I set aside a few hours to build the U3S from QRP kits.
The build went fairly well, the instructions are fairly
clear. When I first applied power it was obvious that something was wrong. What
I saw on the display was not what I expected to see.
I did some fault finding and came to the conclusion the 20
MHz clock was not functioning. I carefully removed the crystal and replaced it
with a temporary 10 MHz crystal.
I then powered the U3S up and I was very pleased to see “Diagnostic
mode” displayed on the display.
Tomorrow, I will try and find a suitable replacement
crystal. Then hopefully I can set it up to WSPR to the WWW on 10m.
What a relief……
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| Start of build |
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| This is a problem !! |
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| Problem solved |
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| Mainboard, display (not visible), synthesizer and 10m low pass filter |
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