[Flexradio] CQWW CW 2007
My score while not exactly earth shattering was acheived with wire antennas and my amazing Flex 5K. You can imagine my surprise when a certifcate from CQ was delivered a few minutes ago emblazoned with these words: #1 NORTHERN IRELAND NEW COUNTRY RECORD :-) :-) To say I'm chuffed would be an understatement! Long live Flex and SDR! 73, Frank GI4NKB -- ___ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] CQWW CW 2007
WOW! That is great, Frank. Congratulations on a hard earned accomplishment. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Hunter Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:27 AM To: FlexRadio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] CQWW CW 2007 My score while not exactly earth shattering was acheived with wire antennas and my amazing Flex 5K. You can imagine my surprise when a certifcate from CQ was delivered a few minutes ago emblazoned with these words: #1 NORTHERN IRELAND NEW COUNTRY RECORD :-) :-) To say I'm chuffed would be an understatement! Long live Flex and SDR! 73, Frank GI4NKB -- ___ 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://kc.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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] CQWW CW 2007
Tim Ellison wrote: WOW! That is great, Frank. Congratulations on a hard earned accomplishment. Thanks Tim! I credit my success to the 5K's superior receiver and feature set, there is nothing else that comes close, _NOTHING_! 73, Frank GI4NKB -- Chairman 1st N.Ireland Alizee Fan Club ___ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, CQWW/GI4NKB
Congrats Frank, a great accomplishment with the 5K. Although I'm not a contester, I do like the ragchews and contacts I've been getting with my 5K and PSDR, even on the Digital modes. KJ7S Jim - Original Message - Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:27:23 + From: Frank Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Flexradio] CQWW CW 2007 To: FlexRadio Reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed My score while not exactly earth shattering was acheived with wire antennas and my amazing Flex 5K. You can imagine my surprise when a certifcate from CQ was delivered a few minutes ago emblazoned with these words: #1 NORTHERN IRELAND NEW COUNTRY RECORD :-) :-) To say I'm chuffed would be an understatement! Long live Flex and SDR! 73, Frank GI4NKB -- -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:54:06 -0400 From: Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CQWW CW 2007 To: Frank Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED], FlexRadio Reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii WOW! That is great, Frank. Congratulations on a hard earned accomplishment. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Hunter Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:27 AM To: FlexRadio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] CQWW CW 2007 My score while not exactly earth shattering was acheived with wire antennas and my amazing Flex 5K. You can imagine my surprise when a certifcate from CQ was delivered a few minutes ago emblazoned with these words: #1 NORTHERN IRELAND NEW COUNTRY RECORD :-) :-) To say I'm chuffed would be an understatement! Long live Flex and SDR! 73, Frank GI4NKB -- ___ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:24:39 + From: Frank Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CQWW CW 2007 Cc: FlexRadio Reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Tim Ellison wrote: WOW! That is great, Frank. Congratulations on a hard earned accomplishment. Thanks Tim! I credit my success to the 5K's superior receiver and feature set, there is nothing else that comes close, _NOTHING_! 73, Frank GI4NKB -- Chairman 1st N.Ireland Alizee Fan Club -- ___ 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/ End of FlexRadio Digest, Vol 42, Issue 28 * ___ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Flex PWSDR and CWSkimmer
Before anyone jumps on me...I can copy cw better (most of the time) than CWS. But I do use CWS to find the holes in a pileup or find the frequency of last station worked. So here is the problem. When I find a station just worked, I can put the mouse crosshairs on that frequency and when I click, it changes vfoA to that QRG. Which is no good as I need it to change vfoB, which is the transmit or split vfo. So basically what I'm asking ishow do I configure CWS to change VFOB? Rig is a Flex5KA, running PWSDR (latest full or SVN Versions) CWS is connected to the Flex via DDUtility comport sharing utility. ___ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex PWSDR and CWSkimmer
Hi Bill, If you have the latest version of Skimmer go to the OmniRig setup and select PowerRX2 configuration instead of PowerSDR. 73 Ed W2RF -Original Message- From: FireBrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:29 PM To: Ed Russel; Steve Nance; FlexRadio List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Flex PWSDR and CWSkimmer Before anyone jumps on me...I can copy cw better (most of the time) than CWS. But I do use CWS to find the holes in a pileup or find the frequency of last station worked. So here is the problem. When I find a station just worked, I can put the mouse crosshairs on that frequency and when I click, it changes vfoA to that QRG. Which is no good as I need it to change vfoB, which is the transmit or split vfo. So basically what I'm asking ishow do I configure CWS to change VFOB? Rig is a Flex5KA, running PWSDR (latest full or SVN Versions) CWS is connected to the Flex via DDUtility comport sharing utility. ___ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] TX in Digital Mode
I am having problem with PSK and RTTY TX. When set to DIGU and I go by the manual to set the TX Meter to ALC and VAC TX Gain to I get a TX Meter ALC value of 0 or less, I get no Power out (Drive set to 45). Now, if I assume the manual is wrong or I am reading it wrong and set TX Gain to 6, all is good and my TX on the spectrum and scope look good (my monitored IMD on a second receiver is -25 or better at idle). I am using MixW for my CW, PSK and RTTY. I know with my ICOM-756Pro2 and Rigblaster Pro, which is my second Transceiver, you set the TX for an ALC of 0 or less (and that all works fine). However, I don't think there is a correlation of ALC on the FLEX and my pro. How should I adjust the VAC TX Gain on my Flex for PSK and RTTY? Adjust the TX Meter for ALC or TX Fwd Pwr? Thanks for the help, Still Love my Flex, Val - N0QW + + \/ \/ + \ / \ /\ / + \/ \/ \/ + Val Walker - N0QW + ___ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX in Digital Mode
You didn't indicate what radio you are using. This is the way I have my FLEX-5000 setup and I have no problems and the signals are clean. First off, don't set your RF output in the manner you described for digital modes when using VAC. You need not look at the ALC. This is one area where setting up a traditional radio is not 100% analogous with that of a SDR. Set the PA gain to 100. Adjust you RF output with the TX audio gain and not by turning down the PA. Set the TX meter for Forward Power. For PSK31, adjust the VAC TX gain until you hit 35 watts output. On my setup that is about -5. Now change your TX meter to MIC and you should be well below 0 dB. If you run the VAC TX gain up to 0, you should be very close to 0 db on the MIC TX meter reading and consequently putting out about 100 watts PEP. You never want to exceed 0 dB on the TX MIC meter or your signal will be distorting. Also, if you are using PowerSDR 1.14.0, there is a VAC gain bug that shows up when running at 192 KHz. It is fixed in the test branch (I am not sure about the trunk version). Here are some of the settings you should use as a starting point for a digital setup. Change the PowerSDR sampling rate to 96 KHz with a 1024 buffer size (if you are using a FLEX-5000, make sure the buffer size is 1024 and the operating mode is SafeMode1) In PowerSDR, the VAC buffer should be 1024 to match the PowerSDR/Firewire audio buffer size and set the VAC sampling rate 48 KHz. Your PSK31 IMD for this configuration should be between -30 and -32 dB when measured with an external device. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Val Walker Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:15 PM To: Flex Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] TX in Digital Mode I am having problem with PSK and RTTY TX. When set to DIGU and I go by the manual to set the TX Meter to ALC and VAC TX Gain to I get a TX Meter ALC value of 0 or less, I get no Power out (Drive set to 45). Now, if I assume the manual is wrong or I am reading it wrong and set TX Gain to 6, all is good and my TX on the spectrum and scope look good (my monitored IMD on a second receiver is -25 or better at idle). I am using MixW for my CW, PSK and RTTY. I know with my ICOM-756Pro2 and Rigblaster Pro, which is my second Transceiver, you set the TX for an ALC of 0 or less (and that all works fine). However, I don't think there is a correlation of ALC on the FLEX and my pro. How should I adjust the VAC TX Gain on my Flex for PSK and RTTY? Adjust the TX Meter for ALC or TX Fwd Pwr? Thanks for the help, Still Love my Flex, Val - N0QW + + \/ \/ + \ / \ /\ / + \/ \/ \/ + Val Walker - N0QW + ___ 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://kc.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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX in Digital Mode
There was a bug fix (1903)that corrected this problem. It was fixed on 10/2/2008 The problem fixed only occurred when using a 192k sample rate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Val Walker Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:15 PM To: Flex Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] TX in Digital Mode I am having problem with PSK and RTTY TX. When set to DIGU and I go by the manual to set the TX Meter to ALC and VAC TX Gain to I get a TX Meter ALC value of 0 or less, I get no Power out (Drive set to 45). Now, if I assume the manual is wrong or I am reading it wrong and set TX Gain to 6, all is good and my TX on the spectrum and scope look good (my monitored IMD on a second receiver is -25 or better at idle). I am using MixW for my CW, PSK and RTTY. I know with my ICOM-756Pro2 and Rigblaster Pro, which is my second Transceiver, you set the TX for an ALC of 0 or less (and that all works fine). However, I don't think there is a correlation of ALC on the FLEX and my pro. How should I adjust the VAC TX Gain on my Flex for PSK and RTTY? Adjust the TX Meter for ALC or TX Fwd Pwr? Thanks for the help, Still Love my Flex, Val - N0QW + + \/ \/ + \ / \ /\ / + \/ \/ \/ + Val Walker - N0QW ___ 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://kc.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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
