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eb85f398 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub1st6pajmp9x28hc78ytf0shk6phq67dsd77n8hj3wyktsrhpye6ysw9k42z Hello from Canada.
de VE3RWJ
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @18492bd7 Greetings Chris. Incidentally I had a qso with Brian VE3CRG yesterday evening. Pretty good opening on 10m to NA.
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Stumbled on an extremely interesting thread on impedance measurement with a nanoVNA. Very timely and helpful.

https://groups.io/g/nanovna-users/topic/best_way_to_measure_an/90496878?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,20,0,0,90496878,previd%3D1652402333941281035,nextid%3D1651597237021811471&previd=1652402333941281035&nextid=1651597237021811471
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6b3db76f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub1st6pajmp9x28hc78ytf0shk6phq67dsd77n8hj3wyktsrhpye6ysw9k42z yes, with pleasure!
I will ...
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @69f682ce Unfortunately, I am not setup on any of those chat modes yet. I will try to set it up. 

Let us try for at least a CW/FT8 contact this weekend on 10m.
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Let some magic smoke out from a power supply today. The electrolytic capacitor popped out..
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6b3db76f | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Good opening to Asia and Oceania from Europe just now on 10m band
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @69f682ce Missed that. Let us try 10m sometime again this week..
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Back on the HF after a long time and it feels so good.
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58997ea5 

$GPGSV,1,1,00,0*65
$BDGSV,1,1,00,0*74
$GNTXT,1,1,01,ANTENNA OPEN*3B
$TDINF,Techtotop Multi-GNSS Receiver*63
$TDINF,T3,RomFw,1.1(48),Aug 12 2016 16:57:35*02
$TDINF,GNSS=BDS+GPS,ANT=Integrate*6A
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58997ea5 So, it sounds like techtotop is a big Chinese vendor that ships GNSS chips..
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9915ddb6 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nostr:npub1st6pajmp9x28hc78ytf0shk6phq67dsd77n8hj3wyktsrhpye6ysw9k42z what is reported at boot? B...
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58997ea5 The diagnostic program seem like a windows executable, I don't have a windows box at the moment. But I will boot up and try. Thanks.

One the occasion when it booted up, I only saw messages coming out every second in NMEA format. But most of the time, I saw messages coming out without a newline flooding the serial terminal. I will paste the message when I get back to that computer. I didn't notice any boot message with firmware version at all. But I will double check. Thanks so much!
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58997ea5 

$GPGSV,1,1,00,0*65
$BDGSV,1,1,00,0*74
$GNTXT,1,1,01,ANTENNA OPEN*3B
$TDINF,Techtotop Multi-GNSS Receiver*63
$TDINF,T3,RomFw,1.1(48),Aug 12 2016 16:57:35*02
$TDINF,GNSS=BDS+GPS,ANT=Integrate*6A
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b690461e | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Got a uBlox neo 6m module from a webshop. For a few power cycles, I got a lock, in another, I got time/date etc every second. But after that I am mostly getting garbage from the serial port. In all probability, it seem like a fake unit. The external appearance of the unit (print on the unit/typeface/spacing etc) all look like it is a genuine one. 

Before I remove the can over the device, I want to make sure that it is really fake. Is there a way to find out?