[Flexradio] Palstar auto tuner

2009-09-08 Thread Ken
Does anyone know which interface cable that is offered with the tuner on purchase I would need for the Flex 5K ? (Anyone here have the auto tuner and willing to help me after I purchase it?) Thanks, Ken - N8KJG ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing

Re: [Flexradio] Palstar auto tuner

2009-09-08 Thread FireBrick
Ken There are a number of Flex, DDUt, Quadra users. DDUt serves as the bridge between the Flex and Quadra. Actually you don't use the stock interface cable, With DDUt, you canabalize an old printer cable, use a lpt port or lpt card and by setting DDUt properly, you will end up with a 1 KW SDR

[Flexradio] Tokyo Hi-Power Amp

2009-09-08 Thread Joseph White
I am looking for someone that is using the Flex 5000 or Flex 3000 with a Tokyo Hi-Power HL-1.5Kfx. I have ordered the HL-2.5Kfx and the connections are suppose to be the same. I need to know what program you are using to interface to the radio and the setup information. Only HL-1.5Kfx owners

Re: [Flexradio] Raspy echo in the transmitted audio.

2009-09-08 Thread John Basilotto
Doug, You say your friend has a C-model but you also state that he is using an external computer ?!?!?!? Echo is almost always associated with RFI getting into the radio through the microphone audio system and *will vary with power output*. On the other hand, a raspy sound *at any power level*

Re: [Flexradio] Tokyo Hi-Power Amp

2009-09-08 Thread N4PY2
If you use my N4PY software to control the powerSDR, my N4PY software has a separate comport interface to control the Tokyo HP amplifier. This works very well. Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Mountain Drive Hays, NC 28635 www.n4py.com - Original Message - From: Joseph White

Re: [Flexradio] Tokyo Hi-Power Amp

2009-09-08 Thread NU8Z
The DDUTL program will control the amp via the Icom (with CVI interface)or, Yaesu (with the parallel port)or, or Kenwood rs-232. I have used both Icom and RS232 with success. Mark NU8Z -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz]

Re: [Flexradio] Raspy echo in the transmitted audio.

2009-09-08 Thread Dave Gomberg
At 11:58 AM 9/7/2009, Doug LaBore wrote: there's a strange raspy echo present on my blind friends signal Has anyone else experienced this issue? Yes. Mine occurs only with my THP amp in OPER (not STBY), but will happen with only a few watts drive into the THP (and the same few watts out).

Re: [Flexradio] Raspy echo in the transmitted audio.

2009-09-08 Thread Doug LaBore
Whoops my blind friend has a 5000A not C. Several of you have replied with some good ideas. I¹m going over there tonight to put torriods on his mic cable firewire cable both ends and plan on setting the mixer gain to no more than 75% Also will check to see if there is a ground cable between the

Re: [Flexradio] Birdie Hunting

2009-09-08 Thread Jerry Flanders
IIRC, typical power line noise is traceable using vhf AM. If you had a general-coverage HT that included AM rx in the aircraft band, you might be able to pinpoint it by driving alongside the suspect power lines and just listening for the increase. A yagi to point to suspect poles would be

[Flexradio] Powerline RFI Hunting

2009-09-08 Thread Tim Ellison
By law (the FCC), the power company has to rectify the interference problems since the power lines are classified as incidental radiators. It is covered by Title 47, sections 15.5, 15.13 and 15.1. If the interference is interfering with a amateur based safety service, then you have more

Re: [Flexradio] Birdie Hunting

2009-09-08 Thread Kevin Hobbs
Better not to call them Birdies of else Tim will get upset again - rather interference. I had much bad experience with power lines many years ago when trying to operate EME from a subdivision - my noise was best after a rain as the insulators had been washed ... I convinced our power authority

[Flexradio] Transmitting out of band

2009-09-08 Thread Stig LA4WAA
Hello, I just discovered that there is not possible to transmit out of the IARU bands any more. I tried to edit the BANDTEXT database and set TX to be TRUE, but PowerSDR tells me this is not allowed by IARU. I did this with now problems in the old days. (Earlier versions of PowerSDR.) I

Re: [Flexradio] Transmitting out of band

2009-09-08 Thread Tim Ellison
The bandtext table no longer controls the transmit frequencies. As per FCC regulations for SDRs, out of band transmit has been restricted. You can get wavier to do this if you have the appropriate license to do so. With the FLEX-x000 SDRs, it requires a firmware update. The SDR-1000

Re: [Flexradio] Unable to Setup Remote Operations for FLEX 5000A using VISTA 64

2009-09-08 Thread Dudley Hurry
Allen, IP-Sound has not been updated in several years and may not even operate very well under Vista 64, so I would not depend on it under Vista 64.. You might get it to run in a compatibility mode, but rather doubt that it will work under 64.. Skype, you might want to make sure that

Re: [Flexradio] Birdie Hunting

2009-09-08 Thread herbert3
Time for an update, I think! I think most of you have received photos of what I'm contending with and for several reasons I felt it was definitly the power company's creation. considerable evidence was present to indicate that the noise was both on the power line and also being radiated.

[Flexradio] Unable to Setup Remote Operations for FLEX 5000A using VISTA 64

2009-09-08 Thread Allen Shuff
I am trying to setup remote operation for my FLEX 5000A. I have tried using both SKYPE and IP-Sound; however, when the remote PC attempts to connect to the FLEX PC, and it is answered by SKYPE, the FLEX PC locks-up and the only way to get out of it is to shut the PC down with the power

[Flexradio] recorded audio playback

2009-09-08 Thread pierceday
Is it normal for the recorded audio playback to resemble a double sidband output? I don't remember my 5000A doing that when I first got it. This double sideband is always shown 9KHz below the original transmitted frequency, and requires clicking twice to center it in the bandpass so that the

Re: [Flexradio] recorded audio playback

2009-09-08 Thread Dudley Hurry
Pierce, Not sure exactly what you are seeing, but to Play back over the air you must either hit the MOX button or external PTT before you push Play.. I think that it as been that way ever since the Quick Record/Play functions have been introduced.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ pierceday wrote:

Re: [Flexradio] Powerline RFI Hunting

2009-09-08 Thread Alfred Green
Tim Ellison wrote: By law (the FCC), the power company has to rectify the interference problems since the power lines are classified as incidental radiators. {Anecdote} Soon after I moved to this home, about 20 years ago, there developed an extremely loud QRN on 6m to my West. As this was

Re: [Flexradio] Unable to Setup Remote Operations for FLEX 5000A using VISTA 64

2009-09-08 Thread Allen Shuff
Dudley, I was able to get ip-sound to work ok when I switched to the compatibility mode. Still no joy with SKYPE. No I just have to figure how to setup UltraVNC. Thank you for your tips. Skype will not run separately on my Vista 64 machine. When I connect to another PC or if another PC