Hi Dick There is no problem having your radio connected to the internet.
The only problems with that appear when: 1. Your computer (like many Dells) put the ethernet jack, usb controllers and the PCI slots all on the same IRQ so when a burst of data appears on the ethernet/usb ports, the audio stream from the flex gets queued, hence a gap or distortion. 2. You are using a usb wifi stick and it might bleed into the cables causing some spurs on the panadapter 3. Your CPU is underpowered (like below 2.0GHz with a cpu using a very small L2/L3 cache and you are streaming video from the net/lan at the same time you want to play radio (not sure why you would but if you don't have at least three items it looks strange!) No reason for anyone to suffer thru this unless they don't want to worry about virus (now antivirus programs like Norton and Macafee are system/radio killers if they are not very well behaved). I could not live without being connected to my dxcluster (www.k3nc.com if you are interested). I think people report that Outlook/Outlook Express seem to not be well-behaved in a flex environment, but I do not use them so I do not know. This is purely an observation so I am not reporting this as pure fact, but every system that I try to help people with who have unexplained and intermittent DPC bursts all have Logitech software installed. I am not stating this is the cause of these events, but I personally find Logitech software to be so obnoxious and naggy that it would not surprise me at all if it is a problem. It is constantly calling home to tell you wonderful things about Logitech and nagging you. My advice, based on observation, not fact, is to just let Windows find the device driver for your logitech devices and stay away from Logitech desktop, messenger, control center, etc. If you are using their webcams, look for free software to provide web access, etc. They rank above Apple Quicktime as the most unfriendly software (and that is a tough award to win). So, get a well designed computer, use RJ45 if you can otherwise get a usb extension cable for your usb wifi stick and get it away from your radio as far as possible, buy ESET Nod32 antivirus, remove Logitech software and be a happy flexer! Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to ca...@dxbase.fogbugz.com Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Richard M. Emerson <rme_8...@hotmail.com>wrote: > I have noted with interest the movement among some Flexers to dedicate a PC > soley for their radios. I would like to weigh in on this subject, because I > haven't seen my position represented in the postings. The main reason I > bought an SDR was so that I could have the power of the internet at my > finger tips WITH my radio. If it ever becomes necessary to dedicate a PC to > my Flex, I will become an ex-Flex owner. The company should make radios, as > they currently do, that play nice with the rest of my computer. > > Regards, > > Dick KE7XU > _______________________________________________ > 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/
