Re: QMX power up instructions
Hi Hans,
Just for the record, you said 6 to 7 volts, current limited... but I don't
see the current mentioned. What current limit do you suggest?
73,
Brock VA7AV
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Brock VA7AV
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#106499
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Re: QRP-Lab repairs available
Hi Jeff.
Your email shows up as "jeffreym@..."? ? ?I'd like to talk with you about having some work done.
Best,
JIm
K8DDV
jd.dolson at gmail dot com
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Jim Dolson
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#106498
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Re: QDX-HB Rev 4 incomplete high band configurations
Yes, the jumper is installed.
I spent hours going through the Band configurations last night before I realized that the 15 Meter section had 40 Meter frequencies in it (from the default
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Dave Redfearn, N4ELM
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#106497
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Re: QMX T507 winding
MFC: Motion, Flux, Current the "law" of generators or something like that recalling basic electricity Navy school. "Right hand rule"? fingers show direction of current through the coil, thumb shows
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Karl
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#106496
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Re: #QMX #firmware 1_00_007
#qmx
#firmware
Minor cosmetic issue:
Now that the keyer swap has been swapped to the default convention of "dits
on the tip" (of the tip-ring-sleeve connector), perhaps it makes sense to
update the corresponding
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Dafydd Walters M0WDV
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#106495
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Re: Reviving/Revisiting Damaged QDX - Troubleshooting advice needed
Evan,
Having put the QDX-in-question on the bench (and in the Pana-Vise ;-) ), here are the observations I made:
- Using a DROK buck converter that displays current draw to 2 decimal places (though
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Charles Johnson
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#106494
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Re: QMX T507 winding
The following shows the proper winding of a Stockton bridge on a binocular core.? ?See pages 10-12.
https://www.norcalqrp.org/files/NorCal_Power_Meter_Rev_1A.pdf
Walt
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Walt (KK4DF)
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#106493
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Re: QMX T507 winding
I believe that it does matter.? Reference this article:
https://k6jca.blogspot.com/2015/01/notes-on-directional-couplers-for-hf.html
Note that the transformers are marked with a sense (or
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Evan Hand
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#106491
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Re: QMX T507 winding
Not sure it matters. I followed the manual which has you wind them
with the same sense.
-mike/w1mt
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mike/w1mt
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#106490
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Re: #QMX #firmware 1_00_007
#qmx
#firmware
Bravo on the hard work and many improvements on 1_00_007. Indeed the ability to edit the messages at the rig screen is most welcome for us POTA (Parks On The Air) activators. I have noticed a
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Sandy
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Re: QMX T507 winding
I am hoping for some advice on this so I can finish my QMX. I found another thread on this, but it didn’t help me. Specifically, should both T507 10 turn windings be in the same direction , either
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Randy
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Re: QDX@QRP/QRPp/QRPpp/QRPppp/QRPpppp
Tnx QRPppp QSO, KB1HKN !
72,
Bill, N4QA
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Bill, N4QA <n4qa@...>
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#106487
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Re: Here's what QSOs look like from the W4MAI ( SK 2006 ) Memorial Sun room monitoring station.
Tnx QRPppp QSO, KB1HKN !
72,
Bill, N4QA
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Bill, N4QA <n4qa@...>
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#106486
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Re: QDX-HB Rev 4 incomplete high band configurations
Is the jumper on pg 37 installed?
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adam@...
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#106485
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qlg2 date and heartbeat?
Hi Hans and all,
have there been any updates to the QLG2 firmware since 2021? I see the manual says the date should be displayed on the optional add-on display but I don’t see this. Also Hans, if
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KEN G4APB
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#106484
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Re: QMX died in first test run
Manuel,
I hope I have as good luck as you did. My (2nd) QMX left the smoke out from the same 5 V p/s board. For me it destroyed C107 and Q108. The Zener doesn't quite seem right, but even if bad
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Daniel Walter
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Re: #QMX I roasted my QMX, do not repeat my mistake
#qmx
I would suggest collecting some more information on on the OP’s 2 switch mode power supplies as well to recreate or explore this issue.
Two low cost SMPSUs in a row may mean strange distortions of
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Bruce Akhurst
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Re: #QMX #firmware 1_00_007
#qmx
#firmware
Bravo Hans! This QMX is quite an achievement, even acknowledging the journey that is still ahead. I'm glad my QMX took a while to arrive, so that I could start on .06 firmware :)
I can confirm the
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Anthony Walley ZS6ARW
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#106481
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Re: Help Make Sense of My QMX RF And Audio Sweeps?
Final output results:
20m: 4.2W
30m: 3.9W
40m: 4.2W
60m: 4.2W
80m: 4.2W
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clansd@...
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#106480
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Re: #QMX #firmware 1_00_007
#qmx
#firmware
Hello Hans,
I still have the ear-splitting experience when going from CW to Digi by mistake...
Suggest to set the audio really low in swoftware befrore switching to avoid this
I guess changing mode is
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SM5EIE /Gunnar
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#106479
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