Re: QMX died in first test run
Hi Dan,
I?m not 100% sure, what was the cause in my case, so I can only guess.
But I would look at the real obvious stuff:
- I?ve shortened some of the display wires and gave them another touch
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Manuel; DL2MAN
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#106526
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Re: QMX Fail on power up
Maybe you should drag your feet a little bit on this repair until more
is understood about root cause and corrective action.
JZ
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John Z
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#106525
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Re: QMX Fail on power up
Dan, that may be a little too close for comfort. Ten volt 220uF
tantalums are available in the same package size. Stack two? Put one
on the PS board, one somewhere else on the 5V
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John Z
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#106524
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Re: QMX Fail on power up
Oh one other question. C107 appears to be readily available but it looks like it is only a 6 V tantalum. That doesn't seem like much headroom on a 5 V bus, does it?
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73, Dan? NM3A
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Daniel Walter
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#106523
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Re: QMX Fail on power up
I am slowly working through troubleshooting. 5V bus reads 450 ohms. Powering 5V bus through external power supply shows 90 mA, which seems reasonable. I want to try to power the 3.3V bus with an
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Daniel Walter
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#106522
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Re: #QMX #firmware 1_00_007
#qmx
#firmware
Hi Hans,
Is the AGC controlled by the S-meter by any chance? I'm asking because the volume control of the latest FW version seems to go completely unpredictably crazy. CW operation (especially with
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Simon
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#106521
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Re: QMX died in first test run
I've been messing with electronics for most of my life both professionally and for fun. One rule I was taught early on is that you must always employ a current limiting PSU for any new build.
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Ted 2E0THH
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#106520
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Re: QDX Temperature: 4 watts at 8V vs 4 watts at 12V
When you say using a 7809, I am assuming that was not added to the QDX, but rather the power supply or in between the PS and QDX.
Bob
KG5GTE
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Bob Parr
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#106519
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Re: QMX assemble
I look forward to it.
Thank you and I do not have mine yet.
Jon
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Jon
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Re: #QMX #firmware 1_00_007
#qmx
#firmware
Hans, the QMX kit arrived today just in time for the new firmware! We are ready to go :-)
73 Marcel DM3FAM
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Marcel <dm3fam@...>
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#106517
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Re: QMX assemble
Once my next QMX kit comes in I will consider putting up a detailed video on assembly.
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clansd@...
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#106516
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Re: Reviving/Revisiting Damaged QDX - Troubleshooting advice needed
Roger that Evan!
Yes, an oscilloscope is called for here!
JZ
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John Z
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Re: Reviving/Revisiting Damaged QDX - Troubleshooting advice needed
John,
A failure of one of the two orthogonal outputs of the Si5351 could explain the symptoms.? He measured 2.5 volts on two of the capacitors.? A total failure would have 2.5 volts on only one of
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Evan Hand
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Re: QMX 20m LPF
#qmx
Dave,
If the peaks are at 20 M, and the subsequent low area stays low, you should
be able to go with that. You're really interested in a passband at your
frequency of interest, and then a
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Jim Strohm
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#106513
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Re: QMX 20m LPF
#qmx
The RF Filter scan is the bandpass filter. If you compress the 20m
portion of the bandpass toroid it will lower the band pass a bit.
Honestly though, your plot is good enough.
-mike/w1mt
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mike/w1mt
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#106512
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QMX 20m LPF
#qmx
Hi all,
Just got my QMX finished and on the air. I have just done an RF Filter scan and I am a bit confused by the graph results. The graph looks more like a bandpass filter than a low pass filter.
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Dave, M0OOR
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#106511
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Re: Help Make Sense of My QMX RF And Audio Sweeps?
That's great Chris! Now go hook up an antenna and get on the air!
Good Luck!..JZ KJ4A
<clansd@...> wrote:
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John Z
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#106510
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Re: QMX T507 winding
Thanks to all for the inputs. From the articles provided, it appears that
the sense of winding does matter and both ends of T507 should be wound in
the same direction. That's what I'll do. Hope to do
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Randy
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#106509
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Re: QMX power up instructions
Hi Hans,
Ah sorry, my bad, this has been answered. I received the kit but not the
3-500Z final (only one, I assume, because this is QRP after all...), so
haven't yet downloaded the assembly manual.
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Brock VA7AV
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#106508
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Re: QRP-Lab repairs available
Jim his email is on QRZ.
73, Bill NZ0T
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nz0tham@...
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#106507
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