C'mon, Travis- a hundred bucks ain't even a 50 foot length of good coax.
An awful lot of non-techie, non-IT guys use Flexes all the time. If you need
'personal assistance' to use some of the advanced interfacing with third party
software, you either have to be real nice, or pay for it.
Jim KJ2P
> From: travbu...@hotmail.com
> To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:43:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 111, Issue 7
>
> I got excited about the install and config service until I saw the price.
> WAY above my pay grade. Guess I will continue to blunder along trying to
> use a computer geeks radio without the basic computer technical knowledge. I
> have no idea what the instructions are saying. Perhaps I should not have
> purchased the damn thing. It seems to take an IT guy to use the radio.
> TravisK5HTB
>
> From: flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz
> Subject: FlexRadio Digest, Vol 111, Issue 7
> To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:00:02 -0500
>
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> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> From: billandmat...@windstream.net
> To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:42:22 -0500
> Subject: [Flexradio] Frustrated with VAC, WSJT and Fkex
>
> Yes, I once had WSJT (JT-65A) working, but that was two computers ago. I've
> even made one six meter ENE contact and been heard by several stations. With
> W7GJ now at KH8, I'd like to try to work him. But, without WSJY, VAC and
> Power SDR working together, there's no chance.
>
>
>
> I do have VAC installed and the latest Released version of WSJT as well as
> VSP manager. So, I don't need instructions on downloading and installing
> same. The OLD Knowledge Center article that I printed out a year or two ago,
> spends a lot of verbiage on downloading and installing these programs. It
> talks about installing VAC into Power SDR Version 1.14.0. That's how old it
> is.
>
>
>
> One of things it says it to make sure that Flex 5000 Firewire device driver
> is set to the same parameters and Safe Mode 1 is the operating mode. It
> refers to another Knowledge Center article to explain how to do this.
>
>
>
> Going to the Flex Website, I find no place to find Knowledge Center articles
> anymore. Has the Knowledge Center been done away with? I did find a
> so-called White Paper entitled
>
> "LEVERAGING SDR FOR BETTER DIGITAL MODE COMMUNICATIONS". But it is nothing
> but a sales pitch for software defined radio and VAC. I don't need a sales
> pitch. I'm already convinced re SDR and have been for years..
>
>
>
> What I need is a good up-to-date step-by-step description of what parameters
> to set into Power SDR, VAC and WSJT. At the moment, I'm getting an ERROR
> message in WSJT saying "Error in opening audio channels" and some other
> stuff that says it won't work.
>
>
>
> I DID have the audio stream running normally an hour or so back, but I've
> obviously messed it up now.
>
>
>
> Frustrated,
>
>
>
> Bill Tynan, W3XO/5 EM00kd
>
>
>
>
> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> From: cq.n7...@charter.net
> To: billandmat...@windstream.net; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:33:30 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Frustrated with VAC, WSJT and Fkex
>
> Yse, I too would very much appreciate an updated "how to do it" article on
> setting up remote for a Flex. I have a 3000 and have been struggling with
> VAC, Team Viewer and Skype for weeks... Yes, sometimes I can get it to work
> "sort of" but for me I really feel I am on my own and I hve no one who
> really understands this to help me out...
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry, N7GIV
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bill
> Tynan
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 10:42 PM
> To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Subject: [Flexradio] Frustrated with VAC, WSJT and Fkex
>
> Yes, I once had WSJT (JT-65A) working, but that was two computers ago. I've
> even made one six meter ENE contact and been heard by several stations. With
> W7GJ now at KH8, I'd like to try to work him. But, without WSJY, VAC and
> Power SDR working together, there's no chance.
>
>
>
> I do have VAC installed and the latest Released version of WSJT as well as
> VSP manager. So, I don't need instructions on downloading and installing
> same. The OLD Knowledge Center article that I printed out a year or two ago,
> spends a lot of verbiage on downloading and installing these programs. It
> talks about installing VAC into Power SDR Version 1.14.0. That's how old it
> is.
>
>
>
> One of things it says it to make sure that Flex 5000 Firewire device driver
> is set to the same parameters and Safe Mode 1 is the operating mode. It
> refers to another Knowledge Center article to explain how to do this.
>
>
>
> Going to the Flex Website, I find no place to find Knowledge Center articles
> anymore. Has the Knowledge Center been done away with? I did find a
> so-called White Paper entitled
>
> "LEVERAGING SDR FOR BETTER DIGITAL MODE COMMUNICATIONS". But it is nothing
> but a sales pitch for software defined radio and VAC. I don't need a sales
> pitch. I'm already convinced re SDR and have been for years..
>
>
>
> What I need is a good up-to-date step-by-step description of what parameters
> to set into Power SDR, VAC and WSJT. At the moment, I'm getting an ERROR
> message in WSJT saying "Error in opening audio channels" and some other
> stuff that says it won't work.
>
>
>
> I DID have the audio stream running normally an hour or so back, but I've
> obviously messed it up now.
>
>
>
> Frustrated,
>
>
>
> Bill Tynan, W3XO/5 EM00kd
>
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> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> From: nealk...@gmail.com
> CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> To: cq.n7...@charter.net
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:47:24 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Frustrated with VAC, WSJT and Fkex
>
> Guys
>
> I offer a remote installation service where I come in and configure
> eveything for you as well go through the software and help answer any
> questions you might have about the software, sheck it out on my products
> page http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com./products.php .
>
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal LLC
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Jerry Ostermiller <cq.n7...@charter.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Yse, I too would very much appreciate an updated "how to do it" article on
> > setting up remote for a Flex. I have a 3000 and have been struggling with
> > VAC, Team Viewer and Skype for weeks... Yes, sometimes I can get it to work
> > "sort of" but for me I really feel I am on my own and I hve no one who
> > really understands this to help me out...
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry, N7GIV
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of
> > Bill
> > Tynan
> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 10:42 PM
> > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> > Subject: [Flexradio] Frustrated with VAC, WSJT and Fkex
> >
> > Yes, I once had WSJT (JT-65A) working, but that was two computers ago. I've
> > even made one six meter ENE contact and been heard by several stations.
> > With
> > W7GJ now at KH8, I'd like to try to work him. But, without WSJY, VAC and
> > Power SDR working together, there's no chance.
> >
> >
> >
> > I do have VAC installed and the latest Released version of WSJT as well as
> > VSP manager. So, I don't need instructions on downloading and installing
> > same. The OLD Knowledge Center article that I printed out a year or two
> > ago,
> > spends a lot of verbiage on downloading and installing these programs. It
> > talks about installing VAC into Power SDR Version 1.14.0. That's how old it
> > is.
> >
> >
> >
> > One of things it says it to make sure that Flex 5000 Firewire device driver
> > is set to the same parameters and Safe Mode 1 is the operating mode. It
> > refers to another Knowledge Center article to explain how to do this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Going to the Flex Website, I find no place to find Knowledge Center
> > articles
> > anymore. Has the Knowledge Center been done away with? I did find a
> > so-called White Paper entitled
> >
> > "LEVERAGING SDR FOR BETTER DIGITAL MODE COMMUNICATIONS". But it is nothing
> > but a sales pitch for software defined radio and VAC. I don't need a sales
> > pitch. I'm already convinced re SDR and have been for years..
> >
> >
> >
> > What I need is a good up-to-date step-by-step description of what
> > parameters
> > to set into Power SDR, VAC and WSJT. At the moment, I'm getting an ERROR
> > message in WSJT saying "Error in opening audio channels" and some other
> > stuff that says it won't work.
> >
> >
> >
> > I DID have the audio stream running normally an hour or so back, but I've
> > obviously messed it up now.
> >
> >
> >
> > Frustrated,
> >
> >
> >
> > Bill Tynan, W3XO/5 EM00kd
> >
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