Sounds like RF is getting in to your audio..
-----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Lynn Willoughby Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 2010 8:38 AM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] bizarre voice transmission When I made a contact two days ago, my audio was described as "science-fiction sounding", "just plain bizarre", "like nothing I've heard before". I turned off the linear amplifier but the problem persisted. >From my own testing (Flex only), into a dummy load, I would describe it as: very "tinny", raspy, slightly "phased", some echo. It is essentially the same using either a Heil Pro-Set Plus (both elements) or an ElectroVoice RE-20 (external mic pre-amp) feeding the balanced input to the Flex. Same on all bands and same with USB or LSB. Same on dummy load and on antenna. Two-Tone Test sounds ok, for the short duration (2-3 seconds) testing was performed. I tried a database reset (erased and restarted PSDR). Flex 5000C PwrSDR 1.18.3 Firmware 1.3.0.8 Firewire Driver 3.5.0.7171 Front Console: Transmit Profile = Default, Mic Gain = 10 (but have tried down to 1), The following are NOT activated; DX, CPDR, VOX, GATE, RXEQ, TXEQ, VAC. SETUP FORM: Audio Tab - Buffer Size 2048, Sample Rate 96000, Mic Boost not ON DSP Tab - Buffer Size: Phone - RX: 4096, TX: 2048 Transmit Tab - Profile = Default, Transmit Filter = High: 3100 Low: 200. My last contact prior to having this problem was several weeks ago (I travel for business). This problem was described by my first completed contact two days ago (I had attempted to make other contacts but was not successful). This is a new station. I just completed it the first week of January. I have been listening on the Flex for several months with and eves mounted wire loop. My new antenna is a SteppIR MK-III Vertical, with one-hundred ground radials. Any suggestions for further testing, or a solution is even better. Lyndon (Lynn) Willoughby, AE5LK _______________________________________________ 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.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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
