Re: [Flexradio] Consistent Sound Output on PSDR V1.18.5

2010-02-14 Thread Dudley Hurry
Jon, I take it that you mean receiver audio out... Same in the headphones? Also try try the Audio output test in the Test Tab of Setup, see if there is no audio out under Test also. Thanks, 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Jon Bromberg wrote: New to Flex 3000 by about a week but gaining great mo

[Flexradio] Consistent Sound Output on PSDR V1.18.5

2010-02-14 Thread Jon Bromberg
New to Flex 3000 by about a week but gaining great momentum. Seems that when I use PSDR V1.18.3 I can start/stop, turn off/on, etc and have audio output every time. When I installed and use V1.18.5 I have found that occasionally when I start there is no audio. I can even recycle the Flex w

Re: [Flexradio] Slow Tuning With V1.18.5

2010-02-14 Thread Jim McLester
Noticed that also. Maybe back to 1.18.3 is for me. Will try it tomorrow. BTW, I ALWAYS start with a fresh database. Saves hearing the "I told you to reset the database!"! amd64x2 5000 3g ram. DPC averages in the 20's and peaks at almost 100 with everything, plus the latest model of kitchen

[Flexradio] Slow Tuning With V1.18.5

2010-02-14 Thread Ron Wenig
I just updated from V1.18.3 from V1.18.5 and noticed on Panadpter if I click and drag to change frequency it is painfully slow. When I drag the signals seem to freeze and then catch up with the cursor. I used SDRData Transfer program to move the database. I'm using Windows XP with a Dell dua

Re: [Flexradio] Did anyone visit the Flex booth in Orlando?

2010-02-14 Thread Mack McCormick
Tim, Yes, it was totally awesome to see it in action. It was great to see Greg and the rest of the crew. Very small and light weight. Can't wait to receive mine! 73, Mack WB4MAK > From: telli...@itsco.com > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sun, 14 Feb 201

[Flexradio] Did anyone visit the Flex booth in Orlando?

2010-02-14 Thread Tim Ellison
Just wondering what people's first impression of the FLEX-1500 was. -Tim - W4TME ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] Will Flex-1500 have wide FM?

2010-02-14 Thread David McKenzie
My apologies if my reply came over as hostile, I'm used to having to defend VHF as something more than former CBers on repeaters. I'm not familiar with the European rules, but from what I have dug up it looks like narrow FM is 20K0F3E emission above 10 meters. Most NBFM radios look to be set up fo

Re: [Flexradio] Is this computer sufficent?

2010-02-14 Thread Brett Gazdzinski
Mine does not show a true waveform of the TX AM signal. It does not show modulation in the negative direction. it shows the carrier on TX, and the positive modulation. I don't need any sort of sync setup, I have a scope on the IF of the homebrew receiver and it shows a nice waveform on transmi

Re: [Flexradio] UCB-DDUTIL transverter control

2010-02-14 Thread Dan Scott
Oh no.. I did not realize that support for mapping the various bands to the X2 pins on the SDR1000 is missing, or is it placed somewhere else, or is there an option setting to get the tab back? Robert delaney wrote: I am in the process of building one of the K3TUF UCB board kits and I hope

Re: [Flexradio] Will Flex-1500 have wide FM?

2010-02-14 Thread Bob McGwier
That was not my question. as a VHF/UHF operator I am aware. I asked if it was legal to be wider than nbfm. The principal difficulty with our FM system is the lack of any pre-emphasis and deemphasis (audio shaping). At the request of several people, specifically some in Europe, we narrowed th

Re: [Flexradio] Will Flex-1500 have wide FM?

2010-02-14 Thread David McKenzie
Bob, Apparently you are of the opinion that VHF activity is limited to sideband and FM repeaters. There is plenty of 2 meter simplex action in New England, both horizontally and vertically polarized. There is also a good deal of 6 meter FM during openings for when you are sick of the '59 goodbye'

Re: [Flexradio] Will Flex-1500 have wide FM?

2010-02-14 Thread Bob McGwier
What is legal besides NBFM? We are adding full FM repeater support including tones, proper shaping of the audio (which is what I think you mean instead of what you said). this is for everything but is precipitated by v/u. Bob --Original Message-- From: David McKenzie Sender: flexradio

Re: [Flexradio] Will Flex-1500 have wide FM?

2010-02-14 Thread Tim Ellison
I believe the addition of that mode will be an upcoming feature in PowerSDR after the V/U module for the FLEX-1500 is released. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of David McKenzie Sent: Sunday, February 14,

[Flexradio] Will Flex-1500 have wide FM?

2010-02-14 Thread David McKenzie
I ragchew on 2 meter simplex FM and have a transverter that can do it, but since my flex-3000 only does narrow FM, it sounds like crap on transmit. Is the 1500 going to support reasonable FM performance? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-r

Re: [Flexradio] Comm Oh Comm!

2010-02-14 Thread Jerry Flanders
Read up on hub4com - it can connect serials together, so multiple apps can share one port. Might work for you. Jerry W4UK At 12:20 PM 2/14/2010, Mike Tatum wrote: Hi All, Just adding a few app's to my PSDR setup, I've downloaded and installed Comm-O-Comm and have it working perfectly with Ban

Re: [Flexradio] Things I have learned after 8 months selling Flex-ready computers!

2010-02-14 Thread Brett Gazdzinski
Maybe if you are on the hairy edge? If I run normal mode, with very low audio buffers, everything works fine, until I make a recording and try and play it back, then the radio starts stuttering and is unusable. So maybe the dpc numbers impact something like this? On the slow laptop, I cant ev

[Flexradio] Mic Voltage 5000a

2010-02-14 Thread w1fc
Can someone help, I had a short in my mic, which I corrected, but no longer have any voltage available when I connect the mic to the 5000a, I assume there is a current limiting device, resistor or regulatory in the radio that I need to replace but I can't find it on the schematics. Anyone k

Re: [Flexradio] [Flexedge] flexwire

2010-02-14 Thread jbmcl
I have some boards left over from another project that could talk flexwire, but what does it say or hear?! I could listen and see what it says under various conditions but figuring out what commands it might respect is a bit problematic. Do we have any even preliminary and/or varying per svn data

Re: [Flexradio] UCB-DDUTIL transverter control

2010-02-14 Thread Jerry Flanders
If you are running the SDR1000, the ext ctrl panel is available in SETUP, but the 5000 does not display it. This is with the current PowerSDR V 18.5. On my 1000, I use this panel to set up bandswitching for my quadra amp. Seems to me that the UCB would work just as well through DDutil with th

Re: [Flexradio] Dedicate PC for Flex

2010-02-14 Thread Neal Campbell
Alan If you see these spikes and nothing is disrupted in PSDR, there really isn't a problem is there? Do you have any symptoms of a problem while running the radio? If you are having problems, I would not invest any more in that motherboard/cpu/memory. AMD Athlon X2 250 - $65, ASUS M2A74 microATX

[Flexradio] UCB-DDUTIL transverter control

2010-02-14 Thread Robert delaney
I am in the process of building one of the K3TUF UCB board kits and I hope to use it with DDutil to control numerous transverters down the road with my 5K. I am a bit confused on the setup and would like to corespond with someone who is running this type of setup with their 5k. Looking at t

Re: [Flexradio] Dedicate PC for Flex

2010-02-14 Thread TOM BLACKWELL (nt)
Ronald G. Parsons wrote: Now I have two computers dedicated to my FLEX -- the second being a netbook on my desk which I connect to the FLEX remotely from the den. A long firewire cable? How long? So, whether you have one, two, (or more) computers for your FLEX, it's YOUR personal choi

[Flexradio] re install firmware.

2010-02-14 Thread Art Holmes
I am running power sdr v 1.1.8.5. If I download firmware 1.3.0.8 and run from the flex website, I get the same result as following the recommended more complicated two step process of download, save and then install. What am I missing? ___ FlexRadio Syst

Re: [Flexradio] Flex3000 No SWR Reading?

2010-02-14 Thread Mario Aviles
Hi All: My 5000A does the same thing, I remember asking this same question when I first noticed this and was told this is OK, not to worry. Try using the TUNE button and set the meter to SWR, then you´ll see the correct SWR reading. Mario - Original Message - From: "Larry da Ponte

Re: [Flexradio] Things I have learned after 8 months selling Flex-readycomputers!

2010-02-14 Thread Neal Campbell
Hi Ross My take on whether things work or not is whether you see PowerSDR turn itself off at an unacceptable rate (to you, not anyone else). I am sure that spikes of 1000us are absolutely fine as long as they do not last more than 1 or 2 bars on DPCLat, but again, if you do not hear a break in aud

Re: [Flexradio] Things I have learned after 8 months selling Flex-readycomputers!

2010-02-14 Thread Neal Campbell
Hi Stan Whats the question you haven't gotten an answer to yet? I understand you don't like XP but didn't understand what you were asking! As Tim said, if your machine, however you configure it, isn't misbehaving and you are happy with it, you shouldn't buy a new one period. Whether thats with Bo

Re: [Flexradio] Comm Oh Comm!

2010-02-14 Thread Tim Ellison
It is easy. DDUtil http://k5fr.com/ddutilwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mike Tatum Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:20 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flex

Re: [Flexradio] Flex3000 No SWR Reading?

2010-02-14 Thread Larry da Ponte
Hi Mike. I'm observing the same swr meter reading you are even on SSB -Larry On Feb 14, 2010, at 9:09 AM, Mike Tatum wrote: Hi All, I've finally got my brand new Flex3000 on air and have to say I am very pleased with the receiver performance! The filtering on CW is truly amazing! So m

[Flexradio] Comm Oh Comm!

2010-02-14 Thread Mike Tatum
Hi All, Just adding a few app's to my PSDR setup, I've downloaded and installed Comm-O-Comm and have it working perfectly with Band Master DX Cluster Client, I can now click a DXC spot and PSDR tunes instantly, great! My next thought was how do I get fldigi to talk to PSDR when the com po

Re: [Flexradio] Flex3000 No SWR Reading?

2010-02-14 Thread Tim Ellison
The SWR meter for all Flex SDRs only operates in TUN mode. It will not show SWR when you are transmitting in other modes. See page 39 on in the FLEX-13000 Owner's Manual. http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=271 -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.bi

[Flexradio] Flex3000 No SWR Reading?

2010-02-14 Thread Mike Tatum
Hi All, I've finally got my brand new Flex3000 on air and have to say I am very pleased with the receiver performance! The filtering on CW is truly amazing! So my first real question to the group :) Flex3000 PSDR v1.18.5 FW Driver v3.5.0.7171 F3K Firmware v1.2.5.6 in PSDR you can set the me

Re: [Flexradio] Is this computer sufficent?

2010-02-14 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Brett Gazdzinski wrote: > On AM, the scope is useless as it only shows the audio waveform. Uh, I don't think that is correct. > In the shack, its handy to have an Oscope to look at the transmitted > waveform (to make sure the modulation looks good) and the receiv

Re: [Flexradio] Things I have learned after 8 months selling Flex-readycomputers!

2010-02-14 Thread Lazy Senior
I have asked this same question several different times in different ways and have not got a definitive answer yet. I believe there are some here who would have you believe that if you do not run WIN XP and have 20us DPC or less, PSDR is not going to run properly. My own one month experience wi

Re: [Flexradio] Manual

2010-02-14 Thread Tim Ellison
No. You need to contact FlexRadio Sales (sa...@flex-radio.com) to see if you are eligible for a free copy of the service manual. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of w...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, February

[Flexradio] Manual

2010-02-14 Thread w1fc
Is the manual for the 5000, with schematics, available on line? Thanks Fred W1FC ___ 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] Hi DPC's after upgrading Firewire, PSDR and F3K firmware

2010-02-14 Thread Richard Tarbert
Hello all, I am using one of Neal's machines. The only programs I run on it are PowerSDR and Logic 8. Occasionally I'll read a PDF or use Fire Fox to download a file such as upgrades to Logic 8 or Flex software. Automatic updates from Microsoft are turned off. Prior to yesterday my DPU's averaged a

Re: [Flexradio] Things I have learned after 8 months selling Flex-ready computers!

2010-02-14 Thread Tim Ellison
The interesting thing about all this is the DPC latency vs. performance is a binary situation. It works until it doesn't. You don't observe a gradual degradation of performance. I think what you are dealing with when you are within the "acceptable range" of DPC latency is headroom to a certai

Re: [Flexradio] install firmware

2010-02-14 Thread Tim Ellison
You are going to have to be more explicit in describing the two ways of updating the firmware. There is the way for 1.x.x.x firmware by downloading it from the web page and running the firmware "auto burn" method (http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50397.aspx ) and the new "beta" way

Re: [Flexradio] import database

2010-02-14 Thread Tim Ellison
They do two different functions. The pSDR import function makes an old DB into the working DB using a copy function. Potentially overwriting new system default parameters. Ray's K9DUR utility copies only user defined parameters into a working database leaving the parts of the working DB that a

[Flexradio] install firmware

2010-02-14 Thread Art Holmes
What is the correct way to load a new release of firmware. I have gone to the flex web page and downloaded the firmware and it is loaded into the eprom . However if I go to knowledgebase , a two step process is given. I have done that and it seems to produce the same result. IM confused. _

[Flexradio] import database

2010-02-14 Thread Art Holmes
There is a note in knowledgebase recommending the use of k9dur utility to load the database to a new release. If we should use that utility why is the import database button still in the setup? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Things I have learned after 8 months selling Flex-readycomputers!

2010-02-14 Thread Ross Stenberg
Neil, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I see that your goal is avg 20us DPCs. What is your take on performance hits due to higher DPCs? I believe the Flex position is that performance should be acceptable if DPCs are no more that 1000us as shown on the their driver DPC latency check

Re: [Flexradio] Things I have learned after 8 months selling Flex-readycomputers!

2010-02-14 Thread Dave AA6YQ
>>>AA6YQ comments below -Original Message- From: Neal Campbell [mailto:nealk...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:34 AM To: Dave AA6YQ Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Things I have learned after 8 months selling Flex-readycomputers! Hi Dave I don't real