Hi. I need some help to fix the RX on my new sBitxv2 board. Since the first day I can't receive any signals. Even strong FT8 signals don't come through. I can see a weak signal in the waterfall displa

The sBITX version 2 sounds like a great rig on paper and I would very much like to buy one, but this forum is such a mish mash of overlapping issues poorly identified that it is very difficult to dete

Just a reminder we now have a Discord. We have almost 70 people in there now. https://discord.gg/vKYQSqudQJ

I am unable to find a description of what the "function" knob does when it is pushed. I did notice that if I used a mouse to change the RF gain that the function knob would only change the RF gain unl

Hello all....is the panadapter/waterfall size changeable...ie can you make it more panadapter and less waterfall??? 73 Bill Wa2jhs

Hi, I’m installing a Raspberry Pi 4 in the Sbitx v2 that I bought recently at the Hamvention. Can anyone tell me whether there is enough clearance to place those tiny stick-on heat sinks on the cpu an

Hi, when I unzipped the latest soft for V2 I realized that there is no extension in the file name. I expected .img or .iso file. Is it ok to just rename it with .img to be burned correctly on SD card

Somebody has probably posted this before: Adding weight to the stock tuning knob really makes tuning much nicer. It's amazing the difference. I filled the voids in the back of the plastic knob with so

Is there a way to lock the dial so that the frequency does not change by accident?

I have some notes and suggestions that may be helpful to some of you. If you already know some of these points, fine. I have the V2 working. At first the factory SD card wouldn't function. (First boot

After close to six years I have decided to step down from maintaining bitxmap.com. I know I say this every year but this time it is for real. The domain is up for renewal early next month and I will n

I have written a short note on how to do it. It is on sbitx.net. Read it here: https://www.sbitx.net/index.php/2023/05/05/syncing-the-real-time-clock/

What are the risks and what mitigation is there for using the sBitX V2 without calibration? I got one of the V2 units before the May 4 fix. I've got a nice scope but not a power meter of known accurac

Started a new uBitx V6 build using Triumvirate Skonk Worx’s (TSW) new software. I think they have a good plan using two pins to handle dots and dashes instead of 1 pin with various voltage levels. To

From my radio comes emanation that makes my eyes burn and give me headache. Aside from that the radio is working great. I did remember that I still have an IR camera from my working days and did open

Just got my sBitx v2, and took courage to open it up. I was going to put in the CR2032 coin battery into the real time clock, per various messages I saw. To my surprise, it was already installed. Fine

Farhan, When I run the v2 software and leave the web interface up on a second HDMI monitor attached to the Raspberry Pi, the waterfall on the gtk interface running on the DSI touchscreen stops. When I

If you been thinking of trying KD8CEC out, hard to beat this deal. Just search for "nextion 2.8 discovery" on Amazon. Even though I have been a proponent of the enhanced or intelligent versions, the d

Farhan sent me a uBitx about a year ago. Mostly assembled and the final assembly went without a hitch. Very nicely done! Seemed to tune the bands. Put out RF as expected. Drew about the right amount o

I looked here but could not find why my sBITx V2 radio won't power on, It has been working fine for just a week, I bought it at Hamvention. I was checking the output into a dummy load watt meter showe