Thanks guys! That answers my question. I should have figured that out on my own.
I ordered new NP0 capacitors from Digi-Key and when they arrive I'll be able to finish up. In the meantime I'll be winding the inductors and further populating the board. Actual on-air testing may take a while since I live in an apartment for now. A balcony antenna may be a possibilty.
Regards,
Richard
AA4RH
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--- In QRPLabs@..., "aa4rh" <aa4rh@...> wrote:
After a year and a half I am finally starting construction of my 30 meter QRSS beacon. Right away I came up with a question. I installed the Atmel microcontroller and C12, attached a set of headphones, and powered the unit up. I hear my call sign one time and then a very slow series of tones separated by long periods of silence. My call sign is never repeated. If I disconnect and reconnect power, the same sequence starts all over again.
This is not what I expected. I thought that during the test my call sign would be repeated continuously, which is what I thought QRSS is all about.
My question: When the circuit is complete and the speed is set to 3 second dots, or slower, does the microcontroller have enough "smarts" to recognize that it should send my call sign repeatedly?
I don't want to continue with the construction until I'm sure that the microcontroller is working properly.
Thanks for any replies,
Richard AA4RH
