QRP Labs QCX-mini
firmware v1.05
QRP Labs · Released May 8, 2020 · First seen Sep 7, 2026
Source:
qrp-labs.com
v1.05 is not the latest firmware for the QRP Labs QCX-mini: the current version is v1.09a (April 28, 2022). Go to v1.09a
In short — summary by updatemystuff.com
CAT enhanced with new commands and 38400 baud rate; frequency counter and display bugs fixed; 6m band added (experimental).
- New CAT commands (QM, TB, KY, OM, RX) added; baud rate increased to 38400
- Frequency counter, display corruption, and DVM/RF Power reading bugs fixed
- 6m band added for experimental use
Written from QRP Labs's release notes, which are printed in full below.
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What's in this update
- CAT: New QM command: allows complete menu items API
- CAT: New TB command: lets you read the decoded CW via CAT (and configurable event in the QU update)
- CAT: New KY command: initiates sending CW text
- CAT: New OM command: returns radio model, always returns OM0000000000QC
- CAT: New RX command: immediately forces the radio into Receive mode
- CAT: Baud rate is now 38400 (was previously 9600)
- Message menu order of items has been changed - interval and repeats are now first, before the messages
- Menu 7.10 CAT Notify is removed. Now set only via CAT QU1; and it is not persisted in EEPROM
- When LCD interrupts CAT, it now cancels any partially received CAT command
- Add 6m band, strictly for experimental purposes
- Bug fix: CAT: numbers did not have thousands delimiter stripped if the delimiter was not configured to comma
- Bug fix: Two CAT commands issued together did not work properly e.g. FA;FB;
- Bug fix: CAT did not work properly when S-meter enabled (corrupted display and CAT text)
- Bug fix: CAT "AG" command did not work
- Bug fix: CAT commands when editing menus, corrupted the menu contents
- Bug fix: Occasional corruption of least significant frequency digits when S-meter or clock was enabled
- Bug fix: DVM and RF Power readings incorrect and never went to zero, since version 1.03
- Bug fix: When GPS lock aquired, screen blanked and top line of GPS Info screen showed VFO A
- Bug fix: Frequency counter was broken since version 1.02
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