Rick, I sometimes feel old and frustrated myself, but not about my Flex radios!
I have a Flex-5000 and a Flex-3000 that I use primarily on CW and PSK31. I use DM780 for PSK31, and even though I have installed HRD, I do not have the need to run it (or Mini-Deluxe which I have not tried) to run DM780 successfully. My T/R switching speed is pretty good on the digital modes with DM780. There are some issues with the latest public beta of PowerSDR (2.0.8) on CW and I have found that if I downgrade to 2.0.6, CW works fairly well. I am hoping that the next general beta release to the public will have addressed these CW problems. I have received excellent reports on PSK with IMD levels of around -30 dB. The transmitted waveform looks very clean down to at least -100 db from the peak. You could also revert to version 1.18.6 which works fine on CW and PSK31 as I recall. If you would like to talk through my setup over the phone, I would be glad to work with you on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Please contact me directly if you wish to set something up. Ed, K0KC ________________________________ From: Richard Lawn <rjl...@gmail.com> To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 8:23:00 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Still Frustrated I'm feeling old and frustrated! I love the new Flex 5000A receiver but am having very little luck with digital modes and CW. It's been recommended that I not use HRD but switch to mini-deluxe which I did. DM780 receives fine but won't activate PTT. Then I tried Fldigi and found that it had a very limited number of com port choices which don't match my options. PWRSDR is set to com 9 here and I do not have PTT enabled. Should I? If so which com port should it be set to? I've had quite a time getting this set up for digital modes and CW, which still isn't working well. I have to say that I've never had so little on air time with a new radio. I seem to be spending all my available time trying to figure out how things work. Sorry to complain but I find it frustrating. Is there some tutorial somewhere that provides an easy way to set the radio up for each mode - proper levels, recommended digi mode software etc? Maybe there is and I just haven't had time to find it. Rick W2JAZ _______________________________________________ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
