIO-40M-DDS-VFO-UNIT-HAM-RADIO-DDS-VFO-SBB-HF-DDS-VFO-UNIT/401770314751?hash=item5d8b607bff:g:RzQAAOSwT2pbR2gY??
Will see..? my enclosure arrived today..
Srdjan, E78CB?
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Re the screws sticking out I am more lazy than some.... just removed the screws and glued the battery box in place with E6000. ?Works for me. David J. Wilcox K8WPE¡¯s iPad
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On May 22, 2019, at 10:43 PM, WoodJRx@... wrote: Some random musings of a beginner, that I'm sure Farhan will readily correct.
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It appears it is using an older (deprecated) GLCD library.? It's available?? Unfortunately, for me sometimes the downloads weren't working, or the pages couldn't be found.? I eventually got a copy, but it didn't compile correctly.? A slight modification to the library (apparently the fonts must be defined as a constant in newer versions of the IDE) of each font, and it compiled beautifully.? I've attached the updated library (with Farhan's modified ks0108_Arduino.h).? It's still likely a better idea to switch to openGLCD or other alternative library for future development.? My unit came with an Arduino Nano v3, which has the old bootloader on it (if anyone is struggling to re-flash theirs and getting sync errors).? At 9 volts in, the device is consuming about 74milliamps, and at 7.2 volts (6x rechargeable AA), it's consuming about 69 milliamps.? Under load (running a plot), it jumped up about 5mA (79 and 73 respectively).? Since your average AA rechargeable has 1900mAh, I don't think I'm going to look at putting a LiPO in this device.? Did you know that he serialized the devices?? Apparently I have number 43.? Also, did you know that if you hold the encoder button down while powering up, you can perform device calibrations?
On a side note, i'm one of those people who can't stand screws sticking out of things - and instead of finding shorter screws / shortening the ones provided, I decided to design a rough H-shaped shim that allowed me to glue the battery pack to the case, getting rid of the screws holding it in place.? I've attached that as well.? Lastly, i'm afraid of some idiot yanking on one of the SMAs (me, myself, or I), so I designed a little 'flange' of sorts, to hopefully provide some additional stability to the SMAs against the case.? I haven't printed the flange yet, so I didn't include that STL.
<Antuino Battery Shim.stl>
<glcd.zip>
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Good news Sasha.?
I have the same loop controller parts here, just waiting to be assembled. Please share a short summary on what was needed to get this to play with the uBitx.
Best Regards, Jonas - SM4VEY Den tors 23 maj 2019 kl 00:02 skrev Sascha Bohnet | DL5SMB via Groups.Io <saschabohnet= [email protected]>:
So I finally did some testing and it really seems as everything works as it should.
Thanks everybody for your help with the project, I could not have done it without you.
Especially you John - your help and insight was awesome and I am deeply in your debt.
Thanks also Jack (had wanted to thank you before, but forgot) for your explanations of C.
I'll guess I am getting a book now to dig myself a little bit deeper in programming.
Sascha
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It's our leisure Sascha.
YOU got it going, really.
Congratulations, and no "debt" whatsoever.
All the best,
73, John
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Re: Antuino - the antenna analyzer
Change #define IF_FREQ ?(24996000l)
to whatever you want. It is right at the top in the main ino file
- f
I slapped one together on the bench and used 69mhz filters salvaged out of a really dead?
TS830 instead of the crystals for the filters.? Tweaked the code and works well.
Could you explain a little how to modify the code for other IF is just one or two lines of code or mayor surgery.
Thanks in advance?
Fernando?
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Thanks for the modified glcd LIB.?? It works fine on my mock-up here.? I found an unknown controller type display and it worked straight away.
As a pretty raw beginner, my efforts with using openGLCD were slow!
Glenn
vk3pe
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On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:43 PM, <WoodJRx@...> wrote:
Some random musings of a beginner, that I'm sure Farhan will readily correct.
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It appears it is using an older (deprecated) GLCD library.? It's available?? Unfortunately, for me sometimes the downloads weren't working, or the pages couldn't be found.? I eventually got a copy, but it didn't compile correctly.? A slight modification to the library (apparently the fonts must be defined as a constant in newer versions of the IDE) of each font, and it compiled beautifully.? I've attached the updated library (with Farhan's modified ks0108_Arduino.h).? It's still likely a better idea to switch to openGLCD or other alternative library for future development.? My unit came with an Arduino Nano v3, which has the old bootloader on it (if anyone is struggling to re-flash theirs and getting sync errors).? At 9 volts in, the device is consuming about 74milliamps, and at 7.2 volts (6x rechargeable AA), it's consuming about 69 milliamps.? Under load (running a plot), it jumped up about 5mA (79 and 73 respectively).? Since your average AA rechargeable has 1900mAh, I don't think I'm going to look at putting a LiPO in this device.? Did you know that he serialized the devices?? Apparently I have number 43.? Also, did you know that if you hold the encoder button down while powering up, you can perform device calibrations?
On a side note, i'm one of those people who can't stand screws sticking out of things - and instead of finding shorter screws / shortening the ones provided, I decided to design a rough H-shaped shim that allowed me to glue the battery pack to the case, getting rid of the screws holding it in place.? I've attached that as well.? Lastly, i'm afraid of some idiot yanking on one of the SMAs (me, myself, or I), so I designed a little 'flange' of sorts, to hopefully provide some additional stability to the SMAs against the case.? I haven't printed the flange yet, so I didn't include that STL.
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Terry Morris
David Wilcox K8WPE