Re: QCX-Mini Outstanding on Winter Field Day
Sandy I only had 1-MDC QSO, which was not yours.? To bad.? 40-Meters was kind of long for me that weekend.
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Ernie Bailey - N2DGQ
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
So I've been given v15 beta some hammer just keying out news stories for 30 mins or so in iambic A into a dummy load (so it is outputting RF) and it is MUCH better in terms of incorrect dits and
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Danny Bower
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Re: QDX finals modification, imbalanced heating
Peter Li,
One more thing.
Take a look at the peak non-repetitive reverse current spec for your Zener
diode, in light of the discussion above. The 1N4758A spec is only 80 mA.
I think that diode spec
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John Z
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
Hi Adrian,
tnx for checking, which led me to do a Factory Reset once again. So now storing of cw offset and sidetone freq works as expected :).
Still the pin-association for a straight key works in
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Cedric DJ3CE
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Re: QDX finals modification, imbalanced heating
Peter,
Your 56V Zeners may not be protecting your PA transistors from the L14
spike as well as you hope.
We tend to think of Zeners as being a hard clamp at their spec voltage,
often neglecting the
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John Z
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Re: QCX-Mini Outstanding on Winter Field Day
Many thanks Ernie
QCX is a great and very special radio. Despite all the advantages of the
QMX I am absolutely intending to keep the QCX+ and QCX-mini going for as
many more years as possible. They
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Hans Summers
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
Sorry, I meant to reply to Roy's post about the less frequent but still noticeable cw glitches.
73!
Simon
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Simon
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
Can confirm! I'm experiencing the same on a high bands QMX rev. 2 at 18-20 wpm.
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Simon
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
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#firmware
I think I found a small bug, but I can't tell if it's particular to this firmware or it was in 0_14 as well.
While changing LSB/USB via "PC and CAT->CAT command test" menu with the Q11/Q10 commands
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Adrian YO3GFH
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Re: QMX on a stick - a minimalistic SOTA activation
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Hi Matt,
perfect setup for the next QCX WARC Party or Challenge.? We would love to work you there.
Martin
DK3UW
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Martin DK3UW
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
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Hello Cedric,
I've changed both cw offset and sidetone freq., and it saves both settings.
I also tested with a straight key, and it behaves just like old firmware (that means it didn't need any
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Adrian YO3GFH
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Re: QDX finals modification, imbalanced heating
Hi all, a variety of updates here. Bear in mind that my QDX may not be representative; still interested to hear what kind of heating others observe.
I finally got some photos with my old cheap Flir
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Peter Li
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Re: QMX on a stick - a minimalistic SOTA activation
#qmx
Matt, thanks for posting this. It's quite encouraging to see what can be done with minimal equipment.
FYI, you may already know this, but when the swr protection kicks in, a restart (assuming that
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Roy - KI0ER
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#117468
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Re: QMX does not turn on a second time
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The SWR protect was enabled, set to 3 during menu operation while it was working. The system does not even turn on to allow firmware loading when the forced mode is enabled with the jumper.
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jyoung@...
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Re: #qnx #firmware ALPHA 1_00_015 called 00000000.zip
#qnx
#firmware
Dear qmx-users, dear Hans,
did anybody try a straight key? I'm not sure if this a issue with the alpha-firmware as I hadn't tested that before, but it seems, that the config for a straight key
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Cedric DJ3CE
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Re: Qcx Mini as a 6 Meter CW Beacon
Congrats, John!
de Charles K5KXJ
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C R Murrell
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Re: Wattmeter ideas?
Evan,
The problem I ran into for the 1 mW type mW-Wattmeters was that after adding the calibration circuits to the AD8307 parts and having the boards prebuilt with?all the SMT components on the
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Kees T
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Re: Qcx Mini as a 6 Meter CW Beacon
Success! After rewinding L2 with 9 turns and a very small adjustment moving the coils around on T1 I was able to Peak the BPF. I was able to receive a local signal? and was supprised at how clearly
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John Olsavicky
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Re: QCX-Mini Outstanding on Winter Field Day
Hi Ernie - Were you operating as N2DGO? I checked my WFD database to see if you were one of our 105 CW contacts from MDC and no joy. -Sandy KB3EOF operating as K3ERM from MDC.
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Sandy
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Re: QMX continuity test problem
Thanks John
I had not seen that NASA document before, most excellent and worth a read for everybody.
I've been soldering for over 50 years and just learned something new!
73s Ted
2E0THH
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Ted 2E0THH
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