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Re: Building homebrew ubitx: Need pre-v3 schematic PDF. Also, source for 45M15 (45 MHz IF) filter?
You may check www.rf-microwave . com. They sell to universities, labs and hams. I bought quite nice stuff from them. Maybe they are not the cheapest but they have them... The owner I was told is or
By iz oos · #51419 ·
Re: Removing surface mounted resistor #ubitx
I use 2 soldering irons to remove double ended SMD components (kind of like tweezers). I often use this method over a hot air reflow station, which I also have, but prefer the low(er) heat approach.
By Nigel G4ZAL <nigel@...> · #51418 ·
Re: Current Firmware
So how do we beginners determine which libraries are missing and where to find them? I'm going to try this exercise on a win10 machine later today. Perhaps it will work better than the mac. I don't
By Dennis · #51417 ·
Re: RF chain power mods and improvements
It may.? I've considered a compressor with peak clipper for the audio to hold the level below the distortion point.? Then I looked at why we get distortion (spurs). I'd still do the audio processing
By ajparent1/kb1gmx · #51416 ·
Re: Removing surface mounted resistor #ubitx
To Robbie and all that are when I installed the pop fix I connected it to M1 side of C51 which works. At this connection point it will not short out the audio to U1 and your side tone will work. The
By Skip Davis · #51415 ·
Re: K5BCQ kits in BITX40 #bitx40
Thanks Doug! And thank you for notifying me of the bad link. I still haven't figured out what went wrong so I deleted the link. Must be something stupid simple (my downfall!). Don
By Don, ND6T · #51414 ·
K5BCQ kits in BITX40 #bitx40
For those wondering if the K5BCQ AGC and ClickFix kits work with the BITX40, they do! The AGC works just as well as in the ¦ÌBITX and the ClickFix is, by far, the quietest modification that I have
By Don, ND6T · #51413 ·
Re: Building homebrew ubitx: Need pre-v3 schematic PDF. Also, source for 45M15 (45 MHz IF) filter?
I was able to find one at Aliexpress:?https://is.gd/iRpJI7 Came in a package of two for $US14.56. -Michael VE1LEB
By Michael LeBlanc · #51412 ·
Re: Removing surface mounted resistor #ubitx
There are lots of youtube videos on the SMD. I would not worry about damaging the small parts as they cost almost nothing. For a one time deal,you can put lots of solder on the part so it just sort of
By Ralph Mowery · #51410 ·
Re: Removing surface mounted resistor #ubitx
I probably reinvented the wheel but I figured out a trick that helps me with smd components.? I cut a small piece of plastic drinking straw and by sliding it down the tweezers they lock onto the
By Doug W · #51409 ·
Re: K5BCQ kits in BITX40 #bitx40
Don your illustrations continue to amaze me.? They remind me of the Forrest Mims project books I used to save up to buy at Radio Shack. I think the link in your post is wrong.? Without the extension
By Doug W · #51408 ·
Re: Removing surface mounted resistor #ubitx
Hi Robbie, I was hesitant as well, in the beginning. I am blind in 1 eye. I have no depth perception. I can do it. I watched several youtube videos on removing parts. Here is a good example:
By M Garza <mgarza896@...> · #51407 ·
Re: Removing surface mounted resistor #ubitx
Robbie: No sweat. Ideally you can use a pair of soldering tweezers to heat both sides of the resistor and remove it. However, the trick I use is to heat one side, then the other and put some sideways
By Howard Fidel · #51406 ·
Re: Removing surface mounted resistor #ubitx
Robbie, Use your iron to heat up both ends of the resistor by "hopping" back and forth from one end to the other until they are both molten enough to lift the part out by stainless steel tweezers.
By Don, ND6T · #51405 ·
Removing surface mounted resistor #ubitx
I have the R3 board, and have tried to duplicate the anti-pop cct from the R4 schematic (current on a proto board). The mod works ok, in that there is no 'pop' on transitions between TX and RX, but
By Robbie Robertson · #51403 ·
Re: Github's future?
Finally, a voice of reason - thanks Mike 73 Kevin K5KDT The price they pay to advertise is providing free project hosting. Microsoft would have to be pretty foolish to screw it up. If they alienate
By Kevin Timm · #51402 ·
Re: Building homebrew ubitx: Need pre-v3 schematic PDF. Also, source for 45M15 (45 MHz IF) filter?
Glad to hear that the project has source for a period of time. Unfortunately, purely homebrew/personal implementer (my case) may end up with sourcing difficulty (=potentially discouraging such effort)
By David Feldman · #51401 ·
uBitx on its way!
Woot! I'm excited to say that I got the shipping notice this morning! Thank you to the support team over there for sending me a note confirming they got my order ok...then booting it out the door with
By Gwen Patton · #51400 ·
Re: Current Firmware
Missing libraries is a very common error that beginners make. In many cases, the programmer(s) who wrote the code supply the URL for libraries that are not distributed as part of the Arduino IDE. For
By Jack Purdum <jjpurdum@...> · #51399 ·
Re: Current Firmware
Even on a? Mac, this looks like the wrong directory structure. (See first Yellow below.) This has been discussed here before. The second Yellow line suggests that a non-source file is compiling. Have
By Jack Purdum <jjpurdum@...> · #51398 ·