How do you have CAT configured with FLDIGI? RigCat? -Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Tatum [mailto:m...@f5vkm.com] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:20 PM To: Tim Ellison Cc: Dave Beumer W0DHB; 'Ray - K9DUR'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.10 Hi Tim, CAT works fine, it's instant, tune the F3K and fldigi and BandMaster keep track of the frequency instantly, the delay seems to be with the sound getting into fldigi, I've been giving away points in the ARRL International DX CW Contest and I am decoding the morse in my head and replying to the stations and when I finish the QSO fldigi is still showing the QSO coming in, it's a long way behind me! (I'm using my Schurr Profi II twin paddle) I'm using the VAC settings from the FlexRadio knowledge-base, are there any other tweaks I can make to improve the speed of sound getting into fldigi? If not, I will try hooking the F3K up to another PC's sound card running Ubuntu Linux and run fldigi on it as this is how I have been doing it with conventional radios and the decoding is instant. Maybe it is fldigi that runs slow under windows? As I said, this is my first time back on windows for many years and so I am not used to how it performs, or doesn't as the case may be ;)) One thing I must add is that the filtering on the F3K is stunning, I'm working CW stations that are on top of each other without any problems at all, the 50Hz filter is extremely useful in contest conditions and with some fine adjustment of the AGC/AF there is no ringing at all which makes it a lot easier on the ears! For a few of the stations I've actually narrowed down the filter even further from 50hz and I can still read the DX station without any problems at all! For all the little "Foibles" I'm having here at the moment I must congratulate the FlexRadio team on producing such a fine piece of HAM kit, it's certainly the best receiver I have ever played with! Cheers! Mike. M0AWS / F5VKM http://www.f5vkm.com On 20 Feb 2010, at 01:36, Tim Ellison wrote: > This sounds like a CAT issue, not a VAC problem. > > > -Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio- > boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Dave Beumer W0DHB > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:32 PM > To: 'Mike Tatum'; 'Ray - K9DUR' > Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.10 > > Mike > > I believe you may be able to tweak some buffer sizes to reduce the > latency. > > The only metric I have is that there has never been any problem in > quick > turn Digital qso's in Various contests when I've used Fldigi and > DM780 .. > I'll check it out though. > > Remember - once you've gone VAC you'll never go back :-) > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Tatum [mailto:m...@f5vkm.com] > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:15 PM > To: Ray - K9DUR > Cc: Dave Beumer W0DHB > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.10 > > Hi Ray, > > I've downloaded 409 full version and have installed it. > The audio is better and the delay getting the sound to fldigi is > not so > great now, however it's still not instant? > > Is this normal? > I am used to connecting a PC directly to a conventional radio for > sound > input and the CW decoding is instantaneous by comparison. > > Thanks. > > Mike. > > On 19 Feb 2010, at 22:46, Ray - K9DUR wrote: > >> Mike, >> >> Alternatively, contact the author & see if he won't let you downgrade >> to VAC 4.9, which works fine. >> >> 73, Ray, K9DUR >> http://k9dur.info >> >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
