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Time for a break. I drank the uBITX koolaide and have been fighting with that thing for almost a month now. The instructions and available data on the project is a total mess. There is no instruction manual or step by step how-to, just a conglomeration of comments by experiments. Assembly is easy but calibration is nothing short of luck. There appears to be as many outcomes as experimenters. The low quality of parts may affect the tolerance values resulting in a quite unpredictable result. Add to that the simplicity of design with dual circuit functions and the possibility for errors compounds. So unless someone derives a solution in the near future I will be looking for a new sucker at a hamfest this summer. Fine example of 'If it sounds too good to be true it isn't'. uBITX makes my KX3 look like a bargain if?my time has any value.
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My board (147/2) arrived with one lead on L8 not through the board and no solder residue in the hole or pad. If this board passed ‘testing’ I really question production procedures.
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I not asking for ’try this or try that’ but a book or guide with specific proven instructions. So for now uBITX sits in a box, in the basement waiting for a second chance.
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This might not be the device for you my friend.
To calibrate mine, I simply commanded the digital synthesizer to go to The frequency of its internal oscillator ?crystal, measured the frequency error, and put in appropriate correction into the software.?? But I was drawn to it because I know how to program?
Others can use different mechanisms, but it certainly isn’t the rig for everyone!
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Time for a break. I drank the uBITX koolaide and have been fighting with that thing for almost a month now. The instructions and available data on the project is a total mess. There is no instruction manual or step by step how-to,
just a conglomeration of comments by experiments. Assembly is easy but calibration is nothing short of luck. There appears to be as many outcomes as experimenters. The low quality of parts may affect the tolerance values resulting in a quite unpredictable
result. Add to that the simplicity of design with dual circuit functions and the possibility for errors compounds. So unless someone derives a solution in the near future I will be looking for a new sucker at a hamfest this summer. Fine example of 'If it sounds
too good to be true it isn't'. uBITX makes my KX3 look like a bargain if?my time has any value.
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My board (147/2) arrived with one lead on L8 not through the board and no solder residue in the hole or pad. If this board passed ‘testing’ I really question production procedures.
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I not asking for ’try this or try that’ but a book or guide with specific proven instructions. So for now uBITX sits in a box, in the basement waiting for a second chance.
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Hello Sir
While I fully understand the frustration, if time is an issue then yes
buying the KX3 was a bargain.
There are statistically many more happy Ubitx owners than unhappy ones
so the project is a success Sir.
The learning opportunities and ability to customize outweigh the negatives.
Please note, I am not downplaying any of the folks that have had
issues and have been frustrated with the efforts needed to get the
units fully functional, but many more have had them work out of the
box.
I have 3 units, the V4 gave me issues and turned out to be a Mic
socket hardware issue for SSB. The two new V5's worked right out the
box.
How can we help
Kindly
73
KB1HKO
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Time for a break. I drank the uBITX koolaide and have been fighting with that thing for almost a month now. The instructions and available data on the project is a total mess. There is no instruction manual or step by step how-to, just a conglomeration of comments by experiments. Assembly is easy but calibration is nothing short of luck. There appears to be as many outcomes as experimenters. The low quality of parts may affect the tolerance values resulting in a quite unpredictable result. Add to that the simplicity of design with dual circuit functions and the possibility for errors compounds. So unless someone derives a solution in the near future I will be looking for a new sucker at a hamfest this summer. Fine example of 'If it sounds too good to be true it isn't'. uBITX makes my KX3 look like a bargain if my time has any value.
My board (147/2) arrived with one lead on L8 not through the board and no solder residue in the hole or pad. If this board passed ‘testing’ I really question production procedures.
I not asking for ’try this or try that’ but a book or guide with specific proven instructions. So for now uBITX sits in a box, in the basement waiting for a second chance.
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Sure we all get there sometimes!? Deciding a particular path is not for I.? It happens.?
uBITX is certainly a different paradigm.? there is less focus on instructions since one mostly connects up wires, and it was never intended for a particular enclosure.? the menu system is mostly intuitive - and note its 'merely' for the initial firmware.? keep in mind many in the world cannot, or chose not to, afford something like the KX3.? the uBITX is the easiest path for many ops in many places.?
I am thinking that that the testing and alignment on the uBITX could be more thorough - but note this requires more funds to purchase, a possible obstacle for some.? Its easy to be a critic when we may live in a different culture, yet somethings aren't so different.?
I think the largest uBITX challenge may be lack of a kit to address the spurious.? I sense the supplier has put as much 'value' into the main board as possible, maybe.? If v5 still has some harmonics, I still suggest a daughter board hosting relays as perhaps the best solution.? On the 45 MHz to RF spurs on transmit - I don't yet possess a solution.? The little filter used on v5 isn't enough (see 12m especially).? A second sharp xtal filter in the transmit path certainly works, but it my case it wrecks 40m CW.? All this is part of the journey - meanwhile my uBITX is clean on CW, and okay on SSB up through 20m.? Progress!?
The world is a better place just having the uBITX option.?
73 Curt
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IF there was the documentation trail that you desire, the board price would would go up tremendously!? ?Creating the baseline documentation, and maintaining it from there, is a never-ending task that goes way beyond the capabilities of free labor.? The best way to describe the BITX/uBITX is a user supported, "work-in-progress".
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Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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Several of you guys here are plenty brilliant enough to write Heathkit level documentation for several of these versions. ??
Creating a book on Kindle or in paperback through Amazon is absolute duck simple. ? Cost zero dollars. ? Amazon will sell and distribute & do everything for you?
All you have to do is write it in a word processor.?
That would help the community significantly. ? You might make enough moolah to supersize your McDonald’s!
If anybody is willing to work at that, I can help you to get started. ? ?I have 11 books published; none of them are stellar, but they all help teach things.
Gordon?
On Mar 27, 2019, at 18:22, John Faivre < wa9sgd@...> wrote:
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Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it
and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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John Faivre?WA9SGD
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If you would like to donate a uBitx to the creation of a manual, someone here may do it.? While you cant go to the bank and cash in 80 hours for money, time is not free.? I’m surprised after you have written 11 books, how much you downplay the time and energy required to document something as well as you would like it.
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:59 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Several of you guys here are plenty brilliant enough to write Heathkit level documentation for several of these versions. ??
Creating a book on Kindle or in paperback through Amazon is absolute duck simple. ? Cost zero dollars. ? Amazon will sell and distribute & do everything for you?
All you have to do is write it in a word processor.?
That would help the community significantly. ? You might make enough moolah to supersize your McDonald’s!
If anybody is willing to work at that, I can help you to get started. ? ?I have 11 books published; none of them are stellar, but they all help teach things.
Gordon?
On Mar 27, 2019, at 18:22, John Faivre < wa9sgd@...> wrote:
Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it
and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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I'm enclosing a blank template 8.5 x 11 inch version in .odt (open office) format.? ? All you have to do is add your text chapter by chapter, and your drawings etc, with a word processor and bingo! you can have? documentation book written!? ?You can even
update it later on to create new editions.??
Creating the cover is as easy or as difficult as you wish it to be, and then you just pick your markets, and how much you want them to charge for it.? ?Costs you NOTHING??
And plenty of you are capable of doing this!!
If you want help, I'll be glad to help.
Cheers,
gordon gibby
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Several of you guys here are plenty brilliant enough to write Heathkit level documentation for several of these versions. ??
Creating a book on Kindle or in paperback through Amazon is absolute duck simple. ? Cost zero dollars. ? Amazon will sell and distribute & do everything for you?
All you have to do is write it in a word processor.?
That would help the community significantly. ? You might make enough moolah to supersize your McDonald’s!
If anybody is willing to work at that, I can help you to get started. ? ?I have 11 books published; none of them are stellar, but they all help teach things.
Gordon?
On Mar 27, 2019, at 18:22, John Faivre < wa9sgd@...> wrote:
Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it
and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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As a new ubitx owner I had a lot of trouble trying to build this version 5. It really wasn't the lack of documentation it was more me trying to keep from getting in a hurry. Once I verified the board was working, I decided to slow down and take it slowly one step at a time checking pictures photographs write-ups YouTube and I'll tell you, this is just had to be one of the best experiences since I built my first Heathkit radio. At 58, my eyesight's not the best, and I tend to tremble when I'm working with small parts, but I got to tell you to see it come together and finally work although I'm not completely done yet, I'm proud of the job I did. I'm glad I stuck with it and you just can't beat that boy I built this feeling. I know I've got a long way to go with this radio but someone once said the joy is in the journey not the destination. I hope you reconsider the radio. It's not easy but it's worth it.73,
Kelly K5AID?
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Hi Brad, I don’t really understand your comment. ? Some of the books I wrote took months, some of them took only days to weeks. ?? Kind of depends on the nature of the topic. ??
I didn’t do it to get rich (i’m about to retire from a physician practice), I did it to help teach other people. ? Save them the incredible amount of time it took me to learn some of that stuff!! ? To learn packet radio took me over a year. ? Cool thing
about volunteers is that there are a bunch of them all over, because human beings like to help other people. ??
So maybe you can set me straight!
On Mar 27, 2019, at 19:06, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
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If you would like to donate a uBitx to the creation of a manual, someone here may do it.? While you cant go to the bank and cash in 80 hours for money, time is not free.? I’m surprised after you have written 11 books, how much you downplay the
time and energy required to document something as well as you would like it.
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:59 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Several of you guys here are plenty brilliant enough to write Heathkit level documentation for several of these versions. ??
Creating a book on Kindle or in paperback through Amazon is absolute duck simple. ? Cost zero dollars. ? Amazon will sell and distribute & do everything for you?
All you have to do is write it in a word processor.?
That would help the community significantly. ? You might make enough moolah to supersize your McDonald’s!
If anybody is willing to work at that, I can help you to get started. ? ?I have 11 books published; none of them are stellar, but they all help teach things.
Gordon?
On Mar 27, 2019, at 18:22, John Faivre < wa9sgd@...> wrote:
Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it
and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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John Faivre?WA9SGD
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While true most people find it enjoyable and rewarding to help.? The way you have asked sounded like your looking for a handout.? The comments about the smart/brilliant people here is the same thing as saying “You look like a strong man, can you open this jar?” Except in this case its not a jar its hours or days worth of work.? If you came to the table with something other than a blank document then sure I would have taken photos of my build, helped out where I can and I’m sure others would have done the same. ?
I’m not looking for an argument.? Maybe your intention was different than how it came across.? That’s the great problem with email is that its easy to loose the meaning of things.? I have just seen many great open source projects wither and die becasuse more people take a penny than leave one.? Write what you know, put it on github, gitlab, google docs.? Share it out here and I’m willing to bet it would get filled in.
73, Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 7:58 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Hi Brad, I don’t really understand your comment. ? Some of the books I wrote took months, some of them took only days to weeks. ?? Kind of depends on the nature of the topic. ??
I didn’t do it to get rich (i’m about to retire from a physician practice), I did it to help teach other people. ? Save them the incredible amount of time it took me to learn some of that stuff!! ? To learn packet radio took me over a year. ? Cool thing
about volunteers is that there are a bunch of them all over, because human beings like to help other people. ??
So maybe you can set me straight!
On Mar 27, 2019, at 19:06, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
If you would like to donate a uBitx to the creation of a manual, someone here may do it.? While you cant go to the bank and cash in 80 hours for money, time is not free.? I’m surprised after you have written 11 books, how much you downplay the
time and energy required to document something as well as you would like it.
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:59 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Several of you guys here are plenty brilliant enough to write Heathkit level documentation for several of these versions. ??
Creating a book on Kindle or in paperback through Amazon is absolute duck simple. ? Cost zero dollars. ? Amazon will sell and distribute & do everything for you?
All you have to do is write it in a word processor.?
That would help the community significantly. ? You might make enough moolah to supersize your McDonald’s!
If anybody is willing to work at that, I can help you to get started. ? ?I have 11 books published; none of them are stellar, but they all help teach things.
Gordon?
On Mar 27, 2019, at 18:22, John Faivre < wa9sgd@...> wrote:
Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it
and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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John Faivre?WA9SGD
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Well I’m glad I asked!
Looking for a handout? ? Farthest thing possible from the truth. ? You were wise to try to explain
I merely tried to save people effort, so they could author their own helpful document without having to learn so much the hard way, “ you write it it’s your document”. ? Nowhere did I say I wanted anything from anyone..... ?
Perhaps you haven’t seen the publicly available daughterboard Gerber files I provided, or of the document on how to build that, or the 30+ articles I have written on my section’s website. ?I also offered something on how to use this to control ancient
heath kits.
There are volunteers everywhere. ? They do incredibly nice things and a zillion of them on this board have helped me out a bunch. ? ?Thanks! ?
Gordon KX4Z
On Mar 27, 2019, at 22:05, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
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While true most people find it enjoyable and rewarding to help.? The way you have asked sounded like your looking for a handout.? The comments about the smart/brilliant people here is the same thing as saying “You look like a strong man, can
you open this jar?” Except in this case its not a jar its hours or days worth of work.? If you came to the table with something other than a blank document then sure I would have taken photos of my build, helped out where I can and I’m sure others would have
done the same. ?
I’m not looking for an argument.? Maybe your intention was different than how it came across.? That’s the great problem with email is that its easy to loose the meaning of things.? I have just seen many great open source projects wither and
die becasuse more people take a penny than leave one.? Write what you know, put it on github, gitlab, google docs.? Share it out here and I’m willing to bet it would get filled in.
73,
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 7:58 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Hi Brad, I don’t really understand your comment. ? Some of the books I wrote took months, some of them took only days to weeks. ?? Kind of depends on the nature of the topic. ??
I didn’t do it to get rich (i’m about to retire from a physician practice), I did it to help teach other people. ? Save them the incredible amount of time it took me to learn some of that stuff!! ? To learn packet radio took me over a year. ? Cool thing
about volunteers is that there are a bunch of them all over, because human beings like to help other people. ??
So maybe you can set me straight!
On Mar 27, 2019, at 19:06, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
If you would like to donate a uBitx to the creation of a manual, someone here may do it.? While you cant go to the bank and cash in 80 hours for money, time is not free.? I’m surprised after you have written 11 books, how much you downplay the
time and energy required to document something as well as you would like it.
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:59 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Several of you guys here are plenty brilliant enough to write Heathkit level documentation for several of these versions. ??
Creating a book on Kindle or in paperback through Amazon is absolute duck simple. ? Cost zero dollars. ? Amazon will sell and distribute & do everything for you?
All you have to do is write it in a word processor.?
That would help the community significantly. ? You might make enough moolah to supersize your McDonald’s!
If anybody is willing to work at that, I can help you to get started. ? ?I have 11 books published; none of them are stellar, but they all help teach things.
Gordon?
On Mar 27, 2019, at 18:22, John Faivre < wa9sgd@...> wrote:
Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it
and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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Since that went so incredibly well...
Here is the document that I wrote to help people learn how to write things up. ??. ? It’s
free of course — but you can learn how to get things bound for your local group probably cheaper than you can have them xeroxed
And here is where you can find a bunch more articles (mostly on emergency communications):
Some of them are useful, some of them are probably pretty stupid. ?
Cheers
Gordon Kx4z
On Mar 27, 2019, at 22:15, Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
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Well I’m glad I asked!
Looking for a handout? ? Farthest thing possible from the truth. ? You were wise to try to explain
I merely tried to save people effort, so they could author their own helpful document without having to learn so much the hard way, “ you write it it’s your document”. ? Nowhere did I say I wanted anything from anyone..... ?
Perhaps you haven’t seen the publicly available daughterboard Gerber files I provided, or of the document on how to build that, or the 30+ articles I have written on my section’s website. ?I also offered something on how to use this to control ancient
heath kits.
There are volunteers everywhere. ? They do incredibly nice things and a zillion of them on this board have helped me out a bunch. ? ?Thanks! ?
Gordon KX4Z
On Mar 27, 2019, at 22:05, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
While true most people find it enjoyable and rewarding to help.? The way you have asked sounded like your looking for a handout.? The comments about the smart/brilliant people here is the same thing as saying “You look like a strong man, can
you open this jar?” Except in this case its not a jar its hours or days worth of work.? If you came to the table with something other than a blank document then sure I would have taken photos of my build, helped out where I can and I’m sure others would have
done the same. ?
I’m not looking for an argument.? Maybe your intention was different than how it came across.? That’s the great problem with email is that its easy to loose the meaning of things.? I have just seen many great open source projects wither and
die becasuse more people take a penny than leave one.? Write what you know, put it on github, gitlab, google docs.? Share it out here and I’m willing to bet it would get filled in.
73,
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 7:58 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Hi Brad, I don’t really understand your comment. ? Some of the books I wrote took months, some of them took only days to weeks. ?? Kind of depends on the nature of the topic. ??
I didn’t do it to get rich (i’m about to retire from a physician practice), I did it to help teach other people. ? Save them the incredible amount of time it took me to learn some of that stuff!! ? To learn packet radio took me over a year. ? Cool thing
about volunteers is that there are a bunch of them all over, because human beings like to help other people. ??
So maybe you can set me straight!
On Mar 27, 2019, at 19:06, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
If you would like to donate a uBitx to the creation of a manual, someone here may do it.? While you cant go to the bank and cash in 80 hours for money, time is not free.? I’m surprised after you have written 11 books, how much you downplay the
time and energy required to document something as well as you would like it.
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:59 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Several of you guys here are plenty brilliant enough to write Heathkit level documentation for several of these versions. ??
Creating a book on Kindle or in paperback through Amazon is absolute duck simple. ? Cost zero dollars. ? Amazon will sell and distribute & do everything for you?
All you have to do is write it in a word processor.?
That would help the community significantly. ? You might make enough moolah to supersize your McDonald’s!
If anybody is willing to work at that, I can help you to get started. ? ?I have 11 books published; none of them are stellar, but they all help teach things.
Gordon?
On Mar 27, 2019, at 18:22, John Faivre < wa9sgd@...> wrote:
Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it
and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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Brad I think you got Gordon mixed up with Dennis. Gordon has been a staple in this community and is very helpful. You should go back and read the email thread correctly, this convo is way misdirected.?
Joe KD2NFC
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On Mar 27, 2019, at 10:04 PM, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote: While true most people find it enjoyable and rewarding to help.? The way you have asked sounded like your looking for a handout.? The comments about the smart/brilliant people here is the same thing as saying “You look like a strong man, can you open this jar?” Except in this case its not a jar its hours or days worth of work.? If you came to the table with something other than a blank document then sure I would have taken photos of my build, helped out where I can and I’m sure others would have done the same. ?
I’m not looking for an argument.? Maybe your intention was different than how it came across.? That’s the great problem with email is that its easy to loose the meaning of things.? I have just seen many great open source projects wither and die becasuse more people take a penny than leave one.? Write what you know, put it on github, gitlab, google docs.? Share it out here and I’m willing to bet it would get filled in.
73, Brad On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 7:58 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Hi Brad, I don’t really understand your comment. ? Some of the books I wrote took months, some of them took only days to weeks. ?? Kind of depends on the nature of the topic. ??
I didn’t do it to get rich (i’m about to retire from a physician practice), I did it to help teach other people. ? Save them the incredible amount of time it took me to learn some of that stuff!! ? To learn packet radio took me over a year. ? Cool thing
about volunteers is that there are a bunch of them all over, because human beings like to help other people. ??
So maybe you can set me straight!
On Mar 27, 2019, at 19:06, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
If you would like to donate a uBitx to the creation of a manual, someone here may do it.? While you cant go to the bank and cash in 80 hours for money, time is not free.? I’m surprised after you have written 11 books, how much you downplay the
time and energy required to document something as well as you would like it.
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:59 PM Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Several of you guys here are plenty brilliant enough to write Heathkit level documentation for several of these versions. ??
Creating a book on Kindle or in paperback through Amazon is absolute duck simple. ? Cost zero dollars. ? Amazon will sell and distribute & do everything for you?
All you have to do is write it in a word processor.?
That would help the community significantly. ? You might make enough moolah to supersize your McDonald’s!
If anybody is willing to work at that, I can help you to get started. ? ?I have 11 books published; none of them are stellar, but they all help teach things.
Gordon?
On Mar 27, 2019, at 18:22, John Faivre < wa9sgd@...> wrote:
Sounds like you want a Heathkit level of documentation. Well my 1976 HW104 cost over $600 in 1976 dollars. This radio will cost you less than $150 in a nice enclosure. For me the satisfaction was in the challenge. I learned a lot building it
and would not think twice about doing it again. It is a bit fiddly for the appliance user, but it is a great radio.
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John Faivre?WA9SGD
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I got my initial ham license in Jan 18 and ordered a ubitx right away. Since then my wife got her license and and we got two more used units. We now have 3 of them All have been down at one point or another. Get out the brain and fix em.
Have a total of 280 dollars in our 3. Have worked all states with mine on phone. They are not toys but serious radios and work pretty well. I usually get reports about excellent audio quality.
I have told many that they should not have a ubitx, many need the radio that is all put together with all the settings finalized. and a thick manual. If it isn't right you send it back to the store.
The ubitx is not just one that you buy plug in and use. Although my first one was nearly that.
If you are really done with your junky ubitx send me a PM. Let me know your terms. If agreeable I'll take it off your hands.
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My comments were by no means a personal attack so I hope you do not feel as they were.? My comments were about the delivery and the intent of the original message.? As far as I am concerned you as well as most people here are great and helpful.? If I reread your original messages with the later context added in I can see how you were being helpful in trying to start a better documention project.? I probably could have been a bit more surgical in my original reply and if I have caused you any grief due to that I apologize.? Same goes with anyone else that reads this.
73 Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:32 PM d balfour < davesters@...> wrote: I got my initial ham license in Jan 18 and ordered a ubitx right away. Since then my wife got her license and and we got two more used units. We now have 3 of them All have been down at one point or another. Get out? the brain and fix em.
Have a total of 280 dollars in our 3. Have worked all states with mine on phone. They are not toys but serious radios and work pretty well. I usually get reports about excellent audio quality.
I have told many that they should not have a ubitx, many need the radio that is all put together with all the settings finalized. and a thick manual. If it isn't right you send it back to the store.
The ubitx is not just one that you buy plug in and use. Although my first one was nearly that.
If you are really done with your junky ubitx send me a PM. Let me know your terms.? If agreeable I'll take it off your hands.
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Thanks, brad! ?And that Arduino TNC you clued me in on is really cool.
On Mar 28, 2019, at 00:21, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
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My comments were by no means a personal attack so I hope you do not feel as they were.? My comments were about the delivery and the intent of the original message.? As far as I am concerned you as well as most people here are great and helpful.?
If I reread your original messages with the later context added in I can see how you were being helpful in trying to start a better documention project.? I probably could have been a bit more surgical in my original reply and if I have caused you any grief
due to that I apologize.? Same goes with anyone else that reads this.
73
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:32 PM d balfour < davesters@...> wrote:
I got my initial ham license in Jan 18 and ordered a ubitx right away. Since then my wife got her license and and we got two more used units. We now have 3 of them All have been down at one point or another. Get out? the brain and fix em.
Have a total of 280 dollars in our 3. Have worked all states with mine on phone. They are not toys but serious radios and work pretty well. I usually get reports about excellent audio quality.
I have told many that they should not have a ubitx, many need the radio that is all put together with all the settings finalized. and a thick manual. If it isn't right you send it back to the store.
The ubitx is not just one that you buy plug in and use. Although my first one was nearly that.
If you are really done with your junky ubitx send me a PM. Let me know your terms.? If agreeable I'll take it off your hands.
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My two cents worth:
There are many folks out there that just aren’t content with life so they try to make the rest of us (me too) look lazy. ?They are the ones who after a long day at work teach a class, write a book, Elmer, etc. ?I have just met another one recently who retired and is busier than ever with the above. We have two of them in our radio club who recently retired and moved to our town and now are talking on major projects in our club. ?Love those folks. This discussion just might stimulate one of those folks to write that book about the Bitx and uBitx. ?I would pay for one.
Another thought. ?Don’t buy a Bitx or uBitx kit unless you have a local guru to bail you out when there are issues (note: I did not say “problems”). ?I gave my Bitx40 away to another younger smarter (more educated in the field) ham who is building it step by step and the receiver is now working. ?My frustration level at my age is too high so I stick to small kits with Heathkit like instructions..... like the QCX. ?I still have the uBitx with a beautiful case that someday I may tackle but the QCX is more rewarding for me.
Nuff sed. ?SOMEONE please write the book. ? ?Again, a big thank you to those retired guys who are writing the books on Arduino.... I still am struggling with that but there is hope. ?I at least see the tunnel.... the light at the end will have to wait a while.
Dave K8WPE
David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad
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On Mar 28, 2019, at 12:23 AM, Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Thanks, brad! ?And that Arduino TNC you clued me in on is really cool.
On Mar 28, 2019, at 00:21, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
My comments were by no means a personal attack so I hope you do not feel as they were.? My comments were about the delivery and the intent of the original message.? As far as I am concerned you as well as most people here are great and helpful.?
If I reread your original messages with the later context added in I can see how you were being helpful in trying to start a better documention project.? I probably could have been a bit more surgical in my original reply and if I have caused you any grief
due to that I apologize.? Same goes with anyone else that reads this.
73
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:32 PM d balfour < davesters@...> wrote:
I got my initial ham license in Jan 18 and ordered a ubitx right away. Since then my wife got her license and and we got two more used units. We now have 3 of them All have been down at one point or another. Get out? the brain and fix em.
Have a total of 280 dollars in our 3. Have worked all states with mine on phone. They are not toys but serious radios and work pretty well. I usually get reports about excellent audio quality.
I have told many that they should not have a ubitx, many need the radio that is all put together with all the settings finalized. and a thick manual. If it isn't right you send it back to the store.
The ubitx is not just one that you buy plug in and use. Although my first one was nearly that.
If you are really done with your junky ubitx send me a PM. Let me know your terms.? If agreeable I'll take it off your hands.
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There is a small collection of documents, photos, test results, and calibration procedure our club has been putting together at ?
73, Steve, N3SB
On Mar 28, 2019 4:58 AM, "David Wilcox via Groups.Io" <Djwilcox01= [email protected]> wrote:
My two cents worth:
There are many folks out there that just aren’t content with life so they try to make the rest of us (me too) look lazy.? They are the ones who after a long day at work teach a class, write a book, Elmer, etc.? I have just met another one recently who retired and is busier than ever with the above. We have two of them in our radio club who recently retired and moved to our town and now are talking on major projects in our club.? Love those folks. This discussion just might stimulate one of those folks to write that book about the Bitx and uBitx.? I would pay for one.
Another thought.? Don’t buy a Bitx or uBitx kit unless you have a local guru to bail you out when there are issues (note: I did not say “problems”).? I gave my Bitx40 away to another younger smarter (more educated in the field) ham who is building it step by step and the receiver is now working.? My frustration level at my age is too high so I stick to small kits with Heathkit like instructions..... like the QCX.? I still have the uBitx with a beautiful case that someday I may tackle but the QCX is more rewarding for me.
Nuff sed.? SOMEONE please write the book. ? ?Again, a big thank you to those retired guys who are writing the books on Arduino.... I still am struggling with that but there is hope.? I at least see the tunnel.... the light at the end will have to wait a while.
Dave K8WPE
David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad On Mar 28, 2019, at 12:23 AM, Gordon Gibby < ggibby@...> wrote:
Thanks, brad!? And that Arduino TNC you clued me in on is really cool.
On Mar 28, 2019, at 00:21, brad martin < emclinux@...> wrote:
My comments were by no means a personal attack so I hope you do not feel as they were.? My comments were about the delivery and the intent of the original message.? As far as I am concerned you as well as most people here are great and helpful.?
If I reread your original messages with the later context added in I can see how you were being helpful in trying to start a better documention project.? I probably could have been a bit more surgical in my original reply and if I have caused you any grief
due to that I apologize.? Same goes with anyone else that reads this.
73
Brad
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:32 PM d balfour < davesters@...> wrote:
I got my initial ham license in Jan 18 and ordered a ubitx right away. Since then my wife got her license and and we got two more used units. We now have 3 of them All have been down at one point or another. Get out? the brain and fix em.
Have a total of 280 dollars in our 3. Have worked all states with mine on phone. They are not toys but serious radios and work pretty well. I usually get reports about excellent audio quality.
I have told many that they should not have a ubitx, many need the radio that is all put together with all the settings finalized. and a thick manual. If it isn't right you send it back to the store.
The ubitx is not just one that you buy plug in and use. Although my first one was nearly that.
If you are really done with your junky ubitx send me a PM. Let me know your terms.? If agreeable I'll take it off your hands.
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