Re: [Flexradio] Maestro WiFi
Steve No the Wifi is built in. If you do not see any Wifi networks you may have a defective unit. It should not take long for them to show up if they are broadcasting a SSID. My recommendation is you open a support ticket. https://helpdesk.flexradio.com/hc/en-us/ Here is hte how to on that: https://helpdesk.flexradio.com/hc/en-us/articles/202118688-How-to-Submit-a-Request-for-Technical-Support . My first unit had defective Wifi and Flex promptly replaced it but you must open a support ticket so they can determine that. Seems if you do it by phone it's harder to get the ball rolling. Have you tried a wired connection with CAT cable? Steven KC6KGE On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:23 PM, Steve Sterlingwrote: > Received a Maestro today. Is the Wi-Fi module talked about in the ads a > separate accessory that must be purchased and installed, or something that > must be initiated? When I plug in the provided 12vdc adapter, a wi-fi page > comes up and says to select a wi-fi network, but none are ever listed. We > have plenty of wi-fi signal here, so it suggests there is no wi-fi receiver > in it. Maybe I gotta buy a wi-fi usb dongle and plug it in? or?? > > 73 Steve WA7DUH > > > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > To opt out of the Reflector: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND 927.0875Mhz and 441.125 Repeaters Taft Ca. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman, Leap 42.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Flex3000 no tx on 40m
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 8:28 PM, David Walkerwrote: > Hi, > > My flex has ceased transmitting RF on 40m. No RF out with SSB, CW and Tune > button responds ‘NO RF DETECTED.’ > > A fault with the rig? Other bands are fine. > > Regards, > > Dave. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > To opt out of the Reflector: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz I'd try database reset. Back up you current database and do a reset. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND 927.0875Mhz and 441.125 Repeaters Taft Ca. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman, Leap 42.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] New 1500 owner
Ken I don't have an answer but I think you can get it from the audio stream. Another good resource is https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio/ for questions. There is a Flex 1500 section ( On right side of page "view all" https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio/categories/flexradio_flex_1500_sdr Welcome to the Flex community. I've got two of your RC210 controllers. Good stuff. 73 de KC6KGE Steven On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Ken Arckwrote: > Hi there > > Is there a good resource where I can get some "probably already asked a > billion times" questions answer, specifically regarding I/Q output for use > with MAP65? > > (nothing seen in the FAQs) > > Ken > > -- > President and CTO - Arcom Communications > Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. > http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ > Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and > we offer complete repeater packages! > AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 > http://www.irlp.net > "We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!" > > > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > To opt out of the Reflector: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND 927.0875Mhz and 441.125 Repeaters Taft Ca. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman, Leap 42.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio web server maintenance scheduled for 3:30 GMT 13-Mar-2016
LOL Neal. -- > Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND 927.0875Mhz and 441.125 Repeaters Taft Ca. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman, Leap 42.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] FireWire replacement
Even if you couldn't get a new Firewire card. This will be with us for a while too. Thunderbolt card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995027 Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995027 Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND 927.0875Mhz and 441.125 Repeaters Taft Ca. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman, Leap 42.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
[Flexradio] SSDR on Windows 7 Pro Mac Mini with VMwear Fusion?
I have a Mac Mini with OS X El Capitan with VMwear Fusion installed. (Running Linux right now from time to time ) I am going to install Windows 7 Pro on the machine to run SmartSDR Can you successfully run SmartSDR on Windows 7 Pro under VMwear Fusion or will I need to install WIndows 7 under Parallels? Can you have both VMwear Fusion and Parallels on the same machine? I am Mac newbie pretty much. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND 927.0875Mhz and 441.125 Repeaters Taft Ca. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman, Leap 42.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] SSDR on Windows 7 Pro Mac Mini with VMwear Fusion?
On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Chris Tate - N6WM <ct...@ewnetinc.com> wrote: > Ip discovery will likely be released in a later version of SSDR. It will > likely be part of the "wan remote" tool kit > > Thanks > ~C. > >> On Jan 16, 2016, at 1:18 PM, Mark G. Thomas <m...@misty.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 11:13:34AM -0800, Steven Hess wrote: >>> I have a Mac Mini with OS X El Capitan with VMwear Fusion installed. >>> (Running Linux right now from time to time ) >>> I am going to install Windows 7 Pro on the machine to run SmartSDR >>> Can you successfully run SmartSDR on Windows 7 Pro under VMwear Fusion >>> or will I need to install WIndows 7 under Parallels? >>> Can you have both VMwear Fusion and Parallels on the same machine? >>> I am Mac newbie pretty much. >> >> I've run SmartSDR under Windows 7 Pro via Fusion my Mac successfully, >> with a wired ethernet connection. >> >> I have not gotten SmartSDR working via Fusion and WiFi yet, because of >> the way Fusion handles the Mac's Wifi network interface and broadcast >> traffic, but I haven't dug into the Fusion networking options completely. >> >> Does anyone know if there is some way to configure SmartSDR to talk >> to a Flex-6k by designating a specific IP address, not relying on >> broadcast discovery? This is an obstacle for VMware Fusion + WiFi, >> as well as remote operation. Broadcast discovery is convenient, but >> I was hoping and even expecting there would be an easy way to specify >> a radio's IP address. >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> Mark G. Thomas (m...@misty.com), KC3DRE >> You can find what address the 6000 series has by just looking at attached devices in your Router's browser based configuration screens. Won't work if you don't have access to that obviously. -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND 927.0875Mhz and 441.125 Repeaters Taft Ca. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman, Leap 42.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Systems and NW Digital Radio Offer D-STAR Compatible Solution
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Brian n...@comcast.net wrote: And I would want to use my Five Thousand Dollar Radio to work a D-Star Repeater because??? It's not to use on a repeater necessary. It's for using the codec employed. It's patent encumbered and is a good one. Much better than the current state of open source ones. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND openSUSE Linux 13.1 KDE, Tumbleweed KDE with Packman Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] flex 1500 ( 2m )
There is a space for the TX, RX and,CTCSS in the memory from of PowerSDR. On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:52 AM, Mike Rhodes w...@roadrunner.com wrote: ...however, I do not believe there are any provisions for repeater offsets - automatic that is. You will have to dial in the offset with the 'split' function. Have not looked at the memory functions so don't know if you can store frequencies with offsets. Does someone else know? Any special reason you want to work 2 meter FM with the 1500? Are you also interested in 2m CW/SSB because a new transverter will cost you as much or more than a dedicated 2m FM rig and won't be nearly as convenient. Mike / W8DN On 4/27/2015 3:55 PM, geo...@gloria.us wrote: transverters from Elecraft or DownEast microwave - Original Message - Subject: [Flexradio] flex 1500 From: Bill and Sue ope...@rcn.com Date: 4/27/15 11:51 am To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Hi folks I may have asked this before but I am going to ask again. The Flex 1500, can it be used on 2 meter repeaters??? Simplex?? If the answer is yes where to I buy the transverter and an amplifier that will work on 2 meters. Thanks Bill ope...@rcn.com ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND openSUSE Linux 13.1 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] I received a replacement Flex 3000 radio in April 2013...
The serial number is visible in PowerSDR. On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:33 AM, John Derrico via FlexRadio flexradio@flex-radio.biz wrote: Just a thought: I just realized that my 3K it did not have a sticker on it either. I think that it was a 2013 or 2014 unit.If the original shipping box is available, you might be able to find the sticker on a label there.That's where mine was. I don't know what the rationale was for omitting the stickers on the unit. John N1ERF Why is it a catch 22? There should be a physical label on the radio with the serial number. Dave wo2x ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 13.1 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR
PowerSDR is still supported. There has been no need for an update is all. It's a mature software package. Steven On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Stan wa2...@taconic.net wrote: Is PowerSDR no longer upgraded or supported? I have not used my Flex5000 in quite some time and expected to see an upgrade from 2.7.2 but there is none. Stan, WA2UET ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR
John Would ddutil provide an interface for the prerecorded audio from another application? Don't do CW so no help there. 73 de Steven On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:32 AM, John Kramer jkra...@iafrica.com wrote: Hi Steve Yes, the current iteration of PowerSDR is mature and a fantastic interface to legacy radio’s. There are no bugs that I have found….HOWEVER… I think there are some features that would be nice to have in PSDR. Not critical, but would be awesome to have. 1. Voice recordings - for personal choice, I take my Flex-3000 on regular DXpeditions to Mozambique. I yearn for the facility of being able to have several recordings (not just one), like a quick memory bank of 10 right on the front panel, so you don’t have to dig in sub-menus to find it, where I can select a recording, and with the push of only one corresponding button next to the recording of choice, have the radio key itself up, send the recording, and return to RX all on it’s own. The current system where you have to push the PTT, push the play button, and release the PTT seems a bit archaic. 2. Working a pileup on CW, I find it quite awkward to adjust CW speed on the fly. Yes, it can be done through the FlexControl (if you have one). But I would like to see another method. When working a large pileup, the stations come in at different speeds. It is cordial to adjust your speed to the station calling you. It can be time consuming to grab the slider and try to get to the correct speed. Possibly having 4 small boxes, where the speed can be user defined at say 20 25 30 35 wpm. Then all it would require is just a click of the appropriate box to QRS to work a slow operator. There are a few more much needed features that would be awesome to have, but I have forgotten what they were. But as far as bugs - yes it’s currently very stable. 73 John, ZS5J and C91J On 17 Sep 2014, at 6:13 PM, Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com wrote: PowerSDR is still supported. There has been no need for an update is all. It's a mature software package. Steven On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Stan wa2...@taconic.net wrote: Is PowerSDR no longer upgraded or supported? I have not used my Flex5000 in quite some time and expected to see an upgrade from 2.7.2 but there is none. Stan, WA2UET ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR
Never had that happen here Dave Gomberg. I forget all the time. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Dave Gomberg da...@sfwcf.com wrote: as far as bugs I hate the bug where if you take your system down in the wrong order (like turn off the radio before closing the PSDR window) it locks up the PC. PSDR should be robust enough to detect most all common user errors and recover from them gracefully, like any serious professionally-written program does. -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE Programming since 1961 All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.sfwcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community
Flexers I just logged in to the community. I've been a member but I don't visit it much. It is not easy for me to use at this point. I went to view the PowerSDR section.. I am seeing posts that are for SSDR. I am not interested in SSDR. I can't afford a 6000 series radio. I have a Flex-1500 and Flex-3000. I am interested in PowerSDR and the Flex-1500 and Flex-3000. Why isn't this 6000 series and SSDR stuff filtered out of the PowerSDR section? If it's so much better for FlexRadio to force use into this community it's got to work. This stuff needs to be categorized so we don't have to filter through the stuff that isn't relevant to us. This email reflector does a good job of that pretty much. The 6000 series users have segregated themselves from it. . Going to the Community site it's also not immediately obvious that the Flex-3000, 5000, 1500 and, PowerSDR even have catagories. What you see is all SmartSDR and 6000 series listed. You have to view all and then again PowerSDR and the Older Flex Radios are pushed down below the new line of product. Email is easy to deal with. There is not obvious link to Email me this stuff What I see is a greyed out symbol for a RSS feed. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community
I prefer the list as well. I don't have the time to go digging through the community to find Flex-3000 stuff. It seems to be dominated by new product line and that is what's pushed to the top. It is NOT as convenient to use. On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Don Plunkett dp...@telus.net wrote: I am detecting a Schism in Flex Radio support ... that is really too bad but it does reflect the fact that their business is growing ... they also need to step up to the plate to reflect that (7 or 13 stages of growth of a company ... Wharton?) Don -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Chuck ONeal Sent: September-05-14 7:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community Yup! Chuck, K1KW - Original Message - From: Gedas w8...@mchsi.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community Me Three ! Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faster than sound This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. - Original Message - From: Gary Smith g...@cinci.rr.com To: 'Kim A. Hinceman' khince...@comporium.net; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community I also agree and have given up on the Community. Count me out. Gary WB8BFW -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Kim A. Hinceman Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 2:34 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community I also find the Community approach inflexible, and much less valuable than what went before. What is really annoying to me is that the categories are already polluted with traffic that has nothing to do with the subject. PowerSDR category is full of SmartSDR stuff, and there appears no segregation of the 6K radios in the 5K area. Mail based systems allow the use of very powerful tools that limit this nonsense. I've always found Flex support to be superb, but this is a huge step backwards. Kim K4ATX On Sep 5, 2014, at 1:37 PM, T.H. Bauer thba...@gmail.com wrote: Gents, I couldn't agree with you more. I belong to several groups that support email reflectors and find them very useful and EASY to use. They make quick work of keeping up with current happenings. Forums/Communities make the user work to get and share information. I've joined the Flex Community, but to stay in touch requires much more than opening my email Inbox in my browser. We had a working medium - in fact it still works - and I hope Flex realizes that many of us PREFER this medium to the Community/Forum/Facebook paradigm. AND, using a browser on a smartphone isn't the most rewarding experience going. On the go, checking email via smartphone is EASY. Using Community is NOT. Why fix - or worse, abandon - something that's not broken? Is Community Flex's way of distancing itself from those of us satisfied with PSDR-based Flex radios? I hope not, because as a retiree I must not be too profligate with what $$ are available! Would I like having a SSDR-based radio? Yes, and I l do like the new system architecture. Am I clamoring for a SSDR radio? No, because SSDR is not on par with PSDR; and both the F3K and F5K radios I've been using the past 5 years beat the socks off most of the knobbed radios I have used in good contesting environments. The ones that come close, I could not afford. 73 --- Ted WA3AER Flex 5000 User On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:00 PM, flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz wrote: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:03:05 -0400 From: Roger Coulson wa1...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Communiity Message-ID: CAETYx5=_ tlyyvbrmlfwlwoumeuxjzsk9an61ap-uj9wxuxi...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Jack, You said it very well. I agree with you completely. ... This current mailman like format seems just fine; why change? PUSH mechanisms, like email, keep people involved; PULL mechanisms, like web browsers, are best for reference purposes only. e.g. pointers to updates, fixes, third party products, etc. Roger WA1NVC Flex 3000 PowerSDR 2.7.2 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List
[Flexradio] Source code for PowerSDR
Listmates We have an individual on the yahoo list claiming that he was given the cold shoulder when he requested the source code to the open source parts of PowerSDR. I know this claim to be false. How do you prove that they are lying? They are generally talking trash but claims like this need to be deal with. Steven KC6KGE -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Flex radios are the worst polluters ??
I'd like to know what is arrogant about making a radio that surpasses all legitimate legal requirements by quite a bit? Most places have a noise floor so high you'll never notice this at all. Some people just live to complain and tear things down. I put that in this category. Lets just drop it. Steven On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like to know what is arrogant about making a radio that surpasses all legitimate legal requirements by quite a bit? Most places have a noise floor so high you'll never notice this at all. Some people just live to complain and tear things down. I put that in this category. Lets just drop it. Steven On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com wrote: My toyota Prius is a wonderful piece of technology but I don't expect it to excel at all things. Saves gas but will never win anything. On Apr 23, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Kjeld Bülow Thomsen oz...@mail.dk wrote: The article about broadband noise from the Flex radios was published in the DUBUS Magazine 3 -2013. I was a long time waiting for a official response from Flexradio. As nothing happened I contacted Flexradio and got the same information from Tim Ellison: Yes, we agree upon SM5BSZ’s measurement but this broadband noise is in our opinion but a practical problem. If it is, buy a Flex 6000. SM5BSZ has in his article proposed a solution to minimize the problem, but this seems not to have any interest at Flexradio. I’m an active microwaver. Until I got this message I used 2 Flex 1500 with transverters and PA’s to 1,3 – 47 GHz. On some bands I use maximum legal power and dish antennas. Under good propagation conditions I can raise the noise floor at UK stations 600 km away across the North Sea. That is not OK even if the radio meets US standard. That’s too bad. This arrogant attitude to the problem has forced me and other microwavers to go for radios not suffering from this problem, f. ex KX3 or ANAN. My 2 Flex 1500 are now collecting dust on the shelf. Vy 73 de OZ1FF - Kjeld Phone/SMS +45 4021 1119 Skype oz1ff-1 mailto:kj...@oz1ff.dk mailto:kj...@oz1ff.dk http://www.oz1ff.dk/ http://www.oz1ff.dk ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Trying to buy VAC
I'd wait till tomorrow and see if the error goes away and use PP. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:23 PM, David Gallatin kc9...@yahoo.com wrote: I apologize if this is considered slightly off topic and yet you gotta have VAC (I think you must anyway) to run digital w a flex. Tried from Eugene's site to pay with PayPal. I keep getting an error generated by Avangate, his CC processor, saying gateway error. So the other option (which I REALLY do not want to do) is to use my CC on the Avangate site itself. I googled that firm, having never heard of it before and came up with long lists of complaints against Avangate. Now I figure many of you have bought VAC. If you used the avangate site w no problems later please let me know off list or heck if you did have an issue let me know that too and how easy it was resolved. I am very paranoid about giving my CC info to sites I don't know and doubly so with someone like Avangate and their list of complaints. Or maybe you used PP with no problem? 73, David, AA9G ex W5DCG and KC9EEV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A - Waterfall Disappeared?
Reboot solves this. I'ts an infrequent issue. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 6:08 AM, Greg Jurrens g...@flex-radio.com wrote: Before you reinstall, try just rebooting your PC. This one is a true mystery but it acts like a Windows thread in the graphics engine gets locked up. What OS are you running? 73 Greg - K5GJ Sent from Greg's iPhone On Mar 8, 2014, at 3:44 AM, Mick michael.ponsf...@virginmedia.com wrote: Good morning I've switched on my 5000A this morning and all seems to be working well apart from the fact that the waterfall display is missing, both in Waterfall or Panafall mode. I just have a blank area on the screen. This is the same on all modes and all bands. Perhaps I've done something without realising it, or perhaps a fault? I have checked Firewire connections are secure at each end but no difference. Radio receives perfectly and Panadapter working fine. I've not had this issue before. PC is running Windows 8 64Bit, 12GB Ram, 3.0GHz AMD Quad-Core, 2GB Video Card. Advice appreciated please. Thanks in advance. Mick M0GWD --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Waterfall
Happen here infrequently. As you say a reboot solves it. I can have my Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 running and the 1500's waterfall will be fine and the Flex-3000's will be missing too. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:40 AM, William and Susan ope...@rcn.com wrote: Every so often I loose the waterfall on my 3000. For me I have just closed the entire program, close the computer and start the computer back up turn on the program and boom my waterfall is back. Bill ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!!
FlexRadio You have a problem It says sign in to post when I am trying to post. I am signed in. I can't post. No good. I also don't like the fact we non SmartSDR users have to go hunting for our products. It's like you are relegating us to second class status by hiding our products on your community and support portal. Yes I am a little frustrated. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!!
Thanks George for the reply I have an account and am signed in. I have posted previously. No joy on repeated tries. It's broken here. Frustrated legacy FlexRadio owner. Steeven On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:51 AM, geo...@gloria.us wrote: I am able to post without any problems, and regularly post on various different products and issues. you must first set up an account, log in via Get Satisfaction, then follow the instructions to,set up a new account. Once your new account is set up, you will be able to post. George K2CM - Original Message - Subject: [Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!! From: Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com Date: 2/28/14 9:00 am To: FlexRadio reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz FlexRadio You have a problem It says sign in to post when I am trying to post. I am signed in. I can't post. No good. I also don't like the fact we non SmartSDR users have to go hunting for our products. It's like you are relegating us to second class status by hiding our products on your community and support portal. Yes I am a little frustrated. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!!
They are the same address. On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Al Waller k3...@qsl.net wrote: I have seen that problem when you subscribe from one address and try to post from anotherThis is a function of the anti-spam filter. To fix it just subscribe all your e-mail addresses to the list server. Al -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steven Hess Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 11:57 AM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!! Thanks George for the reply I have an account and am signed in. I have posted previously. No joy on repeated tries. It's broken here. Frustrated legacy FlexRadio owner. Steeven On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:51 AM, geo...@gloria.us wrote: I am able to post without any problems, and regularly post on various different products and issues. you must first set up an account, log in via Get Satisfaction, then follow the instructions to,set up a new account. Once your new account is set up, you will be able to post. George K2CM - Original Message - Subject: [Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!! From: Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com Date: 2/28/14 9:00 am To: FlexRadio reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz FlexRadio You have a problem It says sign in to post when I am trying to post. I am signed in. I can't post. No good. I also don't like the fact we non SmartSDR users have to go hunting for our products. It's like you are relegating us to second class status by hiding our products on your community and support portal. Yes I am a little frustrated. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!!
I have 3rd party cookies blocked by default. Allowing the 3 non FlexRadio cookies associated with this site to be set allowed my to log in. I am playing now. In the mean time I solved my original issue. My waterfall on my Flex-3000 disappeared however my Flex-1500 running on the same computer at the same time did not. A reboot of Windows 7 restored it. I had done a factory reset before doing that and it didn't restore it. So it was a issue with Windows 7. As far as the FlexRadio community goes. You have to go looking for the legacy FlexRadio products. They are non obvious. All you see is 6000 series FlexRadio products. They are still selling the Flex-1500 and Flex-3000. They should be obviously represented. You shouldn't have to go looking for them. I can't afford a 6000 series radio. I have what I can afford. I am willing to meet FlexRadio's need to concentrate all the stuff formerly done on the reflectors on the community. That said don't force me to go looking for my product category by looking at all make the link obvious and visible. Third party cookies and not good. You don't know what they do or what they are spying on as far as your online activity. That is why I have them blocked by default. Thanks for the help effort. Issue resolved. Steven On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Jerry Falletta w2txb.je...@gmail.comwrote: Do you have a different computer available from which to log in? How about a different browser on the first computer? The reason I mention this is because I was recently told of a friend's laptop that would not allow her to log into anything with Internet Exploder 11, even after clearing cookies, temp files, etc. She then tried logging in to the same sites with Chrome and found true joy. Please let us know if this helps. 73, Jerry - W2TXB I doubt Flex is attempting to relegate anybody to any place nor anything. thing On Feb 28, 2014 12:14 PM, Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com wrote: They are the same address. On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Al Waller k3...@qsl.net wrote: I have seen that problem when you subscribe from one address and try to post from anotherThis is a function of the anti-spam filter. To fix it just subscribe all your e-mail addresses to the list server. Al -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steven Hess Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 11:57 AM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!! Thanks George for the reply I have an account and am signed in. I have posted previously. No joy on repeated tries. It's broken here. Frustrated legacy FlexRadio owner. Steeven On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:51 AM, geo...@gloria.us wrote: I am able to post without any problems, and regularly post on various different products and issues. you must first set up an account, log in via Get Satisfaction, then follow the instructions to,set up a new account. Once your new account is set up, you will be able to post. George K2CM - Original Message - Subject: [Flexradio] Can't post in community. Says sign in to post I AM signed in!! From: Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com Date: 2/28/14 9:00 am To: FlexRadio reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz FlexRadio You have a problem It says sign in to post when I am trying to post. I am signed in. I can't post. No good. I also don't like the fact we non SmartSDR users have to go hunting for our products. It's like you are relegating us to second class status by hiding our products on your community and support portal. Yes I am a little frustrated. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR vs NaP3
TNF is FlexRadio PowerSDR only. TNF: tuneable notch filter. From: cra...@neb.rr.com Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 21:30:19 -0600 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] PowerSDR vs NaP3 Dear Flex Group Members, I understand the user interface with NaP3 is streamlined from PowerSDR, removing functions intended for use with the Flex. This begs the question if there are valuable functions that a Flex can do with PowerSDR that can't be done with NaP3? Conversely, does NaP3 do some cool things that PowerSDR can't do? Craig KD0TXL ___ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Low power output in PowerSDR v.2.7.2 on Flex-1500
List After the upgrade I've only got 2 watts out on my Flex-1500 before I start tripping ALC. The prior version I had 5 watts output. Any ideas? Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Tuner Question for Flex-5000
Get the external unit. It's way better. On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Joe Camilli joen7...@gmail.com wrote: I recently upgraded to a Flex 5000. It does not have the internal antenna tuner. Given the choice would you add the Flex internal tuner or purchase an external unit from LDG? I only run 100 watts. Thanks Joe N7QPP ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000, FT-857D, FT-817ND, FT-450 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 High VSWR and power reduction
Have you done a factory reset of PowerSDR? If you have no I suggest you export your settings and do so as a first step. 73 de Steven On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Craig Hayhow craig.hay...@gmail.com wrote: My Flex 5000 has just developed a fault where it thinks it has a high VSWR and it suddenly reduces the power to less than 10 watts. This occurs on all modes, tune and ether using the antenna or a dummy load. The external power meter starts at 100 watts and suddenly reduces to 10 watts as the High SWR is displayed. The PowerSDR display shows 150 watts for drive level 3, 142 watts for drive level 2, 85 watts for drive level 1 and 0 watts for drive level 0. The PowerSDR display shows VSW 28.0:1 and Rev power 130 watts. The ATU is bypassed If I try using the internal tuner is says: ATU Tune Failed: No RF Detected HF=RX1=ANT.1, TX=ANT.1, RX.2=RX.2 in Also, the power button works to turn the radio on, but will not work to turn the radio off ? Can anyone suggest what has happened here or any suggestions how to get it operating back to normal ? Craig VK0JJJ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 High VSWR and power reduction
I suggest you open a support ticket with FlexRadio at: http://support.flexradio.com/ 73 de KC6KGE Steven On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Craig Hayhow craig.hay...@gmail.com wrote: Yes I have tried exporting my settings and then restored factory defaults and have the same fault On 15 November 2013 23:19, Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com wrote: Have you done a factory reset of PowerSDR? If you have no I suggest you export your settings and do so as a first step. 73 de Steven On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Craig Hayhow craig.hay...@gmail.com wrote: My Flex 5000 has just developed a fault where it thinks it has a high VSWR and it suddenly reduces the power to less than 10 watts. This occurs on all modes, tune and ether using the antenna or a dummy load. The external power meter starts at 100 watts and suddenly reduces to 10 watts as the High SWR is displayed. The PowerSDR display shows 150 watts for drive level 3, 142 watts for drive level 2, 85 watts for drive level 1 and 0 watts for drive level 0. The PowerSDR display shows VSW 28.0:1 and Rev power 130 watts. The ATU is bypassed If I try using the internal tuner is says: ATU Tune Failed: No RF Detected HF=RX1=ANT.1, TX=ANT.1, RX.2=RX.2 in Also, the power button works to turn the radio on, but will not work to turn the radio off ? Can anyone suggest what has happened here or any suggestions how to get it operating back to normal ? Craig VK0JJJ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] FlexRadio Community for the rest of us?
Flex has set up a community for the 6000 series of radios that replaces the mail list and forum. I wonder if we 5000, 3000, and 1500 users will ever get the same thing? I allows for user moderation to some extent. You can't get that with mail lists. It would be a big improvement and help stop the spread of some myths about certain rigs and products I think. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 102, Issue 15
I don't think you'll get a response from FlexRadio via the list. I suggest you go the direct contact route. Since the release of the 6000 series radios the reflector has become a backwater it seems. All their efforts seem to be concentrated on that line of products and minimal attention is being paid to the other fine products they produce as far as interacting with the customer base. What you get from the list is myths, rumor and, speculation on this topic. Steven. Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Community for the rest of us?
The reflector seems to be largely ignored by FlexRadio these days unfortunately. On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Ed Haskell haskell...@gmail.com wrote: As I recall, when the community tool was announced it was said that it would be for the entire FRS product set, and that the 6000 series would be the first supported. The implementation of support for the other products is a bigger job because a number of large and dissimilar data bases will have to be migrated to the new tool. Ed, W1PN Ed Haskell Sent from Galaxy Note3 On Oct 18, 2013 2:48 PM, Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com wrote: Flex has set up a community for the 6000 series of radios that replaces the mail list and forum. I wonder if we 5000, 3000, and 1500 users will ever get the same thing? I allows for user moderation to some extent. You can't get that with mail lists. It would be a big improvement and help stop the spread of some myths about certain rigs and products I think. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] computer shutdown
Turn all power management off. PowerSDR needs full time access to your computers resources. Turn off all power management, screen savers and cruft. On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 7:12 AM, w...@reagan.com wrote: Iam using a I-5 intel computer with windows 7 64bit, it works just fine with the 1500 using the latest version of power SDR. If I have the rig on in the background and don;t use the mouse ,the computer goes to sleep in about 10 minutes , and when I bring it back to life , nothing works right. end up shutting down the rig and computer and starting all over again. what can I do to solve this?? thanks dale wt4t ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 for DX'ing and SDR
I love my Flex-3000 but mechanical relay on a CW rig is a terrible idea to me. The Flex-1500 does CW well on a tuned computer system. If you have latency problems you will not like it. If your computer underpowered or you can't tune your system you'll have problems. You are not hearing from all the people who have no CW issues or have given up on the list due to a high signal noise ratio. I love my FlexRadio rigs and would not part with them for anything but I am not a CW op. On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Burt k1...@yahoo.com wrote: The 1500 has a delay (latency) problem which makes it useless for CW. I sold mine and now have a KX3 Yesterday I got my 1500 working... But what's up with the CW?? I can't heard the other stations when I'm transmitting. Plus my fist is all screwed up... Can't send worth a shit. WTF! Can't find the side tone vol. back to the K3 and KX3 real CW machines that just work. Looks like the 1500 will wind up on eBay... I still give it some more time.. It maybe that I just don't know how to use it correctly. It seems to me it needs to be at least as good in CW as the K line. Phil K5SSR Santa Fe Wanna be SOTA Shack Sloth. A wise man once said nothing On Sep 18, 2013, at 1:49 AM, Phil Cragg p...@headstartpets.co.uk wrote: In what way is it better? Phil G3UGK -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: 18 September 2013 08:34 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz; cra...@neb.rr.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 for DX'ing and SDR Only thing to add to all the comments that have already been posted is that the KX3 is a much better CW rig, if like me CW is your mode of choice. On 17/09/13 18:00, flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz wrote: Message: 1 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:22:17 -0500 From: Craig Schroeder cra...@neb.rr.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 for DX'ing and SDR Message-ID: f460946b-ff4e-48b0-acbc-e4ce3f739...@neb.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, I have narrowed down to either a Flex 3000 or Elecraft KX3 for DX'ing and SDR with my MacBook Air. Does anyone have experience with the KX3 rig and how it stacks up against the Flex 3000? Thank you, Craig KD0TXL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Expansion on previous question.
FlexRadio still fully supports the Flex-5000 both for repair and service. On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Getzy.org da...@getzy.org wrote: Hi Folks, This post is somewhat similar to a current thread being discussed -on the merits of purchasing the KX3 or Flex 3000. I am somewhat committed to trying a Flex or similar SDR radio. As I understand, the Flex 5000 is no longer being manufactured, but is still available in some stores/supply houses and can rarely be found used in some other places (ebay, etc.). As this will be my first foray into SDR, I'm not thinking that I want to invest the full cost of the newest line (the 6000 series), but would consider the Flex 3000, 1500, or trying to find a used 5000 (or purchase from a store that still has a stock). 1. Is there any possibility that replacement or other less expensive line (similar to the 5000) will be offered in the near future? 2. I do work some qrp, but mostly 100W or so. The 1500 seems less of what I want, which leaves the 3000 and some used or a 5000, not being offered directly by the manufacturer (and not offering direct tech support anymore- I assume this, although forums such as this may make up for the lack of direct manufacturer support). If I'm even able to find a 5000, is it wise to make the purchase with the manufacturer no longer making the unit and not offering direct tech support/repair? 3. The 3000 has been described as a stripped down version of the 5000, and has some things that I'm not excited about (BNC rather than so 239 antenna connectors, etc.), but otherwise seems to offer most of the features that one would like to have/experience/experiment with in an SDR radio. If I get a 3000, will this give me a true feel for the SDR experience, and after a couple of years, give me enough of a feel for SDR to decide if I want to delve more deeply and possibly look at something with more functionality or not? 4. Just out of curiosity, I assume that dropping the 5000 from the offerings is meant to drive customers to the 6000 line as the replacement. I guess I understand this, however, from my reading, it sure seems like there are a lot of folks that are very happy with the 5000 and that there is still a lot of active interest in the model. Other than driving folks toward the 6000, what was behind the decision to drop the 5000? It seems to me that there is a significant price differential between the two lines, and that there are those who will likely never be interested in paying the costs associated with the 6000 series, but might have been able to swing the 5000- why take this option off the table? Thanks in advance for any input/advice. If this post is felt to be too general/inappropriate for this forum, please feel free to reply directly. My apologies, as I am a total newbie with respect to SDR. 73s, Dave, WS0D Dr. Dave Fort Collins, CO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TXOut Delay.
I've been running 5 ms and seemed to have no problems there but am cautious which is the reason for my inquiry. I have a Harbach Electronics Soft-Key installed in the SB 200 and also am using a AmpKeyer in line as it provides a standby mode and I was gifted it. I have noted the 50 ms and am trying that as it seems like an idea that will be gentler on the 572b tubes. On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Lee Mushel herbe...@centurytel.net wrote: Interesting thread. I suspect that the topic is simpler than people might want it to be. When I started to use the Flex3000 with a rather heavily used SB200 some three years ago I wondered about the possibility of mixing tube and solid-state voltages and was told to not worry about it. But being a conservative person I bought a Sunlight isolation relay box (no longer available), never adjusted anything and have never had any problems. But then I've long felt that people tend to be overly cautious which can lead to wanting to be taken care of. 73 Lee K9WRU - Original Message - From: Jim Barber audio...@q.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TXOut Delay. 50ms is probably around the minimum for an SB-200. It all depends on the relay(s). In the case of the SB-200 it's an old open-frame type, very slow. Amps advertised for QSK use often have vacuum relays, which can switch many times faster. If you're running SSB, keep in mind that hotswitching the antenna contacts is the major issue, but not the only one. Some amp designs (not the SB-200) have a separate relay for the tube bias, which is often buffered with a simple R/C network. The point is that you shouldn't put drive on the tube(s) before the operating bias has had time to switch from cut-off to operate. In the case of the SB-220 for example, the cutoff bias is set to a unnecessarily high voltage as a matter of convenience, which makes the situation worse. My .02, Jim N7CXI On 9/1/2013 8:22 PM, Steve Sterling wrote: Steven-- I was kinda waiting to see what others thought, but haven't seen any response in 24+ hours. I have mine set at 50ms. That's a pretty reasonable time for power and antenna relays to pull in and get seated. I originally started at 100ms, but the delay was noticable-- not long, but you could kinda tell it was there. I can't tell 50ms at all, except a little on CW. I start getting faults in my amp with less than 20-25ms of transmit delay on 80 and 40 meters. 20 meters I could set it at 0ms and it never faults. Go figure. Steve WA7DUH On 8/31/2013 7:52 AM, Steven Hess wrote: I've got a SB 200 with a interface for proper keying from a modern rig to the relay installed. What should I set the TXOut delay for to make sure the relays are properly closed before I pass RF to the amplifier? I've got it set for 7 In the General Options tab of PowerSDR right now. Steven __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TXOut Delay.
Seeing as I am using two of these devices in series I am good to go here. I can understand the relay closure and setting issue. My understanding was the Grid voltage dropped when keyed? Or am I thinking of something else? I am trying 50 ms. I am not seeing any real difference in how my rig responds with the increased setting. I may try an even less aggressive setting here. On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Jordan Arndt outposte...@shaw.ca wrote: Page 9 of the Flex5k manual discusses the keying line limitations and shows an intermediate ckt to be used called the Protective PTT circuit between TX1-3 and Amplifier. The relay you use external to the Flex should handle whatever voltage/current parameters are required by your rig. If you have a -125Vdc line to be keyed, use a relay with contacts rated for that voltage or better. A 30-50ms delay should be fine... 73...Jordan VE6ZT - Original Message - From: Jim Barber audio...@q.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TXOut Delay. If you don't care about arcing the relay contacts or generating a burst of nasty, broad signal when you key up, then of course you'd be right. If your transceiver could handle the switch voltage/current/inductive spike of the amplifier relay key line, you'd be right again. In your case, though, since the SB-200 uses a 120V relay coil, I somehow doubt the F3K's switching transistor would tolerate that for long without the isolation box. Perhaps someone from Flex knows the actual spec. Not sure how overly cautious applies here? 73, Jim N7CXI On 9/2/2013 7:01 AM, Lee Mushel wrote: Interesting thread. I suspect that the topic is simpler than people might want it to be. When I started to use the Flex3000 with a rather heavily used SB200 some three years ago I wondered about the possibility of mixing tube and solid-state voltages and was told to not worry about it. But being a conservative person I bought a Sunlight isolation relay box (no longer available), never adjusted anything and have never had any problems. But then I've long felt that people tend to be overly cautious which can lead to wanting to be taken care of. 73 Lee K9WRU - Original Message - From: Jim Barber audio...@q.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TXOut Delay. 50ms is probably around the minimum for an SB-200. It all depends on the relay(s). In the case of the SB-200 it's an old open-frame type, very slow. Amps advertised for QSK use often have vacuum relays, which can switch many times faster. If you're running SSB, keep in mind that hotswitching the antenna contacts is the major issue, but not the only one. Some amp designs (not the SB-200) have a separate relay for the tube bias, which is often buffered with a simple R/C network. The point is that you shouldn't put drive on the tube(s) before the operating bias has had time to switch from cut-off to operate. In the case of the SB-220 for example, the cutoff bias is set to a unnecessarily high voltage as a matter of convenience, which makes the situation worse. My .02, Jim N7CXI On 9/1/2013 8:22 PM, Steve Sterling wrote: Steven-- I was kinda waiting to see what others thought, but haven't seen any response in 24+ hours. I have mine set at 50ms. That's a pretty reasonable time for power and antenna relays to pull in and get seated. I originally started at 100ms, but the delay was noticable-- not long, but you could kinda tell it was there. I can't tell 50ms at all, except a little on CW. I start getting faults in my amp with less than 20-25ms of transmit delay on 80 and 40 meters. 20 meters I could set it at 0ms and it never faults. Go figure. Steve WA7DUH On 8/31/2013 7:52 AM, Steven Hess wrote: I've got a SB 200 with a interface for proper keying from a modern rig to the relay installed. What should I set the TXOut delay for to make sure the relays are properly closed before I pass RF to the amplifier? I've got it set for 7 In the General Options tab of PowerSDR right now. Steven __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_** flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_** flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail
[Flexradio] TXOut Delay.
I've got a SB 200 with a interface for proper keying from a modern rig to the relay installed. What should I set the TXOut delay for to make sure the relays are properly closed before I pass RF to the amplifier? I've got it set for 7 In the General Options tab of PowerSDR right now. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 support
The radios are still supported. Manufacturing has ended. Repairs and support continue. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Jon Hall jh...@hallsweb.org wrote: Hi, I saw this ad on QRZ. http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?403443-Tech-special-flex-radio-systems-flex-5000a It seems to indicate that Flex will no longer support/repair a 5000. Is this correct? If so that sure isn't my idea of taking care of customers. Jon ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Audio setup DX and CPDR difficulties.
All goes well with my audio setup on my Flex-3000 until I get to trying to engage the DX or CPDR setting. Listening to my transmitted signal into a dummy load on my FT-450D with headphones I hear digital artifacts or bubbling on my audio on voice peaks when I engage either DX or CPDR. ALC shows no overshoot. ALC Comp show no deflection or action. My power supply is keeping up with the radio. No matter how low I set the action of either DX or CPDR I get these artifacts. Where should I be looking in my audio chain to eliminate these artifacts? Computer is a 6 core running at 3.0 gHz with 8 gigs of memory on WIndows 7 64. -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] vspMgr
What is the latest version of vspMgr? Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] I'll be happy when we move the to Community model.
I'll be glad when we previous generation FlexRadio product users can move the the Community model the 6000 series is using. It will be after they have production software for the 6000 series done I am sure. The 6000 series hardware is shipping and FlexRadio and the users are using the Community to interact and share information. Community moderation is a good thing. I am looking forward to it. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] FreeDV. USB or DIGU?
List mates I got some good advice from list members on setting up FreeDV as far as my audio question went privately. Thanks for those responses. It's just another Digital radio program and sets up just like all other except for the need of a second audio input and output hardware device I found my USB headset so I am ready to go there for the audio input and output from FreeDV. VAC is already set up and in I use it for Digital modes all the time. Question is do I use DGU or or USB? If you use DGU you have no audio chain processing or other audio setting getting in the way or causing potential problems so that would be prefered I'd think. If you use USB I guess I'd just set a new audio profile up for the USB headset and use that profile? Please respond to the list so others can search for this info if they are looking for this subject in the future. Thanks in advance Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] FreeDV setup?
List mates. Can anyone describe how to set up this mode FreeDV? Says it requires two soundcards in the requirements. I am not sure how you'd go about doing that and keep everything in the digital domain. I am interested in the mode. Please. No pointers to commercial closed source codes or products. This is specifically about FreeDV Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.3 KDE Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Flex-1500 and external frequency reference.
List My GPS10V outputs a 10 Mhz signal that is a square wave. I heard the Flex-1500 expects a sine wave. How will this impact using the 10 MHz reference with the Flex-1500? Steve -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.2 KDE 4.8.5 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Tearing sound Flex-1500
I haven't even listened to the audio out of the headphones jack since I got my Flex-1500 a few weeks ago but when I did tonight I got a intermittent white noise at a very high level out of that audio jack. Sounds like tearing. I've been using it strictly for Digital mode so I've never had speakers or headphones plugged in. A secondary issue is my output power seems erratic. When set at .5 watts it will jump to full output then drop back to .5 watts randomly. This is a second Flex rig on the same system. I also am running a Flex-3000 with no problems I can detect in the audio out of the rig. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.2 KDE 4.8.5 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] VAC and WSJT Not Working
Did your audio cables get re-enumerated by Windows? This happens. On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Bill Tynan billandmat...@windstream.netwrote: I hate to bring this up again as I have received help before for several Flex experts, but now I have a new computer built by a local, K0MHC He installed VAC 4.12 Details: Computer Win 7 64 Bit CPU AMD Dx4 4.3 GHz RAM 8 GB Firewire TI Power SDR 2.6.4 WSJT 9.3 I believe that everything is set to Run as Administrator The radio works normally but digital modes do not. VAC control Panel: Cables 2 Clients 13 (I don't understand this.) Streams 0 SR 8,000 96,000 BPS 8 32 NC 1 2 Cable is checked Mic is not worker Thread Up To Auto Prio:Auto Enabled is NOT checked Max Inst: 50 MS per Int 7 Stream fmt linit: Cable Range Clock Correction Ratio: 1..000 Max Wait: 300 Stream Buffer Watermark Control: Low: 50 High 200 - Cable MS per Int SR Range BPS Range NC Range Stream fmt Linit Vol ctl Chan.Mix Port cls Wmk Ctl Current Format RC Stms PB stms Olows U Flows 1 7 8000 96000 8..32 1..2 Cable Range Off Off Off Off 1 2 7 8000 96000 8..32 1..2 Cable Range Off Off Off Off 29 Note: Whichever line I hilited, blinks abt once/sec. WSJT Parameters: AudioInput Output Device Name Device Channels Channels 0 2 0 Microsoft Sound Mapper Input 12 0 Microphone Realtek High Deffi 22 0 Line 2 Virtual Audio Cable 32 0 Line 1 Virtual Audio Cable 40 2 Kicrosouft Sound Mapper Output 5 0 2 Speakers Realtek HIgh Defi 6 0 2 Line 1 Virtual Audio Cable 7 0 2 Realtek Digital Output 8 0 2 Line 2 Virtual Audio Cable User Requested devices Input = 2 Output = 6 Default Devices Input = 0 Output = 4 Will Open devices Input = 2 Output = 6 Radio Stream Running Normally A few days ago, when the radio was switched to Digital, I was able to copy PSK-31 stations on 15 meters. This told me that VAC was working. But, today I got no copy and no noise on the waterfall. Bringing up JT64A, I can key the radio but get no digital output but, although I have selected Digital Mode. On a separate receiver, I can heard audio picked up by the microphone. I wouldn't think this would happen when in Digital Mode is selected. Anone have any ideas as to what parameters to change or anything else I should do? Thank. 73, Bill Tynan, W3XO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.2 KDE 4.8.5 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
Control Shift i On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.netwrote: Please disregard my stupid error ... my overly sensitive touch pad sent the mail before I changed the title and deleted the temperature stuff. Gore was right... A mind is a terrible thing to lose. Sorry -Original Message- From: Patrick Greenlee Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 1:16 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut? In the manner of our late great prez RMN, Let me make one thing perfectly clear! This post is NOT a vote of no confidence for Dudley who is a Flex Wizard. I'm just querying the brain trust just in case someone may have useful input. This august group has a lot of grey matter in fine working order and may think of something overlooked. I have an F5K which has been working really swell for months with no problems encountered loading new S/W releases. I'm not doing anything fancy, just SSB using only one of the RCVRs. I upgraded to the latest S/W and then... Everything works fine again except PSDR crashes at random but frequent intervals. Sometimes throwing an error window about an external device raising an exception and sometimes not. Sometimes cycling the on/off on-screen switch restores operation till another crash and sometimes that just causes the exception error to display. Rebooting the computer and or just restarting PSDR seems to have the same result making no difference. By telephone Dudley professionally guided me through installing the legacy 1394 driver and confirmed that I have a good TI chipset. It is capable of bidirectional streaming at the 800 data rate whereas the F5K is now streaming both ways full time at 400 data rate vice the previous S/W release using interrupt driven service for the 1394 data. Dudley told me this new demand on the firewire interface is even more demanding of a good cable and the driver. So, Dudley is having a new cable mailed to me to arrive real soon now. Yesterday the MTBF for crashing was on the order of a couple hours whereas before Dudley's intervention it was on the order of a couple minutes. This afternoon things took a turn for the worse. Invoking PSDR and clicking on [Start] in Panafall display mode gives a uniform Pink waterfall that moves down ward at the normal rate filling the entire space with a nice restful pink. There is no audio. Repetitively clicking the [Start/Stop] on-screen button doesn't elicit different behavior. Suggestions? Patrick AF5CK -Original Message- From: Les Keppie Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:32 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut? Ctl and Shift together then I On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:27:25 +1100, Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com wrote: What is the keystroke combo to get the temperature pop-up displayed in PSDR? My mind has gone blank. Steven -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.2 KDE 4.8.5 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 96, Issue 21
Paul It is free. If you contact the European FlexRadio representative Klaus you get it for free. This has been repeated several times on the list. What M.S. is dong has nothing to do with FlexRadio. FlexRadio provides the files for free. Steven On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:26 AM, PS paulspr...@talktalk.net wrote: Martin Lynch and Sons wanted £30 for the TURF files for my Flex-1500 and Flex-3000. The Turf file for the Flex-3000 did not work, needed to ask for a replacement file. My Icom IC7400 was modified for free, surely Flex should ship European versions with the appropriate transmission band plans programmed in. Paul -Original Message- From: flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:01 Subject: FlexRadio Digest, Vol 96, Issue 21 Send FlexRadio mailing list submissions to flexradio@flex-radio.biz To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz You can reach the person managing the list at flexradio-ow...@flex-radio.biz When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of FlexRadio digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Turf file (Mike) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:13:53 +0100 From: Mike mi...@m0aws.co.uk To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz, gm3...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Turf file Message-ID: 51784b11.5020...@m0aws.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Jon, Is this true? Martin Lynch and Sons wanted ?25 for the TURF file? How on earth can they charge that? I got mine from Klaus for free ... surely the UK dealer gets it for free from Flex/Klaus too or do they generate their own file? What is FlexRadio's take on this - Tim/Dudley? Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk On 24/04/13 18:00, flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz wrote: Message: 10 Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:45:11 +0100 From: Jon Hague gm3...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz, MLS Sanderly Jeronimo sande...@mlands.co.uk,Klaus Lehmann DK7XL flexradio...@t-online.de Subject: [Flexradio] Turf file Message-ID: CAMaog+ij99=NraKuohNmsXhrErxM= dy5a74sgqh2hpk5_ed...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I requested Turf file from whom I purchased my flex 5000 ML S with all details and-: I would need a copy of your NOV. If you want to proceed with the modification, please contact me. The cost will be ?25 + Vat. Regards Sanderly Jeronimo - M6SEJ Senior Technical Support Engineer www.qsl.net/m6sej www.qrz.com/callsign/m6sej MLS Martin Lynch and Sons Regarding my previous message, re paying for the extra channels on 5mHZ, I contacted Waters and Stanton my local dealer and they provided the upgrade free of charge. Now that's what I call service. Thanks for the comments everyone.. Bob G0NGG I emailed Klaus on Sunday and had the TURF files within 2 hours...brilliant. Now to sort out a suitable antenna !! Stephen M0GWI SHAME ON MLS Gm3jij -- Subject: Digest Footer ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- End of FlexRadio Digest, Vol 96, Issue 21 * ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.2 KDE 4.8.5 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 4th decimal digit readout onpanadapter/waterfallreally necessary?
I like it. I spend my time zoomed all the way in on 48k On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.comwrote: It was a change to make a consistent panadapter / waterfall frequency text display when zoomed in using low sampling rates. Tim Ellison On 4/19/2013 6:59 PM, Paul Delaney - K6HR wrote: While we on this subject I'm wondering if it's just me or has the frequency shown along the top of the panadapter changed to add a .0 e.g. 14.215.0 I didn't notice this before v2.6.4 and have looked for a way to turn off the .0 but don't find anything. I thought it read: 14.215 previously Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-bounces@**flex-radio.bizflexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ken Buser Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 15:31 To: Ray, K9DUR; py...@terra.com.br; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 4th decimal digit readout onpanadapter/waterfallreally necessary? Rolf, The last 3 digits can be made smaller than the first 3 digits and they can also be made a color of choice... This should help your visual identification Go to Setup Tab, Appearance, VFO Selections I am looking at PowerSDR 2.3.5 Ken W9IE 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 4th decimal digit readout onpanadapter/waterfall really necessary? Rolf, PowerSDR has always shown 6 digits after the decimal point, 3 the same size as the digits to the left of the decimal point 3 slightly smaller. This has not changed with v2.6.4. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-bounces@**flex-radio.bizflexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of py...@terra.com.br Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 5:12 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] 4th decimal digit readout on panadapter/waterfall really necessary? I notice 2.6.4 now shows the frequencies with four digits after the decimal point. I don´t know if that helps or not, but I personally find it confusing. E.g. 50.0150 now could be missread as 50.150 if one is not carefull. Wonder what others think? Maybe it could be made user-selectable? Thanks for fixing that memory form bug (DE1043). That really helped! 73 Rolf PY1RO __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_** flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_** flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.2 KDE 4.8.5 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
[Flexradio] Flex-1500 duty cycle.
Is the Flex-1500 like the Flex-3000 and Flex-5000 as far as the toughness of Final output stage duty cycle goes? Will it hold up to 2 minute back to back transmissions at full power? I have it playing nicely along with the Flex-3000 now I want to make it my WSPR radio on 30 meters at 5 watts if it will tolerate it. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.2 KDE 4.8.5 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Flex-15000 on the way soon I hope.
I've ordered a Flex-1500 to go with my Flex-3000. Is there anything I might need to do to my current PowerSDR v2.5.3 install besides connect it and turn it on and Start PowerSDR v2.35.3? I am pretty sure the Flex-1500 USB driver is installed. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Someone want to give a brother a hand?
Is you firewire working? Did the EMP take it out on the computer side? Firewire cable working? Is it properly seated? On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:21 PM, james e broaddus bearcreekcatt...@juno.com wrote: I never paid much attention to the group's posted Q A exchanges regarding software updates and firmware flashes. I thought those problems would never work their way in to my man cave. But now, just after my 3000 was shipped back after a flash/bag lightning strike, I am unable to get my HP quad core to see my rig, or maybe it's the rig can't see the HP quad. Dudley did a fine enough job installing new mosfets, but still no joy here in Panama City. I have searched for words on burn.bat and while I await the answer to my request for help from Austin, will one of you experience gentlemen, who have gone down the path before me, give me an assist? Seems I am missing something relative to burn.bat business, resulting in a gray availability window. Tentec and Elecraft have the answerbut I am resisting it. Best 73's Jim Broaddus de nx4e Panama City, Florida USA 850 722-9927 How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513b9a04c3d4b1a0422ecst01vuc ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Lots of lightly used Flex Radios for sale.
We only need a gigabit to firewire converter. Ethernet isn't going away soon. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com wrote: At 08:06 8/22/2012, Patrick Greenlee wrote on FlexRadio: Collins S-Line gear still works well and does what it always did. The 5000 may turn out to be the SDR equivalent. I believe this will happen if Flex has the resources and the determination to make it happen by continuing to remove PSDR obstacles. Flex can make itself the next Collins or the next Heathkit (heavy on promises, light on delivery). -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE Programming since 1961 All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] LOW POWER OUTPUT ON 2M
Plus One. On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.comwrote: On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:11 PM, David Painter david.pain...@ntlworld.comwrote: Gerald Youngblood (10/6/2008) The new architecture is currently in development as we speak but will take several more months before it is ready for beta testing. In fact, I have just completed two days of meetings this week with the developers working on the specific implementation plans. This is a major effort because it is a ground up rewrite of the entire system. I ask everyone to be patient while the developers do their magic. Gerald Youngblood (3/7/2008) On the PowerSDR software front, we will be limiting updates to bug fixes and essential enhancements in order to devote our resources to the new software architecture. We plan to strictly limit feature additions to PowerSDR so that we can turn our attention to the new development, which will enhance our ability to rapidly bring new capabilities to our customers. It is imperative that we make this break with the past so that all our customers can receive the benefit of the new architecture. We will keep you up to date as things develop on this front. If YOU search the archives I know you will find many more. Good for you David. So you are unhappy with Flex's past performance. I guess the major question is, What is your point? What is it that you hope to accomplish? Are you hoping to punish Gerald? Are you hoping to hurt Flex somehow? Are you hoping to help the rest of us who are too stupid to realize how malevolent/stupid Flex is? We are all big boys (and girls) here. Many of us have owned Flex products. We are walking into this with our eyes open. I know that I don't really need your help in this area. I am well aware of what has been promised and what has been delivered. I even have a pretty good idea what was and is wrong. I understand why Flex never delivered on its rewrite of PowerSDR and I also understand why Flex has stuck with PowerSDR even given its limitations. I also understand how the new architecture of the 6x00 series is different and how that is going to change how they develop software for it and why that is likely to produce a product that is far more flexible and extensible than their previous products were/are. I guess what I am saying here in a nutshell is, Thank you for your concern but I don't really need your help. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Screen resolution?
What screen resolution would be necessary to run two instances of PowerSDR side by side? Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Screen resolution?
You can run one instance of a 5000 or 3000 and and a Flex-1500. I've seen it done but the PSDR windows overlapped. I guess I need to shop a better video card and monitor now I know I need at least a 2048 wide resolution. On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Brian Lloyd br...@lloyd.com wrote: On Sunday, August 12, 2012, Steven Hess wrote: What screen resolution would be necessary to run two instances of PowerSDR side by side? PSDR screen is 1024x768. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 88, Issue 9
Actually not all of us have sold up. I just don't currently have any problems I need help solving. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Ross Stenberg ross.stenb...@charter.netwrote: No, they have all sold their legacy flex radios. On 8/9/2012 5:48 PM, vk...@bigpond.com wrote: What's happened to all the activity? Have people moved to another reflector? Sent from my HTC __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known as FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 6000 Series SOFTWARE Questions
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Peter G. Viscarola pete...@osr.com wrote: quote Nice and functional are two different things. /quote Indeed. I'm not at all convinced that doing the kind of screen-drawing you'd want from the GUI console would be nicely done in Java. The advantage to using WPF and C# is that you automatically get hardware acceleration via DirectX when it's available. This can be a big win, for exactly zero extra effort. No, you don't get the client running on other platforms. Oh well. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ Having a different client for different platforms is not a problem if the interfaces are published -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known and FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Will there be a yearly charge for future PSDR releases for non-6000 owners?
I've got no problem paying a reasonable fee for major software improvements to my Flex-3000. Major and minor bug squashing not so much but a yearly fee seems reasonable. People who think you can't charge for the open source part of your software don't understand open source and are free to fork if they can. The customer support part of FlexRadio is second to none and is something they ought to be rewarded for as well. So a modest yearly fee seems logical. On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Neal Campbell nealk...@me.com wrote: But there are very kind and giving people like Dudley and Tim that will go the extra 100 miles to make your radio experience a good one. I have been charging for extended remote support for over a year now and to a person, the people who pay are usually the nicest, easiest people to work with ever. People (like me) that love support work are different than others, we like small challenges that usually have caused someone a lot of pain. I find it invigorating and educational to work on other people's problems, usually the problems are solved but even when the problem isn't solved, I learned something and had the pleasure of working with another geek. Since support people do not like to lose we will usually work many hours on a problem which means we cannot work on someone else's problem during that t time. As we all have to eat and have a roof over our heads, we have to earn a living doing it, even though we hate to put a price on the solution to a user's problem. The choice is to charge people per incident or on a time contract. Its very difficult (and usually not in the support person's character) to negotiate a payment beforehand nor determine a fair charge for its solution, so the time contract is really the only thing I have seen work. So, you might not love it but its a needed thing (if you want our help). 73 Neal On May 19, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Ed Wilson ed.wil...@ymail.com wrote: Colleagues, Please keep in mind that your Flex radio will continue to work in a superb fashion under the most recent software release. If Flex chooses to charge a reasonable amount for future upgrades, you always have the choice of not purchasing those upgrades. I personally have been waiting for a long time for them to make such a move; I want them to continue to be a financially viable company so that they can continue to support my Flex-5000 and Flex-3000 and hopefully my Flex-6700 sometime in the not too distant future. Any profit that might result is their reward for taking considerable risk in building this company. Exactly Ed. You hit the nail precisely on the head. TANSTAAFL! -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known and FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] PowerSDR question?
In PowerSDR when in the transmit form when you set the power level for 'Tune' and you set the drive level is 5 watts an actual 5 watts or is it an approximation? Trying to get an idea of an reading on my wattmeter at a one watt of output. It's off by quite I bit I think on the high side I think. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known and FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR question?
Seeing about a 1.9 watt spike when I unkey. Looks like I have one of those setups that introduce this hump hen it switches back to RX. On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:38 PM, k4...@fastmail.fm wrote: 1 watt for tune yields 0.830 watts output measured on my Alpha watt meter. 5 watts for tune yields 5.4 73 Wayne K4ELO On Fri, May 18, 2012, at 02:44 PM, Steven Hess wrote: In PowerSDR when in the transmit form when you set the power level for 'Tune' and you set the drive level is 5 watts an actual 5 watts or is it an approximation? Trying to get an idea of an reading on my wattmeter at a one watt of output. It's off by quite I bit I think on the high side I think. Steven -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known and FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 KDE 4.7.2 Known and FlameBait and The Sock Puppet of Doom. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Sample rates
Excuse me for having slept and forgot quite a bit. Do I need to match all the sample rates to the selected bandwidth I chosen on my Flex-3000? So if I select 96k I need to match my VAC sample rate to 96K and my Windows 6 64 sound properties for my VAC inputs and output to 96K? I have been running 48k forever and decided I wanted to zoom the panadapter out more and would sacrifice some filter sharpness to do so. Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Google Voice 661 769 6201 +SMS openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] PL level too low on 6 meters.
I got a report from a knowledgeable repeater owner (N6BKL) that my PL level is too low especially on voice peaks on 6 meters. Not sure how to address that since all that stuff is under the hood and not accessible. How do you address that situation? -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Dedicating cores?
Well I have a good idea of why I don't want to do that now. I am running PowerSDR, WSPR xChat2 and Air Video server on the machine and I never see it go over 6% CPU utilization. If I start streaming a video to my iPad I get a brief spike in CPU utilization to 50% then it's back down to under 6% For some reason LatencyMon says I have an audio streaming problem.with real time audio.I may have to save my money and get Neal to tweak my machine. It was built on one of his former build lists. The FlexRadio latency monitor recommends Normal mode. I get a occasional DPC hit up in the 180s but it's usually around 75 or less. Windows 7 64 seems to send one in the thousands once every few days which glitches the 'audio stream'. Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] TX filter width?
I am trying to define a TX filter and the Transmit Form keeps resetting my lower value to 1459 from the value I am trying to set every time I go to save the profile. What is up with that? Why will it not accept the value I am entering. I am math challenged and may be doing this wrong but I want a very narrow filter for a digital mode it need be no wider than 6Hz. Is there a limit on the narrowness width of the transmit filter on the Flex-3000? -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX filter width?
Like many things it is one of those I just want to things. What is the lowest value? How many Hz? -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX filter width?
It seems to be 100 of whatever units the Transmit Filter is indicative of. -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX filter width?
100 Hz it is. Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] VAC Buffer under-runs. Occasional Audio distortion.
LatencMon is reporting audio under-runs as is VAC control panel. I am getting occasional audio distortion. Stopping PowerSDR and restarting it cures the audio distortion The reports are in the images at the URLs as is VAC configuration and PowerSDR audio configuration. Flex-3000 PowerSDR v2.3.5 VAC 4.11 AMD Phenom II 6x 8 gigs of memory. CPU Speed locked at 3.2GHz. Windows 7 64 Pro Using Legacy Firewire driver. LatencyMon reports your system seems to have difficulty supporting real time audio VAC Control panel repoter UFlows on cable two PowerSDR VAC audio settings: Windows WDM-KS Buffer 512 Sample Rate 48000 Input Virtual Cable 2 Output Virtual Cable 1 http://www.slhess.com/pictures/underruns.png http://www.slhess.com/pictures/report.png How do I cure? Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Dedicating cores?
Is there any advantage to be gained in dedicating two cores to PowerSDR on a 6 core machine? -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.11
I used the Windows 7 64 control panel un-installer to remove 4.09 and and I don't notice any ill effects from that. Others mileage may vary. -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] 4.11
Just to reconfirm for the 20th time. All I do is change 409 to 411 in the URL I got what I purchased VAC from Eugene? The file downloaded VERY fast and is vac411full.zip Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 4.11
I just copied it to a thumb drive to transfer over to the Windows 7 64 machine. I guess I need to not have the Flex powered on and tying up the the VAC cable when I uninstall VAC 4.09 program via the control panel. Is this correct? Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 4.11
Part of me wants to reward Eugene more for all the work he puts into VAC and the supporting web facing infrastructure he has to maintain but I am broke too. For 30 dollars I got a lifetime copy? That is a great deal for this software that the Flex Radios need to interface to any digital program. Without it it would just be a box for talking on and not much use to me. Steven Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] URL to new suggested VAC settings?
Tim put out a post to the reflector that had the new suggested settings for VAC. I can't find it and the Knowledge Base isn't as straightforward as that post was. Does someone have the URL? Thanks Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 4.11
You'd introduce another sound device in the chain to induce artifacts and added complications too. enable channel mixing checked or unchecked in the VAC configuration tool? -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 12.1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - REAL DX
+1 Thanks for the information. On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Carol F. Milazzo, KP4MD/W6 kp...@cfmilazzo.com wrote: Here is a description of a simple low pass filter with a 510 kHz cutoff frequency I built for my FLEX-3000 http://www.qsl.net/kp4md/lpfilter.htm Carol, KP4MD/W6 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR 2.x Memory Database Manager
Easy as pie to use. Thanks FlexRadio. On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME t...@flex-radio.com wrote: As promised, I have uploaded a small applet to the FlexRadio Downloads web page to manage the Memory database. This program will manually allow the user to create three (3) sequential backups of the memory.xml file for archive and recovery purposes. In addition to creating memory database backups, you can restore a previously backed up memory database as the actual memory database, display the state of the backed up memory files and delete memory file back ups too. Download this file to a location on your hard drive and run it from there with. This applet is intended to be a workaround until we can discover the root cause of the problems users are having. The file can be downloaded here: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=390 -Tim -- Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Normal Mode, Safe Mode 1
Is Safe Mode 1 still the recommended mode of operation? I have been running in the Normal mode for months with apparently no ill effects. I don't remember if I set it to this mode or if it was automatically selected. PSDR v2.3.3 3.2 Ghz Phenom II 6X cool and quiet turned off in BIOS 8 gigs of memory Windows 7 64 Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Low power out Flex 3000
Since you didn't mention the mode you are running It's only a guess but it could be you need to adjust your audio chain. http://flexradiowiki.com/frsradoiowiki/index.php?title=Setting_Audio_Gain On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Don Plunkett dp...@telus.net wrote: Dale, did you make sure that the drive slider was all the way to 100 on xmit? On some bands, changing it while in receive mode does not change it in xmit mode. When you press tune check out the slider position. Don VA6FH -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Dale Jones Sent: January-03-12 10:50 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Low power out Flex 3000 Hi All I have been inactive for a few months and have just upgraded to 2.2.3 from 2.0.2 was there an issue with reduced power output and if so how do I solve it. I have 1 to 1 matched antenna that with the older version I got 100 watts out now tops out is 65 w out into antenna or dummy load??? whats going on? Help Dale VE7JP ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] {SPAM?} Re: Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM
I have to add my LOL moment when I read this. I rarely talk to anyone using amateur radio right now but my Flex-3000 is going 24/7 doing something I enjoy. I use my cellular phone (which is a radio) for text messages (ala packet radio 20 years ago.) the same applies to my iPad (also a radio.) I usually talk to my Wife and rarely to any other humans. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Burt k1...@yahoo.com wrote: And cheaper, I can talk to my daughter in Asia for free online --- On Mon, 1/2/12, Mike Manship w...@iquest.net wrote: Why would anyone use ham radio when it would be so much easier just to use a telephone? 73 de Mike W9OJ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and/or Flex 3000 Audio Issues
On Windows 7 you should be running the Legacy firewire driver as well On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:06 PM, TM tm.st...@verizon.net wrote: I am having a problem with my new Flex 3000 and PSDR 2.2.3. After the radio has been turned on for some time the audio becomes very distorted. Sometimes, this takes the form of motor-boating and at other times it is more like a low freq hum on top of signals. This seems to happen after perhaps 30 minutes of on time. As soon as I stop PSDR and restart it via the Start button the problem disappears. What you are experiencing is a spike in deferred procedure call (DPC) latency causing the driver to lose synchronization with PowerSDR. A quick stop/start resets everything and reestablishes synchronization. This is a long-time issue that has been around from the beginning. The problem is usually a misbehaving driver in your system. The worst culprits are usually the WiFi (802.11), Bluetooth, and the video driver. The Ethernet driver also causes problems occasionally. The fix is often to update the driver or disable the device. Sometimes there can be programs that cause problems. Someone alluded to Carbonite which is a known problem. Some versions of browsers and mail programs have caused problems as well. It is best to make sure that NOTHING else is running. And then there are system configuration changes that can help. I disable paging which I have found to help substantially. If your system puts devices to sleep or it switches the processor to low-speed, low-power mode that can cause problems as well. So there are lots of things that can affect this. If you want to see when it occurs, bring up the Flex FireWire driver, click on the DPC button, and click Clear to start the data collection. It will show you the DPC latency over time. It will also tell you which mode you should use for your driver. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM
CW is overly complicated. Plain text is always good. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Bob Logan bob.loga...@yahoo.com wrote: -. . .- - .. -.. . .- --..-- - .. -- Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Tim McDonough N9PUZ tim.n9...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe we could invent a protocol where letters were represented by short and long bursts of a carrier sent by opening and closing a simple switch of some sort. Oh, wait... :-) Tim N9PUZ On 1/2/2012 2:43 PM, Burt wrote: You can use a computer generated voice and you won't even have to speak (sounds not all that different from SSB). Why don't you advise broadcast stations they can use SSB? AM sounds natural even if it is less efficent. You can take your vitamins in a pill (AKA SSB) or eat them (AM), Burt From: Brian Lloydbrian-wb6...@lloyd.com To me also. I cannot imagine why someone would run AM at all because one can do precisely the same thing using SSB at 1/8 the power and 1/2 the bandwidth. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM
Yes but you have to learn another language other than your native one. For some of us this it is almost impossible. CW is like listening to Chinese to me. Incomprehensible noise. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Bob Logan bob.loga...@yahoo.com wrote: I disagree. There are 26 sounds in the alphabet, only 2 in code. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com wrote: CW is overly complicated. Plain text is always good. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Bob Logan bob.loga...@yahoo.com wrote: -. . .- - .. -.. . .- --..-- - .. -- Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Tim McDonough N9PUZ tim.n9...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe we could invent a protocol where letters were represented by short and long bursts of a carrier sent by opening and closing a simple switch of some sort. Oh, wait... :-) Tim N9PUZ On 1/2/2012 2:43 PM, Burt wrote: You can use a computer generated voice and you won't even have to speak (sounds not all that different from SSB). Why don't you advise broadcast stations they can use SSB? AM sounds natural even if it is less efficent. You can take your vitamins in a pill (AKA SSB) or eat them (AM), Burt From: Brian Lloydbrian-wb6...@lloyd.com To me also. I cannot imagine why someone would run AM at all because one can do precisely the same thing using SSB at 1/8 the power and 1/2 the bandwidth. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM
Some of us actually passed the 5WPM Novice became and became Technicians remaining that until the code requirements were dropped. 5WPM was pretty much no code. I didn't think I'd pass the CW portion of the test but guessed my way to passing on what little I did copy. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com wrote: For some of us this it is almost impossible. Ah, ham radio changes and evolves. The no-code license was a big controversy in its day, but now just a few years later no-code hams are in the majority. About half of U.S. licensees are technicians, and the other half also contains many no-code ops, with the number steadily increasing. As their ranks have grown, they have come to represent a significant market for manufacturers to serve. In Japan, where there are twice as many licensed hams as in the U.S., VHF licenses and gear dominate. I would guess that in this country HF gear leads the market by dollar volume, but maybe not by number of units sold, and many of today's buyers of HF gear will never use it for CW. It's plain in reading postings on ham discussion groups that no-code hams have their own preferences in operating style, equipment, and activities. But hey, there's enough spectrum for all. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and/or Flex 3000 Audio Issues
Running the Legacy Windows 7 64 here Running the Legacy windows firewire driver I can go weeks running 24/7 without having this issue crop up. This is the Flex recommended driver if you are using Windows 7. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Don Plunkett dp...@telus.net wrote: This problem has nothing to do with digital (my problem was SSB) … you can start the PDSR and then stop the wireless process through control panel/systems and drivers. When you are finished using the radio just renable it. It took me a long time when I bought this radio and lots of help to figure it out on my Win7 PC. I must say that I don’t have any problems using my XP pc (which was broken when I bought the Flex) … it is a Vista/Win7 firewire driver problem. I understand that Flex is having someone rebuild the driver to take care of the problem. No need for other software that I can see and a friend of mine also just bought one and it works fine. ** ** Don ** ** *From:* Neal Campbell [mailto:abrohamn...@gmail.com] *Sent:* January-02-12 7:08 PM *To:* Don Plunkett *Cc:* Jim Jannuzzo; flameb...@gmail.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz *Subject:* Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and/or Flex 3000 Audio Issues ** ** For situations like that, I would recommend using Autohotkeys, where you can define a AHK file that could turn off the wireless, then start PSDR and at the conclusion of PSDR re-enable the wireless. I am using it for a lot of setups, especially people who want to use DDUtil in various combinations (like with N1MM for contesting, DXBase for dx;ing, fldigi for digi work, etc.). 73 On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Don Plunkett dp...@telus.net wrote: I had the same problem and the solution at the end of the day was to disable the wireless driver ... worked like a charm (disable not remove!). At the end of your session renable the driver. ... don ... VA6FH -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jim Jannuzzo Sent: January-02-12 6:22 PM To: flameb...@gmail.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and/or Flex 3000 Audio Issues There are several processes that can stop the computer with a long deferred procedure call. I suggest that you download dpclat.exe from thesyscon.de, and run it. This will confirm that your problem is indeed with a DPC spike. Let it run in a little window. Watch for the occurrence of a red spike (that is, over 1000 us.) If it happens, you know that is the cause. Big buffers can sometimes absorb a short spike, but I'm betting something is stalling your computer more than a little.If you can't immediately see that a certain program takes some action and causes the DPC spike, the next step is to download LatencyMon from Resplendence.com. This one will tell you which process is stalling everything behind it. Do whatever you have to do to stop that- update the driver, use the legacy OHCI1394 firewire driver, don't let the program run at the same time that PowerSDR is running, or disconnect the piece of hardware that is associated with the process. Or, you can ask Neal to remote troubleshoot your PC for a nominal fee. Jim KJ2P Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 15:15:29 -0800 From: flameb...@gmail.com To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and/or Flex 3000 Audio Issues On Windows 7 you should be running the Legacy firewire driver as well On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:06 PM, TM tm.st...@verizon.net wrote: I am having a problem with my new Flex 3000 and PSDR 2.2.3. After the radio has been turned on for some time the audio becomes very distorted. Sometimes, this takes the form of motor-boating and at other times it is more like a low freq hum on top of signals. This seems to happen after perhaps 30 minutes of on time. As soon as I stop PSDR and restart it via the Start button the problem disappears. What you are experiencing is a spike in deferred procedure call (DPC) latency causing the driver to lose synchronization with PowerSDR. A quick stop/start resets everything and reestablishes synchronization. This is a long-time issue that has been around from the beginning. The problem is usually a misbehaving driver in your system. The worst culprits are usually the WiFi (802.11), Bluetooth, and the video driver. The Ethernet driver also causes problems occasionally. The fix is often to update the driver or disable the device. Sometimes there can be programs that cause problems. Someone alluded to Carbonite which is a known problem. Some versions of browsers and mail programs have caused problems as well. It is best to make sure that NOTHING else is running. And then there are system configuration changes that can help. I disable
[Flexradio] Fwd: Touch screen
If it's anything like trying to control PowerSDR via TeamViewer from my iPad it would be for the birds. I realize it is not though. TeamViewer is pretty limited in control as a true touch screen linked to the computer isn't. I can see having a touch screen to control certain aspects of the PowerSDR interface via touch screen. I already run PowerSDR and another radio application on a second 21 inch monitor. My main monitor is switched back over to my Linux desktop. Having more control than the marble mouse that sits under the PowerSDR monitor would be nice. The price of touch screens will have to come down before I spring for one. -- Forwarded message -- From: Neal Campbell Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Subject: [Flexradio] Touch screen To: Robert Costa, KB6QXM kb6...@yahoo.com Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Hi Bob The question isn't its technical capability, its whether I actually use it. HP had a tough time selling those systems and I think that have pulled that line off the market, which would indicate that either it was not engineered properly for the price, or its not that useful an implementation to the public at large. I honestly didn't think I was going to like the Hercules MP3 controller very much, and it exceeded my expectations by a long way. Lets see if using a touch screen is the same way! 73 On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Robert Costa, KB6QXM kb6...@yahoo.com wrote: Neil, I am kind of confused on your statements about touch screens with the flex. The ham in Italy proved it possible with HP touch screens and cube 3d. It is posted on Youtube. The proof of concept has already been proven. I am dumb founded on why not hams have not replicated that model. Touch screen UI is the future direction of computing. Just take a look at Windows 8. The touch OS is not going away from phones to tablets to laptops/desktops and maybe even in the enterprise environment. My 2 cents. 73, Robert KB6QXM -- Neal Campbell Owner Abroham Neal LLC Work:+1 540 645 5394 Mobile: +1 540 645 8171 Save $100, $85 or $50 during our Holiday Computer Sale ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Mechanical Relay?
Does the Flex-5000 use a mechanical relay for TX/RX switching? -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New Flex 3000 and firewire card.
Make sure the card and cables are well seated as well. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Erik Jakobsen e...@urbakken.dk wrote: On 12/13/2011 11:57 AM, Eric Lowell wrote: Good morning, I'm trying to get my new Flex 3000 going with my shack computer. I have added a Syba SY-PEX30016 card in the PCI-e slot. It has a TI chipset and the Flexradio application says it is supported. However, after I boot the computer, when I power on the Flex 3000, it is not always detected. The Flexradio app says no radio found. Sometimes, if I stop and restart the firewire card in control panel, it will pick up the radio and I can go on, but not always. Not sure where to go next? Thanks, Eric (W1EL) Are you using the legacy driver ? -- Venlig hilsen - Best regards - Erik Jakobsen Licensed HAM-RADIO with the callsign OZ4KK http://www.urbakken.dk Registered Linux user #114875 with http://counter.li.org __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Amendment to Alternate WSPR programs
John I am pretty sure WSPR asks what directory you want to install WSPR to during the installation process. Tell it WSPR2 then navigate to the folder it installs in and link the exe from WSPR2 to your desktop after the install. You will have two config files and can avoid having to change thing every time you want to change rigs.You also can run two instance of WSPR at the same time this way if your computer can handle it. I am running two instances of WSPR here on my Windows 7 64 system. I made some some stub filters and operate on 30 and 20 meters at the same time no problems. I am currently WSPRing on 10, 20 and 30 meters. One instanse of WSPR is running on my Linux machine. On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:36 AM, John Pratt jpratt1...@charter.net wrote: Greetings, I need to rephrase a question that I just posted concerning two WSPR programs on the same computer. I do not intend to run these at the same time, just wanted to have one configured for the Flex rig and one configured for the Icom which uses a conventional interface and the computer sound card. Here is the problem that may negate your attempt to automate the switching process. You see, WSPR is broken. WSPR doesn't use the sound-device name but rather the sound-device enumeration in order to select the sound device. The problem is, the enumeration changes any time you add or remove a sound device. Have a set of USB computer mic/headphones? Plug them in and negate the sound-card settings in WSPR. Same with turning on or off the 1500. The only solution is to make sure you check and reset the sound-card settings manually every time you start WSPR and every time you add or remove a device. Given that, you may as well just plan to touch the settings and not bother with multiple config files. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Them or me?
The panafall screen capture at the URL was in the presence of a S-9 signal. Was it PowerSDR, my Flex-3000 or their signal causing these images to appear in the panafall? http://www.slhess.com/pictures/KE6GLA.jpg Their signal is not distorted. Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 3000 or 5000
My computer fan noise is -40 dBm according to my iPhone and the IC-706 I am using on 10 meters for WSPR has a more noticeable fan than the Flex-3000 here. The Flex-3000 is some distance away from my operating position. On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.comwrote: If a computer fan, which are not that loud, bugs you, then FLEX-3000 when transmitting will also bug you. I mitigated the problem by putting the FLEX-3000 underneath the operating desk at the far end from where my mic is located. Be careful about putting it in an acoustic enclosure since the radio has to work at relieving itself of heat due to the small form factor and low thermal mass.I also use the Downward Expander in PowerSDR to mute back ground noise. it works much better (smoother) than the noise gate. Tim Ellison On 12/7/2011 11:23 AM, Burt wrote: I am not really concerned about a mike picking up the fan, I am concerned about me being bugged by it. I do not even like the fan on my computer. I never heard a fan on the 5000. It has a fan? --- On Wed, 12/7/11, konrad schultzkonra...@hotmail.com wrote: From: konrad schultzkonra...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 3000 or 5000 To: joe.n...@gmail.com, flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 9:59 AM I love my new 3000 and the fan noise makes no difference to me since I use a professional directional dynamic microphone. Most decent directional microphones will not pic up fan noise coming from behind them as they are designed to be receive sound from the front and slightly off front to either side. My FLEX 3000 on my desk is maybe 16 inches from the back of the mic - which is on an $80 telescoping desk boom. No problems. Wiring the modular mic plug was a small challenge, but the FLEX website has detailed explanations of how to wire various mics/cords to them. It's really not that hard. Good luck, Best Konrad W1KON Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 09:45:51 -0500 From: joe.n...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] 3000 or 5000 To me, the fan in the 3000 is very noisy and you have to deal with the modular RJ45 mic plug. It's worth it to me to have the 5000. Joe N9VX --**--** --**--**-- I am thinking of going to the 3000 from the 5000. I do not care about a second receiver. Is there any other disadvantage for making the move. It just seems the 5000 is more than I need, it is not a money issue. Advice? Burt __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_** flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __** _ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] (no subject)
I'll have to agree. I have run my Flex-3000 on a 1.4Ghz XP machine with one gig of ram. It can be done. It was not a satisfactory solution and it didn't do the Flex-3000 justice. I did it only to see if it could be done. I run my Flex-3000 on a 6 core AMD based system built off of one of Neal's past recommended ASRock motherboards with 8 gigs of ram and lower mid range ATI graphics card that I built. Cool and Quiet is turned off in BIOS and the machine is locked to 3.2GHz. I have no latency I can hear even with DPCs that average around 75 us and peak up to 250 us sometimes. My CPU load running PowerSDR in the panafall mode and two instances of WSPR and CPU utilization monitor and Xchat averages 5.6%. I have done no tweaking to Windows 7 64. A excellent radio deserves a excellent computer. Why would you cripple half of your radio if you didn't have to? Most off the shelf systems are built from the cheapest components to meet a price point not to function as well as they can. Steven On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Jim Jannuzzo jsqu...@msn.com wrote: I concurrently concur. The Emporer has no clothes- you need PC oomph to use all the sampling, with low latency buffers, and third party software for logging and equipment control. I wanted more oomph after PSDR 2 came out with its pretty skins of molasses. Then I needed more oomph when I added RX2. I know that many people can enjoy their $3,500 radio with a $500 PC. But I look outside at my antennae, and figure my PC should at least cost more than my feedlines. And the side benefit is that I can play Battlefield 3 when the propagation dies. Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:23:02 -0500 From: omni...@gmail.com To: flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: [FlexEdge] (no subject) I admit it right up front. I have a bad-ass computer. Beginning with my Altair (anybody remember those?) and working forward, I've always built my own computers, with the exception of my last one, which I bought in a moment of temporary insanity. It was a game-but-lame little Gateway with a Core Duo processor and 2GB of RAM. Now that is gone and I'm typing this on a homebuilt AMD Phenom II 6-core with 16GB of RAM, a wicked fast graphics card, a nice solid-state drive, and all the trimmings. The cost for all this luxury? A thousand bucks and change. Much less than most people think, a little more than half the price of a 3000. Two hours of my time to assemble it, another two hours to install the OS, reload the apps, and move over the data. What's my point? Well, I made the remark a few days ago that a good radio needs a good computer. Ever since, people have been chiming in to report that they have old or small computers that run PSDR just fine. The latency is short enough that I've gotten used to it and it mostly doesn't bother me, said one of our faithful, who took me to task in a private email for being a computer snob. Although someone will probably chime in to say that they are able to run PSDR with a germanium crystal, a cat's hair, a bobby pin, and two rubber bands, we continue to hear all the little bits of guidance: You'll need to run GBoost...run Autorun...turn off services...get a registry optimizer... I appreciate that some folks (like me!) are workin' stiffs without a lot of extra cash. But we all saved up for our Flex radios and we can all save up for good computers. And then we won't need GBoost or Autorun or PC Optimizer. We won't need one computer to run the radio and another to do everything else. We won't have to worry about latencies or CPU usage. We can just play in the radio sandbox. A good radio needs a good computer. ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Off topic alarm system acquisition advice.
I have come to the conclusion I need a monitored alarm system. Are there any RF friendly/ RF quiet systems I should be looking at? Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Which monitor has the least RFI??
I have two LED LCD LGs they don't put out any noise but are subject to RF egress ferrites on the cabling seem to improve this issue. My cheap Acer 21.5 inch LCD is silent and has no RF egress issues. On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Ron Kolarik rkola...@neb.rr.com wrote: ...There was a problem with certain Samsung monitors and RF getting in to the controls, can't find the email with the models just now... Yeah, the Samsung XL2370 has a problem with that. The buttons on the front are soft buttons, that is, spots on a touch-screen interface. When there's an RF field, these buttons can think they are getting pushed and shut the monitor off or make other changes. However, another user posted a solution. He taped some copper foil over the soft buttons and ran a ground strap from it to the back of the monitor, which he said cleared up the problem. The older Samsung 2333 has no problem with strong RF fields, puts out no RF noise, and has a great picture. My setup is an ASUS laptop with the 2333 monitor providing an extended desktop. They both have good color fidelity but I use the 2370 for Photoshop because its color fidelity is really tops. 73, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] added memory...
ATI video cards and drivers will give you the lowest DPCs in the video card category. I swithced from Nvida and was shocked. It was a huge improvement. I think I spent about 57 dollars in the card on sale at NewEgg. I am running 8 gigs and Windows 7 64 seem to like it. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Brett Gazdzinski brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net wrote: I bought another 2 gig of memory for my computer today, I now have a total of 4 gig with windows 7 64 bit. I did not see any difference (the computer does show 4 gig now). CPU is running 40-60% with everything buffered up, screen refresh rate at 10, at 96khz sample rate, and dropouts from time to time. No dropouts at 48KHz. I expected some results from adding another 2 gig of memory but it seems to have done nothing really. Any time I open something else, like resource monitor, the dropouts go up. Turning the panadaptor off reduces the cpu usage to about 20%, which seems odd for just that. The computer can run the radio, decode all the I and Q stuff, at 20%, and to display the panadaptor takes 40% of the cpu??? At a refresh of 10? I may try and update the video driver and see what that does. Brett N2DTS __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] how to tune AMP with the flex5000a
I use a CW carrier and a straight key. I set the power to the appropriated level and key. On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Ray, K9DUR k9...@rnacs.com wrote: Set the ATU (if any) to ByPass click the Tune button. The radio will transmit a steady carrier. Click Tune again to stop. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of paim Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 12:18 PM To: Brian Lloyd Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] how to tune AMP with the flex5000a may be I was not clear I do I put a carrier from the 5000 in order to tune the AMP do I put the 5000 on FM mode then press PTT ? E.P ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Default DEXP?
What is the default DEXP setting in PowerSDR v2.2.3? Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.3 and 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] VAC
I just saw this on another list with no explanation. *VAC V4.10.13.4272 (a version created/improved for Flex Users)* Is this anything anyone has tried? Steven -- Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) Google Voice 661 769 6201 openSUSE Linux 11.3 and 11.4 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/