I've finally got my QCX up and running 100% after replacing a few components I broke in assembly. Thanks to Hans for such an awesome little kit to learn CW on!? ?I've got it in a little Hammond box, and I've wired up a MicroUSB connector to the 4 GPS pins - I've got the QLG-1 in a separate enclosure wired up to a regular USB connector so I can use a common scroungeable USB phone charging cable to connect the two, and I've got Anderson Powerpoles for the power connector.? All together, I'm pretty pleased with how compact it is!? If I could do it over, I would get a slightly larger box though.? It was really cramped getting all the connectors in, and I actually had to trim the corners of the board in a few places to get it to fit around the posts the screws mount into.? Attached is a picture of the completed setup (Yes, the battery is overkill and larger than the radio itself, but it was a 6Ah battery for $35 on Amazon, so I couldn't resist.? Construction is definitely a little rough with undue reliance on hot glue to hold connectors in place, but that's par for the course with me - I am slowly improving though, and my next kit should be a 30M QCX in a bit larger box and (hopefully) better build quality!
The only issue I have is that for some reason I can't seem to figure out how to get it to send the stored messages - I navigate to them in the menu and long-press the rotary encoder, but nothing seems to happen.? I know the rotary encoder button works because I can change my tuning rate with no issue, but no luck on sending messages.? Am I doing this right, or did I miss something in the manual?
Thanks,
KE0GYC
