Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, June 11, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
After weeks of trying I finally had some success! First QSO with Rick WB0NPM then Don ND6T. I also hear a few others but can't make them out. Rick mentioned an early net 8AM on 7186, may give that a
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peatmoss - ki6ssi
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Re: Usb sound card.
I had one that looked similar to your Ebay post and it didn't have any isolation between the computer ground and the audio in and out ground. I did the VOX interface as well. I intend my Bitx to be
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Jeff
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Re: Usb sound card.
I have worked with a lot of cheapy ones from aliexpress they wont have any isolation. I use a vox interface just for that. It does add more cables to the mess but it works. Gl 73 David N8DAH
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N8DAH
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Usb sound card.
Does anyone know if those cheap Usb sound card adapters offer any isolation between PC and radio? I plan to try out these things with my isolated interface for digital modes. The plan is to use an Usb
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John Smith
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, June 11, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
I heard KD9CYF calling several times. I did not get a response.
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KC8WBK
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, June 11, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
No joy here. ?Lots of noise.? Doug? KD9CYF
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Doug W
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, June 11, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
HAHAH - one of my two QSOs was you!
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Mike Yancey
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, June 11, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
It were noisy. I, too, was late to the party - around 7:45 CDT. I caught two:? KG5KYJ - SIG 58 or so, BitX to BitX QSO! about 00:45 GMT KF4WBJ - SIG 54 - could be incorrect, but I *think* that was
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Mike Yancey
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, June 11, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
I heard KG5KYJ in MI but you did not hear me.
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KC8WBK
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Re: BITX40 package size
OK, that last post does overstate it a bit. Dropout through an LM2940* is not zero, it's around 0.130mv at the 150ma draw of the Bitx40 (excluding the IRF510) With schottky power diodes, drop through
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: BITX40 package size
With the bridge rectifier, you have two unnecessary diode drops. ?So a 12v battery might only deliver 10.5 volts or so to the rig. The diode and fuse trick avoids the voltage drop, but is a rather
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: VK and ZL group buy of Jack W8TEE VFO boards
Count me in on 2 please Regards martin VK6FEEE
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martin Fraser
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, June 11, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
Well, I am late to the party but I was listening on 7.277 an came running to receive QRM on 7.276. Did we ever agree on a secondary? And I just heard W1LY LOUD and CLEAR trying to contact the QRM in
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John Smith
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Re: BITX40 package size
I looked at figure 15 of the LM340 datasheet, the "shorted input protection diode" is in parallel with the regulator, not in series with it. The diode addresses a weakness of the LM340: ?if the input
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: My Next Ham Radio Project
It appears the way you have wired it may be causing a double paraphrase short in the transgronifier. I would suggest a dual direction high Mu diode to enable a neutron acceleration lane. v/r Fred
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Dr Fred Hambrecht
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Re: BITX40 package size
Even better go through a fuse and have a standard diode between the fuse output and ground. If reversed the diode causes the fuse to blow. Another cure is to feed the input to a bridge rectifier and
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Dr Fred Hambrecht
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Re: BITX40 package size
From post?/g/BITX20/message/27483 ( /g/BITX20/message/27483 ) That last line should be all you really need to know. Looking at the schematics, the end result is that
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: VK and ZL group buy of Jack W8TEE VFO boards
Hi Bill, I have a stock Bitx 40 waiting for me to get back into the shack to mod. My other hobbies are taking my time ... well that and work :-) I also have one of Jacks boards and ordered an other
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Roo [VK6WAM]
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Re: Raduino V1.01 vs V1.14 Birdie at 7.200
I've tried several old versions here on my own BitX40, but I could'nt reproduce your findings. I can't hear any noticable difference with regards to the tuning clicks or noise from the Raduino. So I'm
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Allard PE1NWL
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Re: Hissing sound
All you would need is a good ear. Tune in an SSB station, then fiddle with the new trimmer and the regular tuning control for best sounding audio. ?That best sounding audio will also show up in your
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Jerry Gaffke
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