Re: [Flexradio] How to PTT in Digital modes?
Hello Ray, Thanks for this very informative response to my question. As it turns out I already had installed vCOM but I just didn't know how to use it so it was just sitting there So after yours and Kirks emails it took me all of 2 seconds to get my Flex keying up in PSK31 Thank you very much, Dennis, k0eoo - Original Message - From: Ray, K9DUR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Dennis Petrich' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:48 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] How to PTT in Digital modes? Dennis, Most sound card interfaces have a connection to a serial port for PTT control using the DTR and/or RTS handshaking lines to key the rig. In the SDR world, we use a virtual serial port program like K8VB's vCOM (it is free) to set up a pair of virtual serial ports. Point the digital mode program at one of the ports of the pair, point PowerSDR to the other, like magic, you are keying the rig with no wires! So, to use digital modes with PowerSDR, you need 2 separate 3rd-party programs to make it work in addition to yoiur didgtal mode program PowerSDR: 1.) you need VAC to pipe the audio between the digital mode program PowerSDR, 2.) you need vCOM (or another virtual serial port program) for PTT control. 73, Ray, K9DUR __ NOD32 3244 (20080705) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.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] Ham Radio Deluxe and PowerSDR/Flex5000A
I have had some good luck with Ham Radio DeLuxe and DM780. I was able to set up SSTV quickly and use it to transmit and receive on 20 meters. I have had less than good luck in decoding CW, such as the ARRL bulletins on 20 meters. I'd like to find some better answers about this. I have XP-Pro, not Vista. Art Gartner wrote: Ross, Yes, it seems slow. Lately however I'm not changing freq, I'm just seeing how long it lasts until it quits. Art, KA4M At 02:56 PM 7/5/2008 -0500, Ross Stenberg wrote: Art, I have had problems with this as well as a few others with about the same configuration. Don't really know what the answer is. I believe operation is OK under XP but not Vista. If you change frequency or other settings do you find that operation is very sluggish before getting the error? 73 Ross K9COX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Art Gartner Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 2:40 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Ham Radio Deluxe and PowerSDR/Flex5000A I have a problem when trying to run Ham Radio Deluxe with PowerSDR on my Flex5000. I'm using N8VB VCOM for com ports. I bring up PowerSDR then HDR. I make the connection from HDR and see the frequency and other parameters in the HDR screen. Everything is working fine. After about two minutes (can be longer) I get an error message from PowerSDR saying Setup error. Failed to load resources from resource file. Please check your setup. I then get an error message from HDR that the connection has stopped. When I click OK on the PowerSDR error message PowerSDR closes. I then close HDR. I cannot bring PowerSDR back up without rebooting the computer. Here are the operating conditions. Running Vista on an ASUS Maximus Extreme motherboard. Intel X9650 processor (quad 3.0 gHz processors.) 2 gigs of DDR3 RAM, Firewire PCI card using the Agere chip. The onboard firewire is disabled in the BIOS. PowerSDR 1.12.0, Firmware 1.2.0.3. Ham Radio Deluxe V4.0 SP3 build 1875 Driver is 3.0.0.70. Running 192 kHz with a 2048 buffer, Safe Mode 1. N8VB VCOM with four pairs 6 to 16, 7 to 17, 8 to 18, 9 to 19 In the HDR connection and PowerSDR CAT screen I started out with com 6 to 16. Switched to com 8 to 18, no change. I have tried many different matching baud rates plus the original 115,000 to 57,600. No change. The ID on the CAT setup in PowerSDR is PowerSDR the connection in HRD is SDR1000. I changed both to TS-2000, no change. I have uninstalled PowerSDR, deleted the database and reinstalled PowerSDR. No change. I have uninstalled VCOM. I configured it, saved the config and installed it again. No change. My Flex5000A runs fine by itself. As soon as I bring up HRD and make the connection PowerSDR goes belly up about 2 minutes later. I'm stumped. Art, KA4M -- Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225 ___ 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] 5000A in Tulsa, Oklahoma area
By chance anyone in the Tulsa area (NE Oklahoma) using a 5000A and willing to show it off? Gary - W7FG 918-333-7893 ___ 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] Ham Radio Deluxe and PowerSDR/Flex5000A
Ross, I think you are right. I set up my laptop to run the same software. My laptop is a duo AMD processor running XP Pro. I loaded the same versions of PowerSDR, HDR and Vcom. I configured everything the same as my Vista desktop. It ran fine and had not dropped out after two hours. There was no sluggishness in HDR. Vista is the problem. There was another post that listed a site for some new virtual com port software that was freeware. It is listed as being compatible with Vista. see Neal Campbell - New Virtual port software post. Looks interesting. Art, KA4M At 02:56 PM 7/5/2008 -0500, Ross Stenberg wrote: Art, I have had problems with this as well as a few others with about the same configuration. Don't really know what the answer is. I believe operation is OK under XP but not Vista. If you change frequency or other settings do you find that operation is very sluggish before getting the error? 73 Ross K9COX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Art Gartner Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 2:40 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Ham Radio Deluxe and PowerSDR/Flex5000A I have a problem when trying to run Ham Radio Deluxe with PowerSDR on my Flex5000. I'm using N8VB VCOM for com ports. I bring up PowerSDR then HDR. I make the connection from HDR and see the frequency and other parameters in the HDR screen. Everything is working fine. After about two minutes (can be longer) I get an error message from PowerSDR saying Setup error. Failed to load resources from resource file. Please check your setup. I then get an error message from HDR that the connection has stopped. When I click OK on the PowerSDR error message PowerSDR closes. I then close HDR. I cannot bring PowerSDR back up without rebooting the computer. Here are the operating conditions. Running Vista on an ASUS Maximus Extreme motherboard. Intel X9650 processor (quad 3.0 gHz processors.) 2 gigs of DDR3 RAM, Firewire PCI card using the Agere chip. The onboard firewire is disabled in the BIOS. PowerSDR 1.12.0, Firmware 1.2.0.3. Ham Radio Deluxe V4.0 SP3 build 1875 Driver is 3.0.0.70. Running 192 kHz with a 2048 buffer, Safe Mode 1. N8VB VCOM with four pairs 6 to 16, 7 to 17, 8 to 18, 9 to 19 In the HDR connection and PowerSDR CAT screen I started out with com 6 to 16. Switched to com 8 to 18, no change. I have tried many different matching baud rates plus the original 115,000 to 57,600. No change. The ID on the CAT setup in PowerSDR is PowerSDR the connection in HRD is SDR1000. I changed both to TS-2000, no change. I have uninstalled PowerSDR, deleted the database and reinstalled PowerSDR. No change. I have uninstalled VCOM. I configured it, saved the config and installed it again. No change. My Flex5000A runs fine by itself. As soon as I bring up HRD and make the connection PowerSDR goes belly up about 2 minutes later. I'm stumped. Art, KA4M ___ 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] Ham Radio Deluxe and PowerSDR/Flex5000A
Yes, I am running as administrator and UAC is disabled. The primary symptom here is just very sluggish operation and then eventually faulting out after a few minutes. I think that I will try the Eterlogic virtual com port software that Neil mentioned and see what happens. I have no idea why Vista does not run well with the virtual com ports in this case, it is disappointing. The odd part is that HRD (which has no issues with Vista) supports VCom and even includes the software. It must be just some strange Vista thing. Can't blame Billy anymore. 73 Ross K9COX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Art Gartner Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 2:54 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Ham Radio Deluxe and PowerSDR/Flex5000A Ross, I think you are right. I set up my laptop to run the same software. My laptop is a duo AMD processor running XP Pro. I loaded the same versions of PowerSDR, HDR and Vcom. I configured everything the same as my Vista desktop. It ran fine and had not dropped out after two hours. There was no sluggishness in HDR. Vista is the problem. There was another post that listed a site for some new virtual com port software that was freeware. It is listed as being compatible with Vista. see Neal Campbell - New Virtual port software post. Looks interesting. Art, KA4M ___ 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] Ham Radio Deluxe and PowerSDR/Flex5000A
Okay I spent some time trying to get Eterlogic virtual com port to work with HDR and PowerSDR. I couldn't get the HDR frequency display to update. It would get the initial freq from PowerSDR and freeze. Hope someone can get this to work and educate the rest of us. Art - KA4M ___ 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] RX1 in/out issue with FLEX5000
Hello to all, I have an issue here with a 50KW AM BC station about 6 miles away. I have IMD/spurs/carriers all the way up from 160M to past 20M. The signal strength of the AM 640kc station is -3dbm on the flex meter and I have crud all over hell's half acre up thru the bands...most are just above the QRN, but sometimes not ;-)This AM powerhouse always mixes with another station beating together on frequencies that show up across the bands. I purchased a KIWA BCB reject filter and put it in the RX1/2 in/out loop and use the antenna selection option to put this inline and it definitely knocks down the 640kc AM 70db when the flex is in GEN mode tuned to 640kc. The problem is that when the BCB filter is inline with RX1 loop, I have major intermod all over the bands...on 20M I heard CHU this afternoon at 14.030, +/- propagation and AM carriers all over the spectrum, some are S9+10 in DSB mode on 20M. If I take the KIWA BCB reject filter and put it inline with the antenna in any ANT1/2/3 port life is good...all the crud is gone, but I can't TX with the KIWA BCB filter. Anyone care to figure this one out? I know W9NQN TX/RX filters are an option, but a $60 RX only should have worked IMHO. Enjoy what's left of our holiday weekend! Mike, K4EAR No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.4.5/1537 - Release Date: 7/6/2008 5:26 AM ___ 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] One problem solved, another arises
Turns out I did have a VERY noisy power supply in my PC. Different PC, different power supply, noise all gone! But now I have a new problem. I can't hear any signals. I hear the same noise floor even if the unit is power off. Hooking up an antenna seems to have no effect. I tried the thumb on the line in connector test as described in the manual in the trouble-shooting section. That test passed. We have a very strong, 50KW AM station just about 6 miles from here (650 WSM) and it should at least come in. I know this could be a gazillion things, but maybe someone knows a few things to check. It was working on the old PC, I could hear very strong signals over the computer noise. Now that the noise is gone, so are my signals!!! Any ideas? Jacky Winters KA4HRE ___ 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] I'm hearing voices in my PSK31 monitor mode???
Hello all, You guys won't believe this but I'm hearing a voice when I'm in PSK31 mode using he Hamscope software with my SDR-1000/FA-66 combo... I'm using the vCOM to PTT the rig and VAC to get the audio to/from the SDR. Everything seems to be working just great in receive and all other modes!! I couldn't believe it my self. I hear what sounds like a female voice saying five every 5 seconds or so when I'm transmitting. I discovered it when I decided I wanted to see of Monitor mode would allow me to hear my PSK31 transmission and it does but I hear the VOICE I shut off the monitor and I can still see the transmit panadapter display come up during the time the VOICE would be saying five It's like there is something in the transmit file. I know this sounds crazy and I havn't been drinking, honest I haven't This is not April 1's or October 31st so I don't know what to think Has anyone experieiced this VOICE with their Digital mode operation??? Signed, Bewildered,k0eoo ___ 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] I'm hearing voices in my PSK31 monitor mode???
This is a common occurrance. There are two ways to avoid the voices: 1. send a check for one million dollars US to me via my qrz.com address 2. buy a copy of VAC because the demo has a voice that comes on every few minutes that says its a demo. I would suggest #1 but #2 is more effective hi hi! Neal On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Dennis Petrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, You guys won't believe this but I'm hearing a voice when I'm in PSK31 mode using he Hamscope software with my SDR-1000/FA-66 combo... I'm using the vCOM to PTT the rig and VAC to get the audio to/from the SDR. Everything seems to be working just great in receive and all other modes!! I couldn't believe it my self. I hear what sounds like a female voice saying five every 5 seconds or so when I'm transmitting. I discovered it when I decided I wanted to see of Monitor mode would allow me to hear my PSK31 transmission and it does but I hear the VOICE I shut off the monitor and I can still see the transmit panadapter display come up during the time the VOICE would be saying five It's like there is something in the transmit file. I know this sounds crazy and I havn't been drinking, honest I haven't This is not April 1's or October 31st so I don't know what to think Has anyone experieiced this VOICE with their Digital mode operation??? Signed, Bewildered,k0eoo ___ 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/ -- Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux (540) 242 0911 - Try Spot for OS X, the intelligent DXCluster Client at www.abrohamnealsoftware.com - introduction priced at $10.99 - For a great dog book, visit www.abrohamneal.com - See the FlexRadio Systems Flex-5000a in action at www.flex-videos.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] I'm hearing voices in my PSK31 monitor mode???
Thanks Neal for giving me the second option because I cant afford the first, hi, hi. Well I did purchase the VAC software, I just haven't uninstalled the demo ware and installed the purchased version yet. Glad to hear thats all I have to do... Thanks for the help. Dennis, k0eoo - Original Message - From: Neal Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dennis Petrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] I'm hearing voices in my PSK31 monitor mode??? This is a common occurrance. There are two ways to avoid the voices: 1. send a check for one million dollars US to me via my qrz.com address 2. buy a copy of VAC because the demo has a voice that comes on every few minutes that says its a demo. I would suggest #1 but #2 is more effective hi hi! Neal On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Dennis Petrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, You guys won't believe this but I'm hearing a voice when I'm in PSK31 mode using he Hamscope software with my SDR-1000/FA-66 combo... I'm using the vCOM to PTT the rig and VAC to get the audio to/from the SDR. Everything seems to be working just great in receive and all other modes!! I couldn't believe it my self. I hear what sounds like a female voice saying five every 5 seconds or so when I'm transmitting. I discovered it when I decided I wanted to see of Monitor mode would allow me to hear my PSK31 transmission and it does but I hear the VOICE I shut off the monitor and I can still see the transmit panadapter display come up during the time the VOICE would be saying five It's like there is something in the transmit file. I know this sounds crazy and I havn't been drinking, honest I haven't This is not April 1's or October 31st so I don't know what to think Has anyone experieiced this VOICE with their Digital mode operation??? Signed, Bewildered,k0eoo ___ 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/ -- Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux (540) 242 0911 - Try Spot for OS X, the intelligent DXCluster Client at www.abrohamnealsoftware.com - introduction priced at $10.99 - For a great dog book, visit www.abrohamneal.com - See the FlexRadio Systems Flex-5000a in action at www.flex-videos.com __ NOD32 3244 (20080705) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.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] I'm hearing voices in my PSK31 monitor mode???
Dennis, Oh, we believe it! It sounds like you are using the trial version of VAC. The free trial version inserts the word TRIAL into the audio stream every few seconds. When you purchase register VAC, you will get a version that does not do this. 73, Ray, K9DUR ___ 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] Remoting SDR-5000 with Skype audio
I have my SDR-5000 setup using LogMeIn remote free and Skype audio. This works well for CW, but has anyone set things up for 2-way audio for the voice modes using Skype? If you have, I would like to hear from you. Dave, W5UN ___ 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/
