I have two issues I've been trying to work out. First, I can't seem to transmit enough power to tune an elecraft T1. It requires a minimum 0.5w to tune. I've...
A few years ago, I came across a Russian inductance meter kit. Mnay designers claim to be the best one around for accurancy. Anyone has the details please ? ...
I just bought a built Ensemble II HF Receiver from Tony. I would appreciate any input on a good Internal or USB sound card for use with my PC and the...
Hi all, I have just completed the RX mixer stage (part 6) On testing the divider output pins 2 and 14 of U10 I find that I have 5v and not 2.5v as the notes...
Has anyone tapped the 69 mhz if before the roofing filter on a 746 and used the 4 meter version of the vhf receiver for a panadapter. I'm going to try. Just...
Hi All, I'm not sure how to state it but I'm going to try, My TXRX 40/80m worked 100% until last night, I was listening to all the CQ calls on 40m (CQWW...
08/11/2012 13:27 Bought an unbuilt RXTX 160 meters 6.2 kit off Ebay, I believe the V6.2 is xtal controlled, is it a worthwhile build these days, or should I ...
Hello, Could someone clarify the value of R50 in the above . WB5RVZ notes in the BOM shows a 22.1 Ohm the circuit diagram shows 22.1 K. On another note , it...
I've been trying to get on the air as cheap as possible so I was hoping I wouldn't need an ATU but it seems unavoidable. I'm about to pull the trigger on the...
When winding toroid RF transformers, is there any difference in performance if the bifilar or trifilar windings are twisted together or wound parallel to each...
My option is for 20 and 40 meters. I can sort the yellow toroids, but as I do not have a caliper to measure the exact od, and confirm completely. I do not...
I got my RXTX running and possibly even transmitting (though no one answered back so it is hard to tell). I want to get CW going with a straight key using the...
I'd like to use an Ensemble RX and HDSDR for 30M QRSS beacon work. RX not TX. I have loaded HDSDR and played around with it a bit but don't see how to get it...
Just finished building the divider for my Ensemble RXTX. Powering up, but without the USB cord connected to the PC, all the DC voltages on U5 are correct, all...
I finished assembling the receiver stage, but when I tested the voltage of the I and Q opamp outputs there is difference of up to 0.890v between them. The DC...
Hi,I've been developing the aetherSDR software application for some time now and would like to announce the initial release and request some help from devoted...
Hello Everyone: I am new to this group. My call is K4LJA, my name is Randy, I have been a ham more than 50-years and I live in Monroe, Louisiana. I do about...
Hello Everybody, My Peaberry was working with a fuzzy sound on right channel. I did  many tests with MacBook Pro and a LG NetBook with Windows 7 installed. ...
I have just concluded the receiver stage of my Peaberry Kit (Step 20). It is working. But I've noticed some strange behavior The Peaberry Audio device is...
i have the softrock Rx/tx ensemble but it seems that i cant get my dell win7 64bit laptop to find it I've tried the software from Fred PE0FKO but i still cant...
Hi,I am getting mirroring. Ive got to the Ensemble RXTX 07_RX Opamps and Output stage. I noticed that if i inserted the line on about half way the signal...
Since I'm real new here and know little about SDR ... if you could do it all over again ... would you select the SoftRock or the PeaBerry? And why? I hope to...
It looks like R15 is shorted to ground between it and C6+ (the non-hairpin side. With a ground lead on R50 hairpin, the ohmmeeter reads 0 ohms at the pin just...
Building the Ensemble RXTX and have got as far as connecting it to usb and power and stereo speaker lead plugged in...all my voltages are correct..or seem to...
... From: Alan To: softrock40@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [softrock40] Re: Ensemble II output Hello All, After much...
22/10/2012 11:40 I have a basic hard wired and (spit) internet over mains network to three other rooms in the house and to my workshop, from my "shack". What's...
Is there a way that we can use the CFGSR to program any SI570, in circuit ofcourse, as there are no known sockets for this chip ! I have some other kits, using...
