[hpsdr] Ozy freezes on 6m

Phil Harman phil at pharman.org
Sat Dec 26 23:03:51 PST 2009


Hi Dave,

> My shack is at 12 C.

I sure hope you are wearing thermal underwear!

> When the hardware is cold, when I hit "Tune" on 6m, (with Mute Rx on
> PTT  unchecked)
> the receiver audio tone slides up in pitch noticably in the first 1/2
> second every time Tune is
> activated.

Since  the Rx tone varies and D9 is no longer flashing I suspect that the 
24MHz crystal on Ozy has stopped.

When the board is cold try holding a soldering iron on the case of the 
crystal for a few seconds to see if it will stop.

73's Phil...VK6APH



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David McQuate" <mcquate at sonic.net>
To: <hpsdr at openhpsdr.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 2:09 PM
Subject: [hpsdr] Ozy freezes on 6m


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> Using KK 1.06 SVN 193, which I modified to add two-tone test,
> Ozy freezes when I hit "Tune" while on the 6m band--and not on any other
> band.
> Any frequency in 6m band (I've set 53.0MHz), LSB
>
> ---But, it only happens after the hardware has warmed up.
> My shack is at 12 C.  The problem doesn't occur until the hardware has
> been on for a few minutes.
>
> When the hardware is cold, when I hit "Tune" on 6m, (with Mute Rx on
> PTT  unchecked)
> the receiver audio tone slides up in pitch noticably in the first 1/2
> second every time Tune is
> activated.  I don't hear this on any of the lower ham bands.
>
> Hardware:
> FX2  20090524
> Ozy  1.7
> Mercury  2.9
> Penelope  1.2
> Excalibur present
>
> Before the freeze, Ozy LEDs lit are D2, D5-D8, D9 flashing, D12
> After freezing, Ozy LEDs lit are D2, D3, D6, D12
>
> 73,
> Dave
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