Re: A story of discovery...and uBITX
#ubitx
Rob,
It's why I have a 2nd one on order. I've modified this one about all
I'm going to. My first one is my power outage rig and it works fine.
Going to leave it alone. When the new comes in I'll
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Tim Gorman
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#45803
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Re: RD16HHF1 power curve flattening...some
Would bn73-202 work with rd16hhf1 I got bn43-202 just getting the bits for
the mod chris
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chris gress <Chrisg0wfh@...>
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#45802
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Re: Wanted uBitx updated Radrunio -
#ubitx-help
Check that your key contacts are clean, maybe pull a sheet of clean paper through them.
Then check the voltage across the key with a DVM, should be 5v with the key up, 0v when the key is down.
If it's
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Jerry Gaffke
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#45801
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Re: Arduino For Idiots?
Funny story, I actually ordered two copies on Jack's book. When they
arrived, my 10yo daughter said "Yay! You got one for me too!"
So much for selling that extra copy!
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Fred Buecker <tfbiii2002@...>
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#45800
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Wanted uBitx updated Radrunio -
#ubitx-help
Greetings,?
I just finished wiring up an original first run uBitx that I received late Dec. 2017.? I am mainly a CW operator and use a straight key 100 percent of the time.
The original firmware I
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Jeffrey Peters <dek9jp@...>
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Re: A story of discovery...and uBITX
#ubitx
Thank you for all the stories, I love hearing them and I'll bet others do too.
I'm certain, now, that jumping into an IC-7300 wouldn't have supplied the same experience...not that I won't end up with
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Rob Snow
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Re: uBITX BAT54SL: diode ring mixer direction question
I made some Mixer PCBs to play with.
I used an little more expensive match diode ring.
The is a spot for matching transformers and a Pad Attenuator.
I did use one and I heard signals, but did no
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Michael Hagen
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Re: No More Smoke -- Changes to our podcast
And the date yesterday was?
Paul 5B8BA
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Paul Mooney <pmooney22@...>
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Re: Arduino For Idiots?
My point is, for some young person thinking about a career in electronics,
the Arduino environment is not a bad place to start.
It encourages exploring the interface between a computer and external
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: uBITX BAT54SL: diode ring mixer direction question
Michael,
I got used to using a prototype board called a Surfboard. There are
many different arrangements of pads. While expensive on a per-unit
basis it works for me. You still have to cut traces to
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Tim Gorman
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Re: Arduino For Idiots?
James:
I don't know. A lot depends upon your goals. I remember going to Cleveland for my draft physical (1960's) and hearing guys say they were going to intentionally fail the "intelligence" test.
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Jack Purdum <jjpurdum@...>
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Re: Arduino For Idiots?
Jerry:
"The Arduino environment is not a bad choice if wishing to start on the
path
toward becoming a hardware or software engineer."
I'm torn on this....necessary but not sufficient....
The
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James Lynes <jmlynesjr@...>
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#45792
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Re: US Purchasers of the ?BITX
Both of my uBITX were shipped by DHL from India, one in December last year and one last month. Both where received here in California two days after shipment from India and without duty.
Dave WI6R
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Dave Bottom <ars.kd6az@...>
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Re: RD16HHF1 power curve flattening...some
I agree 10 watts is good enough. It does not make sense from the
linearity, thermal and energy management to just gain half a true S
unit. Also, to "nail" the output to what you can get on 10 m,
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Jose Amador
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Re: uBITX BAT54SL: diode ring mixer direction question
Thanks Tim and Raj. I'll go ahead and wire things up now that I know. Once I get the mixer soldered-up, I'll check it with my signal generator and scope.
By the way, I do keep a journal: I scan most
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Michael LeBlanc
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Re: SI5351 simultaneous clock changes
#ubitx-help
I'm not convinced there's a need for continuous ALC during transmit
But would be very cool to set the appropriate power out level when tuning up on a new band.
Or better yet, tune up on each band
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Jerry Gaffke
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#45788
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Re: RD16HHF1 power curve flattening...some
My Bitx40 Raduino, now spare as I bought Mike's RaduinoX, is making a fine
VFO for my 4SQRP ZZRX-40 DC receiver kit. I'm using Allard's v1.26 code
with a few changes to make it tune 7.000 to 7.300
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James Lynes <jmlynesjr@...>
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#45787
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Re: A story of discovery...and uBITX
#ubitx
Sounds like the one in How To Become A Radio Amateur.
http://www.w7ekb.com/glowbugs/books/ar55how/index.htm
I too built mine on the orange crate 'chassis', in '51. Them were the
days! If the uBITX
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Stephen Wandling
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Re: A story of discovery...and uBITX
#ubitx
My first transmitter (1953) was a 6V6 running at abouit 250 volts built on a piece of wood and with a single 80M novice crystal. Lucky if it got 5 watts into my random wire antenna. The term QRP was
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Paul Galburt - K2AYZ
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#45785
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Re: BITX QSO Afternoon/Evening, Sunday, April 1, 3PM & 7PM Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere.
I heard several voices Rhode Island, Chattanooga, Canada and some others. We had a snow storm during the day maybe my antenna was a bit shorted. Called cq bitx quite a bit and no response. Wasn't able
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_Dave_ AD0B
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