I've been using PSDR 2.0.22 with my Flex-3000, and it's been working great. Yesterday, FO8RZ (Tahiti) was CQing on 10M FM 29.610. I've never worked FM with the Flex before, so I decided to give it a try - my first-ever FM simplex contact on HF. So I hit the FMN button and went to 29.610
I managed to get his signal tuned in. It sounded a bit "tinny" but was perfectly readable. I wasn't sure what mode he was using. Curiously, he sounded about the same in SAM mode as he did in FMN mode, which I don't understand. Anyway, I gave him a call in FMN and made the contact, so I guess FMN was working well enough to be heard. A few minutes later I went back to USB and tried to make a contact as I've been doing every day. When I spoke, the VOX kicked in and switched to transmit - but it took 4-5 seconds to redraw the screen, and the power output meter was giving strange readings, e.g., -237, 0, etc. Plus I don't think anybody could hear me. I tried CW with similar results - hitting the paddle switched, slowly, into TX but weird noises came out on the sidetone, and again no one could hear me. Holding the paddle to the dot side, I would get a single dot, then a pause, then a string of dots. But power out read 0, or negative numbers. RX seemed to work fine, but TX was dead. I tried stop/start of PSDR, and also killing PSDR and re-launching, with identical results. Also tried complete power cycle of everything including the PC. No change. Finally, I tried "Restore to Factory Defaults" and that seems to fix things - won't know for sure until I get all my settings back where I had them before that FMN contact. I know there are still some "issues" with the Flex FM implementation, but I thought they had to do with the lack of CTCSS, and incorrect de/pre-emphasis (which might explain the tinny sound). Is anybody successfully using FMN mode now, on FM simplex? I'm hesitant to try FMN again. 73, /Jack de K3FIV Flex-3000, PSDR 2.0.22, Windows XP/SP3, Carolina Windom at 35 feet _______________________________________________ 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/
