<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div> hi</div><div><br></div><div>I have seen this a few times myself. I don't know what the root cause is but I found a clean install of powersdr solved the problem(black magic !)</div><div><br></div><div>73s</div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div>G1YLB<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 9 May 2010, at 01:52, "Darrell Basinger" <<a href="mailto:dwb05@comcast.net">dwb05@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I have a pair of Penelope’s (1 x TAPR & 1 x <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Gerd /
DJ8AY</span>). Initially both worked fine (.5W output). However, both have
recently failed (first one then the second) with an output of only 50
mW. Only 3 of 5 leds are on.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I have two sets of Alex, LPU, Mercury and OZY. The same
low output with both sets.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Following the troubleshooting guide on the Penelope Wiki,
I measured 300 mV at pin 2 of JP3. If I remover the jumper I measure 600 mV. The
VFWD voltage (pin 7 of UB9) measures 1.25 V dc. Is this dc level too high
resulting in the FPGA code to reduce the output? <o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">I would truly appreciate any suggestions.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Darrell, WW4F <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><o:p></o:p></p></font></div></font></div>
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