Re: [Flexradio] is there a fuse on the firewire 13.5 pin
Pin 8 has a 1A fuse (F1) in line with the 13.8V line. Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of FireBrick Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 7:46 PM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] is there a fuse on the firewire 13.5 pin I'm trying to use the 13.5 voltage on the flexwire pin 8 to be the voltage sense line to turn on my Quadra Amp. It should work as I have the rest of the DDUtil program working. But there is no voltage on this pin that I can measure. I'm sure of my pin connection. And yes, I have a 9 pin male that I pulled pin 3 from so it can mate with the FlexWire Connector. pse tu - Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of. - Bill H. in Chicagoland webcams at http://76.16.160.118:8080/ Current Weather at http://hhweather.webhop.org ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A schematics?
We plan to release schematics with the service manual, which we plan to complete before the end of Q1. This has been delayed due to our complete focus on the manufacturing backlog. When it is ready, we will announce availability here. Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Walsh Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 8:41 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A schematics? Hi, Are schematics available for the Flex 5000A? Thanks, Mike - ke5akl ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Strange signal report
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Mon 17 Dec 2007 09:57:17 PM PST: Hi Jim, Dave said: 1. My main signal sounded absolutely perfect 2. There was a second ghost signal about 1Khz lower. My error.. (I thought 100kHz.. I obviously can't count digits). 1 kHz, then 3. On the ghost signal a. He could not hear ghost dits b. He could here like a click at the beginning and end of the ghost dashes. 4. Together the two signals made like a clucking noise. He'd never heard anything like it. 5. The phenomena was very consistent Very odd.. My first thought was RF feed back through the line from the paddles to COM1 but using the keyboard via CWX the same phenomenon was present. Of course I could have still been getting feedback on 30 though I don't on any other band. My other thoughts are something to do with the caution in the notes on SVN 1829 or I haven't done a calibration since before SVN 1818 was released and I have now have an IQ imbalance on CW XMIT. Didn't have time to do any further on air testing today. But have a buddy about 6 miles away. So will try to get some reproducible results tomorrow. Try changing frequencies too (Assuming you have spur reduction on, try stepping it by a few hundred Hz, and see if it moves..) Jim, W6RMK ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] OT: The Splendid Diversity of Users
My sincerest apologies to everyone for this digression. It won't happen again. However, this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bic-Crystal-ballpoint-medium-point/dp/customer-reviews/B000JTOYLS is too good to let go by without notice. 73 Frank AB2KT -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071218/cf0d7f0c/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
Dear friends on the Flex list, this is a nagging reminder to lease backup your PC on a regular basis. -- Clean your disk of junk (C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe) Clean off your old Internet cache (history) in IE or your favorite browser Defrag your disk (C:\Windows\system32\dfrg.msc) (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/) Check your disk for file integrity and consistency [best done from SAFE mode - F8 when booting] C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkdsk.exe /F C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkntfs.exe W4TME recommends a good Registry Cleaner like RegistryFix http://www.registryfix.com - Please backup your important files. Write them to a CDROM or DVD. [do a test later to be *sure* you can read the CDROM/DVD] Keep the CD in a safe place. Don't forget: [ ] The XYL files, kids homework, music, IM, email [ ] Bookmarks or Favorites [ ] Address book and Email files [ ] Documents and important letters [ ] Spreadsheets [ ] Electronic Log entries and digi program sub-directories [ ] AIM Buddy List [ ] Skype Contact List [ ] Favorite DOS programs [ ] wav and mp3 recordings [ ] All those Field Day, shack and antenna pictures [ ] Digi mode files and programs (EasyPal, FDMDV, VAC, vCOM) [ ] Propagation programs [ ] DX Cluster access files [ ] TortoiseSVN files [ ] Teamspeak subdir [ ] Any text files containing LICENSE keys It *can* happen to you! - disk manufacturers stay in business by selling hard drives. Their high performance disks can fail after 36 months of continuous use. Back up and be safe! Happy Holidays to all the Flexers, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
Ken, That is real good advice for everyone, particularly considering the majority of everyone on this reflector requires their computers to operate their radio!! For those possibly looking for a method of backing up their data, I use Acronis True Image. This software, via a bootable CDROM, will create an ISO image of your complete hard drive(s), and place that image on any designated drive, whether USB, DVD...etc. I perform a complete backup prior to and after any major software installation, to include XP security patches. After a qualification period, I will delete older ISO images. If I ever run into a problem that I can not solve, or worse, I loose the main hard drive, I know I can always boot the computer using the Acronis CD and revert back to a recent image. For me, it is called peace of mind, and it just makes life simple. 73, Mike W5CUL Ken N9VV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends on the Flex list, this is a nagging reminder to lease backup your PC on a regular basis. -- Clean your disk of junk (C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe) Clean off your old Internet cache (history) in IE or your favorite browser Defrag your disk (C:\Windows\system32\dfrg.msc) (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/) Check your disk for file integrity and consistency [best done from SAFE mode - F8 when booting] C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkdsk.exe /F C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkntfs.exe W4TME recommends a good Registry Cleaner like RegistryFix http://www.registryfix.com - Please backup your important files. Write them to a CDROM or DVD. [do a test later to be *sure* you can read the CDROM/DVD] Keep the CD in a safe place. Don't forget: [ ] The XYL files, kids homework, music, IM, email [ ] Bookmarks or Favorites [ ] Address book and Email files [ ] Documents and important letters [ ] Spreadsheets [ ] Electronic Log entries and digi program sub-directories [ ] AIM Buddy List [ ] Skype Contact List [ ] Favorite DOS programs [ ] wav and mp3 recordings [ ] All those Field Day, shack and antenna pictures [ ] Digi mode files and programs (EasyPal, FDMDV, VAC, vCOM) [ ] Propagation programs [ ] DX Cluster access files [ ] TortoiseSVN files [ ] Teamspeak subdir [ ] Any text files containing LICENSE keys It *can* happen to you! - disk manufacturers stay in business by selling hard drives. Their high performance disks can fail after 36 months of continuous use. Back up and be safe! Happy Holidays to all the Flexers, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071218/13e9e493/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] OT: The Splendid Diversity of Users
Hello, This reminds me of the instructions for the underwater housing I purchased for a Cannon point-and-shoot camera. In the warnings section it actually had the caution that it wasn't to be used as a personal floatation device. --paul **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071218/dcde9efa/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Flex 5000A Keyer Problem
Maybe someone can help me with this one... I have a new Flex 5000A, using Vista and 2 megs of RAM with no problems there. I have had to set the buffers at 1024 and sample rate at 192000 to get the audio to work properly. I cannot get away with running any lower setting on the buffers. Now on the keyer problem...When I use my iambic paddle to key the keyer, it sends maybe two characters, then quits sending for a second or two then spits out a dash or dit at random and not at any control by my paddle manipulation. At this point I've had the speed set between 25 and 30 WPM. I've lowered the drive to see if it's an RF thing and it does not seem to be. I've turned off the 802.11g wireless to see if that's causing a conflict but no change. I've used this Brown Brothers paddle on my Icom for years with no problem so I am ruling that out. Any ideas? 73, Dale W4NBF Pensacola, FL -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071218/6a8075e4/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] my flex5k got me through quick
The panadaptor's ability to find a 'hole' in the pileup got me a quick qso with FJ/OH2AM. Thanks Marti, thanks Flex. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] while on the subject of backups
This brings up an interesting thing.. Say you have a 5000C, with the built in computer. What sort of backup strategy (if any) is appropriate. Or, do you just reformat and reinstall from the original CD supplied with the machine. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] RIT/XIT
As best as I can tell, we are overriding the mouse wheel events to the best of our ability. The RIT/XIT (and various other NumericUpDown controls) will go one 'tick' before reverting to tuning the radio which is the default mouse wheel operation when the main console has the focus. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jim McLester Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 5:54 PM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] RIT/XIT sdr1k - amd 64x2 4600 - fa66 QSO with a drifting ssb sig and was trying to follow him with RIT. Mouse wheel moves RIT (or XIT) window OK, but also moves main tuning at same time! A bit confusing. Bug report written. Jim - W4YXU ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 ATU
There are provisions in the ATU to do this, but we have not exposed this functionality. You can overwrite the settings on a particular frequency by simply doing a full tune. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadi1o Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bruce Mills - KL7JDR Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 9:38 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 ATU How do you erase the atu memories ? 73's , Bruce ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] while on the subject of backups
This is covered in the FLEX-5000C QSG. You'll recognize the name Acronis. ;) Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jim Lux Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:01 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] while on the subject of backups This brings up an interesting thing.. Say you have a 5000C, with the built in computer. What sort of backup strategy (if any) is appropriate. Or, do you just reformat and reinstall from the original CD supplied with the machine. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Strange signal report
Ok Jim, Here's the scoop. Dick, AD7AF and set up a Q to test the strange signal report, The poltergeist is definitely resident in my SDR1K. Dick and I are about 20 miles apart. He was on his Elecraft K2 with a 2.7Khz filter. I was on my SDR1K running PowerSDR Beta v1.10.4 SVN: 1829. We set up on 10.129.000Mhz. I was running 98 Watts. I could here my received signal from his QTH on the plain old telephone. Test 1. Using paddles, continuous dashes from 5wpm to 20wpm. Clunks definitely present on the beginning and end of each dash. The clunks were loudest at 10.127.83 by tuning up to 10.127.93, Dick could hear both the clunks and my normal signal. Test 2. Repeat test 1 with dits. No clunks audible. Test 3. Long string of zeros from CWX. Clunks definitely present same as Test 1. (Paddles still plugged into COM1.) Varied speed from 5 to 20 WPM with clunks present. Test 4. Unplugged paddles from COM1 and repeated Test 3. No change clunks still present. In all tests, clunk amplitude stayed constant. I would say 6 - 12 dbm above noise. Could hear 'em over the teley but had to strain a bit. Had no reports of this when using v1.10.3 also no reports of this using v1.10.4 SVN: 1741. Jumped from 1741 to 1829. Have a theory but don't want to toss a red herring into any deliberations which may take place. vy 73's Rob AB7CF On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:48:32 -0800 Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Mon 17 Dec 2007 09:57:17 PM PST: Hi Jim, Dave said: 1. My main signal sounded absolutely perfect 2. There was a second ghost signal about 1Khz lower. My error.. (I thought 100kHz.. I obviously can't count digits). 1 kHz, then 3. On the ghost signal a. He could not hear ghost dits b. He could here like a click at the beginning and end of the ghost dashes. 4. Together the two signals made like a clucking noise. He'd never heard anything like it. 5. The phenomena was very consistent Very odd.. My first thought was RF feed back through the line from the paddles to COM1 but using the keyboard via CWX the same phenomenon was present. Of course I could have still been getting feedback on 30 though I don't on any other band. My other thoughts are something to do with the caution in the notes on SVN 1829 or I haven't done a calibration since before SVN 1818 was released and I have now have an IQ imbalance on CW XMIT. Didn't have time to do any further on air testing today. But have a buddy about 6 miles away. So will try to get some reproducible results tomorrow. Try changing frequencies too (Assuming you have spur reduction on, try stepping it by a few hundred Hz, and see if it moves..) Jim, W6RMK ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Strange signal report
This sounds like you need to go through the transmitter image rejection calibration as defined in the SDR1k manual. The I/Q imbalance on the SDR1k will cause an image at 2X the CW pitch frequency away from the main CW tone. Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Strange signal report Hi Jim, Dave said: 1. My main signal sounded absolutely perfect 2. There was a second ghost signal about 1Khz lower. 3. On the ghost signal a. He could not hear ghost dits b. He could here like a click at the beginning and end of the ghost dashes. 4. Together the two signals made like a clucking noise. He'd never heard anything like it. 5. The phenomena was very consistent My first thought was RF feed back through the line from the paddles to COM1 but using the keyboard via CWX the same phenomenon was present. Of course I could have still been getting feedback on 30 though I don't on any other band. My other thoughts are something to do with the caution in the notes on SVN 1829 or I haven't done a calibration since before SVN 1818 was released and I have now have an IQ imbalance on CW XMIT. Didn't have time to do any further on air testing today. But have a buddy about 6 miles away. So will try to get some reproducible results tomorrow. Hope this helps... vy 73's Rob AB7CF On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:59:39 -0800 Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 10:10 AM 12/17/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Have been using Beta V1.10.4 SVN:1829 since it was released with no known problems. Just finished a Q with W0GMO on 30M. (Actually first time ever with the rig on 30.) Dave reports that the rig was actually transmitting two signals 1 at S7 on 10.12481 and 1 at about S1 on approximately 10.12381. So, exactly 100 kHz away and 36 dB down? Or might it be 96 kHz away? (which would be quite suspicious, since the sampling rate is probably either 48 or 96 kS/sec) What's your DDS IF (default is 9kHz.. in DDS box of setup form if expert is checked) What sort of receiver was Dave using? (and does it have a 50 kHz IF?) He could only hear the second signal as clicks at the beginning and end of the dashes. Same was true whether using the paddles or the CWX keyboard. Hmm.. could it be a slight imbalance between I/Q for higher (audio) frequencies? The sideband suppression can vary across the audio band. For instance, if one channel (L or R) had a bit more or less HF rolloff (say, because the cable is slightly different, so different parasitic C) It's less likely across the RF band (the variation in frequency is a smaller fraction of the center frequency. If you want to do some tests.. does it change as you change your frequency (in big or little steps)? Jim, W6RMK ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
I can personally vouch for the need to back up! Yesterday, I heard my laptop disk suddenly start going, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, The disk activity light stayed on continuously and when I did the CTRL/ALT/DEL it went blue screen. My heart sank. I did a hard shutdown and tried to reboot. I goes to the point where it tries to access the disk and then it goes, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, Well, I have over 15 years of address book and email records stored in Outlook with no backup. I dropped it off at a disk recovery company here in Austin today. They say the cost will range from $400 to $1,900 depending on the damage. I knew better but I kept promising myself I would look into online backup over the holidays. I think Murphy was listening to my promise. :( Take heed all, lest yours crashes too. 73 and Merry Christmas to all, Gerald President FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken N9VV Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:06 AM To: Flex-radio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC Dear friends on the Flex list, this is a nagging reminder to lease backup your PC on a regular basis. -- Clean your disk of junk (C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe) Clean off your old Internet cache (history) in IE or your favorite browser Defrag your disk (C:\Windows\system32\dfrg.msc) (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/) Check your disk for file integrity and consistency [best done from SAFE mode - F8 when booting] C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkdsk.exe /F C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkntfs.exe W4TME recommends a good Registry Cleaner like RegistryFix http://www.registryfix.com - Please backup your important files. Write them to a CDROM or DVD. [do a test later to be *sure* you can read the CDROM/DVD] Keep the CD in a safe place. Don't forget: [ ] The XYL files, kids homework, music, IM, email [ ] Bookmarks or Favorites [ ] Address book and Email files [ ] Documents and important letters [ ] Spreadsheets [ ] Electronic Log entries and digi program sub-directories [ ] AIM Buddy List [ ] Skype Contact List [ ] Favorite DOS programs [ ] wav and mp3 recordings [ ] All those Field Day, shack and antenna pictures [ ] Digi mode files and programs (EasyPal, FDMDV, VAC, vCOM) [ ] Propagation programs [ ] DX Cluster access files [ ] TortoiseSVN files [ ] Teamspeak subdir [ ] Any text files containing LICENSE keys It *can* happen to you! - disk manufacturers stay in business by selling hard drives. Their high performance disks can fail after 36 months of continuous use. Back up and be safe! Happy Holidays to all the Flexers, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] while on the subject of backups
The 5000C's that start shipping this week will have Acronis installed with a backup/restore partician. In other words, if you screw it up, you can start over from the restore partician. You would need to upgrade to the latest version after the recover. Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Lux Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:01 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] while on the subject of backups This brings up an interesting thing.. Say you have a 5000C, with the built in computer. What sort of backup strategy (if any) is appropriate. Or, do you just reformat and reinstall from the original CD supplied with the machine. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Strange signal report
Hi Gerald, That's my first choice, but I didn't want to be presumptuous. I kinda figured that with SVN# 1819, us CW bigots who never key a mike or transmit a digit might be forced to calibrate our transmit mode. Perhaps there ought to be a QST to SDR1K CW ops suggesting an transmit IQ Cal if using SVN# 1819 and beyond? Anyway I do have a Spectrum Analyzer so will post some data tomorrow or the next day. Thanks so much for the advice. Keep up the great work! vy 73's Rob AB7CF On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:11:54 -0600 Gerald Youngblood \(FlexRadio Systems\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This sounds like you need to go through the transmitter image rejection calibration as defined in the SDR1k manual. The I/Q imbalance on the SDR1k will cause an image at 2X the CW pitch frequency away from the main CW tone. Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Strange signal report Hi Jim, Dave said: 1. My main signal sounded absolutely perfect 2. There was a second ghost signal about 1Khz lower. 3. On the ghost signal a. He could not hear ghost dits b. He could here like a click at the beginning and end of the ghost dashes. 4. Together the two signals made like a clucking noise. He'd never heard anything like it. 5. The phenomena was very consistent My first thought was RF feed back through the line from the paddles to COM1 but using the keyboard via CWX the same phenomenon was present. Of course I could have still been getting feedback on 30 though I don't on any other band. My other thoughts are something to do with the caution in the notes on SVN 1829 or I haven't done a calibration since before SVN 1818 was released and I have now have an IQ imbalance on CW XMIT. Didn't have time to do any further on air testing today. But have a buddy about 6 miles away. So will try to get some reproducible results tomorrow. Hope this helps... vy 73's Rob AB7CF On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:59:39 -0800 Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 10:10 AM 12/17/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Have been using Beta V1.10.4 SVN:1829 since it was released with no known problems. Just finished a Q with W0GMO on 30M. (Actually first time ever with the rig on 30.) Dave reports that the rig was actually transmitting two signals 1 at S7 on 10.12481 and 1 at about S1 on approximately 10.12381. So, exactly 100 kHz away and 36 dB down? Or might it be 96 kHz away? (which would be quite suspicious, since the sampling rate is probably either 48 or 96 kS/sec) What's your DDS IF (default is 9kHz.. in DDS box of setup form if expert is checked) What sort of receiver was Dave using? (and does it have a 50 kHz IF?) He could only hear the second signal as clicks at the beginning and end of the dashes. Same was true whether using the paddles or the CWX keyboard. Hmm.. could it be a slight imbalance between I/Q for higher (audio) frequencies? The sideband suppression can vary across the audio band. For instance, if one channel (L or R) had a bit more or less HF rolloff (say, because the cable is slightly different, so different parasitic C) It's less likely across the RF band (the variation in frequency is a smaller fraction of the center frequency. If you want to do some tests.. does it change as you change your frequency (in big or little steps)? Jim, W6RMK ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] TX Monitor - Newbie Question
Am in the process of setting up and learning my way around my new 5000A. This is my first Flex. Very cool but lots to learn I am primarily a phone operator. With my previous radios I have become accustomed to operating with headphones, and with the TX monitor turned on. I tried that with the 5000A and the latency in the TX monitor was so excessive as to be unuseable. Before I go playing with settings, I thought it best to ask if the amount of latency I experienced is typical or is it something that can be tweaked. I looked through the FAQ's but did not see anything relevant. I am using the default settings, and the computer is an AMD 6000+ dual core that doesn't appear to be breaking a sweat running Power SDR. CPU useage is typically less than 10%. Tnx, de Rick, KN3C No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: 12/13/2007 09:15 ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] MAKE BACKING UP A HABIT
Being in the computer business, I have an ICS Image Masster hard drive duplicator. Every week or so I will take the hard drive out of my desktop PC (my Flex PC) and my main laptop (business)and connect each drive up to my duplicator and make an exact copy of each drive. I label the backup drives and then put them back on the shelf in case of an emergency. If either of my installed drives ever crapped out permanently, I could take my backup, install it in my PC or laptop and boot right back up (to the date of my last backup of course) and resume business. Not backing up is rolling the dice. The dealer usually wins! 73 de Paul Zora K3PZ Port Saint Lucie, FL www.k3pz.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071218/46cfcb3e/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
Gerald Next time a hard drive fails (and there will be a next time) you may want to give Spinrite a try. Steve Gibson has made his living for over 20 years from this program. It is not cheap but has an awesome track record for hard drive recoveries. Look at http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm Happy Holidays Rick ve3mm On 18-Dec-07, at 7:20 PM, Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems) wrote: I can personally vouch for the need to back up! Yesterday, I heard my laptop disk suddenly start going, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, The disk activity light stayed on continuously and when I did the CTRL/ ALT/DEL it went blue screen. My heart sank. I did a hard shutdown and tried to reboot. I goes to the point where it tries to access the disk and then it goes, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, Well, I have over 15 years of address book and email records stored in Outlook with no backup. I dropped it off at a disk recovery company here in Austin today. They say the cost will range from $400 to $1,900 depending on the damage. I knew better but I kept promising myself I would look into online backup over the holidays. I think Murphy was listening to my promise. :( Take heed all, lest yours crashes too. 73 and Merry Christmas to all, Gerald President FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken N9VV Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:06 AM To: Flex-radio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC Dear friends on the Flex list, this is a nagging reminder to lease backup your PC on a regular basis. -- Clean your disk of junk (C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe) Clean off your old Internet cache (history) in IE or your favorite browser Defrag your disk (C:\Windows\system32\dfrg.msc) (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/) Check your disk for file integrity and consistency [best done from SAFE mode - F8 when booting] C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkdsk.exe /F C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkntfs.exe W4TME recommends a good Registry Cleaner like RegistryFix http://www.registryfix.com - Please backup your important files. Write them to a CDROM or DVD. [do a test later to be *sure* you can read the CDROM/DVD] Keep the CD in a safe place. Don't forget: [ ] The XYL files, kids homework, music, IM, email [ ] Bookmarks or Favorites [ ] Address book and Email files [ ] Documents and important letters [ ] Spreadsheets [ ] Electronic Log entries and digi program sub-directories [ ] AIM Buddy List [ ] Skype Contact List [ ] Favorite DOS programs [ ] wav and mp3 recordings [ ] All those Field Day, shack and antenna pictures [ ] Digi mode files and programs (EasyPal, FDMDV, VAC, vCOM) [ ] Propagation programs [ ] DX Cluster access files [ ] TortoiseSVN files [ ] Teamspeak subdir [ ] Any text files containing LICENSE keys It *can* happen to you! - disk manufacturers stay in business by selling hard drives. Their high performance disks can fail after 36 months of continuous use. Back up and be safe! Happy Holidays to all the Flexers, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX Monitor - Newbie Question
Rick, Welcome to the club! What are your audio, hardware and DSP buffer settings and what sampling rate are you using? All of these effect latency. I run @ 96 KHZ sampling rate, RXdsp=4098, TX dsp=2048, Audio buffer=1024 and hardware (Firewire) buffer = 1024 (the last two should be the same no mater what value you use). The latency in my headphones is ~50 ms as best as I can tell from my days setting up flange and delay effects. There is a good discussion on how all of these parameters interact in the FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual, Appendix A. It can also be a CPU core context switching thing too. Placing PowerSDR on a single core may make a difference. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Markey, KN3C Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:07 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] TX Monitor - Newbie Question Am in the process of setting up and learning my way around my new 5000A. This is my first Flex. Very cool but lots to learn I am primarily a phone operator. With my previous radios I have become accustomed to operating with headphones, and with the TX monitor turned on. I tried that with the 5000A and the latency in the TX monitor was so excessive as to be unuseable. Before I go playing with settings, I thought it best to ask if the amount of latency I experienced is typical or is it something that can be tweaked. I looked through the FAQ's but did not see anything relevant. I am using the default settings, and the computer is an AMD 6000+ dual core that doesn't appear to be breaking a sweat running Power SDR. CPU useage is typically less than 10%. Tnx, de Rick, KN3C No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: 12/13/2007 09:15 ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] BACK-UP
In this day and age of computers, that's all one needs is an Iomega USB drive and their disaster recovery software. The software can be scheduled to backup what ever day and whatever time such as the middle of the night or whatever you choose. Should you then have a hard drive failure, you simply put a new drive in the PC and then use the CD with the disaster recovery software on it and all it then will restore every thing to the new drive. Cost for both the drive and software, normally is less than $100 bucks. From a computer company owner for over 25 years, now retired. Sherman W2FLA -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071218/973280ae/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] I'm glad to report success with
got your attention! Yes, I got all the right parameters in Steve Nance's great DDUtilty program that allows the PWSDR to not only connect with the DXLABS suite, but also control my Quadra amplifier. (Big thanks to Steve for working me through the details) This evening I was able to make the proper settings work with Writelog also. I just finished setting it up for RTTY Roundup. Thanks Steve... Now can Steve and the Flexonians please turn their attention toPropagation not for everyone...just fix the propagation ...for me...maybe??? and of course the guys I want to work... ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
Yep, been there. Both with big drives at work and home. Outlook is not friendly for backups. That helped me switch to Mozilla Thunderbird. Now it's a plain folder that I can put on CD. Rather than trying to do the whole drive for each backup, I periodically make CDs and DVDs with my critical files. By making them plain files, I don't have to worry about backup software (I got burned with Microsoft Backup version differences more than once.) I also have PCs with two hard drives in them and copy files between drives for a quick backup; but that doesn't protect me from a virus. My archival files I recopy maybe once a year. CDs do degrade. Don't forget to test your backups and store them off site. Fire and theft happen. Mike - AA8K Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems) wrote: I can personally vouch for the need to back up! Yesterday, I heard my laptop disk suddenly start going, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, The disk activity light stayed on continuously and when I did the CTRL/ALT/DEL it went blue screen. My heart sank. I did a hard shutdown and tried to reboot. I goes to the point where it tries to access the disk and then it goes, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, Well, I have over 15 years of address book and email records stored in Outlook with no backup. I dropped it off at a disk recovery company here in Austin today. They say the cost will range from $400 to $1,900 depending on the damage. I knew better but I kept promising myself I would look into online backup over the holidays. I think Murphy was listening to my promise. :( Take heed all, lest yours crashes too. 73 and Merry Christmas to all, Gerald President FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] I'm glad to report success with
FireBrick wrote: got your attention! Yes, I got all the right parameters in Steve Nance's great DDUtilty program that allows the PWSDR to not only connect with the DXLABS suite, but also control my Quadra amplifier. (Big thanks to Steve for working me through the details) This evening I was able to make the proper settings work with Writelog also. I just finished setting it up for RTTY Roundup. Thanks Steve... Now can Steve and the Flexonians please turn their attention toPropagation not for everyone...just fix the propagation ...for me...maybe??? and of course the guys I want to work... ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Great work Steve! I think you and I and all others need to ask for Higher Powered Intervention for the propagation. That bit of maths are beyond us. ;-). Bob -- AMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair “An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?” Descartes ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] BACK-UP
I've got a much cheaper alternative (if you have broadband). Buy a website from one of the cheapo suppliers (I use www.lunarpages.com). You get 350 GB of storage for 7 bucks a month. Now, if you want to host a website at the same time, they are a great supplier (I run several sites with them) but using a FTP program to upload all of your valuable files and getting 350 GB of storage is an easy and cheap solution! Neal On Dec 18, 2007 10:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In this day and age of computers, that's all one needs is an Iomega USB drive and their disaster recovery software. The software can be scheduled to backup what ever day and whatever time such as the middle of the night or whatever you choose. Should you then have a hard drive failure, you simply put a new drive in the PC and then use the CD with the disaster recovery software on it and all it then will restore every thing to the new drive. Cost for both the drive and software, normally is less than $100 bucks. From a computer company owner for over 25 years, now retired. Sherman W2FLA -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071218/973280ae/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] BACK-UP
Sri for the bandwidth but also have another idea (which I also use). With the rapid obsolescence of computers, I would bet all of us have an old spare computer somewhere (really doesn't require much speed, just a bios recent enough to handle larger disk drives). Download FREENAS off the net (www.freenas.org I believe) and burn it to a CD. Plug a few disk drives in the machine, boot the cd and voila you have a network storage device on your lan. I am using a 4 year old computer with 4 disk drives on it configured as a JBOD (just a bunch of disks) which is about a terrabyte of storage I can access from any computer in my house. Neal On Dec 18, 2007 10:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In this day and age of computers, that's all one needs is an Iomega USB drive and their disaster recovery software. The software can be scheduled to backup what ever day and whatever time such as the middle of the night or whatever you choose. Should you then have a hard drive failure, you simply put a new drive in the PC and then use the CD with the disaster recovery software on it and all it then will restore every thing to the new drive. Cost for both the drive and software, normally is less than $100 bucks. From a computer company owner for over 25 years, now retired. Sherman W2FLA -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071218/973280ae/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
Mike, Keeping a backup of important files is great, but a good full backup is great for restoring in the minium amount of time.. XP Restore is one way, I use IBM/Lenovo's Rescue and Recovery, comes free with their systems. It's much like Acronis, will boot when the OS won't and you can restore individual files or just the OS files including the registry.. I recently had a hard drive fail in one of Lenovo desktops, replaced the drive, restored from network source, and back up in less than an hour.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ At 09:08 PM 12/18/2007, Mike Naruta wrote: Yep, been there. Both with big drives at work and home. Outlook is not friendly for backups. That helped me switch to Mozilla Thunderbird. Now it's a plain folder that I can put on CD. Rather than trying to do the whole drive for each backup, I periodically make CDs and DVDs with my critical files. By making them plain files, I don't have to worry about backup software (I got burned with Microsoft Backup version differences more than once.) I also have PCs with two hard drives in them and copy files between drives for a quick backup; but that doesn't protect me from a virus. My archival files I recopy maybe once a year. CDs do degrade. Don't forget to test your backups and store them off site. Fire and theft happen. Mike - AA8K Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems) wrote: I can personally vouch for the need to back up! Yesterday, I heard my laptop disk suddenly start going, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, The disk activity light stayed on continuously and when I did the CTRL/ALT/DEL it went blue screen. My heart sank. I did a hard shutdown and tried to reboot. I goes to the point where it tries to access the disk and then it goes, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, Well, I have over 15 years of address book and email records stored in Outlook with no backup. I dropped it off at a disk recovery company here in Austin today. They say the cost will range from $400 to $1,900 depending on the damage. I knew better but I kept promising myself I would look into online backup over the holidays. I think Murphy was listening to my promise. :( Take heed all, lest yours crashes too. 73 and Merry Christmas to all, Gerald President FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
Sorry to hear that Gerald, With all the options these days for backing up, there is no reason not to, but in my experience the majority of people don't backup. A simple 2GB usb drive can be had for way less than 50 bucks at Wal Mart, no need to worry about backing up the entire drive, just back up the data, re-install the OS and restore data, viola, you are back in business with a fresh install running like the day she was born. 2GB is plenty enough for the average users data. Also there are a lot of really cheap data recovery apps out there that will do some really amazing things with crashed OS'es as far as recoving data, my favorite, File Scavenger works great, you can install your bad drive in another PC as a slave, I mean one so screwed that windows claims it's not even formatted, and file scavenger will not only read it, it will allow you to get every file off it, the demo allows like a limit of 50 files recovered, but the full blown version is only 50 bucks. I wish I had a nickle for every gig of data I have recovered with that one. Also people should remember that you can lose data to good ol Windoze flipping out just as easy as the hard drive failing. Even more reason to back up. However that kerchunk is a sure fire sign of a armature being screwed up and not aligning with the platters, however I have used a few light taps with a hammer on those and actually gotten them to work long enough to recover data. There is a very outside chance your fault could be on the PCB, if you could find another identical drive, swap PCB's and you may get lucky, I have recovered a few that way, but the kerchunk is about the worst of hard drive failure symptoms. One more thing, I have revived kerchunked drives by placing them in the freezer, sometimes the contraction of the metals caused by cold will get them working, however they don't work long, you gotta work fast if it happens to come up. Good luck K4FX Gerald Next time a hard drive fails (and there will be a next time) you may want to give Spinrite a try. Steve Gibson has made his living for over 20 years from this program. It is not cheap but has an awesome track record for hard drive recoveries. Look at http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm Happy Holidays Rick ve3mm On 18-Dec-07, at 7:20 PM, Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems) wrote: I can personally vouch for the need to back up! Yesterday, I heard my laptop disk suddenly start going, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, The disk activity light stayed on continuously and when I did the CTRL/ ALT/DEL it went blue screen. My heart sank. I did a hard shutdown and tried to reboot. I goes to the point where it tries to access the disk and then it goes, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, Well, I have over 15 years of address book and email records stored in Outlook with no backup. I dropped it off at a disk recovery company here in Austin today. They say the cost will range from $400 to $1,900 depending on the damage. I knew better but I kept promising myself I would look into online backup over the holidays. I think Murphy was listening to my promise. :( Take heed all, lest yours crashes too. 73 and Merry Christmas to all, Gerald President FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken N9VV Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:06 AM To: Flex-radio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC Dear friends on the Flex list, this is a nagging reminder to lease backup your PC on a regular basis. -- Clean your disk of junk (C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe) Clean off your old Internet cache (history) in IE or your favorite browser Defrag your disk (C:\Windows\system32\dfrg.msc) (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/) Check your disk for file integrity and consistency [best done from SAFE mode - F8 when booting] C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkdsk.exe /F C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkntfs.exe W4TME recommends a good Registry Cleaner like RegistryFix http://www.registryfix.com - Please backup your important files. Write them to a CDROM or DVD. [do a test later to be *sure* you can read the CDROM/DVD] Keep the CD in a safe place. Don't forget: [ ] The XYL files, kids homework, music, IM, email [ ] Bookmarks or Favorites [ ] Address book and Email files [ ] Documents and important letters [ ] Spreadsheets [ ] Electronic Log entries and digi program sub-directories [ ] AIM Buddy List [ ] Skype Contact List [ ] Favorite DOS programs [ ] wav and mp3 recordings [ ] All those Field Day, shack and antenna pictures [ ] Digi mode files and programs (EasyPal, FDMDV, VAC, vCOM) [ ] Propagation programs [ ] DX Cluster access files [ ] TortoiseSVN files [ ] Teamspeak subdir [ ] Any text files containing LICENSE keys It *can* happen to you! - disk
Re: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
Quoting Bill English [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Tue 18 Dec 2007 07:48:25 PM PST: Sorry to hear that Gerald, With all the options these days for backing up, there is no reason not to, but in my experience the majority of people don't backup. A simple 2GB usb drive can be had for way less than 50 bucks at Wal Mart, no need to worry about backing up the entire drive, just back up the data, re-install the OS and restore data, viola, you are back in business with a fresh install running like the day she was born. 2GB is plenty enough for the average users data. This assumes that your applications are well behaved in terms of storing their data in reasonable places. And, of course, that you are willing to spend the time to reinstall all the applications software from scratch. I can see Flex providing a clean install CDROM that essentially sets you back to factory installation, then you do an online update (assuming you have a network connection), then import your databases which you've backed up. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
