[Skimmertalk] WTB: QS1R

[N4ZR]

My Rev. D which is about 9 years old is still running fine.  A couple of 
years ago I mounted a 2" 5V muffin fan on top of it, and drilled two 
rows of holes in both sides just above the plane of the PC board.  So 
far so good...

My Red Pitaya in the aluminum case was getting too hot for comfort.  It 
now has a 1" 5V fan mounted on the network/USB end of the top, sucking 
air in through the connector slots and around the case's inadequate heat 
sink. It is powered by the fan connector next to the Ethernet jack.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 10/26/2018 5:38 PM, Bill Straw via Skimmertalk wrote:
> "Most QS1Rs eventually fail due to component failure related
> to excessive heat"
>
> I dread that day. Setting up the QS1R to do CW and RTTY with
> Skimmer server was very cookbook with the info on the RBN
> site. The references provided are way past me, I would have
> to hire someone to set it up
>
> Bill KO7SS
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net>
> To: SkimmerTalk Reflector <skimmertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] WTB: QS1R
>
>
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> QS1Rs are pretty much unobtainable in working condition.  Most QS1Rs
> eventually fail due to component failure related to excessive heat,
> especially the voltage regulator.
>
> I'd highly recommend that you consider buying a Red Pitaya instead of
> trying to find a working QS1R.  The Red Pitaya receiver performance is very
> similar, it handles 8 bands at 192 kHz instead of only 7, it uses 1 Gbps
> Ethernet instead of USB, it has two antenna inputs that can be assigned to
> any of the 8 receiver slices, and it probably costs less (new) than a
> working QS1R.  The only thing it doesn't do is work with CW Skimmer (the
> older single-band version), but it works great with CW Skimmer *Server*,
> RTTY Skimmer Server, and HDSDR (simultaneously) plus it can even be
> reconfigured into a signal generator, an FT8 transceiver, a WSPR
> transceiver, an oscilloscope, etc.
>
> Some references:
>
> http://pavel-demin.github.io/red-pitaya-notes/sdr-receiver-hpsdr/
> http://hamsci.org/n6tv-red-pitaya-combine-cw-rtty-skimmer-hdsdr
> https://groups.io/g/RBN-OPS/message/2190
>
> http://pavel-demin.github.io/red-pitaya-notes/sdr-transceiver-ft8/
> http://pavel-demin.github.io/red-pitaya-notes/sdr-transceiver-wspr/
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 12:38 PM Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188 at ac0c.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Have a QS1R that needs a new home?
>>
>> If so, please contact me off list.  Thanks!
>>
>>> 73/jeff/ac0c
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