Good News! I'm WSPR'ing! I wasn't able to ever get any spots when in WSPR mode without GPS, so I decided to hook up GPS. I then had a problem with a corrupted GUI when GPS was connected and I was modi

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Hi All, Please report the Firmware version, when you have a problem, as results may differ with each revision. This is especially important if you have a GPS. In any case try to setup beacon without G

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Julian, A quick update .. I decided to do the debugging 'by the numbers" .. meaning step by step from first principles. Went stage by stage backwards from the audio out .. No smoking gun. But I now kn

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Thanks for all that info, Tom. Running through the voltages is an excellent idea: just be aware that the voltages listed are from using the internal voltmeter, which doesn't have a particularly high i

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Julian, Happy to share! Some anecdotal observations . Thought it was excess residual flux. Cleaned board with flux remover. Problem went away ... temporarily. Cleaned again .. worked for a few minutes

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A screecher... you too, huh? I have one on my bench with that problem right now. It's triggered by plugging in power, though when I apply power softly with my programmable power supply it's ok. Wanna

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John, Thanks for the reply .. I tried several times to get WSPR working without the GPS and never got any spots. That's why I went to GPS. Right now I've got a scrreching Mini which I've got to debug.

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Julian, Thanks for the comments on WSPR configuration workaround. Can't try right now .. My QCX suddenly started screching! Gotta fix that first before I work on WSPR .. :-( Tom

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Hi, Laurence :-) This 40m QCX Mini is one I've just repaired and tuned up for a customer. I absolutely stink at CW, so WSPR and CW Beacons are my go-to test tools, and you'll frequently find me sendin

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Very good to decode you - I was using my westerly under the lake wire minus 1 to 2m agl on 40 this evening Laurence

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By the way, I just have to say that 40m is quite decent tonight... Here's what I got within 10 minutes running WSPR on a 40m Mini with 9V supply, 75% attenuation into an 83ft random wire up 17 feet av

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My only thought is to disconnect the GPS and try WSPR use an accurate online clock, that will narrow down your issue. My Mini works just great using online time. John KK4ITX 🙃Each mistake is a learnin

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That's exactly how it behaves, Tom; a side effect of the overlaid use of the limited IO pins and the firmware behind them. You seem to have figured out the work-around. I would just add that some find

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Not sure if this is related but ..... Got Mini up and running last week. Works great on CW but couldn't get any spots on WSPR. I've got the TCXO installed so I thought it must be my timing. Undaunted

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I don't doubt it, Klaas: I have experienced unusual behavior too, I had just associated it with interference from the GPS. For general information of others reading this thread, I find that sometimes

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Thanks Julian. In my case I'm operating fully stand-alone, and evidently this configuration also needs power cycling. Klaas

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Remember to disconnect the data plug while you're configuring the WSPR settings, otherwise those settings may get corrupted. Plug it back in after recycling power.

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Hi Albert, I did try out your suggestion and turned the frequency down, but the mistakes kept appearing. I've answered Tony who suggested cycling power, and that works after modifying power settings.

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Hi Tony, Sorry for being away so long. I was enjoying my new QDX and had put my QCX-mini aside for a while. Due to a hiccup with my RPi and some reprogramming, I decided to give the QCX a try. And it

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40 has been completely dead in the daytime lately.

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