[Flexradio] PowerSdr on Windows7
Hello all, I have just received some info regarding Windows 7, it may be old news but i include it for interest:- More news is emerging about the forthcoming release of Windows 7. It seems that Microsoft is reluctant to completely let go of its most successful operating system, Windows XP, which they now no longer fully support. It seems that Windows 7 will come complete with a full Windows XP installation included, designed to run inside a virtual PC environment inside Windows 7, which will allow the huge range of software designed to work with Windows XP to run in Windows 7. The new XP mode, called XPM, requires advanced virtualisation features provided by the latest generations of Intel and AMD processors, will be available in the Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows 7. XP applications that use XPM will not need to be installed in a separate XP desktop. Instead the applications will be integrated in to and available from the Windows 7 desktop. This approach has a number of benefits for Microsoft, including the fact that they don't have to include lots of code in the main core of Windows 7 to maintain backwards compatibility with older applications, making Windows 7 leaner and faster. 73, George, G3NHX. ___ 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] FlexRadio Banquet at Dayton
To all who will be attending Dayton this year: FlexRadio Systems will be hosting a dinner and a FlexRadio forum with presentations on the future of FlexRadio Systems products along with one-on-one discussion groups and of course the famous Flexi Award presentations. For additional detailed information, you can access the following web page: http://www.flex-radio.com/signup.aspx?topic=dayton09 This event is open to the public. Attending the dinner is not mandatory. You can come just for the social hour, forum and presentations if you like. The FlexRadio Hamvention Banquet will be held at the University of Dayton in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Student Union, room 236 on the evening of Saturday May 16. The Kennedy Student Union Address is: 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469-0620 The number of available seats for the dinner is limited, so if you would like to attend, please sign up for the dinner using the instructions found on the 2009 FlexRadio Hamvention Banquet web page http://www.flex-radio.com/signup.aspx?topic=dayton09 - Tim - FlexRadio Systems Internet Systems Administrator (Volunteer) W4TME “Tune in Excitement”™ ___ 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] transverter question
Tim I download the new version 1.18.0. The latest firewire_driver and also firmware 1.3.0.0. My LT 2 S MK transverter is set up to run split. I have used it for years for receive only and works fine. Now I want to use it to transmit also to use for my main system. I do not have RX only checked or the PTT checked. When I check the Split RF box in XVTR Setup. The Panadaptor drops 10 DB. The SDR radio and the transverter keys up when I click tune. If I turn the SDR radio drive to 100 %. I get .2 watts out of the transverter. That is not normal. Now if I put a 3 DB pad on the HF port and set the radio to 1 watt. The transverter will put out full power. The transverter has a pot to control the input of the RF. I have to turn it so I don't over drive the transverter. This is the same transverter that Dave, W5UN also uses. I use to transmit with it using the SDR-1000 and it worked fine then. Any help would be appreciated. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: kb...@spasalon.com kb...@spasalon.com, Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 16:03:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question The output from the transverter port is very low 1.0 mW. Also make sure that PowerSDR isn't configured for RX only (or PTT disabled). -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 5:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I have used the SDR-5000 only for receive until today. I also wanted to use it for transmit. I show no rf coming out of the RVXR port. It may be because when I set the transverter up in XVTR for Split RF. The Panadapter drops from -130 to -140. It should do nothing. Need to get this working before Dayton Ham Convention if we can. I just download the new 1.18. and it does the same thing. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: W5UN w...@wt.net, flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 15:56:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question What is the version of PowerSDR both of you are using? Also, the first rule of PowerSDR 1.x troubleshooting is to create a new database and use the latest release of PowerSDR (nothing from the SVN except maybe the TRUNK) if something quirky is happening. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of W5UN Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:23 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] transverter question I am attempting to help KB8RQ get his LT2S transverter working with Flex-5000. Here is the issue: When he enables Split RX on the XVTR setup screen, his panadaptor baseline disappears on PowerSDR and it stops receiving, even though PowerSDR does not show that it has switched to TX mode or MOX. I have all the same settings for my system, and this does not occur here. We checked and compared all setup settings in PowerSDR, and Gary's appear to be the same as mine. Does anyone know what may be causing this? Is there some setting we are overlooking? 73, Dave, W5UN www.w5un.net ___ 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/ ___ 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] transverter question
What RF drive level is the transverter expecting? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 8:35 AM Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I download the new version 1.18.0. The latest firewire_driver and also firmware 1.3.0.0. My LT 2 S MK transverter is set up to run split. I have used it for years for receive only and works fine. Now I want to use it to transmit also to use for my main system. I do not have RX only checked or the PTT checked. When I check the Split RF box in XVTR Setup. The Panadaptor drops 10 DB. The SDR radio and the transverter keys up when I click tune. If I turn the SDR radio drive to 100 %. I get .2 watts out of the transverter. That is not normal. Now if I put a 3 DB pad on the HF port and set the radio to 1 watt. The transverter will put out full power. The transverter has a pot to control the input of the RF. I have to turn it so I don't over drive the transverter. This is the same transverter that Dave, W5UN also uses. I use to transmit with it using the SDR-1000 and it worked fine then. Any help would be appreciated. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: kb...@spasalon.com kb...@spasalon.com, Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 16:03:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question The output from the transverter port is very low 1.0 mW. Also make sure that PowerSDR isn't configured for RX only (or PTT disabled). -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 5:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I have used the SDR-5000 only for receive until today. I also wanted to use it for transmit. I show no rf coming out of the RVXR port. It may be because when I set the transverter up in XVTR for Split RF. The Panadapter drops from -130 to -140. It should do nothing. Need to get this working before Dayton Ham Convention if we can. I just download the new 1.18. and it does the same thing. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: W5UN w...@wt.net, flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 15:56:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question What is the version of PowerSDR both of you are using? Also, the first rule of PowerSDR 1.x troubleshooting is to create a new database and use the latest release of PowerSDR (nothing from the SVN except maybe the TRUNK) if something quirky is happening. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of W5UN Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:23 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] transverter question I am attempting to help KB8RQ get his LT2S transverter working with Flex-5000. Here is the issue: When he enables Split RX on the XVTR setup screen, his panadaptor baseline disappears on PowerSDR and it stops receiving, even though PowerSDR does not show that it has switched to TX mode or MOX. I have all the same settings for my system, and this does not occur here. We checked and compared all setup settings in PowerSDR, and Gary's appear to be the same as mine. Does anyone know what may be causing this? Is there some setting we are overlooking? 73, Dave, W5UN www.w5un.net ___ 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/ ___ 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] transverter question
The book says .5 watts max. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: kb...@spasalon.com kb...@spasalon.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 08:38:35 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question What RF drive level is the transverter expecting? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 8:35 AM Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I download the new version 1.18.0. The latest firewire_driver and also firmware 1.3.0.0. My LT 2 S MK transverter is set up to run split. I have used it for years for receive only and works fine. Now I want to use it to transmit also to use for my main system. I do not have RX only checked or the PTT checked. When I check the Split RF box in XVTR Setup. The Panadaptor drops 10 DB. The SDR radio and the transverter keys up when I click tune. If I turn the SDR radio drive to 100 %. I get .2 watts out of the transverter. That is not normal. Now if I put a 3 DB pad on the HF port and set the radio to 1 watt. The transverter will put out full power. The transverter has a pot to control the input of the RF. I have to turn it so I don't over drive the transverter. This is the same transverter that Dave, W5UN also uses. I use to transmit with it using the SDR-1000 and it worked fine then. Any help would be appreciated. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: kb...@spasalon.com kb...@spasalon.com, Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 16:03:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question The output from the transverter port is very low 1.0 mW. Also make sure that PowerSDR isn't configured for RX only (or PTT disabled). -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 5:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I have used the SDR-5000 only for receive until today. I also wanted to use it for transmit. I show no rf coming out of the RVXR port. It may be because when I set the transverter up in XVTR for Split RF. The Panadapter drops from -130 to -140. It should do nothing. Need to get this working before Dayton Ham Convention if we can. I just download the new 1.18. and it does the same thing. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: W5UN w...@wt.net, flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 15:56:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question What is the version of PowerSDR both of you are using? Also, the first rule of PowerSDR 1.x troubleshooting is to create a new database and use the latest release of PowerSDR (nothing from the SVN except maybe the TRUNK) if something quirky is happening. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of W5UN Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:23 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] transverter question I am attempting to help KB8RQ get his LT2S transverter working with Flex-5000. Here is the issue: When he enables Split RX on the XVTR setup screen, his panadaptor baseline disappears on PowerSDR and it stops receiving, even though PowerSDR does not show that it has switched to TX mode or MOX. I have all the same settings for my system, and this does not occur here. We checked and compared all setup settings in PowerSDR, and Gary's appear to be the same as mine. Does anyone know what may be causing this? Is there some setting we are overlooking? 73, Dave, W5UN www.w5un.net ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] transverter question
The XVTX output on the FLEX-5000 is rated to a max of 0 dBm (1.0 Mw) which could explain the low RF output from the transverter. I am by no means the transverter expert. Others on this list may have more practical real world experience than I. Or, drop Dudley a line (sup...@flex-radio.com) and see what he has to say about it. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 8:42 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question The book says .5 watts max. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: kb...@spasalon.com kb...@spasalon.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 08:38:35 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question What RF drive level is the transverter expecting? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 8:35 AM Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I download the new version 1.18.0. The latest firewire_driver and also firmware 1.3.0.0. My LT 2 S MK transverter is set up to run split. I have used it for years for receive only and works fine. Now I want to use it to transmit also to use for my main system. I do not have RX only checked or the PTT checked. When I check the Split RF box in XVTR Setup. The Panadaptor drops 10 DB. The SDR radio and the transverter keys up when I click tune. If I turn the SDR radio drive to 100 %. I get .2 watts out of the transverter. That is not normal. Now if I put a 3 DB pad on the HF port and set the radio to 1 watt. The transverter will put out full power. The transverter has a pot to control the input of the RF. I have to turn it so I don't over drive the transverter. This is the same transverter that Dave, W5UN also uses. I use to transmit with it using the SDR-1000 and it worked fine then. Any help would be appreciated. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: kb...@spasalon.com kb...@spasalon.com, Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 16:03:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question The output from the transverter port is very low 1.0 mW. Also make sure that PowerSDR isn't configured for RX only (or PTT disabled). -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 5:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I have used the SDR-5000 only for receive until today. I also wanted to use it for transmit. I show no rf coming out of the RVXR port. It may be because when I set the transverter up in XVTR for Split RF. The Panadapter drops from -130 to -140. It should do nothing. Need to get this working before Dayton Ham Convention if we can. I just download the new 1.18. and it does the same thing. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: W5UN w...@wt.net, flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 15:56:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question What is the version of PowerSDR both of you are using? Also, the first rule of PowerSDR 1.x troubleshooting is to create a new database and use the latest release of PowerSDR (nothing from the SVN except maybe the TRUNK) if something quirky is happening. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of W5UN Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:23 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] transverter question I am attempting to help KB8RQ get his LT2S transverter working with Flex-5000. Here is the issue: When he enables Split RX on the XVTR setup screen, his panadaptor baseline disappears on PowerSDR and it stops receiving, even though PowerSDR does not show that it has switched to TX mode or MOX. I have all the same settings for my system, and this does not occur here. We checked and compared all setup settings in PowerSDR, and Gary's appear to be the same as mine. Does anyone know what may be causing this? Is there
Re: [Flexradio] transverter question
Mike you hit the nail on the head. I did have the lines switched. Put them like there are suppose to be and everything works normal now. Thanks everybody for the help. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Mike - KM0T scsue...@mtcnet.net To: kb...@spasalon.com Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 08:16:15 -0500 Subject: RE: [Flexradio] transverter question Gary, have you measured the output of the transverter ports with a dBM meter? I was getting around 8 dbM it seemed when I measured mine on XVTX/COM on split or com. I would test it again, but my Flex-5000 is out for service down at flex, so I can't test it right now. If you can get a meter directly on that port, then you will know for sure if its getting power out. You might want to try an older version of the PowerSDR. Maybe around SVN 2075 or Ver 1.10. I think that's when I was using it a year ago august when I used it drive my LT6S 6M and DB6NT 222MHz split transverters. Perhaps the recent PowerSDR is broke I know its obvious, and Im not trying to be a smarty here, but I have mixed both ports up before... XVTX/COM - connects to the drive input of the transverter. XVRX connects to the RX output on the transverter. 73 and GL Mike - KM0T -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:35 AM Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I download the new version 1.18.0. The latest firewire_driver and also firmware 1.3.0.0. My LT 2 S MK transverter is set up to run split. I have used it for years for receive only and works fine. Now I want to use it to transmit also to use for my main system. I do not have RX only checked or the PTT checked. When I check the Split RF box in XVTR Setup. The Panadaptor drops 10 DB. The SDR radio and the transverter keys up when I click tune. If I turn the SDR radio drive to 100 %. I get .2 watts out of the transverter. That is not normal. Now if I put a 3 DB pad on the HF port and set the radio to 1 watt. The transverter will put out full power. The transverter has a pot to control the input of the RF. I have to turn it so I don't over drive the transverter. This is the same transverter that Dave, W5UN also uses. I use to transmit with it using the SDR-1000 and it worked fine then. Any help would be appreciated. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: kb...@spasalon.com kb...@spasalon.com, Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 16:03:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question The output from the transverter port is very low 1.0 mW. Also make sure that PowerSDR isn't configured for RX only (or PTT disabled). -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Crabtree Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 5:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question Tim I have used the SDR-5000 only for receive until today. I also wanted to use it for transmit. I show no rf coming out of the RVXR port. It may be because when I set the transverter up in XVTR for Split RF. The Panadapter drops from -130 to -140. It should do nothing. Need to get this working before Dayton Ham Convention if we can. I just download the new 1.18. and it does the same thing. KB8RQ, Gary 24X13 element horizontal 24X9 element vertical http://www.spasalon.com/kb8rq/ kb...@spasalon.com kb...@yahoo.com -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: W5UN w...@wt.net, flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 15:56:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] transverter question What is the version of PowerSDR both of you are using? Also, the first rule of PowerSDR 1.x troubleshooting is to create a new database and use the latest release of PowerSDR (nothing from the SVN except maybe the TRUNK) if something quirky is happening. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of W5UN Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:23 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] transverter question I am attempting to help KB8RQ get his LT2S transverter working with Flex-5000. Here is the issue: When he enables Split RX on the XVTR setup screen, his panadaptor baseline disappears on PowerSDR and it stops receiving, even though PowerSDR does
[Flexradio] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help
I need some help for an install walk through. Radio is a Flex 3000, computer is an Intel quad core/Vista64/8gb ram. I have Win-Eqf and MMTTY up and running now. I started with those 2 programs because I'm most familiar with them and have been using them for many years. The Flex 3000 makes radio #8 that is hooked up to logging/CAT control via Win-Eqf in the shack. Question 1: In the manual it doesn't come out and say it, but kind of alludes to the power output rating on RTTY as being 25 watts. I that so? My amp really likes about ~50 watts of drive for 1500 watts. If so, it is not really a big deal as I can continue using other radios for HP RTTY. Question #1B Is anyone running MMTTY with Power SDR? The program responds, but when transmitting on 14.082 with my 756 pro II , the PSDR VFO is at 14.079.697, and is a gibberish decode. The signal shows up at the 14.082 grid on PSDR, but the VFO is reading 14.079.697. The PRO II setup is fine and have made hundreds of contacts on it. The 2 programs I really would like to use this radio on are CW Skimmer and WSJT JT65. I've never used CW Skimmer before, but the radio seems tailor made for it. I'm running JT65 on a TS-2000X/Amplifier Systems 8877 2 meter amp or the Yaesu 736R/ Henry 2002a amp set ups for moon bounce now. Joe Taylor is working on a beta program now to take advantage of the wide bandwidth of SDR radios to make them similar to CW Skimmer. Seeing every signal off of the moon would be pretty cool. JT65 will have to wait a bit until I order a 2 meter transverter from DEMI. Question #3 Do I need to use Com0Com to create another virtual com port (COM8-18 for data and still use COM6-16 for CAT) for CW Skimmer to use? COM7-17 is being used for PTT in MMTTY now. Question #4 DDUtil v 1.73 won't load on my Vista computer. Any recommendations? I could use a walk through phone call here. Question #5 The parameters for VAC are different between MMTTY and CW Skimmer. Can I make 2 additional virtual audio cables to dedicate to Skimmer? If not, will I need to change the VAC parameters every time I switch from Skimmer to a digital mode program? Maybe load 2 copies of Power SDR, one for all of my digital programs and one for CW Skimmer? Question #6 The monitoring function sounds like a cheap echo chamber. A lot of latency, is there a cure for that? Question #7 On CW I'm getting a lot of key clicks and hash while sending. It does not matter if I'm using a key or if I'm using the memory keyer built into Power SDR. It wipes out the first couple of dits/dahs at the start of each transmission. Question #8 Am I the only person having trouble? Everyone else reviewing this radio just loves it and doesn't seem to have any problems I've been hammering away at it for 4 days and really need some help here to get it up and running. Dudley is pretty busy lately and will be busy for the next couple of days and suggested I try ya'll. Thank you 73, Marty AB5GU 832-875-2320 **2009 3 Free CREDIT SCORES: See Your 3 Credit Scores from All 3 Bureaus FREE! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221797372x1201397989/aol?redir=https:%2F%2Fwww.freescore.com%2FOffers%2FStart%2FFreeCreditRepor tAndScore.aspx%3FID%3D91831F371F138345B53A153F49D4D872%26siteid%3De927580bf7 ) ___ 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] PowerSdr on Windows7
The important words are new generation amd and intel chips I have tried this and it only runs on chips that support virtualisation.. Unfortuantely my AMD x2 4600+ does not. so if your processor is older than a couple of years this is not a lot of use to you.. but fortunately Powersdr runs fine with W7 but their are still problems with coms drivers if you want to play with HRD etc.. cheers paul GI4FZD. PS the Release Candidate including XP mode should be available on Microsoft technet from Tomorrow 5th May You just need to register and you can download..although server will be busy.. ___ 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] PowerSdr on Windows7
Also, for those testing Win7, PLEASE report the problems with the Firewire driver and having to use legacy drivers in Win7 to get the FLEX Firewire driver to work to Microsoft. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Paul20 Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 3:12 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] PowerSdr on Windows7 The important words are new generation amd and intel chips I have tried this and it only runs on chips that support virtualisation.. Unfortuantely my AMD x2 4600+ does not. so if your processor is older than a couple of years this is not a lot of use to you.. but fortunately Powersdr runs fine with W7 but their are still problems with coms drivers if you want to play with HRD etc.. cheers paul GI4FZD. PS the Release Candidate including XP mode should be available on Microsoft technet from Tomorrow 5th May You just need to register and you can download..although server will be busy.. ___ 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] (OT) Windows7
think the total installation time was less than 10 minutes (it takes longer to install Visual Studio than Windows 7) and it feels even faster than the beta. I think we will be happy with it as a ham platform for the future once everyone catches up with drivers, etc. I absolutely agree. I won't touch Vista with the proverbial 10-foot pole, and while I'm not exactly ready to change over my home or work systems to run Win7, it's darn impressive. Which made me sort of sad, because I had enjoyed bashing Vista so much. Peter K1PGV ___ 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] PowerSdr on Windows7
I wouldn't suggest even thinking about running PowerSDR in a virtualized server. Aside from the just getting the Firewire to work, virtualization and real-time operation do not fit in the same sentence. Ed WA4YIH -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of george quarterman Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:25 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] PowerSdr on Windows7 Hello all, I have just received some info regarding Windows 7, it may be old news but i include it for interest:- More news is emerging about the forthcoming release of Windows 7. It seems that Microsoft is reluctant to completely let go of its most successful operating system, Windows XP, which they now no longer fully support. It seems that Windows 7 will come complete with a full Windows XP installation included, designed to run inside a virtual PC environment inside Windows 7, which will allow the huge range of software designed to work with Windows XP to run in Windows 7. The new XP mode, called XPM, requires advanced virtualisation features provided by the latest generations of Intel and AMD processors, will be available in the Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows 7. XP applications that use XPM will not need to be installed in a separate XP desktop. Instead the applications will be integrated in to and available from the Windows 7 desktop. This approach has a number of benefits for Microsoft, including the fact that they don't have to include lots of code in the main core of Windows 7 to maintain backwards compatibility with older applications, making Windows 7 leaner and faster. 73, George, G3NHX. ___ 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] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ?
Stig, You may have misinterpreted the FLEX-3000 specifications. The spec says, Flat Response 10 Hz to 3.650 KHz (SSB). This means that the audio response is flat within that range and no guarantees are made outside of that range. It does not mean that the TX audio is limited to 3.65 kHz. The actual transmit filter width that can be set is entirely controlled by the software. Therefore, it is the same for the FLEX-3000 as it is for the SDR-1000 and the FLEX-5000. If you increase the transmit filter width to greater than about 3.1 kHz, the software will give you a warning about compliance with all applicable rules regulations. However, you can ignore the warning and increase the filter width to whatever you desire. The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates the Amateur Radio Service in the United States, has recently ruled that ESSB is not in accordance with good amateur and engineering practice on the crowded HF bands. Therefore, US amateurs are not supposed to use ESSB on HF. If I am wrong on this, someone from Flex can shoot me down, but the way I understand it, you should have no problems using the FLEX-3000 for ESSB. Just don't do it in the United States. 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ?
Actually, there is a limit of 3650Hz on the high cut for each sideband (i.e. 7.3kHz on AM/FMN/DSB) when using the FLEX-3000. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems *Tune in Excitement! ™* On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ray Andrews k9...@rnacs.com wrote: Stig, You may have misinterpreted the FLEX-3000 specifications. The spec says, Flat Response 10 Hz to 3.650 KHz (SSB). This means that the audio response is flat within that range and no guarantees are made outside of that range. It does not mean that the TX audio is limited to 3.65 kHz. The actual transmit filter width that can be set is entirely controlled by the software. Therefore, it is the same for the FLEX-3000 as it is for the SDR-1000 and the FLEX-5000. If you increase the transmit filter width to greater than about 3.1 kHz, the software will give you a warning about compliance with all applicable rules regulations. However, you can ignore the warning and increase the filter width to whatever you desire. The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates the Amateur Radio Service in the United States, has recently ruled that ESSB is not in accordance with good amateur and engineering practice on the crowded HF bands. Therefore, US amateurs are not supposed to use ESSB on HF. If I am wrong on this, someone from Flex can shoot me down, but the way I understand it, you should have no problems using the FLEX-3000 for ESSB. Just don't do it in the United States. 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://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] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help
Marty, See my comments below, -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of brahman...@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:10 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help I need some help for an install walk through. Radio is a Flex 3000, computer is an Intel quad core/Vista64/8gb ram. I have Win-Eqf and MMTTY up and running now. I started with those 2 programs because I'm most familiar with them and have been using them for many years. The Flex 3000 makes radio #8 that is hooked up to logging/CAT control via Win-Eqf in the shack. Question 1: In the manual it doesn't come out and say it, but kind of alludes to the power output rating on RTTY as being 25 watts. I that so? My amp really likes about ~50 watts of drive for 1500 watts. If so, it is not really a big deal as I can continue using other radios for HP RTTY. [Tim] The PA will run 50 watts RTTY without any issues. The PA is rated as full duty cycle, 100W ICAS (intermittent commercial and amateur service) Question #1B Is anyone running MMTTY with Power SDR? The program responds, but when transmitting on 14.082 with my 756 pro II , the PSDR VFO is at 14.079.697, and is a gibberish decode. The signal shows up at the 14.082 grid on PSDR, but the VFO is reading 14.079.697. The PRO II setup is fine and have made hundreds of contacts on it. [Tim] Sounds like VAC isn't configured properly, which is needed to transfer audio from MMTTY to PowerSDR unless you are going old school and using a physical interface. It should be a buffer mismatch too. And, if you are using a demo version of VAC, this can contribute to it also. The 2 programs I really would like to use this radio on are CW Skimmer and WSJT JT65. I've never used CW Skimmer before, but the radio seems tailor made for it. I'm running JT65 on a TS-2000X/Amplifier Systems 8877 2 meter amp or the Yaesu 736R/ Henry 2002a amp set ups for moon bounce now. Joe Taylor is working on a beta program now to take advantage of the wide bandwidth of SDR radios to make them similar to CW Skimmer. Seeing every signal off of the moon would be pretty cool. JT65 will have to wait a bit until I order a 2 meter transverter from DEMI. Question #3 Do I need to use Com0Com to create another virtual com port (COM8-18 for data and still use COM6-16 for CAT) for CW Skimmer to use? COM7-17 is being used for PTT in MMTTY now. [Tim] What do you mean by data? Com0Com is a null modem virtual serial port pair emulator for CAT and PTT only. Question #4 DDUtil v 1.73 won't load on my Vista computer. Any recommendations? I could use a walk through phone call here. [Tim] Replace Vista with XP. It is what it is. :-) Question #5 The parameters for VAC are different between MMTTY and CW Skimmer. Can I make 2 additional virtual audio cables to dedicate to Skimmer? [Tim] The VAC channel configurations are not different. Those are set it and forget it parameters. What is different is the VAC configuration in PowerSDR. If not, will I need to change the VAC parameters every time I switch from Skimmer to a digital mode program? [Tim] Yes, you will need to change the PowerSDR VAC parameters between a digital mode program that uses raw I/Q data like CWSkimmer and one that uses processed audio like MixW. Maybe load 2 copies of Power SDR, one for all of my digital programs and one for CW Skimmer? [Tim] The easiest thing is to use two different databases, not two different versions of PowerSDR (although you could do that too). Question #6 The monitoring function sounds like a cheap echo chamber. A lot of latency, is there a cure for that? [Tim] Smaller audio Firewire buffers and a lower sampling rate. Also might be a buffer mismatch http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50150.aspx Question #7 On CW I'm getting a lot of key clicks and hash while sending. It does not matter if I'm using a key or if I'm using the memory keyer built into Power SDR. It wipes out the first couple of dits/dahs at the start of each transmission. [Tim] Sounds like the operating system is not optimized and you have a lot of inherent latency. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50091.aspx Use the DPC checker to see what is the duration of your system's DPCs http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50328.aspx It also could be your Firewire host controller in the PC causing these problems too. Question #8 Am I the only person having trouble? Everyone else reviewing this radio just loves it and doesn't seem to have any problems [Tim] It is just part of the learning curve. I suspect your PC isn't optimized for real-time audio processing. Vista has a few more challenges than XP, but there is no reason you can't get it working. I recommend getting the basic functions of the radio going
Re: [Flexradio] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ?
Eric, Thank you for setting me straight. 73, Ray, K9DUR From: Eric Wachsmann [mailto:e...@flex-radio.com] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 6:49 PM To: Ray Andrews Cc: Stig LA4WAA; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ? Actually, there is a limit of 3650Hz on the high cut for each sideband (i.e. 7.3kHz on AM/FMN/DSB) when using the FLEX-3000. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems Tune in Excitement! On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ray Andrews k9...@rnacs.com wrote: Stig, You may have misinterpreted the FLEX-3000 specifications. The spec says, Flat Response 10 Hz to 3.650 KHz (SSB). This means that the audio response is flat within that range and no guarantees are made outside of that range. It does not mean that the TX audio is limited to 3.65 kHz. The actual transmit filter width that can be set is entirely controlled by the software. Therefore, it is the same for the FLEX-3000 as it is for the SDR-1000 and the FLEX-5000. If you increase the transmit filter width to greater than about 3.1 kHz, the software will give you a warning about compliance with all applicable rules regulations. However, you can ignore the warning and increase the filter width to whatever you desire. The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates the Amateur Radio Service in the United States, has recently ruled that ESSB is not in accordance with good amateur and engineering practice on the crowded HF bands. Therefore, US amateurs are not supposed to use ESSB on HF. If I am wrong on this, someone from Flex can shoot me down, but the way I understand it, you should have no problems using the FLEX-3000 for ESSB. Just don't do it in the United States. 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://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] : Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ?
What is the high cut off for the SDR-1500 in SSB? Hulen K5HCS - Original Message - From: Ray Andrews k9...@rnacs.com To: 'Eric Wachsmann' e...@flex-radio.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz; 'Stig LA4WAA' la4...@online.no Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ? Eric, Thank you for setting me straight. 73, Ray, K9DUR From: Eric Wachsmann [mailto:e...@flex-radio.com] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 6:49 PM To: Ray Andrews Cc: Stig LA4WAA; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ? ___ 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] 5 days, made a little progress
Hi All, I found and fixed one thing on the list. The RTTY was gibberish until I switched to RTTY reverse, then the decodes are fine. I still have not figured out why I would have to set MMTTY to reverse when the signals are correct. I hooked up the 756 Pro II to it's normal computer and worked a couple of stations on 20m RTTY. It's working fine, good decodes and on frequency. I switched the F3000 and Pro II to dummy loads and was transmitting RY at minimum power on one radio at a time and checking for decodes on the opposite computer. When I tried reverse RTTY on the F3000 everything started decoding. The Pro II is on 14.081.00MHz. The Flex is receiving it at 14.081.00 on the Panadapter. The F3000 is transmitting on 14.081.00Mhz. Still have the problem of the F3000 reading 14.078.690MHz on the VFO. I checked the sampling rates and buffers and all are set the same. #1 Why is it running RTTY reverse? #2 Why is the VFO off by 2310Hz? Marty **2009 3 Free CREDIT SCORES: See Your 3 Credit Scores from All 3 Bureaus FREE! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221797372x1201397989/aol?redir=https:%2F%2Fwww.freescore.com%2FOffers%2FStart%2FFreeCreditRepor tAndScore.aspx%3FID%3D91831F371F138345B53A153F49D4D872%26siteid%3De927580bf7 ) ___ 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] 5 days, made a little progress
#1. RTTY is normal on 80 and 40, reverse on 20 and higher. Similar to LSB and USB. 73, Carl WC0V - Original Message - From: brahman...@aol.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:25 PM Subject: [Flexradio] 5 days, made a little progress Hi All, I found and fixed one thing on the list. The RTTY was gibberish until I switched to RTTY reverse, then the decodes are fine. I still have not figured out why I would have to set MMTTY to reverse when the signals are correct. I hooked up the 756 Pro II to it's normal computer and worked a couple of stations on 20m RTTY. It's working fine, good decodes and on frequency. I switched the F3000 and Pro II to dummy loads and was transmitting RY at minimum power on one radio at a time and checking for decodes on the opposite computer. When I tried reverse RTTY on the F3000 everything started decoding. The Pro II is on 14.081.00MHz. The Flex is receiving it at 14.081.00 on the Panadapter. The F3000 is transmitting on 14.081.00Mhz. Still have the problem of the F3000 reading 14.078.690MHz on the VFO. I checked the sampling rates and buffers and all are set the same. #1 Why is it running RTTY reverse? #2 Why is the VFO off by 2310Hz? Marty **2009 3 Free CREDIT SCORES: See Your 3 Credit Scores from All 3 Bureaus FREE! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221797372x1201397989/aol?redir=https:%2F%2Fwww.freescore.com%2FOffers%2FStart%2FFreeCreditRepor tAndScore.aspx%3FID%3D91831F371F138345B53A153F49D4D872%26siteid%3De927580bf7 ) ___ 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] 5 days, made a little progress
Thank you Carl. I guess it's an Old School throwback. All of my other RTTY capable radios do the switching automatically. Setting one of them to RTTY reverse, EVER, will get you a bunch of nasty emails. 73, Marty In a message dated 5/4/2009 7:33:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wc0...@embarqmail.com writes: #1. RTTY is normal on 80 and 40, reverse on 20 and higher. Similar to LSB and USB. 73, Carl WC0V - Original Message - From: brahman...@aol.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:25 PM Subject: [Flexradio] 5 days, made a little progress Hi All, I found and fixed one thing on the list. The RTTY was gibberish until I switched to RTTY reverse, then the decodes are fine. I still have not figured out why I would have to set MMTTY to reverse when the signals are correct. I hooked up the 756 Pro II to it's normal computer and worked a couple of stations on 20m RTTY. It's working fine, good decodes and on frequency. I switched the F3000 and Pro II to dummy loads and was transmitting RY at minimum power on one radio at a time and checking for decodes on the opposite computer. When I tried reverse RTTY on the F3000 everything started decoding. The Pro II is on 14.081.00MHz. The Flex is receiving it at 14.081.00 on the Panadapter. The F3000 is transmitting on 14.081.00Mhz. Still have the problem of the F3000 reading 14.078.690MHz on the VFO. I checked the sampling rates and buffers and all are set the same. #1 Why is it running RTTY reverse? #2 Why is the VFO off by 2310Hz? Marty **2009 3 Free CREDIT SCORES: See Your 3 Credit Scores from All 3 Bureaus FREE! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221797372x1201397989/aol?redir=https:%2F%2Fwww.freescore.com%2FOffers%2FStart%2FFreeCreditRepor tAndScore.aspx%3FID%3D91831F371F138345B53A153F49D4D872%26siteid%3De927580bf7 ) ___ 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/ **2009 3 Free CREDIT SCORES: See Your 3 Credit Scores from All 3 Bureaus FREE! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221797372x1201397989/aol?redir=https:%2F%2Fwww.freescore.com%2FOffers%2FStart%2FFreeCreditRepor tAndScore.aspx%3FID%3D91831F371F138345B53A153F49D4D872%26siteid%3De927580bf7 ) ___ 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] 5 days, made a little progress
I've been wrong before but I ALWAYS transmit and receive RTTY in LSB or DIGL 160 though 6 meters As for the vfo offset. LSB is 2125 from the dial. If your using a cluster spot as your frequency, go to Cat Control And set Enable Offset VFO A and B DIGL to 2125 set DIGU (PSK is in USB) to 0 (zero) Then using any of the digital programs, select DIGL for rtty and select DIGU for PSK. At least this works for me. Our flavor of RTTY is AFSK, as opposed to many rigs which operate true FSK. Properly adjusted audio, and the receive station can not tell the difference other than the AFSK version is slightly wider signal. - Original Message - From: brahman...@aol.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:25 PM Subject: [Flexradio] 5 days, made a little progress Hi All, I found and fixed one thing on the list. The RTTY was gibberish until I switched to RTTY reverse, then the decodes are fine. I still have not figured out why I would have to set MMTTY to reverse when the signals are correct. I hooked up the 756 Pro II to it's normal computer and worked a couple of stations on 20m RTTY. It's working fine, good decodes and on frequency. I switched the F3000 and Pro II to dummy loads and was transmitting RY at minimum power on one radio at a time and checking for decodes on the opposite computer. When I tried reverse RTTY on the F3000 everything started decoding. The Pro II is on 14.081.00MHz. The Flex is receiving it at 14.081.00 on the Panadapter. The F3000 is transmitting on 14.081.00Mhz. Still have the problem of the F3000 reading 14.078.690MHz on the VFO. I checked the sampling rates and buffers and all are set the same. #1 Why is it running RTTY reverse? #2 Why is the VFO off by 2310Hz? Marty **2009 3 Free CREDIT SCORES: See Your 3 Credit Scores from All 3 Bureaus FREE! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221797372x1201397989/aol?redir=https:%2F%2Fwww.freescore.com%2FOffers%2FStart%2FFreeCreditRepor tAndScore.aspx%3FID%3D91831F371F138345B53A153F49D4D872%26siteid%3De927580bf7 ) ___ 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/
[Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners
Eric and I have begun adding the diversity reception capability to the Flex 5000. It will work for those 5000's which have the RX2 installed. In my diversity branch, one can find the enabled code. It is VERY rough but as you can tell from Lee's blog: http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/ the software antenna diversity can be used for signal enhancement by increased gain or by noise source nulling. It is rough to use and must be done manually for now. If you start running the code svn co svn://206.216.146.154/svn/repos_sdr_windows/PowerSDR/branches/n4hy/diversity/bin/Release you will be able to type ctrl-alt-D and bring up the form that you can see on Lee's blog. With RX1 and RX2 hooked to separate antennas, you tune the array using the right hand side of the DSP form. When you bring it up, and you have set RX1 and RX2 to the same mode and filter size, you click sync and then enable. This does several things. It locks the two VFO's together in hardware and then enable does it in software as well. You then play with mag, angle, and gain to optimize the signal you are wishing to listen to. This is pretty rough, but it does work. This will be automated for HF Shortwave folks in SAM-Diversity as soon as possible to do automated signal combining and as we learn from that, we will add additional capabilities. After this is completely vetted and made easier to use, it will be added to the main stream. THANK YOU to Lee for doing this blog entry and adding the mp3's showing the effects. Bob -- (Co)Author: DttSP, Quiktrak, PowerSDR, GnuRadio Member: ARRL, AMSAT, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. You don't need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step., MLK. Twitter:rwmcgwier Active: Facebook,Myspace,LinkedIn ___ 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] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ?
as stated before.. The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates the Amateur Radio Service in the United States, has recently ruled that ESSB is not in accordance with good amateur and engineering practice 3650Hz is more than is needed for decent 2 way ssb contacts. Jesse N4BFD wrote: What is the reason for the high cut being at 3650hz? N4BFD On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Eric Wachsmann e...@flex-radio.com wrote: Actually, there is a limit of 3650Hz on the high cut for each sideband (i.e. 7.3kHz on AM/FMN/DSB) when using the FLEX-3000. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems *Tune in Excitement! ™* ___ 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/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.323 / Virus Database: 270.12.18/2096 - Release Date: 05/04/09 17:51:00 ___ 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] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners
FWIW there is an article by Victor K1LT for QEX about work with this same technique, using multiple SoftRocks and Linux DttSP. Victor has been developing his own software for phased combining of multiple antenna inputs for a couple of years now, with considerable success, as related in the article. 73 Frank AB2KT On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Bob McGwier rwmcgw...@gmail.com wrote: Eric and I have begun adding the diversity reception capability to the Flex 5000... -- Poets don't seem to have fun anymore. -- Blaise Cendrars ___ 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/
