Re: 50W PA Green LED Blinking
#50wpa
Hi Don, if you are talking about the QCX 50W PA the green LED there is tied directly to the DC supply input. So check the power supply! 73 Bojan S53DZ
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Bojan Naglic
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50W PA Green LED Blinking
#50wpa
After about a year of non-use, I decided to plug in my 50W PA.? After plugging in the power, the green LED began blinking rather than staying lit.? I don't remember it blinking and I cannot find
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Don K0DBL
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Re: U4B Question - Is there a way to capture telemetry
#u4b
Hi Roger It not everything but if you want to capture the track of your balloon. You can go to your tracking page on QRP-Labs and right click on the header of the map that has the telemetry data then
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VE3KCL
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Re: How to ground QDX?
#qdx
#grounding
Hugh, No, because all mine are grounded:-) It seems silly not to ground a metal case. A few have said they had some sort of malfunction, I forget exactly what but they said it was cured by grounding.
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Alan G4ZFQ
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Re: How to ground QDX?
#qdx
#grounding
I did the case mods that Ken has suggested and noticed a significant decrease in base noise level in the receivers of my QDX and my QCXs.? My radios are all grounded through the antenna connectors to
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Daniel Conklin
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Re: WSPR spots
#wspr
#u3s
Hi Rob, KK6PR spots me (AA0JR) every 10 minutes on 15M, and the conditions are pretty good now at around 16:50 UTC,.so KK6PR is not the cause of your problem. He reports a SN ratio of -21 for you, and
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aa0jr Jakob <aa0jr@...>
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Re: How to ground QDX?
#qdx
#grounding
Hi all Has anyone seen a significant fall in noise / increase in received SNR on the waterfall after grounding the case of a QDX? I am mindful of the effort Ken G4APB writes about to ensure a good
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Hugh Mason 9V1SA / G4MRE / AI7QX
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Re: U4B Question - Is there a way to capture telemetry
#u4b
Hello Roger It's on my ToDo list. I plan to make a download link on each person's balloon tracking page on the U4B page, where you can download a complete .csv page of your flight, which will include
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Hans Summers
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U4B Question - Is there a way to capture telemetry
#u4b
I've got a U4B that I successfully launched yesterday.? The telemetry and map data work great on the qrp labs tracking site, but is there a way to capture this information over time?? For example,
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Roger N5RWK
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Re: QDX Backpack (Hiking) Portable?
#qdx
I usually don't post but your topic for backpacking caught my eye.? I am a 2021 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker, completed all 2,002 miles including the approach trail from Springer Mountain in
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Ernie Bailey - N2DGQ
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Re: QCX Mini On Screen Measurement Not Changing
#bpf
#troubleshooting
Hi Mike. Sounds like good progress. Alignment of the receiver is a good thing to do but you also need to adjust the lowpass filter toroids in order to improve the power output. The videos are clear on
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Ronald Taylor
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Re: QDX New build zero RF output
#qdx
Mike, That's correct. Sorry, just noticed you mentioned that before. So, If you hold down the T button and get no output, then, yes, suspect a hardware problem in the TX RF chain. Did you also listen
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Daniel Conklin
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Re: QDX reviewed in ARRL's March QST edition
The September 2022 issue of CQ magazine in their Kit Building column, "QDX: A Pocket Full of FUN" written by Joe Eisenberg K0NEB introduced me to the QDX. Andy W3SW
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Andy W3SW
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Re: QCX Mini On Screen Measurement Not Changing
#bpf
#troubleshooting
Hi Ron, Thank you for your help. Have replaced Q6 and now it does transmit at just under 1 watt, which I consider a victory. I think the next thing for me to do is realign the set and see what
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mike mccarthy
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#98814
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Re: QCX-mini Adjustment and Alignment Issues: Excessively Sensitive Gain and Inability to Adjust IQ, Low and High -THANK YOU ALL!
Tim, welcome to the club. Our building experiences are golden but they are like a new car¡.. once made it is like the new scratch on the car or the first dent. After that we actually feel better and
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David Wilcox K8WPE
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QCX WARC Party - February 2023
Reminder, next monday, Feb 13th, is the monthly *QCX WARC Party*. See https://www.qrp-labs.com/qcxmini/qcxwarc.html for all information. Join the discord page in the #qrp-operation channel to post
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ON7DQ Luc
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Re: QDX v2 Q7 as a fuse...
#qdx
Hi Lou/Jim, apologies for the late reply, rather busy with work instead of our great hobby hi. Thanks for the kind offer; I've now been able to rule out the 3407 as being the cause of my QDX issues...
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Paul
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Re: #QDX Hamlib Error
#qdx
Greg, Yes, Normally a USB device is seen whenever it is plugged in or immediately after a reboot of the PC. But a QDX only tells the Windows PC once, then it needs to be shut down and re-powered. This
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Alan G4ZFQ
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WSPR spots
#wspr
#u3s
Anyone else experience this: MY Example:? I am in a remote are of Michigan, and put out a WSPR beacon at 01:52 UTC (and many other after that) on 15m (not a good time of day for it). I am limited to
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Rob Giuliano
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Re: #QDX Hamlib Error
#qdx
Hi Terry and Alan Thanks for your replies. Alan, can you please clarify your comment: " You do know that with Windows the QDX does not work like a normal USB device? It requires a power cycle each
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Greg - Gmail
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