Re: Mini Microphones for QMX SSB - Thanks
Thank you Eric.? Got mine this week and transmitted SSB for the first time after 45 years off the air.? Great mic at a terrific price. Now back to my regularly scheduled CW practice. 72 WB0ZJJ South
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WB0ZJJ-Alan
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#146307
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Re: Blown Q504 - heat dissipation was not ok
Found this: /g/QRPLabs/message/84111
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jr-gio@...
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#146306
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Re: FDIM 2025 - Bringing SSB to the QMX (Hans's presentation)
Dear Hans, Thanks a lot for sharing the paper, which fits perfect in the monumental amount of info you provide about all the QRP-Labs products. I think anybody interested in the innards of the
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ENZO M0KTZ
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#146305
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QMX Kit problems
My parents got me the QMX 80-20m kit as a present for getting my license in Australia. This is my first time doing something like this but the challenge was very fun here are my problems- 1. when the
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@TLatham22
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Re: Blown Q504 - heat dissipation was not ok
Oh boy! :-) I think we might be diving deeper into the thermal rabbit hole than expected, but let's sort this out properly... The heat dissipation of a TO-92 package is indeed lower via the case
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jr-gio@...
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Re: QMX Plus in contest
Ahh Roelof you are far ahead of my knowledge and possibilities so I have to stick with small challenges. My loop is doing pretty well and I have been thinking of changing to a 4:1 Balun and something
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Martin DK3UW
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Re: High current draw on initial power up
#qmx
#troubleshooting
Very interesting, yes, and a bit perplexing. But also very good news, that you have the processor up and running correctly. It may be safe to use in this state, but I am not sure.? You still have
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Stan Dye
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Re: New QMX+ Calibration victim
Jouni, did you get the help you need to get your QMX (or QMX+) working again?
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Stan Dye
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Re: QMX+ lucky streak ended
One possible and relatively common failure resulting in your original symptoms would be a shorted D109 - on Vdd rather than 12V, but can drag down the 12V line.
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Stan Dye
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Re: QMX Receiving FT8 but No Change When Antenna Disconnected
Please find your correct schematic here, linked from the qrp-labs qmx page (the one you got is from the qmx+ page): https://qrp-labs.com/images/qmx/manuals/schematics_rev3.pdf This is for both rev3
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Stan Dye
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Re: 50 Watt Power Amplifier - Low Power, High Harmonics
#50w
#50wpa
I have built three of these amps. The output transformer is easy to get wrong with shorting windings. I was extremely careful by pre bending the wire before threading through the cores. They all
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Larry Acklin
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Re: Blown Q504 - heat dissipation was not ok
There is nearly no heat dissipation over the transistor housing (to much thermal resistance). The most heat dissipation is over the transistor leads. The screw/washer is used to keep the transistor
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DH1MFS
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#146296
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Blown Q504 - heat dissipation was not ok
My QMX+ stopped working after a few FT8 calls. One of the BS170 transistors had blown and there was a short circuit to GND via Q507. While I was replacing the transistors, I realized the possible
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jr-gio@...
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#146295
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Re: QCX+ adjustement and alignment
Thanks to Evan and Ronald and obviously to Hans for his YouTube. I checked again my QCX+ (built with 1N5819 diode which substracts around 0.4V to the DC supply) on 14,020 kHz: 1. With 12V DC suplly I
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Pierre - FK8IH
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Re: QMX + won¡¯t show up as thumbdrive
I feel your pain.? I have two QMXs and a QMX+; the QMX+ and one of the QMXs require a power cycle after an update, they fail to restart otherwise. Gave me a mini heart attack until I figured it
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Donald S Brant Jr
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Re: 50 Watt Power Amplifier - Low Power, High Harmonics
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#50wpa
Allison, Evan and the group: I appreciate the detailed discussion. To clarify, I did test at 100 mA standing bias in "practice mode" (keying PTT but no RF), but I saw no improvement in power output or
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wtshyman@...
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#146292
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Re: RF Amp using the now cheap GaN-FET's
Then you must be living off grid too.? ;-) Jerry, KE7ER
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Jerry Gaffke
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#146291
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Re: QMX + won¡¯t show up as thumbdrive
Success at last! Never mind. ?Pushed tune button after QMX+ went into update mode and thumb drive showed up. ?Wow talk about frustration! -- Trevor (N0YMA)
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UPNORTHOF48 :
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#146290
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QMX + won¡¯t show up as thumbdrive
I have been trying several times to update my QMX plus to the newest firmware without success. The computer does not recognize the QMX plus. Just for giggles I updated both my QMX¡¯s Without any
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UPNORTHOF48 :
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#146289
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Re: RF Amp using the now cheap GaN-FET's
I used to work with tubes and their high voltages, even space TWTs with exposed 8000V collector radiators (!), but as I have grown older and hopefully wiser, my personal preference is to keep power
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Donald S Brant Jr
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