Re: Are the uBITX receivers ripe for improvement? -- And some other miscellaneous thoughts.
Receiver performance has many dimensions. ?Sensitivity ?Bandwidth ?Overload performance and dynamic range. ?Stability, Especially important in the days of VFOs. ?Spurious signals, birdies and
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ajparent1/kb1gmx
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#48970
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Re: Buyer beware! RD16HHF1
Allison,?? Please don't get offended as this is just my 2 cents worth. Of your list, only RFParts has the?RD16HHF1. Ordering 4 for $19.00 and a dollars worth of something else to meet the $20.00
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William Cullison <wa8vih@...>
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#48969
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Re: Buyer beware! RD16HHF1
Also, keep in mind that if you plan to move from the IRF510 to the RD16HHF1,? the uBitx final should have some adjustments to the transformer ratios and such. The RD16HHF1 is not quite a drop in
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Jerry Gaffke
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#48968
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Re: uBITX drive level..
#ubitx
Going to 150ma should be fine, so long as those IRF510 tabs are not getting so hot that it's uncomfortable to keep your finger on it. But those bias pots are very touchy once you get into the active
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Jerry Gaffke
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#48967
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Re: ND6T AGC implementation for uBIT-X
Kees, Please put me down for two each of the Click Fix and AGC boards. Also interested in the SWR boards when they are available. 73, Kevin KB3OMM
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Kevin
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#48966
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Re: uBITXII
On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 6:11 AM, <davesters@...> wrote: > ve7cws, > What would you change about the mic? Almost every one I have talked to on > the radio, says that it has a good sounding
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Ralph Mowery
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#48965
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Re: Buyer beware! RD16HHF1
Allison has quite a few posts here. None have discouraged experimentation with the IRF510's. Quite the contrary. She did however suggest you get your RF parts from reliable vendors, be they IRF510's
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Jerry Gaffke
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#48964
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Re: Buyer beware! RD16HHF1
THe only place I buy RF transistors from is RFparts, Digikey, Mouser, Kitsandparts, and Jameco. When it comes to oddball or scarce parts its RFParts as they do stand behind theirs,?? RD16HHF there
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ajparent1/kb1gmx
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#48963
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Re: Are the uBITX receivers ripe for improvement? -- And some other miscellaneous thoughts.
There's a thread on the B40's sensitivity here. Signals were heard down to -130dbm and the results were verified. /g/BITX20/topic/5447469#30094 Vince. -- Michigan VHF Corp.
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Vince Vielhaber <vev@...>
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#48962
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Re: Buyer beware! RD16HHF1
Gents and ladies, I don't post much as I'm a busy broadcast engineer.? But I try to read often. Allison's post contains wisdom. Education tends to be expensive.? If your goal is IRF R&D, then knock
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Russ Hines
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#48961
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Re: uBITXII
Yes this was a popular way of varying the bandwidth of filters in its time. Varying the capacitance of the diodes via voltage to vary the roll-off frequency/sharpness of the filters. Quite simple to
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K9HZ
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#48960
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Re: Buyer beware! RD16HHF1
Hi this an interesting read. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Polida2008&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBAU782AU782&oq=Polida2008&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j69i60l2.1870j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8? Cheers Kevin VK2KTG
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kevintg51@...
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#48959
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Re: uBITXII
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jim <ab7vf@...>
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#48958
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Re: uBITX drive level..
#ubitx
Hi Jerry, What do you mean by "Be very careful about setting those pots to "a lot more" than 100ma,? that's a good way to make the IRF510's pop from the heat." What's? a lot more? I found I needed
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docame12@...
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#48957
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Re: Buyer beware! RD16HHF1
I have checked all domestic sources of RD16HHF1 and for a quantity of 4, Polida2008 beats them all for price. They will get my order. Thanks for the recommendation.
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William Cullison <wa8vih@...>
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#48956
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Re: uBITXII
Sorry too early in the AM for me evidently¡ uBITx.net as others have pointed out. Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch ¨C
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K9HZ
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#48955
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Re: uBITXII
You might try www.hfsignals.net <http://www.hfsignals.net> Most of the mods are listed there concisely by type and author. Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ
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K9HZ
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#48954
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Re: Should we adopt the KD8CEC firmware?
Hi Norm, if you go to http://ubitx.net/ about the 7th line down, click on manual. Rod KM6SN
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Rod Davis <km6sn@...>
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#48953
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Re: My ubitx installed in Inkit black enclosure for sale
Sold! Thank you!
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noel ramos
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#48952
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Re: Buyer beware! RD16HHF1
Hello, In Europe, you can order to https://sdr-kits.net/index.php?route=web/pages&page_id=55_55 ( https://sdr-kits.net/index.php?route=web/pages&page_id=55_55 ) but this is not the price of an IRF510
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f1apy - Jacques
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#48951
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