Re: QMX Electret Microphone specs
Frome the QMX SSB page at QRPlabs
"All development has been done with this particular Electret microphone from Digikey, part number
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mux_folder2001
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Re: QMX Electret Microphone specs
Here's how microphone sensitivity is measured:
https://www.analog.com/en/resources/analog-dialogue/articles/understanding-microphone-sensitivity.html
A lower negative dB (such as -24dB) means more
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Jerry Gaffke
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#141853
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Re: QMX Electret Microphone specs
Mic Output levels...
The -44 db Spec is due to the modern digital devices today, so that the Mic
doesn't overdrive the ADC/DAC, as used in most modern SDRs, as well as
SmartPhones/Tablet/Notebook
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Dave WI6R
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#141852
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Re: Difficulty after loading ssb firmware beta 1-01-03 on QMX+
copy yes but never drag. There were reports about problems after drag the FW into the QMX folder.
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@Ludwig_DH8WN
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Re: Difficulty after loading ssb firmware beta 1-01-03 on QMX+
It is never necessary to delete the current firmware from the QMX, but I don't know if it is a failure mechanism
Gary
W9TD
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Gary W9TD
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Mehmet, the reason for this is described also on page QMX QMX_plus SSB settings ( /g/QRPLabs/wiki/38982 ) (see Noise gate).
73 Ludwig
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@Ludwig_DH8WN
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Hello Mehmet and all,
if you need significant more than 55 dB audio gain the micro is not sensitive enough for QMX use. You will find something about this on page QMX QMX_plus SSB settings (
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@Ludwig_DH8WN
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#141848
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Updated Wiki Page: QMX QMX_plus SSB settings
#wiki-notice
The wiki page QMX QMX_plus SSB settings ( /g/QRPLabs/wiki/38982/219538 ) has been updated by @Ludwig_DH8WN <DH8WN@...>.
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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#141847
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Yeah, I just took a snippet of the 20m band. :-)
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Mehmet Dinch
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#141846
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
As I said, I can't judge whether that plot looks good or bad. Some of Hans's plots looked similar. Everyone's radio will likely have different looking plots as the hardware has variations.
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73, Dan
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Daniel Conklin
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
Your band configuration page looks very different from mine. I can see all of the bands at once.
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73, Dan - W2DLC
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Daniel Conklin
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#141844
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Toroids: Do I have these sorted correctly?
#QMXplus
Thanks!
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avinoam83@...
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#141843
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Re: SSB audio distortion #qmx #SSB Firmware beta 1_01_003 release
#qmx
#ssb
I forgot to add the band config screen.
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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 Daniel,
Thanks for your suggestion.
I have set the band edges and center frequency as recommended. The plot doesnt look any better..
Mel. M0KMD.
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Mehmet Dinch
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Re: QMX Electret Microphone specs
Tony,
I know from working in the audio/video production industry that there are high quality and low quality electrets. Usually, but not always, you get what you pay for. Mine is a cheap Baofeng mic,
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Daniel Conklin
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#141840
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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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#141837
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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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#141836
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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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#141835
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