Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
FWIW I have seen only two issues with using Windows 10 here on one Desktop PC and one Laptop. The first was resolved by always having the USB cable connected first with the QDX power off. Then power
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Gregg Myers
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Re: QDX 20m perfect Sunday
There is something very attractive about a sleeping baby. John F5VLF
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John Rabson
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
Microsoft make a tool usbview.exe available that shows what is happening on the USB ports. It's not exactly trivial to obtain but is excellent showing what Windows thinks is happening. Windows USB can
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Andy
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Re: QDX for sale
But Why? Muhsin TA1MHS
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Muhsin TA1MHS
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Re: Qdx smoked - USB
#qdx
This deburring of a binocular toroid is just another reason for all constructing hams to purchase, beg, borrow, or steal a Dremel Tool and some dental burrs. In fact I have four different Dremels I
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David Wilcox K8WPE
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Re: QDX 20m perfect Sunday
Hi Hans. Very nice scenes. Its 6C here, cloudy damp and horrible. The nearest river is swollen from weeks of heavy rain but at least its washed some of the pollution away! Cant remember what the sun
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Roger G4IUP
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Re: Wondering ?
You don't want to set your house on fire, do you? I'd recommend studying "Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur" by H. Ward Silver, N0AX, available @ ARRL book store - as a starting point. or
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Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ
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Re: L14 question
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I would not worry about it because the turns do not cross each other but I have seen other more cautions hams wrap the toroid with Teflon plumbers tape first so the turns didn¡¯t short out to the
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David Wilcox K8WPE
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Re: BNC connector position on the QCX mini
If you are really anal like Julian and I am put the BNC connector in position with the end board of the case. Then put a dab of hot glue to hold it correctly. Remove the board and solder the
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David Wilcox K8WPE
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QDX 20m perfect Sunday
Hi folks See attached... Just me and the sleeping Lab Tech-mini, a glass of fresh pomegranate juice by the river. WX 23C sunshine... And remoting from my mobile phone into QRP Labs Towers for a bit of
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Hans Summers
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Re: QCX 50W Amp - Low RF Output
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Werner, the situation you describe - low power , a bout half expected output? seems to arise , historically where people have one side of the class C pair??working but for component failure reason
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Timothy Fidler
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
Hi Hans, The issues that I am seeing are on the first connection.? It seems that once I get it connected successfully it can run in receive mode for hours without any issues.? I had only one
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Evan Hand
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
Hi Alan I thought that in your earlier email, you were referring to Windows sound devices. Not CAT. CAT drop outs are likely a different thing. We need to get to the bottom of whether there are OS USB
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Hans Summers
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
Hi Hans, I went back and was able to cause the USB sound issue.? It happens if you power up the QDX THEN connect the USB cable.? This time when I did the 3 power cycles it did not connect.? I had
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Evan Hand
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
Hans, That's what I'm wondering after attempts on a W7 netbook, W7 laptop, W10 PC. All into a dummy load and CAT drops out after a few hours maximum WSPR, still testing. 73 Alan G4ZFQ
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Alan G4ZFQ
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
Hi Alan QDX *is* supposed to be like that and for many people, that's exactly how it is working. I plug in QDX and it "just works"... OK I'm on Linux but many Windows ops have reported success too...
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Hans Summers
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
I have much the same experience. CAT is lost. Sometimes around 3 startup attempts before it works again for a while. Several times on startup or during an attempt to recover from lost CAT I have seen
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Alan G4ZFQ
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Re: BNC connector position on the QCX mini
Thanks guys! I will try to make sure it¡¯s parallel to the PCB. And maybe use an enclosure to check if it fits nicely. 73, Victor PA8MM
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Victor Nagoryanskii <nagoryanskii@...>
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
Hi Hans, When it does happen, the LED is on solid, with no flashing.? I wait until it is solid before opening WSJT-X.? Then I either get operation as normal or the input bar is either high or low
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Evan Hand
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Re: QDX - No RF output, Tx line stays low
Hi Evan To know where QDX is in firmware update mode or not, you only need to look at the status LED. A slow continuous flash means firmware update mode. In power up in normal operating mode the
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Hans Summers
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