Re: QDX build help - weird twisted sister
Hi Rich
All future kits will be supplied, once current kit batches are exhausted,
with only #28 wire (0.33mm). This is because I tested very carefully
including power output, efficiency, harmonic
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Hans Summers
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QDX build help - weird twisted sister
Hello,
I was very proud of my 3:3 weird twisted sister when I made it yesterday.
Today I realised I used the #28 wire and I should have used the #22 wire.
Will I need to desolder and remake it, or
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atkinsonr@...
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Re: Tune Rate Cursor - QMX+
#QMXplus
Steve, I've had similar issues with the encoders on my QMX. My solution was to fit a couple of small capacitors to de-bounce the contacts and that has completely resolved the problem (until the
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Ronan Cantwell
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Re: Why The EER Method For SSB Generation Works
It is amazing that the "Envelope Elimination and Restoration method" was there alreay in the 1950s despite limitations in means for implemention.
I wrote up a little overview of the methods, called
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Sverre Holm
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Re: QCX WARC Party - October 2024
My 1300 session was great fun, I got a real pile-up on 30m, and also made 2 QSO's on 17m
10 QSO's in total with 4 QCX/QMX worked.
1900 session was not so succesful, 1 QSO on 30m and 3 on 60m, and only
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ON7DQ Luc
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Re: #qmx #ssb CESSB update (Controlled Envelope SSB)
#qmx
#ssb
Hi Hans,
Researching and filing a patent is a very expensive proposition for a
company. When I was working, the typical cost of patent searches,
attorneys, and filing fees was in excess of $10,000 so
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Tony Scaminaci
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Re: #qmx #ssb CESSB update (Controlled Envelope SSB)
#qmx
#ssb
Hi Tony
That's good to know, and well deserved. Glad to hear Motorola have good
policies.
Around 15 years' back I was a critical part of the world's largest
commodity derivatives transaction which
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Hans Summers
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Re: #qmx #ssb CESSB update (Controlled Envelope SSB)
#qmx
#ssb
Hans, you’re correct. Motorola benefited from our patent filings but as
employees, there were a few tiers of monetary awards. The first tier bonus
was awarded if Motorola decided to file a patent.
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Tony Scaminaci
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Re: QDX: Troubleshooting high output power
Ok, rewound it using the "WTST for 9V transceivers (“Weird Twisted Sisters Transformer”)"
And then I realized I am kind of slow.? I was thinking my oscilloscope was showing 40v peak, not 40v
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Ben Sanders
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Re: Tune Rate Cursor - QMX+
#QMXplus
I think that the "problem" has been resolved. I have added a jumper from the encoder GND side to a known GND (see pg 48 of the manual + photo). All has been stable since.
Thanks to Joe, VE7BFK, for
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Rick Williams - VE7TK
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Re: Why The EER Method For SSB Generation Works
I was one that dismissed and still do the uSDX not that it could not work but it was
very clear after working with it the classic issue of not enough CPU or bits to do it
well.? Getting a ATMEGA328
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ajparent1/kb1gmx
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Re: Think there is an 40 meter intermod like issue in QMX+?.
Additionally, performing the analysis posted by Jeff Moore,W1NC, I see in phase signals on pin 1 of IC406 and pin 1 of IC405 ( not 90 degrees out of phase)
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BOB GILLILAND
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Re: Think there is an 40 meter intermod like issue in QMX+?.
Performing the ADC test the results didn’t look anyway near the graph in the manual.
After doing more scope probing I discovered there isn’t a CLK0 on pin 2 of IC403; but there is CLK2 on pin 14.
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BOB GILLILAND
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Re: QMX 3d printed cover
Hi Nicolas,
Thanks for making your QMX cover design public - I printed one and am very pleased with it and mentioned it in a post to this list some weeks ago. I solved the problem of the radio
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David Taylor
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Re: QDX: Troubleshooting high output power
I'll look at removing T1 and rewinding it.
Thanks!
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Ben Sanders
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Re: CESSB Microphone
The QMX should not need an amplified mike, just a $0.5 electret mike.? Build your own case, cable and switch.
Electret mikes are amazingly good with a very flat response.? I don't know if Hans is
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Chris KB1NLW
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Re: QDX: Troubleshooting high output power
Not that I'm aware of.? But some have found that they didn't get all of the enamel off the wires that solder into the board - especially with that thicker gauge wire which has thicker enamel.?
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Stan Dye
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Re: CESSB Microphone
I just received two of these from Adafruit.? Nice small size, built in adjustable preamp. Takes 2.4 to 5vdc for power.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1063
73! Mark K9TR
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Mark K9TR
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Re: #qmx #ssb CESSB update (Controlled Envelope SSB)
#qmx
#ssb
I got a nice honorarium from RCA for my patent, and it was a factor in my performance review, presumably Motorola had a similar process in that timeframe.
73, Don N2VGU
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Donald S Brant Jr
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Re: QDX: Troubleshooting high output power
Right, I was noting the RF sweep because the low pass filters *do* affect receive, so the fact the sweeps are way off could mean something with the LPF section.? Or it could mean I messed up both
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Ben Sanders
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