Check out Meinburg NTP and Deminsion 5. You will need to get one of these set up to make sure your computer time is close enough for WSPR and JT-65. I use Meinburg NTP. It's free for home use
Sent from my iPad On Aug 28, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Brian Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Michael Tondee > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I have found a PDF for setting up VAC and also KB articles but they seem a >> bit out of date. Can someone direct me to the latest, most up to date info >> for setting up for configuring VAC to work with PSDR? Also any info on the >> 1500 and digital modes is helpful as well. I don't know that there would be >> any difference in setup of it and the 3K/5K but if there are any unique >> quirks, I'd like to know. >> > > What is on the wiki should be reasonable. No, there is no difference between > setting up the 1500 to do digital modes and any of the other Flex radios > becuase it is PowerSDR that you are interfacing with, not the radio itself. > > >> I have made a couple of upgrades in PowerSDR, including the new beta, >> since I operated digital. I've used SDR data transfer to transfer databases >> but something has gotten out of whack somewhere. I don't seem to be decoding >> any stations on WSPR or JT-65HF even though the programs are receiving audio >> through the VAC. I'm also apparently not being heard at all on WSPR. > > > That is almost always a case of your computer's clock not being synchronized > to UTC. Check your computer's clock. > > >> Antenna is OK and seems to be functioning fine. What's weird is that HRD >> seems to be decoding PSK31 fine but the other aforementioned programs are >> not showing any stations decoded at all, I have been trying alternating >> between both all day long today with no joy. Anyway, I think I am just >> going to start from scratch with a fresh database and fresh settings for VAC >> and go from there. >> I don't use CW Skimmer and I'm not familiar with it but I doubt this has >> anything to do with recently discussed issues involving it probably just >> something I've gotten out of kilter somewhere. >> > > Sounds like a WSPR/JT65 problem which usually means the clock. If you are > getting good traces in the horizontal waterfall of WSPR then your computer's > clock is the first thing I would check. > > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 3191 Western Dr. > Cameron Park, CA 95682 > [email protected] > +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) > +1.916.877.5067 (USA) > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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/
