|
I assembled my V6 full kit today.? No nut for the BNC connector, no sticky on the feet and the feet are too large to work with screw positions, volume knob can be attached but just barely.? Those are no big deals.? Maybe you an help me with some electrical issues listed below.
My problems are electrical:
(1) When mic is plugged in for a minute or so, the radio will cycle to TX at the same rate as the CW speed.? Unplugging the mic stops the TX cycling, but it will start up again at unexpected times.? Can't make this happen when moving the mic/cord, so it is not a faulty cable or switch.
(2) My radio is on USB when it says LSB on 40 meters.? The radio is on USB when it says LSB on 20 meters.? Other bands not checked.? Confirmed this issue with on-air contacts.
(3) In CW mode USB and LSB are the same with no sideband suppression.? That's OK, but where do you tune to zero beat a station?
Bert N8NN
|
Hi Bert,
I have discovered on V6 that when you switch between LSB and USB nothing happens until you click the encoder knob one way or the other.
Joel
N6ALT
|
Joel:
That's feature!
Jack, W8TEE
On Friday, December 27, 2019, 4:01:46 PM EST, Joel Caulkins/N6ALT <caulktel@...> wrote:
Hi Bert,
I have discovered on V6 that when you switch between LSB and USB nothing happens until you click the encoder knob one way or the other.
Joel
N6ALT
-- Jack, W8TEE
|
Check that your BFO is properly set. Use this tool :?
- f
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 7:55 AM Jack, W8TEE via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote:
Joel:
That's feature!
Jack, W8TEE
On Friday, December 27, 2019, 4:01:46 PM EST, Joel Caulkins/N6ALT < caulktel@...> wrote:
Hi Bert,
I have discovered on V6 that when you switch between LSB and USB nothing happens until you click the encoder knob one way or the other.
Joel
N6ALT
--
Jack, W8TEE
|
Just instructions, no tuning aid program there.
------ Original Message ------
Sent: 12/28/2019 12:01:40 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] New uBITX Ver. 6 Assembled Today
Check that your BFO is properly set. Use this tool :?
- f
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 7:55 AM Jack, W8TEE via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote:
Joel:
That's feature!
Jack, W8TEE
On Friday, December 27, 2019, 4:01:46 PM EST, Joel Caulkins/N6ALT < caulktel@...> wrote:
Hi Bert,
I have discovered on V6 that when you switch between LSB and USB nothing happens until you click the encoder knob one way or the other.
Joel
N6ALT
--
Jack, W8TEE
|
Ashhar -- I set the frequency using WWV.? It is correct now to 0.20.? With a little more effort I may get it to 0.00.? For the BFO I tuned it by ear because I could not find the cellphone app on the website you gave me.? Thanks for the suggestions!??
Joel -- Thanks for the WWV recommendation.? It worked!
73, Bert N8NN
|
There were no instructions on where to plug in the speaker. Also from previous models when the headphones were plugged in the speaker was muted.
Bob NZ2Z?
|
The instructions are on the website.?
Look at step 8
On Sat 28 Dec, 2019, 10:05 PM Bob Bennett via Groups.Io, <bobsmacbox= [email protected]> wrote: There were no instructions on where to plug in the speaker. Also from previous models when the headphones were plugged in the speaker was muted.
Bob NZ2Z?
|
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 01:01 AM, Ashhar Farhan wrote:
Check that your BFO is properly set. Use this tool :?
This bfo-tuning-aid page doesn't work.? When I open it with Chrome it pops up a notification that says "www.hfsignals.com says Error".? When I open with FF it shows the same page without the error, but still doesn't work.? Screenshot attached. ?- Bill
|
are you using a mobile phone?
is the mike of the phone near to the speaker?
you should see audio signals from the speaker as a green image.
then follow instructions.
if you have already set up the BFO, you can check how close you are to optimum.
I originally set mine up with a strong ssb contact to get best sounding audio.
checking with this utility showed mine to be set in the middle of the two vertical red lines.
G4GPF
|
oh yeah, he hasn't fixed that bug in his firmware. I should send him
pull requests, i fixed it (just rerender the whole LCD!) in my v4
fork.
-a
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 at 13:01, Joel Caulkins/N6ALT <caulktel@...> wrote:
Hi Bert,
I have discovered on V6 that when you switch between LSB and USB nothing happens until you click the encoder knob one way or the other.
Joel
N6ALT
|
OK...!? Used the??website on my cellphone and it worked!? I can now hear a difference in filtering between LSB and USB.? Thank you.
Bert N8NN
|
So this won¡¯t work on an iPad Pro? ?All I get is some instructions, but no working program. ?Does this require an Android phone? David J. Wilcox K8WPE¡¯s iPad
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Dec 28, 2019, at 7:27 PM, Bert N8NN <bertgarcia73@...> wrote:
?OK...!? Used the??website on my cellphone and it worked!? I can now hear a difference in filtering between LSB and USB.? Thank you.
Bert N8NN
|
It requires chrome. Install chrome and check it out?
On Sun 29 Dec, 2019, 5:14 PM David Wilcox via Groups.Io, <Djwilcox01= [email protected]> wrote: So this won¡¯t work on an iPad Pro?? All I get is some instructions, but no working program.? Does this require an Android phone? David J. Wilcox K8WPE¡¯s iPad ?OK...!? Used the??website on my cellphone and it worked!? I can now hear a difference in filtering between LSB and USB.? Thank you.
Bert N8NN
|
OK. ?I downloaded the program in Chrome on my iPad Pro and get the very same thing I saw during the regular down load.... instructions but no program to generate to es or what ever it is supposed to do.
Dave K8WPE
On Sunday, December 29, 2019, 07:06:37 AM CST, Ashhar Farhan <farhanbox@...> wrote:
It requires chrome. Install chrome and check it out?
On Sun 29 Dec, 2019, 5:14 PM David Wilcox via Groups.Io, <Djwilcox01= [email protected]> wrote: So this won¡¯t work on an iPad Pro?? All I get is some instructions, but no working program.? Does this require an Android phone? David J. Wilcox K8WPE¡¯s iPad ?OK...!? Used the??website on my cellphone and it worked!? I can now hear a difference in filtering between LSB and USB.? Thank you.
Bert N8NN
|
When I connect to the web page provided on my computer (Windows 10) without a microphone, I get just the instructions.? When I connect to the same page on my laptop, also Windows10, with a mic, I get the graphics showing the current audio spectrum.? See the screen shot in pdf format attached.
I would suggest you verify that you have a source of audio that the page can access.
73
Evan
AC9TU
|
Also, on my Chrome instance on my laptop, I had to give permission to the web page to access my microphone.? Once that was done, then the spectrum widget showed up on the page.
If you've blocked all access to your microphone in the Chrome settings (which can be set to 'allow all', 'ask me' or 'block all'), then you may or may not get a prompt to allow, depending on how you set things up on your browser.
Also, AF, there is nothing on the "assembling the kit" page or the following operating page that tells:
1) Which of the front panel jacks are the mic, phones, and CW jacks (might be obvious to the designer) and they are not labeled on the cabinet, either.? Guessing is probably not a good idea, since the mic jack has voltage on it.? Can a mono plug be plugged into the phones jack, or will that short out one channel and possible blow something?? You can bet someone will try.
2) How to get into the setup menu?? By experiment, I found that by holding the encoder button down and cycling the power, I got into a set of menus to calibrate the screen, followed by 'use 10 MHz to set the LO' (took some head scratching but I was finally able to use 10 MHz WWV to zerobeat) and finally the BFO adjustment.? I've yet to find anything on the "assembling" or "operating" pages to help folks calibrate their V6.
Finally, I couldn't find the BFO alignment page from any of the other pages on the web site.? It seems it is 'hidden'.? The only way I was aware of it was because you posted it on this mailing list.
And oh yeah.? In spite of claims made that all boards are test and calibrated, I've yet to receive one board (V3, V5, or V6) that was calibrated when I received it.? ?Am I just that unlucky, or is this a common issue?
Thanks, and 73,
-- Dave, N8SBE
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [BITX20] New uBITX Ver. 6 Assembled Today
From: "Evan Hand" < elhandjr@...>
Date: Sun, December 29, 2019 9:24 am
To: [email protected]
When I connect to the web page provided on my computer (Windows 10) without a microphone, I get just the instructions.? When I connect to the same page on my laptop, also Windows10, with a mic, I get the graphics showing the current audio spectrum.? See the screen shot in pdf format attached. I would suggest you verify that you have a source of audio that the page can access. 73 Evan AC9TU
|
My issues resolved.??
(1) Cycling to TX was a faulty mic jack on the board.??
(2) USB/LSB incorrect was fixed by doing the alignment of Freq and BFO.? Works properly now.
Bert N8NN
|
If you start the rig normally, you can hold the button for around 7 seconds (feels like forever) and it will show you the settings options menu. I think a settings menu button would be a good addition to the UI so people can more easily discover it.
Reed
|
I¡¯ve been testing my new v6 it seems to receive well I¡¯ve heard several stations. Unfortunately I don¡¯t have an HF SWR meter to test with. I now suspect I¡¯m not transmitting. I tried listening (using a WebSDR site) to my own transmission ?but I hear nothing. Anyone have any suggestions?
73
Mick VA3EPM
|
N8NN Bert
Joel Caulkins/N6ALT
Jim Sheldon
Bob Bennett
David Wilcox K8WPE
Mick