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- From: Cecil_A_Moore@ccm.hf.INTel.COM (Cecil A Moore)
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
- Subject: Ramsey FX transceiver kits
- Date: 8 Jun 93 22:20:07 GMT
- Organization: ucsd usenet gateway
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- Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu
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- For all you Ramsey FX transceiver kit owners, here are some needed
- modifications.
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- 1. How to cure the transmit audio problem.
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- Ramsey engineers forgot to put load resistors on the outputs of the
- LM324 so above a certain level the transmit audio has cross-over
- distortion. Install a 10k ohm resistor from U4 pin 1 to ground and
- another 10k ohm resistor from U4 pin 7 to ground.
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- They forgot to put in a transmit audio gain control for loud mouths,
- like me. Replace the audio gain resistor, R58, with a 2k ohm pot which
- allows gain control so loud voices do not saturate the op-amps.
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- 2. How to cure the squelch problem.
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- The squelch circuit does not have enough hysteresis.
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- Turn R24 around so the bottom is where the top used to be. Solder the
- anode of a 1N34A to the new top of R24 and solder the cathode of the
- 1N34A to where the bottom of R24 used to be. Solder a 10k ohm resistor
- from the anode of the 1N34A to +5v (top of R11).
-
- This allows pin 10 of U1 to swing 0 to +5v like it was designed to do,
- instead of swinging 0 to 2.7v with not enough hysteresis.
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- 73...KG7BK
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- Cecil_A_Moore@ccm.hf.intel.com
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