Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
Hi Paul
Hans, just a check re: item 5:
Last I checked, for every band there is an upper and lower
frequency limit. It seemed that, if I hit that limit, everything
froze (IIRC). Couldn't even turn the unit off!
Thanks for your persistence in getting all this right!
I just tried that here, it seemed to work fine for me, I didn't see any issue. I set the lower limit of 7MHz to 6,990,000? and tuned down below it, and there wasn't any problem. No hanging, and no issues... Please could you try that again???
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
That looks better - installing now....
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
> No the file is 000000000.qmx and 0 bytes in size.? Think you need to re-zip it Hans :)
Ooops sorry about that. No idea how that could happen! I have re-zipped it and re-uploaded it.?
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:33?PM Danny Bower < m0sdb@...> wrote: No the file is 000000000.qmx and 0 bytes in size.? Think you need to re-zip it Hans :)
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
No the file is 000000000.qmx and 0 bytes in size.? Think you need to re-zip it Hans :)
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Re: #qmx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qmx
#firmware
No! Nothing is being reborn as anything! I just need to go on a diet so my fingers are less fat! Don't blame me! Blame whoever put the N key next to the M key!
Oh ho! Does this mean that the QSX is being reborn as the QNX?
P.S. Fat finger, this is not to initiate?rumours about any definitely non-existent product development called QNX. It was just a fat finger typo issue. I meant QMX!? On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:15?PM Hans Summers via <hans.summers= [email protected]> wrote:
Hi all
WARNING: Alpha! Not even BETA! I just would love some feedback, from a small number of people, I am not ready to release it officially...?
Are there any?super-brave souls who could try out this ALPHA firmware, 1_00_015 candidate which I labelled version 00000000 (I shall call alphas 8 numbers, for identification). The link is:
Note that when you install this, it will automatically perform a factory reset, because I did a lot of re-arrangement to the EEPROM to fix some mapping issues and tidy up.?
I am mostly interested in whether or not there's an improvement to the CW keying glitches, and to the CW sidetone latency. I admit I am nowhere?near as good at CW as a lot of you are, I trundle along at 16wpm. So I cannot easily tell if the sidetone latency is still an issue and my mistakes are more frequent than glitches too.?
This is the full list of changes SO FAR (not final), which is mostly a bunch of bug-fixes. A nice one is that it now remembers the frequency by band. Not returns you to the center frequency (by default FT8 frequency) when you change band.? - Bug fix: Another attempt to improve CW timing glitches.
- Removed unused S-meter step parameter.
- Remembers frequency by band.
- Re-arrangement of EEPROM config - automatically performs factory reset on upgrade to 1_00_015.
- Bug fix: if you tuned below 3.2MHz it locked up; now added minimum 3.2MHz frequency to avoid this out of range issue.
- Bug fix: PTT output port wasn't enabled; now PTT output is enabled
- Bug fix: When in Japanese band limits mode, message sending did not work.
- Bug fix: It allowed you to send CW messages when you're in Digi mode!
- Bug fix: Some of the Message presets got truncated, due to an EEPROM page boundary issue.
- Bug fix: when message editing, pressing the left button on a space didn't move right (if the space was really a null).
- Bug fix: substantial reduction in keying to sidetone latency, and sped up sidetone amplitude shaping 10x.
- Bug fix: when message editing, on exit of a long message it didn't scroll back to the beginning by itself.
- Moved CW-R parameter to the System config menu, alongside Sideband selection
Any feedback would be very welcome please.?
73 Hans G0UPL
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
Hmm, the archive seems to be 1k in size and contains a 0 byte file.
Or am I doing something wrong?
YO3GFH
op. Adrian
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
Hans, just a check re: item 5:
Last I checked, for every band there is an upper and lower
frequency limit. It seemed that, if I hit that limit, everything
froze (IIRC). Couldn't even turn the unit off!
Thanks for your persistence in getting all this right!
73, Paul -- AI7JR
On 2/1/24 11:15, Hans Summers wrote:
Hi all
WARNING: Alpha! Not even BETA! I
just would love some feedback, from a small number of
people, I am not ready to release it officially...?
Are there any?super-brave souls who could try out this
ALPHA firmware, 1_00_015 candidate which I labelled version
00000000 (I shall call alphas 8 numbers, for identification).
The link is:
Note that when you install this, it will automatically
perform a factory reset, because I did a lot of re-arrangement
to the EEPROM to fix some mapping issues and tidy up.?
I am mostly interested in whether or not there's an
improvement to the CW keying glitches, and to the CW sidetone
latency. I admit I am nowhere?near as good at CW as a lot of
you are, I trundle along at 16wpm. So I cannot easily tell if
the sidetone latency is still an issue and my mistakes are
more frequent than glitches too.?
This is the full list of changes SO FAR (not final), which
is mostly a bunch of bug-fixes. A nice one is that it now
remembers the frequency by band. Not returns you to the center
frequency (by default FT8 frequency) when you change band.?
- Bug fix: Another attempt to improve CW timing glitches.
- Removed unused S-meter step parameter.
- Remembers frequency by band.
- Re-arrangement of EEPROM config - automatically performs
factory reset on upgrade to 1_00_015.
- Bug fix: if you tuned below 3.2MHz it locked up; now
added minimum 3.2MHz frequency to avoid this out of range
issue.
- Bug fix: PTT output port wasn't enabled; now PTT output
is enabled
- Bug fix: When in Japanese band limits mode, message
sending did not work.
- Bug fix: It allowed you to send CW messages when you're
in Digi mode!
- Bug fix: Some of the Message presets got truncated, due
to an EEPROM page boundary issue.
- Bug fix: when message editing, pressing the left button
on a space didn't move right (if the space was really a
null).
- Bug fix: substantial reduction in keying to sidetone
latency, and sped up sidetone amplitude shaping 10x.
- Bug fix: when message editing, on exit of a long message
it didn't scroll back to the beginning by itself.
- Moved CW-R parameter to the System config menu,
alongside Sideband selection
Any feedback would be very welcome please.?
73 Hans G0UPL
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Paul -- AI7JR
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Re: #qmx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qmx
#firmware
Oh ho! Does this mean that the QSX is being reborn as the QNX?
P.S. Fat finger, this is not to initiate?rumours about any definitely non-existent product development called QNX. It was just a fat finger typo issue. I meant QMX!? On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:15?PM Hans Summers via <hans.summers= [email protected]> wrote:
Hi all
WARNING: Alpha! Not even BETA! I just would love some feedback, from a small number of people, I am not ready to release it officially...?
Are there any?super-brave souls who could try out this ALPHA firmware, 1_00_015 candidate which I labelled version 00000000 (I shall call alphas 8 numbers, for identification). The link is:
Note that when you install this, it will automatically perform a factory reset, because I did a lot of re-arrangement to the EEPROM to fix some mapping issues and tidy up.?
I am mostly interested in whether or not there's an improvement to the CW keying glitches, and to the CW sidetone latency. I admit I am nowhere?near as good at CW as a lot of you are, I trundle along at 16wpm. So I cannot easily tell if the sidetone latency is still an issue and my mistakes are more frequent than glitches too.?
This is the full list of changes SO FAR (not final), which is mostly a bunch of bug-fixes. A nice one is that it now remembers the frequency by band. Not returns you to the center frequency (by default FT8 frequency) when you change band.? - Bug fix: Another attempt to improve CW timing glitches.
- Removed unused S-meter step parameter.
- Remembers frequency by band.
- Re-arrangement of EEPROM config - automatically performs factory reset on upgrade to 1_00_015.
- Bug fix: if you tuned below 3.2MHz it locked up; now added minimum 3.2MHz frequency to avoid this out of range issue.
- Bug fix: PTT output port wasn't enabled; now PTT output is enabled
- Bug fix: When in Japanese band limits mode, message sending did not work.
- Bug fix: It allowed you to send CW messages when you're in Digi mode!
- Bug fix: Some of the Message presets got truncated, due to an EEPROM page boundary issue.
- Bug fix: when message editing, pressing the left button on a space didn't move right (if the space was really a null).
- Bug fix: substantial reduction in keying to sidetone latency, and sped up sidetone amplitude shaping 10x.
- Bug fix: when message editing, on exit of a long message it didn't scroll back to the beginning by itself.
- Moved CW-R parameter to the System config menu, alongside Sideband selection
Any feedback would be very welcome please.?
73 Hans G0UPL
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P.S. Fat finger, this is not to initiate?rumours about any definitely non-existent product development called QNX. It was just a fat finger typo issue. I meant QMX!?
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:15?PM Hans Summers via <hans.summers= [email protected]> wrote:
Hi all
WARNING: Alpha! Not even BETA! I just would love some feedback, from a small number of people, I am not ready to release it officially...?
Are there any?super-brave souls who could try out this ALPHA firmware, 1_00_015 candidate which I labelled version 00000000 (I shall call alphas 8 numbers, for identification). The link is:
Note that when you install this, it will automatically perform a factory reset, because I did a lot of re-arrangement to the EEPROM to fix some mapping issues and tidy up.?
I am mostly interested in whether or not there's an improvement to the CW keying glitches, and to the CW sidetone latency. I admit I am nowhere?near as good at CW as a lot of you are, I trundle along at 16wpm. So I cannot easily tell if the sidetone latency is still an issue and my mistakes are more frequent than glitches too.?
This is the full list of changes SO FAR (not final), which is mostly a bunch of bug-fixes. A nice one is that it now remembers the frequency by band. Not returns you to the center frequency (by default FT8 frequency) when you change band.? - Bug fix: Another attempt to improve CW timing glitches.
- Removed unused S-meter step parameter.
- Remembers frequency by band.
- Re-arrangement of EEPROM config - automatically performs factory reset on upgrade to 1_00_015.
- Bug fix: if you tuned below 3.2MHz it locked up; now added minimum 3.2MHz frequency to avoid this out of range issue.
- Bug fix: PTT output port wasn't enabled; now PTT output is enabled
- Bug fix: When in Japanese band limits mode, message sending did not work.
- Bug fix: It allowed you to send CW messages when you're in Digi mode!
- Bug fix: Some of the Message presets got truncated, due to an EEPROM page boundary issue.
- Bug fix: when message editing, pressing the left button on a space didn't move right (if the space was really a null).
- Bug fix: substantial reduction in keying to sidetone latency, and sped up sidetone amplitude shaping 10x.
- Bug fix: when message editing, on exit of a long message it didn't scroll back to the beginning by itself.
- Moved CW-R parameter to the System config menu, alongside Sideband selection
Any feedback would be very welcome please.?
73 Hans G0UPL
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Hi all
WARNING: Alpha! Not even BETA! I just would love some feedback, from a small number of people, I am not ready to release it officially...?
Are there any?super-brave souls who could try out this ALPHA firmware, 1_00_015 candidate which I labelled version 00000000 (I shall call alphas 8 numbers, for identification). The link is:
Note that when you install this, it will automatically perform a factory reset, because I did a lot of re-arrangement to the EEPROM to fix some mapping issues and tidy up.?
I am mostly interested in whether or not there's an improvement to the CW keying glitches, and to the CW sidetone latency. I admit I am nowhere?near as good at CW as a lot of you are, I trundle along at 16wpm. So I cannot easily tell if the sidetone latency is still an issue and my mistakes are more frequent than glitches too.?
This is the full list of changes SO FAR (not final), which is mostly a bunch of bug-fixes. A nice one is that it now remembers the frequency by band. Not returns you to the center frequency (by default FT8 frequency) when you change band.? - Bug fix: Another attempt to improve CW timing glitches.
- Removed unused S-meter step parameter.
- Remembers frequency by band.
- Re-arrangement of EEPROM config - automatically performs factory reset on upgrade to 1_00_015.
- Bug fix: if you tuned below 3.2MHz it locked up; now added minimum 3.2MHz frequency to avoid this out of range issue.
- Bug fix: PTT output port wasn't enabled; now PTT output is enabled
- Bug fix: When in Japanese band limits mode, message sending did not work.
- Bug fix: It allowed you to send CW messages when you're in Digi mode!
- Bug fix: Some of the Message presets got truncated, due to an EEPROM page boundary issue.
- Bug fix: when message editing, pressing the left button on a space didn't move right (if the space was really a null).
- Bug fix: substantial reduction in keying to sidetone latency, and sped up sidetone amplitude shaping 10x.
- Bug fix: when message editing, on exit of a long message it didn't scroll back to the beginning by itself.
- Moved CW-R parameter to the System config menu, alongside Sideband selection
Any feedback would be very welcome please.?
73 Hans G0UPL
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I did buy it new, also when I put my 991a on it and set power down it seems to be fairly accurate with what power I¡¯m putting into it.? Granted it¡¯s not certified but just one step I was trying in trouble shooting.?
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On Feb 1, 2024, at 10:16?AM, Jim Strohm <jim.strohm@...> wrote:
? Did you buy that MFJ meter new?? If not, then somebody may have opened it up and got to it with the old golden screwdriver. ? IIRC, most of that kind of meter have a variable resistor for adjusting the meter into something approaching calibration -- or turning it to show maximum power.
The ?cheapest CB power meters had a fixed resistor that?was selected by testing the meter in the factory.
It's not that these adjustable power meters are bad.? In fact, some of them are very nice for QRP use, and can be tweaked to reasonable accuracy as long as you have a calibrated power meter that covers the same range as the cheapo, and a reliable power?source -- like a 27 MHz CB. ?
Among the reasons that 73 magazine printed nearly 80 articles for converting CB radios for the ham bands was that they were?cheap and reliable rigs.? Eventually I'll gather up all my old CBs and test them, so I can fix or convert them for 10M.
And if they have a built-in power meter, I'll adjust it so when it says 5 watts, that's what the radio is actually putting out.
73 Jim N6OTQ ? The meter I¡¯m using is mighty fine junk, (mfj)? Manual tuner with meter. I¡¯m not using the tuner as the end fed sloper I¡¯m using is giving a good match.? I¡¯ll grab some picture of it with the various power supplies.? What is everyone else using to power a 12volt qdx? Or what¡¯s the recommended way to power it?? Thanks? ? It's a Dosy CB power meter ... the best money-maker that CB techs ever had.
Remember that if your power meter isn't calibrated, but is linear relative to the displayed power, it's still a useful tool.? It just isn't useful for exactlywatt?readings.? For that, you need something that IS calibrated, or at least can be calibrated.
73 Jim N6OTQ On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:24?AM Alan G4ZFQ < alan4alan@...> wrote: On 01/02/2024 16:08, Bruce Akhurst wrote:
> I think you must be short of some decimal places somewhere ???
Or some useless power meters.
Alan
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Did you buy that MFJ meter new?? If not, then somebody may have opened it up and got to it with the old golden screwdriver. ? IIRC, most of that kind of meter have a variable resistor for adjusting the meter into something approaching calibration -- or turning it to show maximum power.
The ?cheapest CB power meters had a fixed resistor that?was selected by testing the meter in the factory.
It's not that these adjustable power meters are bad.? In fact, some of them are very nice for QRP use, and can be tweaked to reasonable accuracy as long as you have a calibrated power meter that covers the same range as the cheapo, and a reliable power?source -- like a 27 MHz CB. ?
Among the reasons that 73 magazine printed nearly 80 articles for converting CB radios for the ham bands was that they were?cheap and reliable rigs.? Eventually I'll gather up all my old CBs and test them, so I can fix or convert them for 10M.
And if they have a built-in power meter, I'll adjust it so when it says 5 watts, that's what the radio is actually putting out.
73 Jim N6OTQ ?
The meter I¡¯m using is mighty fine junk, (mfj)? Manual tuner with meter. I¡¯m not using the tuner as the end fed sloper I¡¯m using is giving a good match.? I¡¯ll grab some picture of it with the various power supplies.? What is everyone else using to power a 12volt qdx? Or what¡¯s the recommended way to power it?? Thanks? ? It's a Dosy CB power meter ... the best money-maker that CB techs ever had.
Remember that if your power meter isn't calibrated, but is linear relative to the displayed power, it's still a useful tool.? It just isn't useful for exactlywatt?readings.? For that, you need something that IS calibrated, or at least can be calibrated.
73 Jim N6OTQ On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:24?AM Alan G4ZFQ < alan4alan@...> wrote: On 01/02/2024 16:08, Bruce Akhurst wrote:
> I think you must be short of some decimal places somewhere ???
Or some useless power meters.
Alan
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12V or less. No more than 12V. A 13.4V supply is asking for trouble.?
I have a rev 2 qdx wired for 9V and I get 3.5-4W on all bands. Powered with a Chinese ¡°LED Supply¡± power supply turned back to 9.0V.?
Larry KB3CUF?
The meter I¡¯m using is mighty fine junk, (mfj)? Manual tuner with meter. I¡¯m not using the tuner as the end fed sloper I¡¯m using is giving a good match.? I¡¯ll grab some picture of it with the various power supplies.? What is everyone else using to power a 12volt qdx? Or what¡¯s the recommended way to power it?? Thanks? ? It's a Dosy CB power meter ... the best money-maker that CB techs ever had.
Remember that if your power meter isn't calibrated, but is linear relative to the displayed power, it's still a useful tool.? It just isn't useful for exactlywatt?readings.? For that, you need something that IS calibrated, or at least can be calibrated.
73 Jim N6OTQ On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:24?AM Alan G4ZFQ < alan4alan@...> wrote: On 01/02/2024 16:08, Bruce Akhurst wrote:
> I think you must be short of some decimal places somewhere ???
Or some useless power meters.
Alan
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Re: #QMX #Japanese Band limits does not work Ver. 1_00_12
#qmx
#Japanese
Dear JG1SNX
I tried to reproduce this problem in 1_00_014 and I could not. The radio still operates Receive on 60m band (5 MHz) when Japanese band limits are enabled. But it does not allow transmission.?
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 7:26?AM < jg1snx@...> wrote: I have updated the firmware to 1_00_13 today, and enabled? Japanese band limitation ,? however, 5M band is still activated.
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The meter I¡¯m using is mighty fine junk, (mfj)? Manual tuner with meter. I¡¯m not using the tuner as the end fed sloper I¡¯m using is giving a good match.? I¡¯ll grab some picture of it with the various power supplies.? What is everyone else using to power a 12volt qdx? Or what¡¯s the recommended way to power it??
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On Feb 1, 2024, at 9:53?AM, Jim Strohm <jim.strohm@...> wrote:
? It's a Dosy CB power meter ... the best money-maker that CB techs ever had.
Remember that if your power meter isn't calibrated, but is linear relative to the displayed power, it's still a useful tool.? It just isn't useful for exactlywatt?readings.? For that, you need something that IS calibrated, or at least can be calibrated.
73 Jim N6OTQ On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:24?AM Alan G4ZFQ < alan4alan@...> wrote: On 01/02/2024 16:08, Bruce Akhurst wrote:
> I think you must be short of some decimal places somewhere ???
Or some useless power meters.
Alan
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Re: Qcx Mini as a 6 Meter CW Beacon
hi John, L1,L2 and L3 must be wound with the exact number of things for the 6 m LPF as such and the capacitors must also be placed in the right place.? I don't know why you wound 11 coils as you described.
Giuseppe iu8eun
Il Gio 1 Feb 2024, 17:43 John Olsavicky < kc3pby@...> ha scritto: I replaced the L4 toroid with a T37-6 as Giuseppe suggested. I also changed the windings on L1, L3 to turns, and L2 to 11 turns and that resulted in getting about 1.5 watts RF out. But when I then went to the Alignment menu 8.7- Peak BPF, I hear the tone and see the number 3 in the upper right and there is no change when I adjusted C1. My T1 winding are 3-3-3-20, I have tried reducing the large windings to 18 but the number in Peak BPF goes down to 2 and is still unchanged when I adjust C1.?
I'm not sure what part of the circuit I can try to change to get the BPF Peak to respond. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.?
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It's a Dosy CB power meter ... the best money-maker that CB techs ever had.
Remember that if your power meter isn't calibrated, but is linear relative to the displayed power, it's still a useful tool.? It just isn't useful for exactlywatt?readings.? For that, you need something that IS calibrated, or at least can be calibrated.
73 Jim N6OTQ
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:24?AM Alan G4ZFQ < alan4alan@...> wrote: On 01/02/2024 16:08, Bruce Akhurst wrote:
> I think you must be short of some decimal places somewhere ???
Or some useless power meters.
Alan
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Re: Qcx Mini as a 6 Meter CW Beacon
I replaced the L4 toroid with a T37-6 as Giuseppe suggested. I also changed the windings on L1, L3 to turns, and L2 to 11 turns and that resulted in getting about 1.5 watts RF out. But when I then went to the Alignment menu 8.7- Peak BPF, I hear the tone and see the number 3 in the upper right and there is no change when I adjusted C1. My T1 winding are 3-3-3-20, I have tried reducing the large windings to 18 but the number in Peak BPF goes down to 2 and is still unchanged when I adjust C1.?
I'm not sure what part of the circuit I can try to change to get the BPF Peak to respond. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.?
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On 01/02/2024 16:08, Bruce Akhurst wrote: I think you must be short of some decimal places somewhere ??? Or some useless power meters. Alan
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Saw the video, very nice radio hiking!
Regarding your experience, on the usual soundcard, with stock (non-ASIO) drivers, you can expect anything from tens to hundreds of ms in latency, which makes awful a rather polite term :-)
I'm absolutely confident that anything less than 5ms will be just fine, even for QRQ.
Regards,
YO3GFH
op. Adrian
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Paul - AI7JR
James Ervin