Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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These steps make sense to me, especially the first one.? I did try killing the power to the BiDi amp and that had no effect. The one point that needs to be made is that I am not the only one
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Evan Hand
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Evan, That tp2 scope trace for 40m looks pretty bad. It's ok to have harmonics present, but they shouldn't nearly overpower the fundamental like that. What does tp13 look like, is there possibly
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: SI4732 All Band Shortwave Radio
There are radios with the Si4735 instead of the Si4732. I don't really know the difference even looking to the datasheet. There seem a bit of confusion, at least to me, in the descriptions whether
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iz oos
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Re: uBitx suddenly stopped Rx/Tx but display is perfect!
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Thanks OM Raj!! Will revert after checking! 73
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Brigadier Rajaram S
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Jerry, Sorry, I rethought the prior email and it is the 2nd harmonic that is causing the issue.? Somehow it is canceling some of the square wave that should be the 40meter signal.? That is also why
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Evan Hand
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Jerry, On thinking about the waveforms, could it be that the 3rd order harmonic on 40meters, being below the 30MHz filter cutoff is causing the issue? More data, the TP12 readings for 80meters and
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Evan Hand
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Jerry, Here are three screenshots from my scope: They are from TP2 of the ?BITX.? The one that is not the correct measured frequency is supposed to be 40meters.? The frequency for 40meters was set
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Evan Hand
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Hi Evan, Yes. I see. I'll check output on SSB and will look out for your findings. Best, N
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nickredmayne@...
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Re: New Question
Thanks everyone, sounds good to me. I will replace the regulator and add the dropping resistor both. Thanks, Mike
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Mike
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Re: A few very basic beginner questions
Got it, thank you again Evan. As it happens, I haven't tinkered much with CW yet, but I anticipate it in the future. Actually, despite having an Extra license, I have never so much as keyed a mic, not
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Gamaliel <gamaliel.pagel@...>
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Evan, I'm not 100% sure I understand what a "very high low harmonic" is. Operating a 7mhz, I assume these are 2'd and 3'rd harmonics, so 14 and 21 mhz. I'd expect that on pretty much all bands at TP1,
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Jerry, I tried putting a 2.2kOhm resistor in parallel with R104 and got the same results.? Evidently, it is not the diode bias that is the issue. I did note that the waveform at TP1 and TP2 has very
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Evan Hand
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Re: New Question
Skip, You correct in that there is still heat that needs to be dissipated.? The reason to go to the higher current rated device is that it can handle the higher current without generating as much
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Evan Hand
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Re: A few very basic beginner questions
Gamaliel, Your statement is true IF you do not want to get serious with CW.? There are a couple of options that make the ?BITX operate more as most commercial rigs do on CW.? The most significant
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Evan Hand
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Re: New Question
Mike replacing the regulator on the Radunio will not solve the heat problem. The regulator will source at least 1 amp to run everything that needs 5 Volts. The main problem is that if your supply
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Skip Davis
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Re: A few very basic beginner questions
It *seems* - and someone please correct me, in the likely event that I am wrong, bilut it *seems* that the newest stock firmware is quite solid, and has incorporated many of the advantages of the
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Gamaliel <gamaliel.pagel@...>
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Re: New Question
Mike, I run a 2.8" display on a stock v5 with just an added heatsink to the regulator.? You could go the extra step and add a series resistor to drop the 12+ volts (I am running 13.8) to a lower
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Evan Hand
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Nick, If you scroll back through some of the earlier posts on this thread you will see that I have a very similar issue with my v6 that I just assembled in the last two weeks.? It is not as drastic
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Evan Hand
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Re: uBitX V6 no transmit power
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Hi Evan, QRPGuys' Dummy Load/Power Meter kit arrived. Built and attached. Handy piece of kit for QRP power levels. Anyhow, essentially it confirms the reading I received with the borrowed meter ie 18V
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nickredmayne@...
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Re: SI4732 All Band Shortwave Radio
Thanks a lot, Bob! /s Now my wallet is a little lighter than before...
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va3rr
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