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Re: Camping with D4D

Adam Rong
 

Charlie,

Yes, it is a home brew EFHW. The toroid is FT50-43. I wind 3 turns primary, 21 turns secondary. 100p 100V is added. The cost is very low.

Thanks,
Adam
Re: Camping with D4D

Charlie Vest
 

Beautiful place to be.

Are you using an EFHW antenna ? How did you do ? 20 is pretty good in USA today .

Charlie , W5COV

On June 2, 2019 at 8:11 PM Adam Rong <rongxh@...> wrote:

Folks,

Camping and operating with D4D. Lots of fun. The 20m version works great. 

Thanks,
Adam

 
Camping with D4D

Adam Rong
 

Folks,

Camping and operating with D4D. Lots of fun. The 20m version works great. 

Thanks,
Adam
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Re: D4D: First Shipment

Adam Rong
 

Charlie,

Thanks for the information. Normally it takes 7 days to arrive US West Coast and 14 days to arrive East Coast, so it is within normal range. I am looking forward to your success of building and operating. Also, you are welcome to write review for D4D at:
https://www.eham.net/reviews/addreview/14267

BTW, I cannot access my Gmail mailbox from yesterday. I will figure out a way soon. Meanwhile, you can send email to this group if it is not that private. If you place order, you can directly send payment to PayPal rongxh@... and leave message. I will process accordingly.

The 3rd shipment will be shipped tomorrow.

Thanks,
Adam
Re: D4D: First Shipment

Charlie Vest
 

Group ,


My 40 meter kit arrived in Northeast Oklahoma in the mail today . I will look at the latest updates from Adam and try to get it up and running today or tomorrow .

This might help Adam get an idea how long it takes for the very center of the USA .


I also have a 30 meter one ordered that shipped with his last shipment .


I think rather quick service compared to many other packages I have ordered from China .

Best 73 ,

Charlie , W5COV

On May 21, 2019 at 12:08 PM Adam Rong <rongxh@...> wrote:

Folks,

I have updated PayPal with all the tracking numbers. Orders on May 18 and later will be shipped next Monday. I shipped by post office with tracking, so you can track it on your local post office web site in a few days. For instance, US guys can track on USPS tracking site at 

You can also track on EMS web site in China here:

Normally it will take 10-20 days, so give it some patience and you will get it anyway.

Thanks,
Adam


On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 9:19 AM Adam Rong via Groups.Io <rongxh= gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
Folks,

I just shipped three boxes yesterday to my shipping agent and today they will ship to worldwide. The backlog is not cleared so I will ship some more next Monday. After shipping, I will update tracking number in PayPal.

The full manual preview draft is already in the files section. I will take time to improve it this week. You will see a brand new version when you get the kit.

Thanks,
Adam




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Thanks,
Adam Rong
Re: Poor boys DSB FT8

W8NSI James
 

I tried that link and it says "Password Protected" on the page!

73 de w8nsi Jim



From: crkits@groups.io <crkits@groups.io> on behalf of Adam Rong <rongxh@...>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 19:13
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Subject: Re: [crkits] Poor boys DSB FT8
 
Still watching:
https://qrpguys.com/digital-transceiver

Thanks,
Adam

Re: Poor boys DSB FT8

Adam Rong
 

Still watching:
https://qrpguys.com/digital-transceiver

Thanks,
Adam
Re: D4D: 80m 3.573MHz orderable

Adam Rong
 

Folks,

A brief test to use it as an 80m ARDF transmitter seems promising. Only one hint: Don't set the audio pitch of the audio source too high, because it will increase the bandwidth of IMD.

Thanks,
Adam
D4D: A Few Assembled Kits

Adam Rong
 

Folks,

I have some assembled kits ready. These kits were built and tested by myself. If you need them, please contact me offline.

Thanks,
Adam
Re: The perfboards

Adam Rong
 

Rob,

Good job on your alien army.

The solder mask is used to limit the area of the solder on the pad. I have to admit that the first time users normally will encounter problems but later on they will love it more and more.

Thanks,
Adam
Re: D4D IMD

Adam Rong
 

Just uploaded the formal released Kit Assembly Manual.

Thanks,
Adam

在 2019年5月29日，上午10:22，N8DAH <Dherron@...> 写道：

Adam,

 Thanks for the fast reply building it now, just found my last two .01/103 caps so need to order more!

73

 David
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Re: The perfboards

Rob <roomberg@...>
 

It fooled me.

But then again... I have a vision problem. A really bad vision problem.

So I examine everything with 7 diopter glasses.

I looked at the CHOC board and saw GREEN in between SILVER  squares.

Never for a moment considering that rows of silver were shorted together.




so
I ask the question WHY?
Why not have ALL those pads be visibly connected like in this image I edited to show it:



I definitely agree that is a good design to have the multiple rows of perimeter
and the internal groupings.

I have done almost the same exact thing with my proto PCB I kitchen etched.


 

I often have extra proto pads I add to PCBs in  groups of three.
Looks like an alien army.






On 05/28/2019 11:05 PM, Adam Rong wrote:
Rob,

I don’t get it. It is not hidden layer. It is just covered by solder mask. The interconnection is shown on the silkscreen printing on the top over layer.

Thanks,
Adam

在 2019年5月29日，上午8:48，Rob via Groups.Io <roomberg@...> 写道：

Welllllll  ....yes... its official.... I am not qualified to operate this appliance.



I had some Choc Perf Board here that I thought would be good for experimenting with
rotary encoders.

Seemed simple enough.
I had snapped them apart and was playing with just one  of them
and I saw what looked to me like 8 completely isolated pads ....what you see here in the GREEN circle.

Boy was I wrong.
I had soldered a 3 lead rotary encoder into the purple marked pads and added 3 yellow wires to play with GROUND and A and B in the
rotary encoder example sketches.
This failed to get the desired results and kicked this for 2 weeks.... using various encoders......
and then yesterday I used an ohmmeter to figure where I might be shorting out my soldering.
And then found there is a sandwiched layer where the RED and BLUE are.

I don't get it.......
why the hidden layer?
Why not have the traces all connected on the solder side of the board where you can see it?

73 Rob KB3BYT



On 05/28/2019 02:39 PM, Jack Margolis wrote:
Adam.

I like perfboards but have never seen one like the one you used to build your DSB FTB rig.
Any clue on how to find one like that?


Re: The perfboards

Adam Rong
 

Rob,

I don’t get it. It is not hidden layer. It is just covered by solder mask. The interconnection is shown on the silkscreen printing on the top over layer.

Thanks,
Adam

在 2019年5月29日，上午8:48，Rob via Groups.Io <roomberg@...> 写道：

Welllllll  ....yes... its official.... I am not qualified to operate this appliance.

<choccombo.jpg>

I had some Choc Perf Board here that I thought would be good for experimenting with
rotary encoders.

Seemed simple enough.
I had snapped them apart and was playing with just one  of them
and I saw what looked to me like 8 completely isolated pads ....what you see here in the GREEN circle.

Boy was I wrong.
I had soldered a 3 lead rotary encoder into the purple marked pads and added 3 yellow wires to play with GROUND and A and B in the
rotary encoder example sketches.
This failed to get the desired results and kicked this for 2 weeks.... using various encoders......
and then yesterday I used an ohmmeter to figure where I might be shorting out my soldering.
And then found there is a sandwiched layer where the RED and BLUE are.

I don't get it.......
why the hidden layer?
Why not have the traces all connected on the solder side of the board where you can see it?

73 Rob KB3BYT



On 05/28/2019 02:39 PM, Jack Margolis wrote:
Adam.

I like perfboards but have never seen one like the one you used to build your DSB FTB rig.
Any clue on how to find one like that?

Re: D4D IMD

N8DAH <Dherron@...>
 

Adam,

 Thanks for the fast reply building it now, just found my last two .01/103 caps so need to order more!

73

 David
Re: D4D IMD

Adam Rong
 

David,

The mod is highly recommended. Mod it while you build it. The impacted parts are C5, C6 and R13.

Thanks,
Adam

在 2019年5月29日，上午9:52，N8DAH <Dherron@...> 写道：

Just got my D4D and thought I read a post about an IMD mod for improvement. Has anyone done the mod and if so did it improve? and what steps did you take? Just wanted to figure in do it during build or not at all.

73

 David

   N8DAH

 
D4D IMD

N8DAH <Dherron@...>
 

Just got my D4D and thought I read a post about an IMD mod for improvement. Has anyone done the mod and if so did it improve? and what steps did you take? Just wanted to figure in do it during build or not at all.

73

 David

   N8DAH

 
Re: The perfboards

Rob <roomberg@...>
 

Welllllll  ....yes... its official.... I am not qualified to operate this appliance.



I had some Choc Perf Board here that I thought would be good for experimenting with
rotary encoders.

Seemed simple enough.
I had snapped them apart and was playing with just one  of them
and I saw what looked to me like 8 completely isolated pads ....what you see here in the GREEN circle.

Boy was I wrong.
I had soldered a 3 lead rotary encoder into the purple marked pads and added 3 yellow wires to play with GROUND and A and B in the
rotary encoder example sketches.
This failed to get the desired results and kicked this for 2 weeks.... using various encoders......
and then yesterday I used an ohmmeter to figure where I might be shorting out my soldering.
And then found there is a sandwiched layer where the RED and BLUE are.

I don't get it.......
why the hidden layer?
Why not have the traces all connected on the solder side of the board where you can see it?

73 Rob KB3BYT



On 05/28/2019 02:39 PM, Jack Margolis wrote:
Adam.

I like perfboards but have never seen one like the one you used to build your DSB FTB rig.
Any clue on how to find one like that?

Re: The perfboards

Adam Rong
 

The perf board is designed and customized by myself. I call it Choc perf board. If you need samples, please PayPal to rongxh@... 2 USD each, plus shipping 5 USD each time.

This article about this perf board was published in Amateur Radio magazine in Wireless Institute of Australia, FYI.
http://crkits.com/chocperfboard.doc

Thanks,
Adam

在 2019年5月29日，上午2:39，Jack Margolis <jmargolis9@...> 写道：

Adam.

I like perfboards but have never seen one like the one you used to build your DSB FTB rig.
Any clue on how to find one like that?

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