49er DDS VFO missing board?
Looking at some of the photos of the 49er DDS VFO I have seen a little board in the middle at the back of the plastic enclosure. I did not see this in the instructions and cant make out what board
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Bob Bennett
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#769
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Re: Substituting Uno for Nano on Forty-9er VFO
Jim You may be able to verify the frequency by just connecting J2 or J3 pins to the antenna of a HF rig. 73,Marty WD9GYM
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Marty Boroff
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#768
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Re: Substituting Uno for Nano on Forty-9er VFO
The only part of the code I had to change was the address for the display, and I used the address I found with an I2C scanner. I had to adjust the contrast pot on the back of the display to get the
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James Craft
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#767
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Re: Substituting Uno for Nano on Forty-9er VFO
Did you change any of the VFO code? Check to make sure you have the encoder switch hooked up correctly. The switch connection (SW on the KY-040a encoder) goes to pin 17 on J1. The other side of the
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jjpurdum
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#766
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Re: Substituting Uno for Nano on Forty-9er VFO
Got the encoder working, didn't have it hooked up correctly. Cool! Now I just need to transfer the design to the perfboard shield and get to work on the Forty-9er.
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James Craft
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#765
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Re: Substituting Uno for Nano on Forty-9er VFO
Success! My LCD is working now, I only had to change the address to 0x3f, but for some reason turning the encoder only changes the frequency steps. If I click the encoder, sometimes it will change
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James Craft
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Re: Substituting Uno for Nano on Forty-9er VFO
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } You may want to search for I2C
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Marty Boroff
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#763
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Re: Substituting Uno for Nano on Forty-9er VFO
Hi Jim: It's more likely that you may not be using the same I2C library. There are a number of I2C LCD libraries, but only one works correctly for me. I've attached the latest version of the VFO
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jjpurdum
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#762
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Substituting Uno for Nano on Forty-9er VFO
I've been bread boarding the VFO "kit" using an Uno instead of the Nano, based on the 7808 v. 1 schematic, and I've been able to load the sketch and power the unit on, but my I2C display isn't
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James Craft
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#761
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Kit worked great until...
Built the kit and powered it up with the boards and wires scattered across the workspace... Works surprisingly well.. Purchased a nice weather proof cabinet with clear top, which i use as the front.
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bob johnson
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#760
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Re: Feedback Squeal
We all make the same mistakes... I think i need to change my name to Murphy.... Glad you found the error...
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bob johnson
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#759
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Re: Feedback Squeal
Well call it a rookie mistake but the 386 chip was inserted reversed. I think Mr. Murphy did it. Certainly it could not have been me. I have perfect vision. I onkly keyed the rig once or twice for a
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Marty Boroff
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#758
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Feedback Squeal
I checked my wiring point to point as best I could. I inspected each joint for cold solders and found none. I scoped the output of the VFO at J2 and J3 for a perfect sign wave. And I ran the out put
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Marty Boroff
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#757
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Re: New rig is working great - thanks everyone
Can't wait for the antenna analyzer or the morse code tutor fun project and am learning a ton. Thanks very much. K7NDM. Nathan On Sep 5, 2016 6:11 AM, "Jack Purdum jjpurdum@...
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K7NDM.nate@...
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#756
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LTspice XVII and what am I doing wrong
Download ltspice.pdf from the files section to follow along. I'm exploring the possibility of modifying the Forty-9er for use on other bands. Particularly 30m and 20m. As I see it there are two places
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Hank Ellis
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#755
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Re: New rig is working great - thanks everyone
Mornin' Richard: All three of us thank you for the kind words. It's been both surprising and gratifying to see how many units of the rig have been built. I also think a lot of people are shocked how
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jjpurdum
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#754
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New rig is working great - thanks everyone
Thank you Jack, Farrukh, Dennis and also everyone who contributes to this group. I bought the parts early in the summer and have been working on my rig as I got time. Other than me breaking one
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Richard Dodd
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Re: DDS board
Hi Marc and Lou, just a note to thank you both for your help, Lou for the software mods and Marc for pointing me in the right direction. I finally got round to making the mods and now I have a nice
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mikeg4mfn@...
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#752
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Re: Forty-9er Toroids
Marc is exactly right, which is why that jumper wire is shown in green on Figure A8 in the manual. Without it...nada... Jack, W8TEE To: SoftwareControlledHamRadio@... Sent: Tuesday, August
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jjpurdum
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#751
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Re: Forty-9er Toroids
Thanks a lot, Marc. Knowing the supplied parts worked for you motivates me to replace my L3 first, then I will replace Q6. Bob
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[email protected]
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#750
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