I just downgraded to V50.0. No oscillation.
So it is a software problem.
"Ver 063-1-beta" - oscillates.
"Ver 066-7-SWR" from 3/5/2025 - oscillates
"Ver 065" from 2/20/2025 - oscillates
"Ver053" - does NOT oscillate.
"Ver050.0" from Oliver 1/20/2025 - does NOT oscillate.
"Ver066-9" from Oliver - oscillates.
- Jerry, KF6VB
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On 2025-03-22 13:41, K9HZ wrote:
Its not a hardware problem. The radio has been working fine until
recently when some software mods were made.
Use some sound deductive reasoning here. This problem did not exist a
month ago with any transceivers that were build. Then work was done
on the software in a mad dash to close it out for the next version of
the T41 book. All of a sudden, there are issues with most/ everyone's
radio. What conclusion and action would you take from that? Bobb
some hardware out of you radio?... or go back and check out an earlier
version of the software?
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SENT: Saturday, March 22, 2025 3:14 PM
TO: [email protected]
SUBJECT: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] LPF-Control PCB TX Logic at
U3 & U7
Oliver, I was having some kind of feedback/oscillation problems a
couple of weeks ago and traced it back to the T/R switch also. The
relays and associated parts all checked out but, when I removed the
3-"0" ohm resistors that were there in place of the Low Pass Filter
(160M) and inserted the parts for the LPF the problem stopped. I
wanted to go back and remove the filter parts and place just two "0"
ohm parts at c14-c16 and a single cap at c-15 but never did.
Wondering if the oscillation problem boards have the "0" ohm resistors
and not the LPF filter in place. Maybe, I will try it later just
thought I would mention what I had, when you suggested a possible
feedback issue.
Rick, KN4AIE
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SENT: Saturday, March 22, 2025 1:40 PM
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SUBJECT: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] LPF-Control PCB TX Logic at
U3 & U7
The situation I think we might have is that both TX_BPF_SEL AND
RX_BPF_SEL are HIGH during SSB transmit. This lets a little bit of the
transmitted signal leak through the TR switch back into the amplifier
input through the BPF selection stage, like this:
These two lines are controller by GPIO register bank A:
This register is set by the function call setBPFPath [2]; the code
there looks correct and unchanged. Scanning the code, it all appears
to be correct. Some judiciously placed statements like this will
confirm:
Debug("Set LPF GPA state: "+String(LPF_GPA_state,DEC));
The fix that I implemented (major change to radio layout) to cure the
short that caused the burning smell has created a display freeze
issue, so I'm not able to test this myself right now.
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