Hi all,
I was hoping someone could give me some advice on the setup for the 30m QRSS beacon kit.
I have built the kit set it to 10.14050 MHz.
I tuned for max signal on CW/USB using a Yaesu receiver, and I also tried tuning to 10.14050 using my IC7000 as a receiver and I get a series of straight lines using argo but no keying waveform.
I can hear the keyer output from the chip working well using a bud earphone, however I cannot see it in argo.
Things I have tried so far:
- I have tried the Led both ways as the pcb overlay did not match the circuit diagram.
- I have tried changing the gimmick capacitor height from approx 15mm all the way to nearly 50mm with loose and tight twisting.
- I have added a 6V regulator to the board so the freq does not drift as much with voltage.
- I have tried CW receiver settings with different filters and also USB, LSB, etc. but not luck
I have not yet tried:
- Earthing all unused jumper pins
- Isolated audio input to my receiver as currently it works with WSPR
What I would like to know is,
- should the led light up with keying at all ?
- is USB the correct receive mode ?
Any advice on this would be appreciated
I feel like there is something silly I am missing with this as
The signal from this little baby is nice and strong, the sine wave is clean. I just want to get it keying on the air :)
-Dan
