Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters
Jim That is true -- the CATV meter (an SDA 5000) does measure levels in dBmV and at 75 ohms.. I'll poke around and see what I can find out. Thanks for the heads-up. Dave WA3FDB -Original Message- From: Jim R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:52 PM To: David Beumer WA3FDB; 'Phil LaMarche'; 'FlexRadio Reflector' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] 6 meters Dave Just a heads-up. CATV meters typically measure levels expressed in dBmV. (dB referenced to 1 millivolt across 75 ohms). We work with dBmW (dB referenced to 1 milliwat. for us, this parameter is is across 50 ohms. The CATV meter reading will be a lot different. The difference between the two at 75 ohms is that 0 dBmV corresponds to -48.75 dBmW across 75 ohms. I'm not sure what the difference between 75 and 50 ohms will make in the reading. Maybe someone else can enlighten us on that. Jim K5HY From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:11:14 -0600 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters Phil I have a similar problem -- I have heard nothing on 6 meters. I do see a lot of spurs. As a quick test I checked to see if I got local TV channel 2 Video 55.25 Mhz and audio 59.75 -- I received both, but the signal is not as strong as I expected. I'm going to see what the signal strength is on CATV meter I have access to. In your area, you've got channel 3 and you should be able to see the video carrier at 61.25 the audio carrier is at 65.75 -- outside of the upper bound of the Flex receiver. This might give you a reality check .. Dave WA3FDB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil LaMarche Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:16 AM To: 'FlexRadio Reflector' Subject: [Flexradio] 6 meters I have yet to hear a 6 meter signal. Have the 5 element beam at 85 feet coming in to ant 3 and I've switched the 5000 to ant 3. Monitor all day with nothing heard. Talking to my friends on 75 who work 6, the last 3 days they have been working many stations. Perhaps I'm doing some thing wrong? Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters
Why is it that my SDR-5000 receives 6 meters fine on ANT 1 or ANT 3? Will it only transmit on ANT 3? I of course used the antenna control tab to switch between them. 73 Ross K9COX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dudley Hurry Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:43 PM To: Phil LaMarche Cc: 'FlexRadio Reflector' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters Phil, Remember that 6 meters is locked on Ant 3. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] FW: Direct I/Q output for CW Skimmer
Ed W2RF Thanks for building in the VAC I/Q output into your branch! I've been using it this morning, and it's really fun to watch the contest in progress. In order to use it I had to make some changes to the the CW Pitch and Audio IF in CW Skimmer (version 1.1) to get the display to line up with PowerSDR's panadapter. (Setting them both to 600 seemed to do the trick.) I used CWU and set the filter to max (0 to hz) in order to maximize the signal that's sent to CW skimmer. Its probably a misconception on my part, but I thought that sending raw I/Q to CW Skimmer would have bypassed the filter settings, etc. and sent the entire 96K bandwidth to CW Skimmer for decoding. Is Hz the maximum window I can send to CW Skimmer? Or is there some other setting that I'm missing? (I tried SPEC mode on PowerSDr, but none of the CW signals were readable in CW Skimmer). Mark W8XR Hi Mack, If you have a connection to the SVN source repoistory, the version of PowerSDR in the w2rf branch has a feature called Direct I/Q output, which works with CW Skimmer in wideband modes. You can find additonal instructions in the Skimmer help file. Let me know if you have further problems or questions. 73 Ed W2RF ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters
I can answer my own question upon closer examination. Only the transmit antenna is fixed to ANT 3, the receive antenna can be selected to any of them. 73 Self -Original Message- From: Ross Stenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 4:51 AM To: 'Dudley Hurry' Cc: 'FlexRadio Reflector' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] 6 meters Why is it that my SDR-5000 receives 6 meters fine on ANT 1 or ANT 3? Will it only transmit on ANT 3? I of course used the antenna control tab to switch between them. 73 Ross K9COX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dudley Hurry Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:43 PM To: Phil LaMarche Cc: 'FlexRadio Reflector' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters Phil, Remember that 6 meters is locked on Ant 3. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Direct I/Q output for CW Skimmer
Hi Mark, If VAC output is set up properly Skimmer will process the entire sampled spectrum of 48, 96, or 192khz. There is no need to do any special filter setup. The demod audio continues as normal. For example, while I am processing 96khz of spectrum into Skimmer, I am running PowerSDR with 200hz filters. Some users are confused because Skimmer only shows 10-12khz of bandwidth on the waterfall, depending on how tall your display is. If you look at the spot list, you will see that it is reading stations in the whole sampled bandwidth. If you scroll up and down, you will see their callsigns by the waterfall. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have further problems or questions. 73 Ed W2RF On 24 May 2008 at 8:42, Mark Amos wrote: Ed W2RF Thanks for building in the VAC I/Q output into your branch! I've been using it this morning, and it's really fun to watch the contest in progress. In order to use it I had to make some changes to the the CW Pitch and Audio IF in CW Skimmer (version 1.1) to get the display to line up with PowerSDR's panadapter. (Setting them both to 600 seemed to do the trick.) I used CWU and set the filter to max (0 to hz) in order to maximize the signal that's sent to CW skimmer. Its probably a misconception on my part, but I thought that sending raw I/Q to CW Skimmer would have bypassed the filter settings, etc. and sent the entire 96K bandwidth to CW Skimmer for decoding. Is Hz the maximum window I can send to CW Skimmer? Or is there some other setting that I'm missing? (I tried SPEC mode on PowerSDr, but none of the CW signals were readable in CW Skimmer). Mark W8XR Hi Mack, If you have a connection to the SVN source repoistory, the version of PowerSDR in the w2rf branch has a feature called Direct I/Q output, which works with CW Skimmer in wideband modes. You can find additonal instructions in the Skimmer help file. Let me know if you have further problems or questions. 73 Ed W2RF ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Direct I/Q output for CW Skimmer
Ed, I'm sure I'm misunderstanding something... and I appreciate your patience. When I send the output to VAC as I change modes on PowerSDR, the CW Skimmer waterfall changes. When I change the filters in PowerSDR, then the waterfall in CW skimmer only shows signals in a narrow band (as wide as the filter). No matter what mode I select, scrolling up and down the CW Skimmer waterfall shows a frequency range of about 20 KHz. It appears that signals above and below the center frequency on PowerSDR are reflections of each other. When I set up VAC, the only WDM that shows up is Windows WDM-KS - should there be another Windows WDM - maybe that's the problem(?) Mark -Original Message- From: Ed Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:26 AM To: 'FlexRadio'; Mark Amos Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Direct I/Q output for CW Skimmer Hi Mark, If VAC output is set up properly Skimmer will process the entire sampled spectrum of 48, 96, or 192khz. There is no need to do any special filter setup. The demod audio continues as normal. For example, while I am processing 96khz of spectrum into Skimmer, I am running PowerSDR with 200hz filters. Some users are confused because Skimmer only shows 10-12khz of bandwidth on the waterfall, depending on how tall your display is. If you look at the spot list, you will see that it is reading stations in the whole sampled bandwidth. If you scroll up and down, you will see their callsigns by the waterfall. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have further problems or questions. 73 Ed W2RF On 24 May 2008 at 8:42, Mark Amos wrote: Ed W2RF Thanks for building in the VAC I/Q output into your branch! I've been using it this morning, and it's really fun to watch the contest in progress. In order to use it I had to make some changes to the the CW Pitch and Audio IF in CW Skimmer (version 1.1) to get the display to line up with PowerSDR's panadapter. (Setting them both to 600 seemed to do the trick.) I used CWU and set the filter to max (0 to hz) in order to maximize the signal that's sent to CW skimmer. Its probably a misconception on my part, but I thought that sending raw I/Q to CW Skimmer would have bypassed the filter settings, etc. and sent the entire 96K bandwidth to CW Skimmer for decoding. Is Hz the maximum window I can send to CW Skimmer? Or is there some other setting that I'm missing? (I tried SPEC mode on PowerSDr, but none of the CW signals were readable in CW Skimmer). Mark W8XR Hi Mack, If you have a connection to the SVN source repoistory, the version of PowerSDR in the w2rf branch has a feature called Direct I/Q output, which works with CW Skimmer in wideband modes. You can find additonal instructions in the Skimmer help file. Let me know if you have further problems or questions. 73 Ed W2RF ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TV signals and 6 meters
Check this URL for a guide to TV sigs near you. http://www.w9wi.com/tvdb/natv.htm The audio carrier for KDKA channel 2 on 55.74 MHz is 10 over S-9 into my SDR-1000 connected to my vertical antenna. SWR is about 7:1. I'm about 20 miles away from their antenna, as the Crow flies... Message: 4 Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:11:14 From: David Beumer WA3FDB Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters To: 'Phil LaMarche' ; 'FlexRadio Reflector' Phil I have a similar problem -- I have heard nothing on 6 meters. I do see a lot of spurs. As a quick test I checked to see if I got local TV channel 2 Video 55.25 Mhz and audio 59.75 -- I received both, but the signal is not as strong as I expected. I'm going to see what the signal strength is on CATV meter I have access to. In your area, you've got channel 3 and you should be able to see the video carrier at 61.25 the audio carrier is at 65.75 -- outside of the upper bound of the Flex receiver. This might give you a reality check .. Dave WA3FDB _ Give to a good cause with every e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?souce=EML_WL_ GoodCause ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 37, Issue 24
Six Meters on the Flex 5000 For those who have complained about 6 meter reception the on the 5K, I experienced a similar situation. I won't say it was real bad, but it wasn't quite as good as my old IC-756 Pro II which I sold soon after acquiring the 5K. Checking with a beacon abt 80 miles away, the 5K did not receive the beacon as well as the Pro II did. Nevertheless, I have worked a number of stations with the 5K. Sporadic E signals tend to be quite strong so the 5K should do fine most of the time. However, I wanted to be sure I had the maximum sensitivity for weak DX. So, I recently installed an ARR GAsFet preamp. It had a little too much gain to suite me, bringing the noise background up to abt S-5, so I put an attenuator between the preamp and the 5K and set it to abt 6 dB. Now the noise runs abt S-3 or -105 dBm. Since the ARR preamp is abt as good as one can do on 6 meters, (at least good enough for terrestrial work), I now have confidence that I have adequate receive capability. 73 ES CU on 6 Bill Tynan, W3XO/5 EM00 SMIRK 800 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:00 AM Subject: FlexRadio Digest, Vol 37, Issue 24 Send FlexRadio mailing list submissions to flexradio@flex-radio.biz To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of FlexRadio digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: 6 meters (Tim Ellison) 2. Re: Sticky relay ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 3. Re: 6 meters (Joel Harrison) 4. Re: 6 meters (David Beumer WA3FDB) 5. PowerSDR AGC (Robert Dennison) 6. Fw: Checking Delta44 Sounds Card Voltage (KQ8RP) 7. Re: Fw: Checking Delta44 Sounds Card Voltage (Eric Wachsmann) 8. Re: 6 meters (Jim R) 9. Re: 6 meters (Ray J) 10. Re: 6 meters (Dudley Hurry) 11. Re: Sticky relay (Dudley Hurry) 12. Re: 6 meters (David Beumer WA3FDB) 13. Re: 6 meters (Ross Stenberg) 14. FW: Direct I/Q output for CW Skimmer (Mark Amos) 15. Re: 6 meters (Ross Stenberg) 16. Re: Direct I/Q output for CW Skimmer (Ed Russell) 17. Re: Direct I/Q output for CW Skimmer (Mark Amos) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:04:47 -0400 From: Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters To: Phil LaMarche [EMAIL PROTECTED], 'FlexRadio Reflector' flexradio@flex-radio.biz Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Make sure the AGC-T gain is not set too low. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil LaMarche Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:16 AM To: 'FlexRadio Reflector' Subject: [Flexradio] 6 meters I have yet to hear a 6 meter signal. Have the 5 element beam at 85 feet coming in to ant 3 and I've switched the 5000 to ant 3. Monitor all day with nothing heard. Talking to my friends on 75 who work 6, the last 3 days they have been working many stations. Perhaps I'm doing some thing wrong? Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com http://www.instantgourmetspices.com/ www.w9dvm.com http://www.w9dvm.com/ 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:32:52 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sticky relay To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII The sticky relay on the 5K still happens to me with new firmware, about every 100 transmissions or so (no pattern). It does happen more often when I am using VOX. I do not know if it happens more often on VOX because of the constant send/receive transitions that take place, or the fact that there is a higher chance of catching a transients. I have ruled out any transients to the amplifier switching (I noted one flexer had made a remark about that in the past that he only had problems when using the linear amplifier). I have a solid state switching device I designed, external to the Flex 5k that has absolutely no transients. I do have a theory though that it may be occurring when you are transitioning between T/R at the same time a high RF current is present on the coax. RF from an
[Flexradio] 2008/May/24 FRF TeamSpeak audio
The 24/May Flex Radio Friends TeamSpeak zipped mp3 (1 hour 15 minutes) plus a text file of channel comments is available at: http://www.hamsdr.com/dnld.aspx?id=805 or http://www.hamsdr.com/dnld.aspx Post-Dayton and power supply horror stories. I am still experiencing dropouts about every 3 seconds. My packet loss is about 5%. I shut down Firefox and Thunderbird while recording. Is anyone else having the dropouts on TeamSpeak? I can listen to NPR without any dropouts. Maybe it's a feature of Comcast, or maybe I need to defrag my hard drive. Mike - AA8K ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters
I hope you were listening this morning. Six was open in the CO-IA-MN direction from my QTH (EM00xb) and some of the beacon signals were 599. I worked several stations with signals ranging from S3 to S9 using a three element beam at 50 feet. Bob K5KDN -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil LaMarche Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:16 AM To: 'FlexRadio Reflector' Subject: [Flexradio] 6 meters I have yet to hear a 6 meter signal. Have the 5 element beam at 85 feet coming in to ant 3 and I've switched the 5000 to ant 3. Monitor all day with nothing heard. Talking to my friends on 75 who work 6, the last 3 days they have been working many stations. Perhaps I'm doing some thing wrong? Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com http://www.instantgourmetspices.com/ www.w9dvm.com http://www.w9dvm.com/ 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 6 meter performance
Disheartening comments by Joel, W5ZN (although he didn't intend it so...just honest candor). The Ft-920 is over 10 years old and is on the used market for about $800 or so. These are not off the wall opinions from just another crackpot. Check out his credentials on QRZ. I would have hoped for better raw performance from the SDR-5000. It seems a shame to need to add a custom preamp to what is touted as a high end HF-6m radio. There are many great things about this radio, and there are some issues as well. I frankly get tired of the zealots that defend it with such fervor at times. For what it's worth, the K3 reflector is just as bad. Just the nature of the beast I suppose (our kids are always the brightest and our little girl should always win the pageant). 73 and flame on, the troll, Ross K9COX I have worked a few stations on six meters, but the Flex 5000 performance for sensitivity and noise figure on six meters is not up to most other radios. It certainly is inferior to my Yaesu FT-920. The noise figure of the Flex 5000 on six meters is about 15 dB. Most people have added a preamp for six meters. I have not yet done that as most of the commercial preamps available offer a low noise figure but have around 20+ dB gain, which is a bit more than you actually need to perk up six meters and that much gain will impact other parameters. Al Ward and I think something around 10 dB with a low noise figure would be ideal, but we're still doing some testing. ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 6 meters
Plil, I work a station in Ohio (W8IF) daily from my QTH in Southwest Florida, (950 mile path) seven days a week on a schedule. I use an SDR5000, a HB 6 meter amplifier (1000 watts) and a good 6 meter yagi. I also use an Advance Receiver Research 6 meter receiver preamp. ($80) With the BNC RX1 IN OUT on the back of the SDR5000, connection is a snap. There is 12 VDC on the back of the SDR (Flexwire I/O) for powering the preamp. I work this path winter and summer using a combination of meteor scatter, troposphere scatter, ionosphere scatter and sporadic E. The band is not open 99% of the time I work this path. I have worked 8 countries (TI7, HI3, KP4, PJ4, P43, CO8, H7, VE3, W6) and 12 states in the last 3 day on 6 meters with the SDR5000. 6 meters is my favorite band and the SDR5000 is a great rig with the panadapter, waterfall, and superior noise blanks. You are about 70 miles north of me, so let me know if I can help. Dave, W9DR, Punta Gorda, Florida ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] W2RF PowerSDR I/Q problem
Ed, Thanks for your patience with my W2RF PowerSDR I/Q questions. All, the problem I reported with Ed's console sending I/Q to CW Skimmer was a user error. I failed to read the documentation (in CW Skimmer Help) that clearly states that the W2RF version of the PowerSDR application only supports direct I/Q with the SDR-5000. Even with the SDR-1000, CW Skimmer makes a nice band scope (albeit only 10K at a time.) Mark W8XR ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 160 meter arcing
I am experiencing an internal arcing/frying sound from inside the 5000a on 160 meters anytime the RF power gets above 50 watts on any mode. This has occurred since day on one my 5000. It occurs on all antenna ports and both of my 160 meter antennas (shunt fed tower and inverted Vee) as well as my dummy load. I'm yet to raise the hood to investigate, before I do, any suggestions or similar experiences? This problem is ONLY on 160 meters. All other bands are fine with full 100 watts. 73 Joel W5ZN ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Hearing a very brief bust of audio from adjacent frequency signal when tuning with mouse wheel.
I am hearing a strange phenomenon when tuning with the mouse wheel on my Flex 5000A with PSDR v1.10.4. While listening on a quiet 20m SSB frequency for example if I rock the mouse wheel back and forth slowly just one click I can hear a very brief burst of audio from a relatively strong (S7 or more) sideband signal that is some 10 or 15 KHz away. This does not seem to occur when the nearby signal is S6 or less. Has anyone else observed this? Does anyone have a theory on the possible cause? 73, Bob KW4CQ ___ 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%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
