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Re: Squeel and intermittent loss of audio v5

howard winwood G4GPF
 

This should not be?a problem as the kit of parts that comes with the case has extra long stand offs for the main board.
DO NOT use the ones that come with the circuit board, only use those with your own case/box.
G4GP


Troubleshooting uBitx - newbie #ubitx-help

 

Greetings - First,I new to both the uBitx and new to building radios.? I've wired up the uBitx with an amateuradiokits.in case.? I have power, but I think I may have done something incorrect with the audio and encoder.
1) Audio - when I turn up the volume, there is a tone that increases in pitch, then goes to static about half way from low to high.
2) When I turn the encoder it starts with LSB 7.150, the relay click sound happens and it? says CW - nothing else happens if I push in the encoder stem.? No frequency change or other options.

On the encoder I had black, red, brown, and orange wire.? I assume that orange is yellow in other online photos and is wired accordingly.?
I'm looking for some guidance.


Re: Squeel and intermittent loss of audio v5

 

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Good to know. I just started assembling my uBitx?and will be putting it into the Amatuer Radio Kits enclosure.



Hamp Yearwood
KG5MG?

-------- Original message --------
From: Philip <philip.g7jur@...>
Date: 11/17/19 5:54 PM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Squeel and intermittent loss of audio v5

Same here


Re: Band pass filter

harry latterman
 

Lots and lots of inductors....




On Sunday, November 17, 2019, 4:26:34 PM MST, Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io <jgaffke@...> wrote:


A one micro-Henry inductor.
Any of these should do:
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On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 03:04 PM, Preston wrote:
what is a? 1?H? and where do I get one?


Re: Squeel and intermittent loss of audio v5

 

Same here


Re: Band pass filter

 

A one micro-Henry inductor.
Any of these should do:
? ??


On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 03:04 PM, Preston wrote:
what is a? 1?H? and where do I get one?


Re: Band pass filter

 

I hate to showcase my ignorance but what is a? 1?H? and where do I get one?

Preston

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On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 9:19 AM Lawrence Galea <9h1avlaw@...> wrote:
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As I said, they originally had a 3 el vertical array on MW but one of the masts had collapsed when one of the parafil guys melted due to the high intensity field and collapsed during a storm .
Enjoy

Regards
Lawrence
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On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 4:25 PM iz oos <and2oosiz2@...> wrote:

2.2mH is a large value. I guess its purpose be protection against statics. 1uH has is a low impedance at MW providing some highpass but maybe not enough in presence of a nearby station. Try it in any case.


Il 16/nov/2019 04:15, "MVS Sarma" <mvssarma@...> ha scritto:
Great. Simpler idea. Elektor sdr design by Burkhard Kainka? had 2.2mH inductor across antenna

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 11:25 pm Miguel Angelo Bartie via Groups.Io, <py2ohh=[email protected]> wrote:
A simple way to kill BC AM signals is using a 1?H or less in pararllel with antenna input....
Try ...?

73 from py2ohh miguel


Re: Band pass filter

 

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As I said, they originally had a 3 el vertical array on MW but one of the masts had collapsed when one of the parafil guys melted due to the high intensity field and collapsed during a storm .
Enjoy

Regards
Lawrence
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On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 4:25 PM iz oos <and2oosiz2@...> wrote:

2.2mH is a large value. I guess its purpose be protection against statics. 1uH has is a low impedance at MW providing some highpass but maybe not enough in presence of a nearby station. Try it in any case.


Il 16/nov/2019 04:15, "MVS Sarma" <mvssarma@...> ha scritto:
Great. Simpler idea. Elektor sdr design by Burkhard Kainka? had 2.2mH inductor across antenna

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 11:25 pm Miguel Angelo Bartie via Groups.Io, <py2ohh=[email protected]> wrote:
A simple way to kill BC AM signals is using a 1?H or less in pararllel with antenna input....
Try ...?

73 from py2ohh miguel


Re: Band pass filter

 

Agree with you.

2mH is too large and it must have been simply for static discharge.

Many moons?ago when I used to service?TVs I always?put a 4 turn air spaced coil across the tuner antenna input.
I used to use a 3 mm twist drill to wind the coil.

The coil would offer enough impedance not to have any effect on TV VHF / UHF signals but would be like a dead short to HF and lower frequencies.

Re our friend's problem, a LPF should solve the problem possibly with the addition of a trap in series between the antenna and receiver input.??

Perhaps as some comfort for our friend re having a broadcast TX causing problems, years ago we had the Deutsche Welle relay station? about 2 miles away and they were running some 600 KW on MW to a 3 element vertical array beaming to North Africa / Middle East and three 250 KW on SW to two side by side curtain arrays that could be steered by phasing lines to?+ / - 30 degrees (if I remember correctly) with 4 phased wide-band dipoles on each curtain and on both sides of the curtains. They also had a 20 KW SW transmitter feeding a 5 MHz - 25 MHz rotatable HF log periodic array with a 40 metre boom on another tower. A 33 KV supply cable was laid directly from the power station to the radio station.

When it was switched on it would blast in on any untreated equipment, hi fi etc?

Touching any antenna including TV antennas down-lead without grasping it quickly would make a small burn on your fingers and you would see sparks jumping from the feeder to your fingers.?

Cables etc on cranes at the Free-port across the harbour used to act as diode detectors and people could hear the programme being transmitted.

When I was working as a radio operator on board an oil rig just outside the Sues Canal it would come in like a local station not to mention when we were in the Adriatic. No wonder being located on the coast and with all that power and antennas.

Regards
Lawrence

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 4:25 PM iz oos <and2oosiz2@...> wrote:

2.2mH is a large value. I guess its purpose be protection against statics. 1uH has is a low impedance at MW providing some highpass but maybe not enough in presence of a nearby station. Try it in any case.


Il 16/nov/2019 04:15, "MVS Sarma" <mvssarma@...> ha scritto:
Great. Simpler idea. Elektor sdr design by Burkhard Kainka? had 2.2mH inductor across antenna

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 11:25 pm Miguel Angelo Bartie via Groups.Io, <py2ohh=[email protected]> wrote:
A simple way to kill BC AM signals is using a 1?H or less in pararllel with antenna input....
Try ...?

73 from py2ohh miguel


Re: Squeel and intermittent loss of audio v5

 

I have a similar case on a v4. The bottom front board mounts too close to the bottom and with flex can touch the bottom of the case. I tried adding kapton tape and trimmed the solder points pretty flat. It worked for a while then started back up. It is pretty much a design fault. The parts move more than you would expect. Just needs another 1/4" of clearance. My solution was put a thin layer of plastic under the board. Something like the side of a plastic container.?

When I built the next radio I used a larger case and moved the jacks to the side away from the case floor. I have had this radio for almost a year.?

I purchased the radio with the intermittent shorting used? It was not working because of a bad audio connector and some other issues. Mainly the shorting only occurs when handing the cords. I had not read much about the problem and figured my issue was fairly isolated.?
Dave
k0mbt


Re: Anyone used the ELEKITSORPARTS digital interface board? Opionons? #ubitx #digital

 

I don't have their kit, but I have the EU1KY analyzer from that site. It's been awesome. I'm running Ian's firmware on it.?

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On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 12:39 AM <3boysdad@...> wrote:
i hope someone responds too, as i'd like to see their thoughts. it seemed like the 'easy button' as far as setup went, so i jumped on it.

...i bought this, along with a kit last month, but i won't be breaking out until Christmas this year...b


Re: Anyone used the ELEKITSORPARTS digital interface board? Opionons? #ubitx #digital

 

i hope someone responds too, as i'd like to see their thoughts. it seemed like the 'easy button' as far as setup went, so i jumped on it.

...i bought this, along with a kit last month, but i won't be breaking out until Christmas this year...b


Re: Prewired 16x2 blue display

Mike Short
 

I have bought two of those displays from them, and neither worked. The larger displays I have (5 from different sources) do not use the same pin out as the regular ones. The last two pins are reversed, and if you power on wired wrong it will destroy the display.?

Mike
AI4NS?

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 20:16 Gary Anderson <gary.ag5tx@...> wrote:
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 12:45 PM, <andy@...> wrote:
Is there a larger 2 line display we could substitute directly for visually impaired or for mobile use thats easier to see??
VE6KP Andy
Yes there are somewhat larger common 16x2 displays. I can't speak to 'direct' replacement, (not interested in doing that homework) but these have I2C modules and 6800 parallel library support.

Look at the datasheet and see if the size is what your after.? The rest should be simple software changes, if needed at all.?


Anyone used the ELEKITSORPARTS digital interface board? Opionons? #ubitx #digital

Justin Phillips K5AXL
 

Has any used this board in their ubitx, and if so, how's it working? How was the installation? Any gotchas?




JP
K5AXL


Re: Squeel and intermittent loss of audio v5

 

Greetings all,
Same here. I assembled my UBITx about 6 months ago into the amateurradiokits.com (Sunil) and had to grind off the screw hole bumps on the bottom of the case, took me a while to figure out why the audio kept quitting.?

Otherwise a great enclosure for a great price :)


Re: ubix & bitx in enclosures for sale

bill steffey NY9H
 

please not on the reflector

On 12/15/2019 3:01 PM, Bill Robbins wrote:

I would love to see the list

Bill
On Nov 16, 2019, at 2:19 PM, bill steffey NY9H <Ny9h@...> wrote:

I have a ubitx original in a tentec enclosure and a 40 meter ssb bitx in a plastic enclosure for sale.

Both work as expected.... so many projects ....TOO many projects,,,

60 USD for the bitx 120 USD for the ubitx in tentec encl... both plus freight should fit in USPS 15$ box,

I MADE A LIST OF STUFF INCLUDING THE UBIT STUFF, BUY WITH ANOTHER 180 ITEMS. if you want the list email me separately- off reflector for a copy by email. ny9h@...

While the list is titled ESTATE SALE...it should have been PRE- estate sale. my apologies... the National HRO , Johnson Navigator and the Central Electronics are gone. ((prices do NOT include freight.))

bill ny9h





5.1 SOFTWARE MANUAL

 

To All,

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the current 5.1 ubitx software manual? Does it exist? What about the KD8CEC ver 1.2? software/firmware manual? The only one I can find is KD8CEC's ver. 1.071.
I have just finished building my ubitx 5 with the Inkits case and would like more info.

Thanks,

73's

Paul
KD9JYV


Firmwarre updating

 

Following the procedure I downloaded the firmware version 1.095.
Everything works perfectly.
What is the procedure to update the firmware with the next version 1.097 or 1.1?
You can help me.
Thanks IV3XHM, Toni


Re: uBITX Wireup Diagrams on the HF SIGNALS WEBSITE ARE WRONG!! #ubitx #ubitx-help

 

Hamp,

I don't know if you ever got your reply from Al but I just made his adapter for my uBitx 5 and it works great. I made it just like the picture and schematic.

Hope this helps,

73's

Paul
KD9JYV


Re: ubix & bitx in enclosures for sale

Bill Robbins
 

I would love to see the list

Bill

On Nov 16, 2019, at 2:19 PM, bill steffey NY9H <Ny9h@...> wrote:

I have a ubitx original in a tentec enclosure and a 40 meter ssb bitx in a plastic enclosure for sale.

Both work as expected.... so many projects ....TOO many projects,,,

60 USD for the bitx 120 USD for the ubitx in tentec encl... both plus freight should fit in USPS 15$ box,

I MADE A LIST OF STUFF INCLUDING THE UBIT STUFF, BUY WITH ANOTHER 180 ITEMS. if you want the list email me separately- off reflector for a copy by email. ny9h@...

While the list is titled ESTATE SALE...it should have been PRE- estate sale. my apologies... the National HRO , Johnson Navigator and the Central Electronics are gone. ((prices do NOT include freight.))

bill ny9h