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Re: QRS kit quesion from Newby kitter
"Newton White"
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Hi Ed,
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I am finally getting back to this as life, work, etc. has a habit of
interfering with other fun at times. I went back and did a better job of
matching the rf out to a good 50 ohm load. After that I decided to listen again
through my receiver. I do have a decent bench top power supply that I recently
acquired. I set it to 6.0 V and limited the current to 0.20 A. I heard my call
again at 12 wpm, and then listened carefully for about 20-25 seconds and heard
the very slight freq. shift for about 12 seconds after which it shifted again. I
am positive it is working correctly now.
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The next step is to start the Argo grabber and figure out the kits
operating frequency and also the shift. I did acquire an Oscilloscope this past
weekend at the Atlanta Hamfest from Mr. Garcia, but I now need a crash course in
it's proper operation before I can make good use of it. It's an older 100 MHz
made by Kikusui - I was able to see a sine wave at around 10 MHz when probing
the kit - I just need to see how to get an exact reading.
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I will put the kit in a plastic box with 4 D-cells and attach to a tuned 30
M wire dipole hopefully by the weekend - I will post the operating freq. on
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Thanks for the suggestions!
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k0nwt
Newt
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Re: Welcome and congratulations
"HoboPelican"
I have no problems keeping this group kit oriented, but is it just me or is that Knights list a pain in the tuckus? The latest archive posts are from 08, so I can't figure out how to see more recent notes and I can't see them at all from work. Even at home, the format is just a pain to read through. Does anyone else see a better way?
Look at . They encourage self-spotting for some of the less common modes. Could this, or something similar, be a tool for announcing TX and reporting RX? Lets get a little creative with our tools, not just our radios. Tery Johns KD8GNC |
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Re: Welcome and congratulations
"Mike.WE0H"
Just ask and Hans will add you on the list...hi hi
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Mike WE0H Charlie , W5COV wrote: How does one go about getting on the waiting list ? |
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Welcome and congratulations
"hanssummers2000"
Welcome all new members who joined the list!
Congratulations to all who have recently announced their kit completion and getting on air! I have a page on my website about the kit and I have a section there, showing some photos and comments from builders. If you have anything to add, please email me. I strongly recommend everyone who is active on air with the kit, join the Knights QRSS group and announce your activity there. The link is: . Going forward, this Knights list is the best place to announce your activity, and any experiments you do with QRSS e.g. antennas, new mode experiments, propagation, etc etc. My suggestion is that we keep this forum for discussion of the kit itself - e.g. any difficulties people have with it, or successes, or modifications people make and would like to share. By all means, tell us when you get your kit on air, and how it goes! But don't neglect the QRSS Knights list which should be the main place to announce your activity! This is just a suggestion: this is your forum and a democracy! Steve G0XAR is frantically putting together the new kits, so we can start to offer them again (same price). We have a waiting list of over 30 people. We'll also be producing 40m and 80m versions. So kit announcements will be here too. Going forward, we're also working on the design of a high performance QRSS receiver kit. 0.000073 de Hans G0UPL |
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Re: Active Stations?
"hanssummers2000"
Hi Steve
Is there a site that keeps track of real time 30m QRSSThere is a QRSS Knights clipboard which is supposed to be kept up to date, but isn't very. Most activity is announced on the QRSS Knights mailing list. I would recommend every active QRSS'er to join this list, and announce themselves. Often screenshots are sent to the Knights list too, so it's a good way to see signal reports. The link is at the bottom of 0.000073 de Hans G0UPL |
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Kit completed and working
"HoboPelican"
I've been testing it for a bit, and finally put it online Sunday night. My friend, W8MOJ, got the signal and later I saw it on W1BW's grabber. Woohoo!
Tomorrow (Wed) evening I'll put it online again into my G5RV. Look for me at 10.014.035 Mhz. Thanks to Hans and Steve for a great kit! KD8GNC Tery Johns |
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Re: Is there a sign up for the new kit?
"Mike"
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I look forward to building it and getting on the air. 73 Mike N0QBH --- In QRPLabs@..., "hanssummers2000" <hans.summers@...> wrote:
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Re: Is there a sign up for the new kit?
"hanssummers2000"
Hi Mike
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Yes, there is a waiting list. I've added you to it! There are about 30 on it so far! Steve & I hope to be able to start shipping them in 1-2 weeks. 73 Hans G0UPL --- In QRPLabs@..., "Mike" <mikeberg@...> wrote:
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Re: kit works
"hanssummers2000"
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I'm glad everything is working well! Having things mounted directly at the centre of a dipole is a great way to not lose any milliwatts in your feed or tuning system! (Provided your dipole is trimmed right of course). I like it. In the past when I've done this with a simple QRSS receiver I built (see ) the temperature stability wasn't great, though it remained perfectly usable. One good idea if you plan to hang it outside in the open, would be to enclose the beacon circuit in polystyrene and then put the whole thing in the box. The ploystyrene ultimately won't stop the temperature drift but it will drastically slow it down so you won't notice it so much. One of my beacons ( ) ran in my attic for 6 months. I had a thermometer in the attic too, and recorded temperatures over that 6 month period all the way from below freezing to over 40C. The beacon was above the insulation layer. In the summer the attic was behaving like a greenhouse (definitely, the weather never really gives us 40C temperatures in the UK hihi). The beacon frequency used to drift up and down slowly every 24 hour cycle, and a longer drift over the months. The total excursion was within a 30Hz range. But most importantly, whenever you saw the thing on a grabber, it was always looking horizontal. The polystyrene did a great job of smoothing out any fast temperature fluctuations, i.e. slowing them down. 0.000073 de Hans G0UPL --- In QRPLabs@..., "Paul Daulton" <k5wms@...> wrote:
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Re: QRS kit quesion from Newby kitter
Ed - K9EW
Hi Newt,
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You say the carrier is keyed up after your call is sent at 12wpm, but then just hangs.? Here are some things to check: 1)? If you listen to the carrier on your receiver, do you hear a very slight shift in frequency occasionally (it should change frequency by a few *cycles* whenever the voltage on pin 3 of IC1 changes)?? If you can hear that frequency shift, it's working. 2)? If you don't hear that, measure the voltage on pin 3 of IC1 with a DVM (black lead to ground).? It should be toggling occasionally from 0 to 5V.? (You *are* using a 5-6V supply, right?) 3)? Make sure the twisted wires on C3 aren't shorted together.? (If they were shorted, you would see the signal voltage on pin 3 of IC1 on L1.) 4)? Check all your solder connections while you're at it; it only takes one bad connection to ruin your day. 5)? Check the voltage on the "Q3 side" of R6.? It should be between 0 and supply voltage. 6)? Check the voltage on the "Q3 side" of L2.? It should be a little bit lower than the supply voltage. 7)? Do you have an oscilloscope? Report back to us what you've found. 73, ed - k9ew On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Newton White <k0nwt@...> wrote:
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Re: kit works
"Charlie , W5COV"
开云体育Paul , let me know when you put it on the air and I will
have a look . I think stability?could be a problem ,
especially?compared to what we are used to working with on QRSS
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Also we have some pretty good ambient air delta T
swings?right now , so that will contribute to the problem too
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But it may not show so bad or be as critical running such
a fast speed as?
QRSS 6 .
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The ARGO window being so much wider at QRSS 6 it also
probably won't appear as bad on any excursions that it might have .
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Re: QRS kit quesion from Newby kitter
"Charlie , W5COV"
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Newt , not being familiar with building the kit , I wonder
if you were using a dummy load or the same load doing all of the tests ?
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If it is not something in the way the ID is configured ,
it could be some RF getting back into the transmitter , especially if you
switched from a dummy load to an antenna .
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If you are still showing RF output , you probably haven't
hurt anything in the final . It is running pretty easy at the 5-6 volts shown
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kit works
"Paul Daulton"
开云体育I finisshed assy of beacon kit today. works fine. I
set mine for 10.140040 mhz and 5hz shift at qrss 6
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I plan to mount mine at center of dipole with a
5volt regulator in the box. I will send up 12 rg59 cable tv coax with f
connectors. I wonder how temp stability will be.
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Good job Steve and Hans.
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thanks
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Paul Daulton k5wms |
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Re: QRS kit quesion from Newby kitter
"Newton White"
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Well, I had it working for awhile. I listened on my radio at the beacon
working 12 words a minute. Then I think I went too far counter clockwise on R8
whilst adjusting the power out. I added the jumper to slow the dits to 6
seconds. Now when I power up, the call is sent once and at 12 words per minute,
then a pause, then the carrier is keyed up and hangs. Did I fry a component when
I went too far on the R8 adjust?
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72,
Newt
k0nwt
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Re: QRS kit quesion from Newby kitter
"Newton White"
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I figured it out with some helpful advice from several of my mates.?I
now understand why no DC is shown on my meter, as it shouldn't be there! AC is
what belongs there, and so it is. The crystal is indeed working and I originally
saw it up 4 KHz on USB instead of CW. I added the rest of the parts and now it
is oscillating closer to 10.140.00.
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I should have a working beacon with a resonant dipole a few feet in the air
later this week.
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72,
Newt
k0nwt
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Re: QRS kit quesion from Newby kitter
"Charlie , W5COV"
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Newt ,
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The oscillator signal may not be strong enough for
you to hear it . Take an old test lead ( or just a piece of wire ) with a banana
plug and put it in the center of your antenna connector and then bring the end
of that lead near your crystal . You should be able to hear it then
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Crystals "normally" , unless they have been
dropped or treated roughly are not a component to suspect first .
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Charlie , W5COV |
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