QCX Problem
Hi All, Just finished my 30 meter QCX.? The receiver and all the menu functions work fine, but there is no power out in transmit.? I pulled L1, L2, L3, and L4, recleaned the tips, resoldered them on
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ni8njack@...
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#21052
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Re: QCX: receiver is dead
Paul glad you found your trace issue.? now to get this receiver to work very well -- that IQ calibration is vital.? I just emailed another builder on the same topic - perhaps both of you have
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Curt wb8yyy
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#21051
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Re: QCX finished - problems with receiver alignment
Heinz your statement of IQ balance being broad deserves more attention than given thus far !? the adjustment of the capacitor is a bit broad, and is less vital to the receiver working well - except
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Curt wb8yyy
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Re: Ultimate 3S : generate a tone for 30 seconds, how to ?
Hi Ga?tan Im currently seting up the GB3SEV/B here in the UK . It very much early days, however my progess and a 2 min cycle is here -?https://youtu.be/ju2bjui6OEc Cheers Tristan M0VXX
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Tristan Quiney <m0vxx@...>
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#21049
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Re: Ultimate 3S : generate a tone for 30 seconds, how to ?
Hi all I'm setting up the new gb3sev beacon , I've started to play with the same sort of things as on4khg. Please see my first go https://youtu.be/ju2bjui6OEc Tristan m0vxx
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m0vxx@...
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Re: QLG1- how many devices will it drive
Hi Hans thanks for the reply....I only have 1m of cable to the QLG-1 and will be driving 3 devices (so far). Thanks for these wonderful kits.....gets me interested in radio again after 40 years. 73
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kc1at
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Re: Ultimate 3S : generate a tone for 30 seconds, how to ?
Hi Ga?tan Look at the custom message generation section of the operating manual, see section 5, page 40 of the v3.12/v3.12a manual. If you transmit (in CW mode, FSKCW, QRSS, etc... ) a custom message
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Hans Summers
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Re: Ultimate 3S : generate a tone for 30 seconds, how to ?
Well if there was a "key down" character in the character set this would helpcheersGeoffGI0GDP
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geoffrey pike
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Re: Ultimate 3S : generate a tone for 30 seconds, how to ?
For the CW tone, you could set the dit time to 30s and simply send the message 'E'. Then you would be able to trim the value to make it go to the next transmission within one second. The messages can
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Daniel Ekman SA2KNG
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QCX PCB Revision 3
#qcx
Hi all All QCX kits currently being shipped (since about 15-Jan-2018) are using the Rev 3 PCB. There is a new assembly manual for the Rev PCB on the QCX page http://qrp-labs.com/qcx The PCB revision
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Hans Summers
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Ultimate 3S : generate a tone for 30 seconds, how to ?
Dear, Using the Ultimate3S, I'd like to set up a beacon that will generate alternatively Opera05, PI4, JT65, CW and a steady tone for 30 sec or so. So, I define the ad hoc data (callsign, msg, and so
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ON4KHG
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Re: QCX C22 electrolytic substituion
Hi Steve Yes! 73 Hans G0UPL http://qrp-labs.com wrote:
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Hans Summers
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Re: QCX WSPR transmit - not clean output
I am indeed... one of "those", hi!? ?For the last several months I've been running 7 or 8 wspr slices on the Flex 6700, often 2 per band with two different Wellbrook loops at right angles.? This
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Don Moman VE6JY
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Re: QLG1- how many devices will it drive
Hi Don All QRP Labs kits only listen to the GPS, they do not talk back. You can put several in parallel. There isn't any official; "fan-out" number... it will depend on cable lengths and types to a
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Hans Summers
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#21039
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QLG1- how many devices will it drive
The GPS module works great on my Ultimate 3S....just got to get an antenna up. Just ordered a VFO/SIGGEN and a triple GPS-disciplined programmable crystal which will need a GPS signal. Question is how
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kc1at
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Re: QCX WSPR transmit - not clean output
On 22/01/2018 9:30 AM, Victor Nagoryanskii wrote: ... Applying attenuator and reducing RF gain on the IC7300 I can get a signal level as low as S5, but they are still there. So it's not a overloading
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Bob ZL1RS
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#21037
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Re: QCX WSPR transmit - not clean output
Hi Hans, Thanks for such detailed response! Based on what's been said I can conclude that multiple spots does not correlate with spurious signals I see on local receiver. I'm curious now to find out
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Victor Nagoryanskii <nagoryanskii@...>
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Re: QCX WSPR transmit - not clean output
In the case of "wspr reports.png" ... there are also a few WSPR stations who have stated that they are running multiple receivers on the same band with different antennas, VE6JY may be one of them.
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Bob ZL1RS
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#21035
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Re: QCX and GPS
Thanks Alan, I understand now what is going on! I must have missed that part of the manual but that makes sense. I am currently testing the QCX on WSPR with the GPS and am getting a good number of
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patrick.nairne@...
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#21034
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Re: QCX and GPS
Hi Patrick, What mode are you in? as this sets how the QCX uses the keying lines / GPS interface. Does it permanent transmit like key down in? the Alignment menu options that involve the GPS? cut and
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Alan de G1FXB
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