Glenn, Bingo! Thanks for this verification. I will add that the first one Casler built around 2015 had issues which came down to a sloppy surface solder from the factory. My overall hf journey is becoming better defined. Thanks for your insight. What is your PE, by the way? I am a ChE. Hope you don’t mind my sharing this with the group. Mark N5PRD
> On Dec 30, 2020, at 9:30 PM, Glen Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark > I absolutely do recommend wanting a couple months to buy one. I do see that > many kits go together well the first tome as there are 1000 already delivered > and the groups.io site has inked a few with problems that mostly appear to be > bad ICs (integrated circuits). Let QRP-LABS fix their supply chain issue of > bad ICs before purchasing. I’d say that by February he should have that > issue fixed, essential you should look for the 3rd set of 1000 or later. > The QCXmini is supposedly the same as the bigger QCX and the even larger > QCX+, as they all use the same firmware IC. > As far as I’ve read the only change has been to add that 10uF, 25v capacitor > in parallel with another tiny one on the PCB. > If you are new to building then the QCX or the plus would be better for you. > Have fun. > > > Regards, > Glen Jenkins,P.E > WB4KTF > > Not sent from my Ham Radio > >> On Dec 30, 2020, at 19:50, Mark Brantana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Glen, >> This is not an easy kit, per Dave Casler on YouTube. He just did an unboxing >> and is going to dedicate several shows detailing building it. He has build >> a couple before. The online manual is Heath Kit quality, step by step. >> However, your note and his comments kind of suggest it might be better to >> not be in the low serial numbers for this product. Not sure why there are so >> many changes unless this is a radical shift from their previous designs. >> Would you advise waiting a few months to let the design settle in? With >> regards construction, would you advise the full size model, which is the >> same radio, but larger? >> 73 >> Mark N5PRD >> >>> On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:01 PM, John D via BVARC <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 13:47:11 -0600 >>>> From: Mark Brantana <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> To: Glen Jenkins <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, >>>> BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO >>>> CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Subject: Re: [BVARC] QRP-Labs QCX-mini >>>> Message-ID: <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> Glen >>>> Whew! I know you will be a good resource. I am a little nervous about the >>>> number of components to solder. Thank you for the note. Time for me to get >>>> this thing ordered. >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Dec 27, 2020, at 12:58 PM, Glen Jenkins via BVARC <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> ? >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I received my QCX-mini for 20meters on Thursday Dec 24 and have yet to >>>>> start building it. >>>>> I strongly suggest that anyone starting this kit subscribe to the >>>>> qrp-labs groups.io <http://groups.io/> site for hourly (almost) updates >>>>> on the in & outs of building and troubleshooting it. >>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> group at Groups.io >>>>> <http://groups.io/> >>>>> There is one important add to the kit to install a new 10uf 25V capacitor >>>>> in parallel to C4 >>>>> Glen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________________ >>>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>>> >>>>> BVARC mailing list >>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>>> <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org>
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