Well duh !!! Of course .. I totally spaced that one !! Color my face red !
Thanks for your patience Ed.. -----Original Message----- From: Ed Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:41 PM To: Dave Beumer WA3FDB; flexRadio List Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Attn: CW Skimmer testers and users Dave, In the wideband mode during the contest Skimmer was decoding over 200 stations at once. It was amazing! Why not use the keyboard keyer built into PowerSDR? 73 Ed W2RF On 19 Feb 2008 at 14:15, Dave Beumer WA3FDB wrote: > I'm also looking a good tool for sending CW generated by the > keyboard.. I was hoping I wouldn't need to use seperate send and receive programs ... > > I've tried HRD and Mixw to generate CW, any others ?? > > I was using CWskimmer to monitor during the CW contest -- got it > decoding 12 different signals in 3K audio mode. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:06 PM > To: 'FlexRadio List'; 'FireBrick'; Dave Beumer WA3FDB > Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Attn: CW Skimmer testers and users > > Dave, > > I don't think you want Skimmer to key the rig. You want to use it to > tune to stations, which it does very well by click tuning. > > For CW work I find its fast waterfall display to be a great band map. > Add decoding of all call signs in a pileup, and identifying them, then > highlighting the contact station... I think even non-CW ops would like > seeing the action revealed before their eyes. > > 73 Ed W2RF > > > On 19 Feb 2008 at 13:13, Dave Beumer WA3FDB wrote: > > > Thanks Ed -- > > > > Does CWskimmer have the ability to key the Rig ? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ed Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:58 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FlexRadio List; FireBrick > > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Attn: CW Skimmer testers and users > > > > Dave, > > > > Select WDM in both PowerSDR and Skimmer. That should work. Also VAC > > 4 is required. And be sure to turn off spur reduction (SR). > > > > 73 Ed W2RF > > > > On 18 Feb 2008 at 21:41, FireBrick wrote: > > > > > I did also the first time > > > selecting the WDM Flex audio worked. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/18/2008 8:26:28 PM, Dave Beumer WA3FDB > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > > Ed > > > > > > > > I set PowerSDR/CWSkimmer as described .. I get the CWSkimmer > > > > error "The specified format is not supported or cannot be translated" > > > > > > > > Any ideas ? > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > WA3FDB > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed > > > > Russell > > > > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 5:18 PM > > > > To: flexRadio List > > > > Subject: [Flexradio] Attn: CW Skimmer testers and users > > > > > > > > There have been a number of requests to interface PowerSDR to CW > > > > Skimmer in a wideband mode. > > > > > > > > To facilitate that I have posted a version of PowerSDR that > > > > supports direct VAC output of 48khz. This has been tested with > > > > CW > Skimmer. > > > > > > > > It is availabe in the SVN branch w2rf/bin/release. > > > > > > > > There is a checkbox on the VAC form to enable direct I/Q output. > > > > Only 48khz is supported at the moment, but 96 and 192khz will be > > > > available in the next few days. > > > > > > > > In CW Skimmer select the SoftRock-IF mode with an IF of 9600. > > > > Also enable the CAT connection with PowerSDR. > > > > > > > > I think you will agree with me that this is a very facinating > > > > and powerful conjunction of technologies. > > > > > > > > 73 Ed W2RF > > > _______________________________________________ > > > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > > > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.b > > > iz > > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > > > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > > > http://www.flex-radio.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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
