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I feel like I've fallen off the earth. I was busy playing along with my sbitx DE and suddenly we got the idea to move back to our home state after.. decades. Anyway, all SBITX DE went in a box.. still is. I was having fun with it.. but I fear that It may be lost at its current software. If that's the case .. oh well I had a ton of fun and it's still quite useable. If I can upgrade it, cool.. In the next few months I can see starting to have some time to do these things again. So anyone know the answer? 73 Brad N8YG

Awaiting my new toy, but wondering what, if any, impact the new tariffs announced by the US will have on shipments to the US. AC9KQ

Hi and ‘73. I searched and could not find this question covered so I would like to post it please. I’d like to purchase the kit version of the sBitx. Just the tested board. I have all the other components. However, I cannot use DHL as DHL has exorbitance additional prices and extra charges for Canadians. It’s absolutely ridiculous. It would cost me another $150 to get it into Canada. I would really appreciate if someone could direct me to another purchase solution for the sBitx board kit. Thank you very much. Gabe VE3SLJ.

I have been doing a fair amount of playing with the Zbitx. FT8- Is there a way to clear the screen area where the decodes are displayed? With so many decodes it can be difficult to sort through them. How about a button to turn off/on waterfall? WSJT-X: I have made contacts in FT8 In the settings, cat test did not work, however when actually running the software it controls the zbitx fine. Rig Rx Band control works fine Tx enable works and tune also. Remote mode:, A method to turn off the zbitx screen from the remote.. It might help reduce the the processing load? Screen timeout? I leave my zbitx running for days. Would be great if a timer could be in the settings to blank screen. Maybe just touching the screen would turn it back on. TX: When the radio goes from rx to tx I here noise thru speaker just before tx actually is on Maybe just a split second in timing to silence rx before tx goes on? Just a thought of a few things. I am very pleased so far and know there are plenty of things to add and or polish up, but overall a great first run so far. Thanks ! Joe VE1BWV

The bottom line problem was wsjt-x power slider defaults to maximum. This turned out to be a current draw issue that was causing the zbitx to reboot Thanks to all for your input and help resolving this issue. Thanks Again, Leo, AI5II

Due to unforeseen circumstances I have to cancel an order I made for a ZBitx. I have e-mailed HF Signals asking them to cancel and re-fund the cost. However, 1st email sent 4th April, another asking if they had received the first email on the 8th of April and to the present time no response from HF Signals. If anyone from the company is reading this or if anyone else has had a similar problem can they contact me please. 73 Regards Ian G4GIR

I'm starting to learn the idiosyncrasies of the zBitx. It appears to be running very hot (while not transmitting). The Pi Zero is reporting a core temp of 72 C. That seems too hot, ...and not even while transmitting. (I have a PI5 with a cooler HAT that runs around 50 C) Will external heat sinks on the back cool the Pi Zero sufficiently? Am I cooking it to a slow death? Don in Austin N5CID

I purchased V2 a while ago and never really used it until a few days ago. I just wanted to say that I am impressed and would recommend it highly! In 2 days I was able to make contacts all over the world on 10 watts or less with FT8 and already hit 25 states out of 50 in the USA. So easy to use! Excellent work to all involved! I did have a few software crashes which I haven't looked into yet. (The software just closes). Is there a log or anything that I can look at to find out what may have happened? Something where I can submit a bug over? I would like to add to the software and make it better. I have some ideas that could increase productivity. But maybe it is just something I would like to see. Thanks again for an amazing product! 73 KC2NDA/Aaron

I have fixed the two issues of zbitx on CW. The new update has good keying with Iambic keyer and the cw decode noise is now gone as well. To get this update, you have to: 1. Flash the new firmware (the firmware version is now 1.06). The firmware is available from https://github.com/afarhan/zbitxfrontpanel/raw/refs/heads/main/zbitx_front_panel_sw.ino.uf2 2. Update the new software on the raspberry pi, the latest version with the CW keyng fixed is 3.051 (or later). Here is Jose, VU2JOS sending CW with the new firmware update. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEVyuFrkBd8 With this, I hope we have moved on with CW issues. - f

zBitx group, I ordered my unit on Thursday last week based on what I read on the internet and the videos I watched. However since joining this group I have some concerns. My understanding was this is an "out of the box" ready to go radio. The comments I'm seeing here about setting up WSJT-X and recompiling code has me worried. Bottom line, is this unit a "READY TO ROCK" out of the box unit or not? I dont mind having to config WSJT-X but this groups is making look like you lucky if it even works on the radio you get. -- "POWER, WE DON'T NEED NO STICKIN' POWER" - EVERY KX2 OWNER Always respect the airwaves, 73 de KI7PBR, Gary

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the spectrum display frequency window is not centered on the frequency, the water fall is perfectly aligned but not the spectrum. I hope I explained this correctly, I'm sure someone will tell me if I didn't. Joel N6ALT

Well, my long awaited ZBitx arrived 4 hours ago. Put the batteries in, connected an antenna and was soon listening to lots of stations on 40 and 20 meters. But when I tried to call out, no one responded. I got a friend to tune up and listen. I heard him clearly, he heard nothing when I transmitted. I then tried a local receiver, and same thing but maybe worse: I hear no audio when in TX but do hear a constant carrier on the receiver on the Zbits tuned frequency (this is in SSB Mode). If I start shifting the receiver off frequency, I can hear some modulation products 1.5 kHz away, but nothing with useful readability. The SWR and power meter on the Zbitx show power and low SWR, as does an external wattmeter. The ZBitx also gets hot, so I know power is being made, but that power doesn't seem to be related to the tuned frequency. One last item, as I got finally frustrated, I picked up the Zbitx while in TX and heard noise from the local receiver. Tapping on the metal bottom produced some tapping sounds in the receiver. But even that was inconsistent. So, I suspect something is loose/broken in the new Zbitx. I don't mind trying to troubleshoot, but I'd much prefer having a radio that works as anticipated, as I don't have infinite time to waste fixing someone else's problem. Has anyone else had similar issues? What do you suggest as remedial action??? ron KA3JIJ