Re: Non-Resonant antenna for QMX POTA operations
Yes - I noticed that too late! My bad, the QMX should connect to XCVR. 72 Sandy KB3EOF
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Sandy
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#108459
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Re: Non-Resonant antenna for QMX POTA operations
Great setup at low cost. One thing just wonders me: is the QMX connected to the ANT side of the tuner?
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aa0jr Jakob <aa0jr@...>
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#108458
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Re: #QMX Tweeking QMX output power
#qmx
Ahhhh, 13.8v. That explains it. I target 4w at 12.0v when building
(matches the graph in the manual). Hans has warned against running
more than 12v on page 4 of the manual -"Do not power a QMX with
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mike/w1mt
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#108457
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Re: #QMX Tweeking QMX output power
#qmx
Hi Mike,
Nope, I built for 12V.? Changed L513 back to 10T and squeezed turns.? Played with L512 to optimize 40m (and 60m).? Now have right around 6W on all bands with 13.8V PS.
120 ohms looks
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rentwist@...
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#108456
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Re: QDX Success story
I've started playing with a spectrum analyser, this is what I have so far.
There's a bit of scruff round the signal and the second and third harmonics are about -60 dB which seems pretty good, better
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Chris
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#108455
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Re: Non-Resonant antenna for QMX POTA operations
Sure thing Dan - here is a sketch and photos. It is a simple OCFD and I optimized it for 40-30-20 meters using antenna modeling software (MMANA). The 4 state tuner tunes it easily on those three
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Sandy
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#108454
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Re: QMX - Short from 5V to ground somewhere on the main board
I had the exact same initial boot sequence experience. After power cycling and pressing the left encoder button, the magic smoke was let out. I went through the first 2 steps of G5CTH Chris'?
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Steve W6WU
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#108453
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Re: #QMX Tweeking QMX output power
#qmx
What is your input voltage? 9v? How are you measuring power out?
Yes I would go back to 10T on L513. I haven't built a 9v unit and I
suspect yours is 9v. Likely, the L513 tweaking is probably only
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mike/w1mt
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#108452
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Re: USB Device not recognized .... another one
#qmx
Thanks for getting back Kees.
I flooded the area with flux and then used a T12 - JL02 tip. It is about the size of a tooth pick - hi! It must have worked since the firmware update was
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Rick Williams - VE7TK
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#108451
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Re: #QMX Tweeking QMX output power
#qmx
Hi Group,
I just finished my QMX build, Perfectly functional right out of the gate, pretty happy.
While very densely packed and easy to screw something up, I gotta say BRAVO Hans!? What a fabulous
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rentwist@...
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#108450
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Re: QMX step 12 continuity oddity
Hi Cliff,
I appreciate your having taken a look. B1 to B2 does indeed have continuity, as noted. The results for those checks were duplicated, and remain consistent from the first round of checks
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Garrett kc3unp
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#108449
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Re: Non-Resonant antenna for QMX POTA operations
Could you post a sketch of your antenna?? Thanks? Dan
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Dan Quigg
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#108448
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Re: QDX Success story
An addition that I should have included in the prior post:
In my estimation, simulation is good to help work out issues with a design.? Actual measuring should be done for an individual radio.? If
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Evan Hand
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#108447
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Re: QMX Display Brightness
Mike, I'm glad to have learned that I can adjust overall brightness by changing values of R306. If I want to adjust this in the future, I now have some values to try. 73
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Rick NF6G
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#108446
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Re: QDX Success story
Willie and John,
I believe that the simulation works for the QDX version of the amp.? I'm unsure about the EER/power addition of the QMX.? That may be more of an issue when Hans offers the SSB
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Evan Hand
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#108445
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Re: #qmx Battery voltage indicator does not follow automaticaly voltage changes
#qmx
Mine had the same behavior, the whole time I was running off of 4S LiFePO4, with Batt Full set to 13.200 and Step set to 0.233. Ever since I switched to 3S Li-Ion, with Batt Full set to 12.600 and
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Rick NF6G
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#108444
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Re: QDX Success story
Hans!
I am 20+ years your senior. It should be me grumbling with skepticism
about your simulations and not vice versa!
:-)
Smiling anyway, JZ
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John Z
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#108443
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#qmx Battery voltage indicator does not follow automaticaly voltage changes
#qmx
Hi all,
this is not really a problem, but? ....
The battery indictaor does not show a value after the QMX is started - it is "empty".
First, when I press the left? and then the right pushbutton,
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Frank
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#108442
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Re: QMX RF sweeps
That's awesome, Karl! Great job! :D Yes, you could shift things around to try to move some of the peaks down, but the numbers as is, are certainly good enough to put into use right now, so you can
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Rick NF6G
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#108441
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Re: QDX Success story
Hi Willie
Yes, spot on. That, and whether the diode and/or zeners add anything to the
receive noise floor. Probably not. But I need to measure, simulation isn't
good enough for me :-D
I tried to
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Hans Summers
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#108440
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