Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
this is a very well designed amp. the extensive use of feedback helps preserve linearity. we don't get the BS170 transistors in india for some strange reason. i might as well just order this to play
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Ashhar Farhan
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
The contacts are below, close to the ground plane possible less coupling and short so less inductance. Raj Pic: from the net. Emacs!
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Raj vu2zap
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
OK 13db gain for the final stage. As many of us have 0.7-1w qrps what is the (approximate) absolute maximum rating for the input power of the final stage without going nonlinear? 0.5w or more?
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iz oos
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Re: Alignment of Bitx40
Should be easy enough to replace Q13 with a through-hole 2n3904. And should work fine. You need to first remove the old surface mount MMBT3904 at Q13. Heat up the pin that's alone along one side with
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Nice analysis. Could you please try with smd inductor 100uH, Please !! regards vu3zmv
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MVS Sarma
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Re: Alignment of Bitx40
Hello. It looks like I've damaged Q13 on my Bitx40 v3 board, this is annoying because the diodes for the protection modification are sitting on my bench not installed.? I happen to have some 2N3904
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craigmclean@...
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Sure is fun with good test equipment........ I deleted the last picture because it may cause confusion. #1 The first plot is the coupling between the Armature and the coil for a small 10 pin Omron
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Kees T
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
Just one more comment to Hans. I have order a kit, going to build a monobander 10/11m SSB rig. But, I am just reading through the PA's manual, and really, your manuals are second to none!? Absolutely
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Nick VK4PP
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
Hi All. Just remembered, the GQRP SPRAT magazine recently had an article for a +-30db amp based on the MMBTH10 if I remember correctly. It used 4 of them. Ill see if i can find more details to share I
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Nick VK4PP
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
Well you know how these things are, every time you vary one thing, something else changes... so it's hard to be totally precise. But approximately the gain is split equally between the two stages.
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Hans Summers
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
Jerry, I agree that we need more than one MMIC for the TX gain stages. My initial idea was/is? to replace the "famous" Q90 with a three transistor W7ZOI amp (gain = 15 dB) may be using even BFR106
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Henning Weddig
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Re: ubitx s-meter
#smeter
#firmware
#ubitx
#ubitx-help
You could update the firmware, 1.1 is out. A few things. Are you using a Nextion, have you built the extra stuff necessary (ie, another arduino nano?). (I have a question about that, there's got to be
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David Berkompas <david.berkompas@...>
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Kees Has anyone tried adding a 0.1 mfd across each of the relay coils, and additional 0.1 mfd to ground from various places in the DC going to these relays. Suspicion is that some of the unwanted
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Arv Evans
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
Hmm, thought I had edited out the reference to the ADA4743 MMIC. It has appropriate power out and gain and price, but unfortunately is now obsolete. And the WYSIWYG browser based editor on groups.io
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
First off, the uBitx as is does pretty well on 80/40/20 meters. Power drops off on the stock uBitx as we go up to 15 and 10 meters. There's 6 months worth of discussion in this forum about how best
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Pictures are always nice, Glenn. Since most of these larger relays have the long armatures which run *parallel* to the coil and the *coil is not shielded*? (right ?), there would be RF coupling
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Kees T
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
Interesting that you used ferrite type #61 for the T201/T202 interstage coupling ...Helge Granberg (as far as I can research) always used type #61 for his designs ..From what I've cobbled together,
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jim <ab7vf@...>
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Re: Toroidal transformer values, toroids, windings,
#ubitx
#ubitx-help
#parts
From the uBITX website "circuit details" section : Coil Details - L5, ?L7?: 12 turns on T30-6 - L1, L2, L3, L4, L11, L12, L13?: 9 turns on T30-6 - L14, L15, L16: ?10 turns on T30-6 - L14, L15,
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jim <ab7vf@...>
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
Best get after the rest of the radio then first. Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BITX20] QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit Remember this commandment MadRadioModder:
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MadRadioModder
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Re: QSX 10W HF Linear PA kit
Remember this commandment MadRadioModder: 'if you want even performance 3-30mhz you need to design that predriver section to be flat' Il 09/ott/2018 17:56, "MadRadioModder" <madradiomodder@...>
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iz oos
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