QMX Electret Microphone specs
I just did a bit of digging on electret specs. It seems that most of the ones I looked at had sensitivities down around -44 db (volts/Pa) with SNRs in the neighborhood of 60db. But the one that Hans
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mux_folder2001
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Mehmet,? I used the band configuration menus to move the band edges closer to the legal band edges, and then set the band center to 14.175.? Then set the mic levels carefully, then did calibration
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Daniel Conklin
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Muhsin bey, selamlar :-)
Thanks for the tip. I'm using the electret capsule removed from other hand mics or other scrap pcb's. No LED's on any of these.
I wonder how significant it is that my plots
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Mehmet Dinch
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Re: Possible QMX TX/RX switching race condition?
#qmx
#receiver
#smoke
Ok thanks for the confirmation.
I only suspected a microcontroller switching fault is that the failure happened after first performing the SSB calibration into a dummy load then testing SWR with the
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N1TR
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Re: Debugging BS170-related issues
Hi Steve,
You can't measure many of the square waves created in this
radio with a 100MHz scope, and expect them to look at all
like a square wave.
A square wave is comprised of odd harmonics of the
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Chuck Harris
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Re: Continuity on #RWTST -
#RWTST
#QMXplus
Stan,
I scoured my post for a personal attack, and could not find
one.
Motor wire is an exotic wire when used in a QRP radio kit.
Compact, intermittent duty, motors quite often are built
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Chuck Harris
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Re: Enclosure wrong size
Dudley,
From page 8 of the rev3 QMX assembly manual:
14)? PCBs may be supplied with a 5mm empty “rail” down one or more sides. This is an
artefact of manufacturing and should be removed. It
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: Enclosure wrong size
Hi Dudley,
You just need to snap off the extra off cut. You will probably find that the? mini board where the 3.5mm sockets are mounted to has a similar extra bit. You just need to snap that off as
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Mehmet Dinch
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Re: Enclosure wrong size
Dudley,
Is that "line" cut into the board?? Is there a similar score on cut into the board on the opposite side?
If so, it is a remanent of the manufacturing process, used to hold the board when
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Jerry Gaffke
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Re: Enclosure wrong size
From the manual:
The PCB may be supplied with 1/4-inch / 5mm approx of blank PCB strips along one or more edges; these are part of the manufacturing process during which the PCBs are assembled on a
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Steve Z
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Enclosure wrong size
I either got the wrong enclosure or the wrong main board for a QCX+.? The board is much wider than the enclosure.? There is a line on the board which is the size the board should have been, but
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Dudley - N4CDH
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Hans, Have a nice holiday with your family.
Thanks for all the SSB :)
from
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
73 DE muhsin TA1MHS
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Muhsin TA1MHS
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Hi
strangely I had the same problem.
I was using a uhf/vhf handhelds mike.
after I found out that there was a LED connected inside the mike case
I took it out
now it is perfect
73 DE muhsin TA1MHS
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Muhsin TA1MHS
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Re: Difficulty after loading ssb firmware beta 1-01-03 on QMX+
I've seen this before when users have deleted the previous firmware before copying over the new firmware. The procedure is to just copy or drag over the new firmware and let the radio replace the old
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Daniel Conklin
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Re: Very simple QMX software request
In relation to this topic, is there a shortcut to the "tune SWR" menu? It would be very convenient to access this menu with a simple key press rather than navigate the menus, particularly when using
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Ellis Simon GM4GZW
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
I just found another mic capsule on an Arduino MAX9814 board. Took that off to try again.
Without calibrated, much better audio! Adjusted mic gain and compression. I set the noise gate to 30 and
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Mehmet Dinch
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Hi Myles,
Yep, I tried the dial back as well. I eventually settled on mic gain of 65 but the audio was still rough without background noise.
Thanks for sharing your settings.
Are these setting post
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Mehmet Dinch
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Hans' suggestion of microphone can be found on the beta page: https://qrp-labs.com/qmxp/ssbbeta.html under the heading Microphone Choice.? Though I suspect this microphone is more sensitive than
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Myles
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Hi Hans,
Yep, that did cross my mind..
In fact my first attempt was to use a PC gaming headset with mic. The audio gain was very low from the headset compared to the electret mic's I found in my
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Mehmet Dinch
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Re: Very simple QMX software request
OR...one could switch to their trusty Yaesu FT-450D, as I do, during antenna "tuning" :0)
72,
Bill, N4QA/4/QRP Oak Island ( OKI ), North Carolina, U.S.A.
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Bill, N4QA/QRP
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