Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Clay W7CE
I hope that the Classic GUI look remains an option. From the posts here, I know that many really like the new look, but I'm much more interested in an easy to read interface than a splashy skin. I haven't installed Pretty Betty yet (I will probably try it next weekend), but from the screen

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 and RTTY

2009-06-17 Thread Ron Kolarik
See the ball, feel the ball, BE THE BALL??? Ignoring the Zen aspects of this for the moment a new Flex slogan is born. RADIO WITH BALLS Sorry, was double dogged dared...you know who you are :) leaving quietly now Ron k0idt - Original Message - From: FireBrick w...@billnjudy.com

[Flexradio] Dilemma

2009-06-17 Thread Ray Andrews, K9DUR
Okay, buys ( gals). I have a serious dilemma. My wife's FLEX-3000 is scheduled to be delivered today. Do I put the rewrite of the SDRDataTransfer utility to support .XML files on hold while I set up her new rig? Or do I press on with the development hire a good divorce lawyer? 73, Ray, K9DUR

Re: [Flexradio] Dilemma

2009-06-17 Thread FireBrick
GET HER SETUP! Then you may have to make runs for takeout food, but you should have a few hours of interupted software coding time.. When my wife's new computer, I did an all nighter getting all her programs/email set up... Didn't get a single Honey do for 4 days. LOL On 6/17/2009 6:38:26

Re: [Flexradio] Dilemma

2009-06-17 Thread Tim Ellison
Its a no brainer. I have met your lovely wife and you need to shut down the IDE, step away from the code editor and setup with the FLEX-3000. Save some of the money ear marked for the lawyer for the upcoming FLEX-5000 V/U Module :-) We can wait a few days on the XMLed version of SDR-DT.

Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Ray Andrews, K9DUR
Jim, No, it is not just you. I guess you like what you are used to. I am used to the current GUI prefer it. Like you, I am not opposed to the snazzy-looking Pretty Betty skins. I use them from time-to-time. But, I would prefer that we had to option of choosing either the classic GUI or one

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 and RTTY

2009-06-17 Thread Tim Ellison
[Off Topic] Ron, Boy, did you hit the nostalgia button for me. As a teenager and young ham the mid 70s in Charlotte NC, there was a really progressive sun up to sun down underground AM radio station, WRPL 1540 (the Ripple) that played the rock and roll that the FM stations would not dare to

Re: [Flexradio] Dilemma

2009-06-17 Thread José Dumoulin
Hi Ray, I understand that it is not easy to come to a decision here. Take heart ! 73 José F5JD Ray Andrews, K9DUR a écrit : Okay, buys ( gals). I have a serious dilemma. My wife's FLEX-3000 is scheduled to be delivered today. Do I put the rewrite of the SDRDataTransfer utility to support

Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Sanger, Joseph
I don't disagree! - Original Message - From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz To: Gerald Y ger...@flex-radio.com; al.k...@yahoo.com al.k...@yahoo.com; FlexRadioReflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wed Jun 17 00:27:55 2009 Subject: Re: [Flexradio]

Re: [Flexradio] Test Branch SVN 3166 improved QSK?

2009-06-17 Thread Bob McGwier
Yes, but the changes you are referring to actually occurred in 3160. I contend you just didn't svn up until 3166 after I made those changes. There have been two major improvements in CW recently in the test branch. These are being beat up and more done before they are released. Thanks for

Re: [Flexradio] Dilemma

2009-06-17 Thread Bob McGwier
She who must be obeyed ALWAYS comes first. Just ask her. If you need outside information, just ask N2HPE. Bob N4HY Ray Andrews, K9DUR wrote: Okay, buys ( gals). I have a serious dilemma. My wife's FLEX-3000 is scheduled to be delivered today. Do I put the rewrite of the SDRDataTransfer

Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Bob McGwier
David Beumer W0DHB wrote: Gerald Do you know yet if the September release will be VS 2008 and 64 bit OS compatible ? Thanks Dave W0DHB That is the goal of the software developers without the gravitas of a promise from the CEO. We think we can. The month of July is a big month. Bob

[Flexradio] September release

2009-06-17 Thread Joe Roth-WC4R
WOW! Pretty Betty... VS 2008... 64-bit... improved CW... panadaper lock... !! Coming in September. Holy crap I love this FlexRadio. The radio and SUPPORT blows away my ol' TT Orion. I sure don't miss the Orion. Thanks Flex!! Joe - WC4R -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 and RTTY

2009-06-17 Thread Dale Boresz
Tim, ...there was the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum a fellow Kurt Vonnegut Jr. fan, eh? :-) Dale Tim Ellison wrote: [Off Topic] Ron, Boy, did you hit the nostalgia button for me. As a teenager and young ham the mid 70s in Charlotte NC, there was a really progressive sun up to sun down

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 and RTTY

2009-06-17 Thread Dale Boresz
or was that Douglas Adams, from the Hitchhikers Guide ? Either way, good stuff. Dale Dale Boresz wrote: Tim, ...there was the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum a fellow Kurt Vonnegut Jr. fan, eh? :-) Dale Tim Ellison wrote: [Off Topic] Ron, Boy, did you hit the nostalgia button for

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 and RTTY

2009-06-17 Thread Tim Ellison
It was Kurt. In The Sirens of Titan. -Tim -Original Message- From: Dale Boresz [mailto:d...@lightstream.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:29 AM To: Tim Ellison Cc: Ron Kolarik; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 and RTTY or was that Douglas Adams, from

Re: [Flexradio] Test Branch SVN 3166 improved QSK?

2009-06-17 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Bob McGwier rwmcgw...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, but the changes you are referring to actually occurred in 3160.  I contend you just didn't svn up until 3166 after I made those changes. There have been two major improvements in CW recently in the test branch.  

Re: [Flexradio] Test Branch SVN 3166 improved QSK?

2009-06-17 Thread Tim Ellison
3164 still works here (although there are a few minor WBIR issues) -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:13 PM To: Bob McGwier Cc: k.nesb...@shaw.ca;

Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Jim R rizzo...@hotmail.com wrote: Gerald Thanks for the update. You mentioned that the pretty betty GUI will be included in the next release but will the Classic flex GUI still be an option. Call me dull, but I kind of like the classic interface. I have used

Re: [Flexradio] All using SVN 3166 or higher

2009-06-17 Thread Dudley Hurry
It has been reported that if you see the panadapter jump for normal to flat line about every second or so.. To get out of these situation, change the Sample rate to a different sample and then back. I've seen this on the 3K and 5K intermittently. I can't explain why, but the change in

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 and RTTY

2009-06-17 Thread Neal Campbell K3NC
Man I was so sad when Kurt died last year (or was it the year before?) Talk about an icon of my youth, he was top of my bookshelf for many years. It was how i knew my wife and I were suited as her favorite book of all time was Breakfast of Champions. I have to go to the library and pick

Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Alfred Green
Jim R wrote: Gerald Thanks for the update. You mentioned that the pretty betty GUI will be included in the next release but will the Classic flex GUI still be an option. Call me dull, but I kind of like the classic interface. I have used pretty betty but find Some of functions more legible and

Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Duane - N9DG
--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: Contrast and edge-definition makes the controls easier to spot with your eyes. Also anything that leaves more processing power to the radio functions is strongly to be desired. I don't want to give up a single CPU cycle

Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread k4elo
AN i7 would do it Scott. I'm running a Xeon W3540 which has the same specs and Pretty Betty shows an average cpu utilization of about 5% listening on 40m ssb. 73 Wayne On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:52 -0400, Scott McClements kc2...@gmail.com wrote: Let me clarify my point that CPU usage has been

Re: [Flexradio] All using SVN 3166 or higher

2009-06-17 Thread Ross Stenberg
Confirmed here if that means anything. Just showed up on the last test SVN at 3167. - Original Message - From: Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] All using SVN 3166 or higher It has been

Re: [Flexradio] Optimizing DSP for Digital and other modes

2009-06-17 Thread Eric Wachsmann
The operating manual available on our website has a complete description of these controls. In general, I would recommend using the defaults. They are there for mainly for experimentation. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems *Tune in Excitment! ™* On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Scott Myers

Re: [Flexradio] thanks for the baseline pumping fix

2009-06-17 Thread Ross Stenberg
I should have read the next Email, all is well in the land of Oz now. - Original Message - From: FireBrick w...@billnjudy.com To: FlexRadio List flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:15 PM Subject: [Flexradio] thanks for the baseline pumping fix As usual, you

[Flexradio] windows 7 blog

2009-06-17 Thread Steve Jones
here is an interesting article on W7 and audio glitches http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/06/17/improving-audio-glitch-resilience-in-windows-7.aspx ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] All using SVN 3166 or higher

2009-06-17 Thread Bob McGwier
Hello friends of Flex! blip/flip fixed in SVN 3170 in the test branch. BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OFFICIAL FLEX RELEASES. Folks, I do want to really urge you to use direct email to individuals involved in the coding AND the bug reporting system to report on these branches. It

[Flexradio] Test SVN 3171 fails RX image level calibration

2009-06-17 Thread Dave
Now that the test branch is back in business I attempted to do an rx level and image calibration with clean install. Driver at 96000/1024. PowerSDR started and set to 96000/1024 then run calibration. It fails at 12 meters with the red X in panadapter display. Dave wo2x /

Re: [Flexradio] Life expectancy of the relays in the 5K?

2009-06-17 Thread Gerald Youngblood
The answer is 100,000,000 operations min. (at 36,000 operations/hour). That is probably longer than the average ham's life expectancy. ;) To my knowledge, we have had no field failures of the TR relay. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President FlexRadio Systems 13091 Pond Springs Rd. #250

Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Duane - N9DG
--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Scott McClements kc2...@gmail.com wrote: ... I think the whole point of skins is that *any* look *is* possible. ... Yes, absolutely. My apologies for not mentioning, or being clear about that... My vision for the ideal UI is but just one of many. And I'd even have uses

Re: [Flexradio] All using SVN 3166 or higher

2009-06-17 Thread Joe Roth-WC4R
Excellent point Bob. A consideration could be made for a separate tester/coder email reflector. Joe -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bob McGwier Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:44 PM To:

[Flexradio] Re Flex 3K vs Flex 5K on 6 Meters

2009-06-17 Thread Bill Tynan
W9DR's tests are very interesting. I have a 3K and am using an ARR preamp. BTW, Dave, TNX for the screen shot. I was surprised how good I looked. Some guy in FL a few days later told me I was broad. From what you sent me, I knew better 73, Bill Tynan, W3XO/5

[Flexradio] 6 meters hot tonight

2009-06-17 Thread Geep Howell
Six appears to be wide open, listening to a 20 over signal from Texas. geep ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives:

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters hot tonight

2009-06-17 Thread Tim Ellison
Really wide open. I just wish this thunderstorm would pass. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Geep Howell Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:59 PM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] 6 meters hot

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters hot tonight

2009-06-17 Thread k4elo
Hang on Tim, one just left us, on it's way to you On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:11 -0400, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: Really wide open. I just wish this thunderstorm would pass. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters hot tonight

2009-06-17 Thread Jesse N4BFD
Yup, several CW and SSB QSOs on six being heard here... in between the spurs on my SDR1000. Wonder if I can work them on 20 milliwatts? :) An another note, ten is wide open, 12 as well, 15 is booming too! Nice to all the HF bands banging for once! N4BFD On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:12 PM,

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters hot tonight

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Re: [Flexradio] Click tuning with a Locked panadapter operatation

2009-06-17 Thread Chad Gatesman
There's a lot of factors to consider when comparing CPU usage, though. What audio bandwidth are you running? What display FPS? I'm running 192kHz wide with 50 FPS display on a two processor dual core Xeon 5160 3.00GHz workstation, and I'm seeing about 12% CPU usage. That is approximately 50%

[Flexradio] Flex5KA, MixW and HRD - PTT Help

2009-06-17 Thread Tom O'Boyle
I did something stupid and can't figure out the problem. The problem is in PSK31 mode of which I have been successful in running it in the past via MixW. Recently, I moved up to version 18.0 and also tried HRD. All the CAT commands work great. In PSK31 mode I can see data and the

[Flexradio] monitoring not working for me

2009-06-17 Thread Jim
I'm sure it is a setting I'm missing. I have MON selected and when I press ATU I can hear the cw tone in my headphones plugged into the front of the radio. However, if I press MOX with MON still on and transmit I hear nothing in the head phones, even though though I can make contacts.

Re: [Flexradio] All using SVN 3166 or higher

2009-06-17 Thread Robert McGwier
I had to be persuaded but I believe it will benefit all of us. The use of the test branch by people running contests and hunting vital DX or worse yet, doing ARES work just sent shivers down my spine. It is time for a fork in the road. One for those who like to tinker and/or have specific