Re: [Flexradio] Who would play with me and.... ?
Beppe! Glad you 'tweaked' this 'thread' again. I't will happen at some point. * BEAUTIFUL! * Eric2 - AA4SW (I and many others are waiting). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giuseppe Campana Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 12:19 PM To: flexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Who would play with me and ? Hi friends ! Waiting the new/future release of PowerSDR. ...who would play with me ( my graphics ), the super CAT code and super Virtual COMs ? Who would be able to code in (VB / C# / ecc) my graphics ? Not hard DSP / hardware code required, only the CAT / SERIAL and good programming. All you are looking in this picture is available via CAT in PowerSDR. (TNX BOB). If you want to shock your friends, looking this last JAP like transceiver with genuine USA core inside...POWER ON your compiler an GO ! I can supply any graphics needed ! 73 Beppe - IK3VIG
[Flexradio] Forum Audio 09-03-05 .... Many good discussions! Comments from Gerald and whats_his_name(bob-who)
Folks Here is the forum audio for the above date. Bill KD5TFD has consented to take a stab at C# SDR code seminar on Teamspeak. Perhaps some weekday evening. No details were ironed out at this point but Ill chat with Bill further and perhaps get some form of white board going. I think it is obvious from various reflector comments, that us newbies to the code would like at least a little direction finding and basic instruction on how to get involved. I know that I will be listening. Thanks Bill, lets iron out the details and give it a shot and see where it goes. Gerald K5SDR gives us an update on the continuation of the 1.4.x series of code releases. Later in the forum Bob N4HY details out what has gone into this final? 1.4.x release, including rework of the TX audio chain. ALC rewrite, AGC, noise gate, VOX? Good Documentation since you must carefully adjust so that you dont burn up your finals, with high average power. Transmit equalization etc. Gerald comments on hardware mods to the SDR 1000 which are a significant upgrade to three areas greatly improving performance. These mods will be available in kit, send in upgrade to a 3 rd party, and ECO documentation for those who roll their own. The Delta 44 interface kit for 100 boards has been ordered and Eric AA4SW will probably have all resources in hand to ship up to 100 kits on or about September 12. People who have ordered boards will have to confirm their orders and ship to address on Dale WA9SRAs website http://www.hamsdr.com/ I will detail how you edit your record and these records will be used for shipping labels, billing information etc. Details will follow in another post to the Forum and Reflector today, along with final schematic and board layout During the week we had a Teamspeak planning session for the all SDR DXpedition with Bob Fox V31MD, during the CQWW Phone contest the last weekend of October. The discussion details out what Bobs station has to offer, what we need to bring, as well as many side comments, tourist information, and what we expect to do when we get there. Mike asked about some specific time for SDR owners to work us. I am sure this can be arranged on days before and or after the contest. If you wish to listen to the audio of the discussion in your spare time I have posted it at. http://flex-radio-friends.net/AVI/tsforums/Belize1-9-1.WAV We will again continue for the 4 th week our 20 meter SSB SDR meeting on the air on Sunday 9-4-2005 at 1900 utc on 14.313. Hank K9LZJ will act as net control. I will be on Teamspeak as well as the QRV and messaging sections of Dales website coordinating any QSY information, and who can hear whom. Be patient, since on 20 we do tend to jump over each other. Usually someone can hear you and relay to the rest of the net or net control. Perhaps at some point we can coordinate a 40 or 80 meter session. *GREAT DISCUSSION* There was quite a detailed and questioning discussion regarding being able to scroll through the bandstack registers with a choice to go up or down from current, also when coming back from a band change (or WWV which I visit to check freq accuracy) it came back from where you left off, rather than starting from the top. Everyone agreed that it would be a very nice addition. Other 'minor' updates to operational convenience on the console. Bill even had a great suggestion about us all getting on Teamspeak with .net and working it out as a 'live team coding experiment' This IS a spot where we could REALLY think outside of the box! Many other good post forum discussions, as usual! http://flex-radio-friends.net/AVI/tsforums/tsforum-09-03-05.WAV C U on Teamspeak Eric AA4SW
[Flexradio] Delta 44 Interface Project Board - Order Confirmation
Folks The Delta 44 interface board is going to copper as we type. One minor change was made before ordering 100 boards, which I have not posted in schematic and board layout. That was to bring all the lines out to vias so that it would be easy to bring connections from any line off the board for putting on test instruments, scope, or further conditioning, etc. Thanks Tony KB9YIG for responding to all mod requests and refinements before kitting the project. The kit will be supplied with an assembly sheet and parts listing. The price is $16 bux which includes the board and all board mounted parts. Cables, enclosure, screws are not supplied. I will need you to confirm your order and give me addressing information. If you have not ordered, you can order there. Even if you have given me address information in messages or in the past, you will still have to confirm the order and check over the addressing information and modify it if necessary. In order to do this you will need to go to Dales fine website and log in. If you have not joined the website you will have to register, which is very easy to do. I will be using this information for shipping your kits probably the week of the 12 September. Here is the procedure: Go to http://www.hamsdr.com/ Log in to the board or join the board by filling out your information. Please upload pictures, point to your own website etc in your profile! I am now using the board as a re-direct to other members websites and hanging around there when I am on the air etc. Once logged in choose the Projects tab at the top and then Delta-44 Interface Click on the Edit button next to your call in the spreadsheet and enter the information requested, or verify the information I typed in. If you dont see your call in the list of orders or wish to order a kit you can add your record and order here. One way or the other you MUST be registered here for me to ship, since I will be using this information to generate labels. Once the information is entered or corrected click the Save button at the bottom of the page to register your order and save any changes made. Thats all there is to it! Thanks Dale for providing this time saving resource! Eric AA4SW
[Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user
Ordered a new SDR today and wondering if someone could provide some additional info. I understand there is a virtual com port feature now that can be used to link with various logging programs. But most logging programs I have seen do not have the SDR1K as an option. Does it work as some other protocoli.eKenwood? I recall Elecraft works when selecting Kenwood and wondering if it is the same with the SDR. My logging system is Logic 7. 2nd question Has anyone interfaced the control box for a SteppIR yagi or vertical with the SDR through the virtual COM port or by some other means? And does this require use of a native COM port and can a USB/Serial converter be used? Looking forward to the new radioagain..hihi. 73 and thanks Greg - AB7R
Re: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user
Hi Greg Ham radio deluxe from Simon HB9DRV makes a perfect duo with owerSDR console, thank to Phil, N8VB virtual com port. A must try. 73 - José F5JD ab7r a écrit : Ordered a new SDR today and wondering if someone could provide some additional info. I understand there is a virtual com port feature now that can be used to link with various logging programs. But most logging programs I have seen do not have the SDR1K as an option. Does it work as some other protocoli.eKenwood? I recall Elecraft works when selecting Kenwood and wondering if it is the same with the SDR. My logging system is Logic 7. 2nd question Has anyone interfaced the control box for a SteppIR yagi or vertical with the SDR through the virtual COM port or by some other means? And does this require use of a native COM port and can a USB/Serial converter be used? Looking forward to the new radioagain..hihi. 73 and thanks Greg - AB7R ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user
Hi Greg This complements my previous post. For downloading a very recent version of Ham Radio Deluxe, use this URL : http://www.hb9drv.ch/tmp/old/HamRadioDeluxeVersion033b859.exe For instructions on how to use HRD with PowerSDR, read this file : http://www.hamsdr.com/dnld.aspx Hope that helps de José F5JD ab7r a écrit : Ordered a new SDR today and wondering if someone could provide some additional info. I understand there is a virtual com port feature now that can be used to link with various logging programs. But most logging programs I have seen do not have the SDR1K as an option. Does it work as some other protocoli.eKenwood? I recall Elecraft works when selecting Kenwood and wondering if it is the same with the SDR. My logging system is Logic 7. 2nd question Has anyone interfaced the control box for a SteppIR yagi or vertical with the SDR through the virtual COM port or by some other means? And does this require use of a native COM port and can a USB/Serial converter be used? Looking forward to the new radioagain..hihi. 73 and thanks Greg - AB7R ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user
Hi Greg, Logging programs: Before Ham Radio Deluxe added the SDR-1000 to their supported rigs, I think we were using TS-2000 as the id in the CAT set-up tab. It was a pretty close match. Then we just changed the id to SDR-1000 when HRD supported it. Instead of having to go out one Com port and back into a second Com port, Phil, N8VB, created a wonderful program that would allow virtual Com ports. That way the SDR-1000 would have one virtual Com port and the other program would have a different Com port and they are happy, just as if there is two extra Com ports and a null modem cable in between. Caution: be sure to choose a different Com port number for each device. I choose Com 5 for both the SDR-1000 PowerSDR console and Ham Radio Deluxe, then wondered why they wouldn't connect. :) If you want to run software that uses a sound card, like PSK-31, at this time you still need to have another sound card and a audio cable to go from the input and output of your SDR-1000 sound card and the sound card for your PSK-31. Steppir: I don't think you can do it at this time. The SDR-1000 hardware does not have a Com port for CAT. The Steppir has a Com port for CAT. You would need to have a Com port on your PC that the PowerSDR software could use for CAT. The developers have done some work with using a physical Com port, but I think that is for using a paddle for CW. If the developers get a physical CAT connection going, I'm going to order the Steppir interface for my antenna. It would be so cool to have your antenna follow your tuning. You can download the excellent SDR-1000 Operating Manual from the Flex Radio web site and see more info. Welcome to the fine group of SDR owners! 73, Mike - AA8K ab7r wrote: Ordered a new SDR today and wondering if someone could provide some additional info. I understand there is a virtual com port feature now that can be used to link with various logging programs. But most logging programs I have seen do not have the SDR1K as an option. Does it work as some other protocoli.eKenwood? I recall Elecraft works when selecting Kenwood and wondering if it is the same with the SDR. My logging system is Logic 7. 2nd question Has anyone interfaced the control box for a SteppIR yagi or vertical with the SDR through the virtual COM port or by some other means? And does this require use of a native COM port and can a USB/Serial converter be used? Looking forward to the new radioagain..hihi. 73 and thanks Greg - AB7R
Re: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user
Greg, Adding to Jose's post, the installation instructions for using the SDR-1000 with third party softwared can be found at www.hamsdr.com/dnld.aspx?id=31 or at my website http://btracy.com/sdr1k. The document is in pdf format and is titled Third Party Installation. So far, HRD is the only program specifically rewritten for use with the SDR-1000. Almost all others will work using one of the Kenwood emulations. You can choose the emulation to use on the Setup|CAT Control tab of the PowerSDR software. Pick the one that runs the fastest with your software but not the SDR-1000 emulation unless you are running HRD. I have not specifically tested the CAT code with Logic 7. 73, Bob K5KDN -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ab7r Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:58 AM To: Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user Ordered a new SDR today and wondering if someone could provide some additional info. I understand there is a virtual com port feature now that can be used to link with various logging programs. But most logging programs I have seen do not have the SDR1K as an option. Does it work as some other protocoli.eKenwood? I recall Elecraft works when selecting Kenwood and wondering if it is the same with the SDR. My logging system is Logic 7. 2nd question Has anyone interfaced the control box for a SteppIR yagi or vertical with the SDR through the virtual COM port or by some other means? And does this require use of a native COM port and can a USB/Serial converter be used? Looking forward to the new radioagain..hihi. 73 and thanks Greg - AB7R ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user
Greg Yep. It is pretty straight forward. There are a 'lot of virtual knobs' on this radio and more added all the time. The only tricky part really, is installing the DLL which must be done 'manually'. Also you need to edit the ini file before installing so that you install the number of com ports you want. The instructions and e-mails are somewhere here on the reflector, and also on N8VB website and blog. The interface board which I mentioned is for the Delta 44 sound card. My interest was making the whole shootin' match smaller and being able to plug directly into the sound card and have smaller and cables with 3 or 4 fewer jacks to plug in. Also we added RF filtering by-passing, and a single point of ground rather than having multiple shields connected between the card and the radio, minimizing number of ground loops. There are still multiple grounds between the radio and compter and external devices, so the potential for ground loops are not eliminated but the fewer the better. Eric - AA4SW I meant to copy back to the refector previously but didn't punch up reply to all. Added back. -Original Message- From: ab7r [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 4:22 PM To: ecellison Subject: RE: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user Thanks Eric. So as I understand it, I install the virtual com ports and chose which one to talk to the radio. Then choose that com port thru my logging software and select the kenwood protocol. Makes sense. BTWWhat is the advantage of this board you sent an email out earlier? Tnx! Greg AB7R -Original Message- From: ecellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 9:51 AM To: 'ab7r' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user Greg Congratulations on the new SDR! Yes, Phil N8VB has written the DLL which supports up to 10 Virtual com ports. To 'talk' to the radio, via Bob's K5KDN rich set of CAT interface commands. There are several 3'rd party programs which directly support the SDR-1000 extended command set, however, I have forgotten which. If they don't, Bob wrote a fully compatible Kenwood set of commands. Choose Kenwood 2000 or I believe Kenwood 50 to interface the software packages. Choose the virtual com port pair you wish to connect in software. I think that many of these programs will eventually support the SDR-1000 extended command set. I think that there is an HRD Beta kit available to run the radio. I have the SteppIR but not the serial port control module. The radio software does not directly support SteppIR. I have not examined exactly how the StepIR accepts commands, and really have never intended to remote the control box on SteppIR. If you need additional help join us on Teamspeak almost any evening. Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ab7r Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:58 AM To: Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user Ordered a new SDR today and wondering if someone could provide some additional info. I understand there is a virtual com port feature now that can be used to link with various logging programs. But most logging programs I have seen do not have the SDR1K as an option. Does it work as some other protocoli.eKenwood? I recall Elecraft works when selecting Kenwood and wondering if it is the same with the SDR. My logging system is Logic 7. 2nd question Has anyone interfaced the control box for a SteppIR yagi or vertical with the SDR through the virtual COM port or by some other means? And does this require use of a native COM port and can a USB/Serial converter be used? Looking forward to the new radioagain..hihi. 73 and thanks Greg - AB7R ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] PC Recommendations for SDR-1000
For the archives... On Sep 3, 2005, at 2:44 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: I have decided to go with the fastest machine I can afford to build. I selected the AMD Athlon 4400+ 2X (dual core) with the VIA chipset (Asus motherboard). This combination had the best floating-point performance per $ ratio. The dual core should come in handy when the SDR software evolves additional signal processing features that will require benefit from on-chip multi-tasking. The “real” fun was finding a good all steel case and a FCC Class B certified p/s to ensure this would not be a spurious RF generator. This is an excellent choice. It will be a little while before Intel gets its act together for multi-cores (two die in one package doesn't count). But over the next few years we will see lots of affordable multi-core processors become available. This is particularly useful for those applications with real-time requirements. Basically, one core can be busy running a real-time thread or process which leaves another core free to do the other things we take for granted, like e-mail. Net-net is that you can get excellent response with a slower and lower-power multi-core solution than with a barn burner. In the mean time I have been evaluating Windows XP 64 and my conclusion is that it is not ready for primetime. The 32-bit emulator (WoW) seems to work OK. The biggest issue is that there is no support for 16-bit applications (WoWoW) and a lot of applications use 16-bit install programs (ouch). Also there are no print drivers and limited device drivers available. In general, unless you need an address space larger than 4 GBytes (2 for some OSes), then running in 32-bit mode is just fine. Those of us who use lots of cores and memory don't tend to run Windows anyway. -- richard, kb4hb
