Bill,
I use my Flex 5000A with an ALS-600 and the only time it ever faults is
when I forget to manually set the amp's bandswitch to the correct
frequency range. The first question I would ask is if you transmit into
a 50 ohm dummy load does the amp behave correctly? Since you are using
the
Larry,
As Ray indicated, this can be done manually, but you have to pay very
close attention as you do it. When I manually edit a database, I use the
export function in PowerSDR to save 2 copies to the desktop and simply
rename one copy to edited.xml so that I know it's the one I have
Hi Bill,
Running a test with my Flex 5000A (PSDR ver 2.6.4) on 40 meters I see
pretty consistent results when using the PowerSDR Tune function set to
a power level of 100 to produce a steady carrier into a dummy load:
Flex Fwd Pwr meter display = exactly 100 watts
Nye RF Power Monitor (PEP
Mike,
I have a Samsung SA300 22 LED monitor with the infamous touch sensor
controls that can be problematic. My monitor would turn itself off
whenever I ran my amplifier on 160 meters. This is quite disconcerting
while you're operating your Flex. I had no problems with any other
bands. By
Thanks Ray,
I imported my 2.4.4 database into 2.5.3 and everything was there except
for my custom bandstack registers. Your utility took care of that in a
few seconds. As others have said, your work is much appreciated!
Rob W1AEX
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Ray,
Very nicely done! When executing BandTextEditor version 1.01 for the
first time it prompted me to update to Microsoft NET Framework 4.0.3
(that was long overdue on my WinXP station computer) and once that was
done it has run flawlessly. The interface allowed me to customize every
band
Rich,
A couple of things to do that might make it simpler to troubleshoot:
1. From the Windows 7 desktop, click the menu icon in the lower left
corner and then in the Search programs and files box type the word:
environment
2. From the short list that shows up, click on: edit system
John,
The Flex really does a beautiful job of reproducing the big Wurlitzer
Jukebox sound while tuning around on the AM BCB. By the way CFZM out of
Toronto on AM 740 has the cleanest sounding signal that I have found
while listening here in New England. There's no sign of the
over-compressed
, the updated version can be viewed at the site at the link in
my sig below. On the index page, skim down to Setting TX Audio Gain in
PowerSDR and that should get you there.
73,
Rob W1AEX
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I installed v2.3.5 about an hour ago and went through all my settings
and have started making new TX profiles. The upgrade notes Flex released
covers everything nicely and there were no surprises as it all went
perfectly. I've got to say that there's a lot to like about the new
version and I
I agree with you completely Dick. The Flex 5K is the king of multi-mode
rigs when it comes to running AM. It runs circles around my big plate
modulated rigs in the areas of fidelity, asymmetry, brickwall bandwidth
control, and ease of use. Add to that the synchronous detector and
independently
Yup, as Bill said, it will work fine that way, but you are missing out
on an interesting feature for the AM mode that is built into the Flex -
PSDR architecture. From page 161 of the PowerSDR 2.x manual:
The Carrier Level determines the percentage of carrier level to be
applied to the
Brett, can you make an mp3 recording of what you're hearing? Maybe you
could post it to the AM forum where a number of Flex users hang out. I
do hear a buzzy quality on audio peaks during selective fades when
listening in the AM mode that I never hear with the SAM detector. When
listening to
Thanks for the detailed reply Bob. For the reasons you have stated, the
vast majority of people I know use the synchronous detector while
running AM with the Flex. If somewhere down the road, the synch detector
could be user adjustable in PowerSDR to lock up faster, that would be a
huge
Which version of PSDR are you using Brett? Version 2.2.3 fixed a very
big issue with AM reception (AGC tracking the sideband energy rather
than the carrier energy) that was present in all the previous 2.x.x
versions and the later 1.x.x versions. That being said, I do notice what
sounds like
Hi Dennis,
I have had very good luck using Samsung monitors with my Flex 5000 and
currently have an LED Synchmaster SA300 (21.5 widescreen 16:9)
installed at the operating position. It's perfectly quiet on receive and
although it has the electronic soft-touch buttons it does not flinch
even
I ran my Flex 5000A on a single core 3.0 GHz Pentium with 1 GB of RAM
running XP/SP2 for the first year. My experience was similar to Jim's.
It ran PowerSDR fine and typically displayed between 18% - 22% CPU
utilization when I was not multi-tasking. If I opened up other
applications such as
I forgot to answer the other half of your question. With my single core
Pentium there was no problem running PowerSDR 2.x.x along with things
like VAC and Ham Radio Deluxe with any of its associated programs such
as the logbook and DM-780. The CPU utilization would creep up to +35%
but it
Hi Mike,
I have a Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 system that I used with my Flex 5000A
initially. Although it sounded beautiful, the built-in switching power
supply located in the bass unit produced very strong buzzy
oscillations that populated the 160 meter and 75 meter bands. Using a
brute force
It would be great if a monitor function for AM was present in the Flex
hardware but since it's not, many Flex operators who run AM build a
little RF sampler to monitor the quality of their AM transmissions. The
one I built is based upon a design from the East Coast Sound section
in the
Hi Scott,
A few weeks ago I noticed something unusual when stopping PowerSDR and
shutting it down that might be related. Because I recently installed a
different computer to handle Flex duties in my station I have been
watching DPC latency fairly closely on the new system to see how it
A few new things are available for those who are interested in custom
skins for PowerSDR:
A PDF version of the skins tutorial is now available in the files
section of the Flex user group at Yahoo. It's available in the
Files\Utilities folder:
Yup, Hugo has talent!
My apologies to those who were looking for the skins tutorial today. The
servers hosting the page and its associated files were down for most of
the day. It's all back up and running again.
73,
Rob W1AEX
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It is annoying that you can't set the wav files to a directory of your
choosing for quick conversion to mp3 format or whatever else you might
want to do. It would be an excellent enhancement for future releases.
In the meantime, what I do after making a recording is to simply open
the Wave
My installation of version 2.1.5 went very smoothly, and it's working
great, however, I have run into one anomaly:
Using a fresh database, while operating in FM mode, when the squelch
slider is moved above the threshold point, my CPU utilization rises from
20% to 70%. At that level PowerSDR
Yes, that is correct Tim. Here's a shaky little video showing the anomaly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUxtC39w2fA
Rob - W1AEX
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When you say above the threshold point do you mean in a positive (going
to the right) position so that the signal is
Does anyone have any ideas?
I don't have my Flex in front of me Val, but as I recall, I think
Iambic needs to be unchecked on the front panel of the GUI when using
a straight key. Hope it's as simple as that!
73,
Rob W1AEX
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Richard,
Thank you for your tireless efforts to keep the FlexWiki up and running.
I was watching the flood of attacking IP addresses from around the
planet (Germany, Romania, Italy, leased VPN circuits and other
persistent attackers) and could see you reversing the damage each time.
As far
Hi Kent,
I ran into this on 20 meters and 30 meters with my Flex 5K. It turned
out to be
an awkward impedance bump, caused by a homebrew RF pickup I was using for my
scope, that was in the path between my Flex and the 50 ohm load. I found
that if
I used a short length of RG-213 directly into
Hi Dave,
I would hesitate to give any advice on setting up VAC levels as I am a
neophyte VAC user. I'm pretty sure from the description of the way you
set yours up that you and I are doing the the same thing by using the
GUI sliders in the PowerSDR front panel controls to set up the levels
Larry,
I emailed a step-by-step article to Neal today for consideration as a
possible addition to the Flex Wiki. Most people do exactly what you and
I did, plug in a mic, adjust the mic slider in the GUI, and run with it.
The necessary information is spread throughout the manual, but as I
Larry,
I have several studio quality dynamics from Shure and Peavey, but to be
honest, the microphone that consistently gets unsolicited comments about
its fidelity while running AM and SSB is a Radio Shack $2.99 electret
element mounted in an old Peavey studio mic case and plugged right into
Hi Jim,
I don't have the second receiver installed in my F5KA but I saw this
behavior as well with 2.0.22 since I installed it when it was first
released. It was very persistent and falsely showed the preamp in the
ON state, even with skin changes or complete shutdowns and restarts.
Oddly,
I can only report that the new firmware the 2.0.22 final release
installs works fine with versions as far back as 2.0.19 RC1. I have not
fired up versions prior to that so I can't say whether 2.0.16 or older
2.x.x versions will run with the 2.0.22 firmware/drivers or not.
73,
Rob W1AEX
On
Thank you to Dave - W0DHB who emailed me with screenshots and a solution
to my configuration mistake. It was my belief that all communications
were made through Mini-Deluxe and port 7809. As Dave explained, there
are actually two different servers running on two different ports: The
HRD server
Just on a side note, any special reason you are using Com0com for your
virtual serial ports?
The only answer I can give is that I grabbed what was recommended by a
few members here in the Flex archives and the Flex Wiki. I believe I
started out with Vcom, which worked fine for me, but then
Hi,
I'm using a Flex 5K with Power SDR 2.0.20 RC2 under WinXP. I've
configured VAC 4.9 and Mini Deluxe along with DM-780 and it's working
fine for the digital modes. The last obstacle I'm facing is that the HRD
logbook will not connect to DM-780 through the Mini Deluxe IP server.
I'm
That's a great suggestion Michael. I gave it a shot to see what would
happen.
With PowerSDR running, starting Mini-Deluxe first, it shows 0
connections when it comes up. Starting the HRD Logbook (version 5.0
build 2494) Mini-Deluxe reports one connection a few seconds after the
logbook
Dave - Thanks for checking the startup sequence. I definitely only have
one instance of MiniDeluxe running.
Jim - I have two port pairs configured with com0com, 16-6 and 17-7.
Within PowerSDR I have CAT enabled and assigned to port 17. Mini-Deluxe
is configured to work with port 7. Also,
David,
Thanks for the tip regarding the CamStudio software. I had a lot of fun
playing around with it yesterday. Although it does produce excellent
video and audio AVI formatted files when played through its own internal
player, and also VirtualDub, their CamStudio Lossless Codec (v 1.5) does
Hi Steve,
I have made a few of my own with Photoshop that I use, but haven't come
up with anything special. It would be nice if there was a repository
where we could upload skin folders that could be shared, downloaded, and
unzipped into the PowerSDR/Skins folder. I'm sure there are some very
A friend (W1VZR) is trying to sort this problem out with his Flex 1500.
What might cause the MIC Level slider in Power SDR 2.0.16 and also 2.0.8
to alter the RF carrier level in addition to the TX audio level while
operating in the AM mode? A MIC Level setting of 0 results in no RF
output and
Hi,
I'm just curious if the Flex Forum at:
http://forums.flexradio.com/ is still being actively moderated.
Since September 29th someone selling a line of non-ham radio related
products has been actively filling up the board with SPAM. I have
reported the posts, but the infiltration
Tim,
Thanks for cleaning up the forum. I appreciate all the time and effort
that you and others have invested in providing various paths for all of
us to get assistance and advice. I have no doubt that between both
reflectors, the forum, the web site and various other venues that it's
no
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