Brett, I wish we could find some way to help you. I'm sure your situation is beyond frustrating.
Although you have done a lot of tweaking on your OS, I'm having a hard time thinking that this is a PSDR problem. I say that simply because you seem to be about the only one who is experiencing it. (Perhaps that remark will encourage others to come forward, we'll see.) I listen to a great deal of AM, some of it ham but most of it SW. I have never experienced the "grunge" that you describe. In fact, the other night, after reading one of your posts, I spent more than an hour seeking out AM signals to see if I could reproduce the problem. I listened to very strong signals, some extremely weak signals, and some weak signals closely adjacent to stronger signals (Thanks, FRS, for those beautiful filters!). I used a 43' vertical, a magnetic loop, and a random-length wire. I never heard any grunge at all. When the signal strength was good, I heard extremely clean and clear signals. I then compared my 5000 to a couple of my other receivers, specifically a Racal 1772 and a TenTec 340. In every single instance, the audio from the Flex was equal to or better than the others. And those are pretty decent receivers... I don't mean to add to your frustration (and I suppose you could have some kind of hardware issue) but I really don't think this is a PSDR problem. Good luck with finding a solution and may your holidays be grunge-free. Bill On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Brett Gazdzinski < brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net> wrote: > I do not understand why when you remove something, it leaves all kinds of > stuff behind. > Why? > I know most programs do that, making any system slower and slower over > time. > > Some sort of clipping, or bad agc action as turning the agc off stops it, > as does turning the agc-t way down. > > Another odd thing I noticed about the flex 3000, comparing it to my home > brew receivers, which are very simple receivers, single conversion > superhet, no rf amp, high Q tuned circuit antenna input, 455 KHz IF, a good > filter, think an old table top tube receiver like the all American 5 with a > good IF filter, and I can hear signals on them with no antenna hooked up, > or the wrong antenna selected, and the flex picks up nothing. > If on 80 meters and I pick the 40 meter dipole, the homebrew receivers > just have the S meter go down to about half. > On the flex, I get high noise and no signal unless its REALLY strong. > If I put the antenna selector to the homebrew, even the strongest signals > do not show up on the flex, if I reverse it, the homebrew picks up most > signals and they are good copy. > That is with NO rf amp in the homebrew. > > If I could figure out a way to make a flex like panadaptor for the > homebrew receivers, I would not need the flex, but how many tubes would > THAT take? > I got spoiled and now need the good panadaptor, hard to operate without > one after having one.... > > Brett > N2DTS > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Kolarik" <rkola...@neb.rr.com> > To: "Brett Gazdzinski" <brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net>**; < > flexradio@flex-radio.biz> > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 6:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] got it working again... > > > A couple things, Revo Uninstaller will find most program fragments >> and get rid of them if you want a complete removal. >> >> On the audio problem, have you run it through something like Audigy >> to see if the "grunge" is visible? Hearing is one thing but a picture >> will see clipping and other nasties, might be a clue there. >> >> Ron >> K0IDT >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Gazdzinski" < >> brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net> >> To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> >> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:24 PM >> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] got it working again... >> >> >> My problem was likely that I had turned off windows explorer and search >>> in the services. >>> I have almost everything disabled in there since the computer just runs >>> the radio and does not go on the web. >>> >>> When I first changed the firewire card, I had to disable it and enable >>> it in device manager, and then it worked. >>> The next time I turned the radio on, nothing. >>> The next problem was after removing psdr, the new install could not get >>> the driver for the radio to the right location, or something. Manually >>> pointing windoz 7 to the flex folder got the driver loaded and the radio >>> started working. >>> That might have been something else that I had turned off in services. >>> >>> The computer does boot up very quick, and runs psdr well with all the >>> extra stuff turned off, but that is a trade off. >>> >>> I have been checking out the grunge on AM signals, reducing the agc-t >>> helps eliminate it, as does turning the agc off (fixed) and manually >>> adjusting the gain. >>> I have a hard time believing that no one else hears this, its quite >>> nasty on my radio using headphones. >>> >>> Not sure if I will hold out till its fixed in software, try an older >>> version of psdr, or sell the 3000 and get something else. >>> >>> Brett >>> N2DTS >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Sterling" <f...@sgsterling.com >>> > >>> To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 12:09 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] got it working again... >>> >>> >>> Brett-- if you did a search for 'flex' and came up with nothing, >>>> obviously your Explorer search is incomplete, not looking at all the file >>>> types or in all the folders. I do that and get 150+ files, including all >>>> the .dll's, manuals and other stuff I have loaded. >>>> >>>> Depending on both the operating system version (XP, Vista, w7) files >>>> get put in different areas. Also, version of PowerSDR puts things in >>>> different places. There is a lot of info: in the archives of this forum; >>>> in the FlexRadio knowledge base; the v2 manual; and the Flex radio wiki >>>> http://www.flexradiowiki.com/**frsradoiowiki/index.php?title=** >>>> Main_Page<http://www.flexradiowiki.com/frsradoiowiki/index.php?title=Main_Page> >>>> to help out. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, Windows can do some strange things, can overwrite >>>> drivers with newer, incompatible drivers and all. FlexRadio Co. can't >>>> control that. But don't panic, if it happens to one, it likely happens to >>>> many and the techie types here alert us to "reload" the legacy drivers, >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> Steve WA7DUH >>>> >>>> On 12/16/2011 8:02 PM, Brett Gazdzinski wrote: >>>> >>>>> And they don't make it easy to find. >>>>> I did a search for flex and came up with nothing, and looked in every >>>>> folder and directory... >>>>> >>>>> I still have no idea why changing the firewire card would hose things >>>>> up so... >>>>> I also wonder why when you remove a program, it does not remove >>>>> everything.... >>>>> Its not like you remove programs by accident, you have to work at >>>>> it.... >>>>> >>>>> Brett >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Estep" <estept...@gmail.com> >>>>> To: "flex Reflector" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> >>>>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 9:29 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] got it working again... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Brett Gazdzinski >>>>>> <brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> .... how is it, once I got it working, after uninstalling the >>>>>>> software and >>>>>>> rebooting about 50 times, it comes up with all my settings and >>>>>>> memories? >>>>>>> Where was all that hiding? >>>>>>> >>>>>> ============ >>>>>> Brett, there's a directory named something like >>>>>> "c:\users\brett\appdata\**roaming\flexradio" and/or >>>>>> "c:\users\brett\appdata\**roaming\flexradioflexradio systems" that is >>>>>> not deleted by an uninstall. 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