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Should I just go ahead and order a QMX+?

 

Or should I wait to see what's coming out at Dayton that will be even more amazing? But then I won't have time to get it ready for Field Day.
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Decisions, decisions.
 

I don’t think I’d hold my breath for Dayton.?
 

Don is correct?

I know in the last couple of years I've made an important announcement at Dayton (2023 QMX, 2024 QMX+), please don't get used to it! I don't have capacity to do that every year.?

73 Hans G0UPL


On Sat, Mar 29, 2025, 05:31 Don via <don308=[email protected]> wrote:
I don’t think I’d hold my breath for Dayton.?
 

CESSB is more than enough. <3

73!
de Bekir TA2RX



29 Mar 2025 Cmt 10:12 tarihinde Hans Summers via <hans.summers=[email protected]> ?unu yazd?:

Don is correct?

I know in the last couple of years I've made an important announcement at Dayton (2023 QMX, 2024 QMX+), please don't get used to it! I don't have capacity to do that every year.?

73 Hans G0UPL


On Sat, Mar 29, 2025, 05:31 Don via <don308=[email protected]> wrote:
I don’t think I’d hold my breath for Dayton.?
 

Hi Hans,
I have recently ordered a QMX+. Will it come with the CESSB update or will I have to install that myself please?
73 Ken
G4APB
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Hi Ken

Currently we're shipping QMX+ with 1_00_027 (not SSB) while the SSB firmware is still so new and beta.?

Firmware updates are extremely easy to install though.

73 Hans G0UPL


On Sat, Mar 29, 2025, 08:52 KEN G4APB via <lfoofui.nbz42=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Hans,
I have recently ordered a QMX+. Will it come with the CESSB update or will I have to install that myself please?
73 Ken
G4APB
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Hi Hans,
many thanks. I have actually been holding off ordering any of the QMX range in anticipation of the release of the QSX. Not built anything in ages so I am looking forward to the new QMX+.?
73 Ken g4apb?
 

Delivering SSB for the QMX/+ is the big announcement for this year! ? ?
Order a QMX+, it is a great little radio.?
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Steve KA0SM
 

Hans just keeps making it better. Well worth the $$.

Mike Krieger


On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 11:35?AM Steve M via <steven=[email protected]> wrote:
Delivering SSB for the QMX/+ is the big announcement for this year! ? ?
Order a QMX+, it is a great little radio.?
--
Steve KA0SM
 

Hans,
When the SSB supporting firmware reaches a stable status, will it be posted on the QRP-Labs website somewhere with instructions for installing it? I am leery of trying to figure it out from the input of a metric buttload (491 liters hi hi) of widely-spread mailing list posts. Mostly, I don't want to read something wrong, or do the installation wrong, and either brick the radio or release the Magic Smoke?.
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Alternatively, is there a source that shows the instructions for acquiring the firmware and installing it already? I want to experiment, but I want to engage in it safely, not unduly risking my radio.
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Thanks,
73,
Gwen, NG3P??
 

Gwen, it is already listed on the website, see the link in the left-hand column under the QMX+ heading.
It is complete with the beginnings of a detailed description, and what to expect.
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My two cents:
It is unlikely that you will risk your QMX*, but a very small handful of people have reported hardware issues after installing, that disabled their QMX until fixed.? It is not fully known whether those hardware problems were the fault of the update, or due to pre-existing conditions, either internal to QMX or external in their setup, that may have been exacerbated by the update.? So if you want to avoid that risk, wait for another beta update or two, or for the full release.
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Most of us have had no major problems, but there are still some bugs and quirks in the new SSB mode and getting it configured and working as well as it should on all the bands, that affect a good number of users, but not all - it may depend on your particular QMX.? And those are what generate most of the messages recently in the SSB-related threads.?
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And many of us have successfully found workarounds to the issues which Hans has not yet fixed, such that using SSB has been great fun on our QMX*!
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Stan KC7XE
 

Thanks, Stan! I'll go look at that shortly.?

73,
Gwen, NG3P?
 

I think we have already gotten this year's big new thing from QRP Labs, in the form of the SSB update.

To speculate on the new thing for 2026... perhaps a QMX XL? Something with a larger display and a more base-station-like configuration?

On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 4:48?PM Stan Dye via <standye=[email protected]> wrote:
Gwen, it is already listed on the website, see the link in the left-hand column under the QMX+ heading.
It is complete with the beginnings of a detailed description, and what to expect.
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My two cents:
It is unlikely that you will risk your QMX*, but a very small handful of people have reported hardware issues after installing, that disabled their QMX until fixed.? It is not fully known whether those hardware problems were the fault of the update, or due to pre-existing conditions, either internal to QMX or external in their setup, that may have been exacerbated by the update.? So if you want to avoid that risk, wait for another beta update or two, or for the full release.
?
Most of us have had no major problems, but there are still some bugs and quirks in the new SSB mode and getting it configured and working as well as it should on all the bands, that affect a good number of users, but not all - it may depend on your particular QMX.? And those are what generate most of the messages recently in the SSB-related threads.?
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And many of us have successfully found workarounds to the issues which Hans has not yet fixed, such that using SSB has been great fun on our QMX*!
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Stan KC7XE
 

N9LFF
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The QMX plus is clearly a mature design for cw and digital modes. I delayed until I had time to build it, on my bench now. Best to not be in a hurry during assembly. If you are ready to build, order it. Have a plan B for Field Day to take off all pressure. Enjoy the journey.?
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Curt
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Gwen,

Just keep using your wonderful rig and enjoying all those neat keys you have. ?SSB, especially CESSB is just a passing fad (I heard that somewhere someplace back in the 1960s). ?Use what works, CW! ?Ha! ?Hi Gwen. ?

Dave K8WPE


On Mar 29, 2025, at 3:45?PM, Gwen Patton via groups.io <ardrhi@...> wrote:

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Hans,
When the SSB supporting firmware reaches a stable status, will it be posted on the QRP-Labs website somewhere with instructions for installing it? I am leery of trying to figure it out from the input of a metric buttload (491 liters hi hi) of widely-spread mailing list posts. Mostly, I don't want to read something wrong, or do the installation wrong, and either brick the radio or release the Magic Smoke?.
?
Alternatively, is there a source that shows the instructions for acquiring the firmware and installing it already? I want to experiment, but I want to engage in it safely, not unduly risking my radio.
?
Thanks,
73,
Gwen, NG3P??
 

Ordered!
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And I have a backup plan.

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