Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Yea but changing the relays looks like the real winner here. Joe
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Joe Puma <kd2nfc@...>
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#60669
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Looking at pic #2 seems to me that adding a 47nF capacitor to ground at each coil terminal as Arv hypothesized would make the uBitx a leap close to be legal compliant with respect to the harmonics.
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iz oos
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#60668
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Re: upgrade help
Merci Laurent! This was my first attempt at upgrading the UBITX with CEC code after hacking the 40 with Allard¡¯s so your comments are very helpful. I will go back and look at that code. Finally last
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Scott McDonald
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#60667
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Re: upgrade help
Hello Scott, it seems we ran into the same troubles :) Well, after digging a little in the code, I found that the current release set by default another display that the default 1602: to get it run,
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laurent.bury@...
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#60666
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Here is the second shot inside the Axicom 403 that should have been in the previous post...
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Mike Doty
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#60665
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
For those that are following this topic, last night I "dissected" one of the Axicom 403 relays and one of the HFD27 relays.? Here are the pictures of "what's under the hood".? One shot of the HFD27
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Mike Doty
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#60664
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Plots of the coupling between N/C contacts on either side of the relay (which will include the armature) and what they look like with the addition of a 47nF capacitor to ground at each coil
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Kees T
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#60663
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
i agree with Raj and that an excellent "standard" test configuration, for all to use, would be to look at the coupling between the N/C contacts on both sides which would include the relay armature
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Kees T
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#60662
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Re: Simpler spur fix
That?Abracon ASPI-M3015-R68M-T is good for 4 Amps. Some dinky little inductor in an 0805 package would probably do fine at L5,7 A shielded inductor of some sort could be a plus. Jerry
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Jerry Gaffke
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#60661
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Re: Simpler spur fix
due to the high current capability i assume that this choke is to be used in DC DC converters and not at RF i.e. 45 MHz! Am 14.10.2018 um 18:36 schrieb Gary Hanson:
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Henning Weddig
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#60660
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Simpler spur fix
Here is a part number for 680 nh smd inductor from Arrow electronics. Data sheet available on product page. Looks like the size is a 1212. I have not tried it yet, but specs look about right
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Gary Hanson
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#60659
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Raj, Rather than just using double shielded coax from the 2 pin RF plug on the uBITX to the BNC, I carefully installed gold plated female SMA connector and that should help some but I'm just using the
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Jim Sheldon
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#60658
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Re: Recommended fixes on ubitx.net
So what?exactly are these seniors complaining about? They heard you had a uBitx, and think you should not be using it at all? They somehow checked your harmonics and out-of-band spurs that are 30dB
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Jerry Gaffke
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#60657
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Re: Fun with Pennsylvania QSO Party AA2MZ/QRP
Much slower this morning but made three more before breakfast. I'm just running of of 8 AA batteries so I think that folks with good antennas heard me and folks without or pointing the other way
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Ed.T - aa2mz
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#60656
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Re: Something not right 24V PA BITX40
Power does not decrease when on 12V for the PA only on 24V. Using a 3 amp supply for the 12V both main board and the PA (when it is on 12V). When I switch the PA to 24V, I use a set of LIPO batteries
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JolietTim
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#60655
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Re: Fun with Pennsylvania QSO Party AA2MZ/QRP
Nice! I made a contact to a PA QSO party with my bitx40 too. NY3B 7.191. Tried some others but got frustrated and turned on my Kenwood 430.?? 73 Dave k0mbt
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_Dave_ AD0B
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#60654
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Re: ?BITX v3 : TX OK but no audio on RX
After a lot of investigations (HI !) I found that there is a contact beetween pins 3 and 5? (K3) but there is not any continuity beetween pin 3 and M1 and beetween pin 5 and M2. But continuity is 0K
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F5PCX
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#60653
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
Jim I agree with you regarding the lowest number of turns. My theory is that the relay contacts are acting as the primary of a current transformer inducing the RF current flowing in the contacts into
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Lawrence Galea
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#60652
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Re: Recommended fixes on ubitx.net
Tom - great link, thank you. Do you recommend I wait a while, or is this part good to go? Senior folks in my club bash me 'bout my spurious emissions. They have strongly encouraged me to "work on that
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Don - KM4UDX
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#60651
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Re: Harmonics and Relay Replacement
GM Jim, 400mW is 33mA that should be OK for the transistors. I will try lower current one when I find a cheaper source or a vendor who will send me by USPS.
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Raj vu2zap
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#60650
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