Re: QDX no RF out
#qdx
Alex,
The loose winding would not have a significant impact on the output power.
What is the QDX current draw when receiving?? ?I believe that the rev 5 receive current is around 150 ma.? If it
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Evan Hand
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#110937
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QMX lost signals all of a sudden.
#qmx
With a QMX about 4 months old I was happily working FT8 on 20M and all of a sudden the waterfall stopped showing any signals, only normal noise. Transmit is fine with normal power out.
Verified:
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Cliff
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#110936
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Re: QDX no RF out
#qdx
Fresh set of problems...tested each MOSFET and they're operational, theoretically. When I got ready to test the drive of each during transmit, properly rigged to a 50 ohm dummy load, external power
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mordan42
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#110935
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Re: QDX FDT86256 Mosfet PA Modification
In Class E on 20m I get 4 watts. It’s not that hard
73
Barb WB2CBA
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Barb WB2CBA
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#110934
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Re: QDX FDT86256 Mosfet PA Modification
Not practical, at least.
Since the C is so large, the reactance is so small. In order to tune it out, the inductance needed is also very small. That leads to a very critical high-Q parallel resonance
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Ryuji Suzuki AB1WX
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#110933
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Re: QDX FDT86256 Mosfet PA Modification
Ladies and Gents,
I have a question so simple, I am almost ashamed to ask it:
would it be possible, for a class E amplifier to compensate the gate capacity of the transistor used?
w L = 1/(w C)
Do
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DL2ARL
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#110932
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Re: QMX - Looking for troubleshooting advice
Squeeze the turns of L513 together as close as you can
-Mike/w1mt
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mike/w1mt
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#110931
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Re: QMX - Looking for troubleshooting advice
I would check the receiver BPF sweep under the hardware diagnostics menu. While it is about the receiver, it measures through the transmit LPF so there may be some clue in that plot.
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Ryuji Suzuki AB1WX
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#110930
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QMX - Looking for troubleshooting advice
My problem is low power on transmit, only on 20 meters.
I bought the kit in Dayton, built it right away and had good output on all but 20 meters. I set the kit aside and today, I applied all of the
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Conrad Trautmann - N2YCH
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#110929
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Enclosures
Hi, Hans.
I want to buy two cases like the ones you use for the Clock Kit (~162mm x
123mm x 44mm) but with no markings, holes or cutouts. Can you tell me a
source for these? Or can I buy them from
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Doug Kaye (K6DRK)
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#110928
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Re: QMX RX BPF troubleshooting, a new clue
Indeed. However, I hope you now see that the complexity from the TX LPF side is much worse!
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Ryuji Suzuki AB1WX
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#110927
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Re: QMX - What's up?
Just found a scope about 1/2 an hour away. If I could get a list of points to check maybe I could find something helpful. Not sure what I'd use for a signal to trace though.
73,
Cliff, AE5ZA
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Cliff
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#110926
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Re: QMX RX BPF troubleshooting, a new clue
Yes Ryuji, I agree completely.
The only complaining factor is that the series LC BPF has to deal with
that complexity!
JZ
wrote:
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John Z
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#110925
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Re: QMX - What's up?
Rich,
I hope these are what you wanted.
73,
Cliff, AE5ZA
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Cliff
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#110924
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Re: QMX - What's up?
Rich,
Washer (actually aluminum piece) off?
73,
Cliff, AE5ZA
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Cliff
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#110923
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Re: QMX RX BPF troubleshooting, a new clue
JZ, I did not study your previous discussion on this topic, but I think the frequency-dependent input impedance of the multiplexer-based quadrature mixer circuit to be a positive asset rather than a
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Ryuji Suzuki AB1WX
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#110922
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Re: QMX - What's up?
Hi Cliff,
Sorry, I should have specified.? Component-side please, and by that I mean the side where the BS170 transistors, the two power supply boards, the toroids, etc. are visible.? I'd like to
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Rich Brandt, AE8AA
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#110921
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Re: QMX RX BPF troubleshooting, a new clue
Hans and JZ,
I interpreted the mixer behavior in the context of real life situation where the LO and RX freq are fixed. We have a target signal at the RX freq, and unwanted interference at a certain
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Ryuji Suzuki AB1WX
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#110920
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Re: QMX RX BPF troubleshooting, a new clue
Greetings Hans!
Yes, the Tayloe circuit is amazing and very robust! It will tolerate all
kinds of misapplication and still provides a virtuous performance!
That its BPF response and Zin response
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John Z
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#110919
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Re: QMX RX BPF troubleshooting, a new clue
Hi JZ,
Thanks for bringing it up. The quadrature mixer side is probably not innocent. Maybe it's not a bad idea to remove the primary hot side of T401 and stick it into NanoVNA to measure. That
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Ryuji Suzuki AB1WX
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#110918
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