Re: [Flexradio] iMac what to turn off in XP
Hi Bob; Thanks for the info, well you are doing better than me, do you use the hard wire key board or Blue Tooth , any firewire drives ? Thanks for replying. 73 Dan On Aug 5, 2009, at 7:39 PM, Robert Jefferis wrote: Interesting. My iMAC is about 8 months old, has a 2.8 GHz Intel Dual core, fast front end bus and 2 GB SDRAM RAM. I use XP PRO SP 3 with the SP# hotfix for the Firewire, and Bootcamp to run my F5KA. PWR SDR and Firmware are the current official releases. The only services I have turned off are the wireless services. When using 96k sampling rate I never see PWR SDR glitches. At the higher sampling rate I have experienced 2 lock-up events, these are rare. I can upset PWR SDR by running my paper shredder off of the same power strip used to run the radio, but that is easy to cure. I do have the machine on the Internet at the same time that I am using the F5KA occasionally. I use the 2009 version of Norton anti- virus to keep gremlins away and I have never logged delays greater than about 280 usec. Bob KF6BC On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Dan Eisenman wrote: I have been using an iMac dual core with the Flex 5000A for a few months now.I works great but I get freeze every so often in XP home SP3 . It is not caused by RF as it happens in receive mode most of the time. I have a number of service already turned off to include wireless, IR, auto software updates, apple updates,search , indexing the external 1394 network and host of others.I would like to hear from another iMac user that are freeze free and get a list of turned off services. The spike I get is hugh around 45,000 and last 5-6 seconds.This usual happens in the first few minutes of turning on the 5000A, after that it might go for hours without and issue 73 Dan K8ICB in Florida PS all the latest software drivers loaded. ___ 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 delivered to jeffe...@antelecom.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] iMac what to turn off in XP
Hi Neal; No no both off. On Aug 5, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: Do you have automatic update turned on? Any antivirus (they usually do a system area scan on boot up)? Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 242 0911 GRANITE DIGITAL Firewire cables $36.00 Shipping free http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/ LOW-COST COMPUTER FOR SDR at http://www.sdrsystems.com On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Dan Eisenmank8...@allprophoto.net wrote: I have been using an iMac dual core with the Flex 5000A for a few months now.I works great but I get freeze every so often in XP home SP3 . It is not caused by RF as it happens in receive mode most of the time. I have a number of service already turned off to include wireless, IR, auto software updates, apple updates,search , indexing the external 1394 network and host of others.I would like to hear from another iMac user that are freeze free and get a list of turned off services. The spike I get is hugh around 45,000 and last 5-6 seconds.This usual happens in the first few minutes of turning on the 5000A, after that it might go for hours without and issue 73 Dan K8ICB in Florida PS all the latest software drivers loaded. ___ 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 delivered to nealk...@gmail.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off
This is great. Does anyone have a similar list for Vista? Thanks George, NY2O - Original Message - From: Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off First of all, this is my list of services (and what I turn off on the computers I sell). This list is neither suggested nor endorsed by anyone, especially those living in Austin, TX or Cary, NC (Flex and Tim for the geographically challenged)! ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off
List for VISTA is simple ... turn the whole damn thing off, load XP, and use the XP list. Seriously ... it isn't worth the effort ... I tried for months and I couldn't be happier back on XP. Kevin -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of George Shapow Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:46 AM To: Neal Campbell; flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off This is great. Does anyone have a similar list for Vista? Thanks George, NY2O - Original Message - From: Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off First of all, this is my list of services (and what I turn off on the computers I sell). This list is neither suggested nor endorsed by anyone, especially those living in Austin, TX or Cary, NC (Flex and Tim for the geographically challenged)! ___ 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 delivered to ve...@cogeco.ca No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2284 - Release Date: 08/06/09 05:57:00 ___ 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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Appel mac book pro
hi can some one let me know what i need in order to work with flex with apple mac book pro there is boot camp what i need then win xp to load ?on the partition ? Elan g0uut ET Paim ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] iMac what to turn off in XP
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Dan Eisenmank8...@allprophoto.net wrote: Hi Bob; Thanks for the info, well you are doing better than me, do you use the hard wire key board or Blue Tooth , any firewire drives ? Turn off bluetooth! Don't use it! It drives up DPCs. Also, do not share the Firewire with anything. The only thing on the Firewire should be the Flex radio. I keep harping on this topic but it is true. If you want your machine to be dead-nuts reliable when running PowerSDR and the other supporting applications ... YOU MUST NOT RUN ANYTHING ELSE PERIOD!! No anti-virus. No email. No browser. No backup software. No automatic this or that. Since I have a hardware firewall in my router I don't even run the firewall in Windows. I don't do QoS queueing, no IPSEC, no encryption services, nothing. I even disable the Microsoft Network (NetBIOS over TCP). I want the OS to do only a few things: 1. basic file system; 2. memory management; 3. task scheduling; 4. interprocess communications; 5. the absolute minimum of window management. Until we have a good way to share functionality across the network I don't even want to run a TCP/IP connection! -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Appel mac book pro
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:37 AM, elan paimpaimg0...@btinternet.com wrote: hi can some one let me know what i need in order to work with flex with apple mac book pro there is boot camp what i need then win xp to load ?on the partition ? Read the KC article on using the MacBook Pro. It tells you what to do. Basically you just install XP on the Apple computer using the standard Boot Camp installation process. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50373.aspx BTW, this works for any Apple Mac I have tried it with including the iMac and Mac Mini. -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] User experiences wanted: 2 M and 440 MHz transverters for use with F3K
Looking to use the F3K for sattelite work (why did I not wait for the upcoming /UHF VHFmodules and the F5K? Call it 'spreading out the cost of station upgrade over a period of time, rather than all at once' Plus I REALLY like the F3K for its size). Any suggestions / recommendations welcome. I already have sat antennas and mast pre-amps. Thanks in advance. Mark Lunday WD4ELG Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb mailto:wd4...@arrl.net wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net http://wd4elg.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. Thank You. -Tim --- FlexRadio Internet Systems Administrator List Moderator W4TME -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of elan paim Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:38 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] Appel mac book pro hi can some one let me know what i need in order to work with flex with apple mac book pro there is boot camp what i need then win xp to load ?on the partition ? Elan g0uut ET Paim ___ 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 delivered to telli...@itsco.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off
I was going to suggest exactly the same thing. Turn off Vista, install XP. Maybe in 2 or 3 years when the have W7 debugged, then W7? __ Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6 ex-AE6SM KY6LA Website: www.ky6la.com No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 2007 San Diego Fires, 911 -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Kevin Hobbs Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 7:55 AM To: 'George Shapow'; 'Neal Campbell'; 'flexradio@flex-radio.biz'; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off List for VISTA is simple ... turn the whole damn thing off, load XP, and use the XP list. Seriously ... it isn't worth the effort ... I tried for months and I couldn't be happier back on XP. Kevin -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of George Shapow Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:46 AM To: Neal Campbell; flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off This is great. Does anyone have a similar list for Vista? Thanks George, NY2O - Original Message - From: Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off First of all, this is my list of services (and what I turn off on the computers I sell). This list is neither suggested nor endorsed by anyone, especially those living in Austin, TX or Cary, NC (Flex and Tim for the geographically challenged)! ___ 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 delivered to ve...@cogeco.ca No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2284 - Release Date: 08/06/09 05:57:00 ___ 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/ Message delivered to drpa...@kleega.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] User experiences wanted: 2 M and 440 MHz transverters for use with F3K
For satellite work, it is highly recommended that you have a full duplex setup so you can monitor the downlink when transmitting. Since the FLEX-3000 is a half duplex radio, you will need another radio to enable full duplex capabilities - or wait until the V/U module comes out for the FLEX-5000, which is a full duplex radio. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mark Lunday Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:12 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] User experiences wanted: 2 M and 440 MHz transverters for use with F3K Looking to use the F3K for sattelite work (why did I not wait for the upcoming /UHF VHFmodules and the F5K? Call it 'spreading out the cost of station upgrade over a period of time, rather than all at once' Plus I REALLY like the F3K for its size). Any suggestions / recommendations welcome. I already have sat antennas and mast pre-amps. Thanks in advance. Mark Lunday WD4ELG Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb mailto:wd4...@arrl.net wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net http://wd4elg.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/ Message delivered to telli...@itsco.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] DRM and Flex
[Flexradio] DRM and Flex The program works great. Put PowerSDR/5000A into DRM mode and decodes much better than SAM. Mike Brian C Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:43:40 -0700 Here are the files (attached) needed for decoding DRM. They were once readily available online, but, I've noticed it's difficult to find them with a simple search, so I uploaded them for Flexer's convenience at the URL below. This program is for Windows, and it works well with the SDR1000, Win XP Pro, Flex PowerSDR 1.18.2, on a 3 gHz, Pentium 4 single core machine, 32 bit, using 2GB of RAM. http://tinyurl.com/mcrwmq I listen to DRM on the Sackville, NB relay of Radio Canada International on 9.8 mHz. You'll recognize DRM because it sounds like digital hash (white noise) and it looks like a 10 kHz wide, flat-top, digital signal in the Flex panadapter. Unzip the DRM files into a folder called DRM and click DRM.exe which will open the program. Tune in the DRM signal with your Flex radio. I have the best results using the SAM mode with a 10 kHz filter, centered on the DRM signal. Set up your soundcard to decode the signal in your DRM program preferences. If the signal is strong enough, you should be able to decode the DRM signal. When using my SDR1000, I mute the Flex Console. It takes quite a bit of signal (-75 dBm or more) to decode DRM successfully. Good Luck! Brian ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Windows VISTA [was XP] Services you can safely shut off
I don't use Vista but have followed some Flex threads about snipping services that aren't need, in order to lighten the prrocess(or) load. Today's Windows Secrets newsletter mentioned this freeware program http://www.snapfiles.com/get/vsoptimizer.html and it might be useful(?). Tom N4TAB ~~ Kevin Hobbs wrote: List for VISTA is simple ... turn the whole damn thing off, load XP, and use the XP list. Seriously ... it isn't worth the effort ... I tried for months and I couldn't be happier back on XP. Kevin -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of George Shapow Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:46 AM To: Neal Campbell; flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off This is great. Does anyone have a similar list for Vista? Thanks George, NY2O snip.. ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Windows VISTA [was XP] Services you can safely shut off
It might be a great utility buy make sure you are making the decisions and not the tool. Its like guys running registry cleanup/fixers. They find hundreds of issues and we blindly click fix all then when we reboot the system doesn't work and we resort to the Use last known good configuration option of the safety screen (which backs out everything you just did). Besides anti-virus and firewalls, registry cleaners are on my list of benevolent Trojan horses. Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 242 0911 GRANITE DIGITAL Firewire cables $36.00 http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/proddetail.php?prod=gran0012 LOW-COST COMPUTER FOR SDR at http://www.sdrsystems.com On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Tom Brown N4TABn4...@earthlink.net wrote: I don't use Vista but have followed some Flex threads about snipping services that aren't need, in order to lighten the prrocess(or) load. Today's Windows Secrets newsletter mentioned this freeware program http://www.snapfiles.com/get/vsoptimizer.html and it might be useful(?). Tom N4TAB ~~ Kevin Hobbs wrote: List for VISTA is simple ... turn the whole damn thing off, load XP, and use the XP list. Seriously ... it isn't worth the effort ... I tried for months and I couldn't be happier back on XP. Kevin -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of George Shapow Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:46 AM To: Neal Campbell; flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off This is great. Does anyone have a similar list for Vista? Thanks George, NY2O snip.. ___ 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 delivered to nealk...@gmail.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off
Go to www.tweakhound.com and look at his tweaking Vista pages. He has 2 pages on what services you can turn off. Just remember to not go more aggressive than Level 2, it pays to take a system backup beforehand and read the text about what each one does and see if you know if you use it. Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 242 0911 GRANITE DIGITAL Firewire cables $36.00 http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/proddetail.php?prod=gran0012 LOW-COST COMPUTER FOR SDR at http://www.sdrsystems.com On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, George Shapowgsha...@rochester.rr.com wrote: This is great. Does anyone have a similar list for Vista? Thanks George, NY2O - Original Message - From: Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Windows XP Services you can safely shut off First of all, this is my list of services (and what I turn off on the computers I sell). This list is neither suggested nor endorsed by anyone, especially those living in Austin, TX or Cary, NC (Flex and Tim for the geographically challenged)! ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] Split Operation
I'm a newly minted Flex user and am not certain that I have split operation down. I've read the KB article How to Work DX with PowerSDR 1.x and everything makes sense but I think I'm missing something. I'm using PowerSDR 1.18.2. I have RX2 installed but turned off. Let's say a staion is working split and he's transmitting on 14.200 and listening 5 up on 14.205. I sync VFO B to VFO A (AB) and enter Split mode (SPLT). VFO B's TX light goes red. I right click in the panadapter until I have a set of red crosshairs and tune to 14.205, The yellow TX filter lines move just above 14.205, the main filter color band stays at 14.200. I enter dual watch mode (MultiRX). The MultiRX filter color (default dark blue) appears between the transmit lines and the multi RX zero line (also default) appears at 14.205, just below the transmit lines. Everything seems fine up to this point. However, when the DX station calls QRZ? and I transmit, the panadpter shows my signal peaking in VFO A's filter, not between the yellow transmit filter lines which are sitting at VFO B's frequency of 14.205 What am I doing wrong? Have I missed a setting someplace? Thanks. Everett KE5MMT -- Everett B. Simonds ke5...@tx.rr.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] UNSUPPORTED... WHY BOTHER?
Dear Mr Systems Administrator List Manager, For the last year and a half I've struggled with the thought of purchasing a Flex radio. But the problem is WINDOWS... and I've have had the good sense to convert to Apple OS X and the computer problems have been reduced by over 95%. Bootcamp under OS X .5 has stabilized the use of Windows XP for the remaining applications that are required by this house hold. The marketing staff at Flex have been supportive as they can about the Windows/ Mac dilemma and there seems to be support for those of use that refuse to subscribe to your Windows or Vista and God forbid 7. So In your humble opinion we should be vanquished to an out of site portion of the reflector not to disturb your Vista discussions. Not supported like DRM discussions that seem to be OK with you. Well count me out of the reflector, Count me out of the Flex radio plans Timmy. Maybe the rumors of a prominent Japanese radio company planning and SDR radio can bring you to your senses. KD4INV Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description ), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. Thank You. -Tim --- FlexRadio Internet Systems Administrator List Moderator W4TME ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
From the Flex-radio FAQ: For FlexRadio Systems products that would be an Intel or AMD based personal computer and a recent Microsoft Windows operating system such as XP or Vista. Doesn't an Intel-based Mac, running Windows XP, fit this definition? I have a Macbook Pro and an Imac and I was going to try them with my F3K. Why is Intel-based Mac hardware, using Win XP, unsupported? /Jack K3FIV On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 12:12 -0400, Tim Ellison wrote: Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. Thank You. -Tim --- FlexRadio Internet Systems Administrator List Moderator W4TME -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of elan paim Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:38 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] Appel mac book pro hi can some one let me know what i need in order to work with flex with apple mac book pro there is boot camp what i need then win xp to load ?on the partition ? Elan g0uut ET Paim ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] What to turn off in XP
I purchased my Flex 5000A on June 1, 2009. I am running an Emachines PC I bought at Walmart in June of 2008. I am running XP Home Edition. I am running powerSDR 1.18.2. This is what I did to make things run nicely. 1) Turned off TCP/IP for the firewire card. 2) Disabled windows search indexing. 3) Set powerSDR priority to Above Normal. I have been running with this setup now for almost 2 months. I can run outlook express and firefox with no problems at all. My PC is a 2 ghz PC with 1 GB of RAM. It is not dual core. I find my CPU usage runs at 20 to 30 percent. This is working great. Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Mountain Drive Hays, NC 28635 www.n4py.com - Original Message - From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com To: Dan Eisenman k8...@allprophoto.net Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] iMac what to turn off in XP On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Dan Eisenmank8...@allprophoto.net wrote: Hi Bob; Thanks for the info, well you are doing better than me, do you use the hard wire key board or Blue Tooth , any firewire drives ? Turn off bluetooth! Don't use it! It drives up DPCs. Also, do not share the Firewire with anything. The only thing on the Firewire should be the Flex radio. I keep harping on this topic but it is true. If you want your machine to be dead-nuts reliable when running PowerSDR and the other supporting applications ... YOU MUST NOT RUN ANYTHING ELSE PERIOD!! No anti-virus. No email. No browser. No backup software. No automatic this or that. Since I have a hardware firewall in my router I don't even run the firewall in Windows. I don't do QoS queueing, no IPSEC, no encryption services, nothing. I even disable the Microsoft Network (NetBIOS over TCP). I want the OS to do only a few things: 1. basic file system; 2. memory management; 3. task scheduling; 4. interprocess communications; 5. the absolute minimum of window management. Until we have a good way to share functionality across the network I don't even want to run a TCP/IP connection! -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ 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 delivered to n4...@earthlink.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Split Operation
Everett, That is an issue with the current version that has been corrected in the alpha or upcoming code.. It is really transmitting at the B vfo or split, but indicating TX on VFO A .. Sorry for the confusion. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Everett B. Simonds wrote: I'm a newly minted Flex user and am not certain that I have split operation down. I've read the KB article How to Work DX with PowerSDR 1.x and everything makes sense but I think I'm missing something. I'm using PowerSDR 1.18.2. I have RX2 installed but turned off. Let's say a staion is working split and he's transmitting on 14.200 and listening 5 up on 14.205. I sync VFO B to VFO A (AB) and enter Split mode (SPLT). VFO B's TX light goes red. I right click in the panadapter until I have a set of red crosshairs and tune to 14.205, The yellow TX filter lines move just above 14.205, the main filter color band stays at 14.200. I enter dual watch mode (MultiRX). The MultiRX filter color (default dark blue) appears between the transmit lines and the multi RX zero line (also default) appears at 14.205, just below the transmit lines. Everything seems fine up to this point. However, when the DX station calls QRZ? and I transmit, the panadpter shows my signal peaking in VFO A's filter, not between the yellow transmit filter lines which are sitting at VFO B's frequency of 14.205 What am I doing wrong? Have I missed a setting someplace? Thanks. Everett KE5MMT ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] PowerSDR panadapter freeze up fix
One night, I left my f3k on all night. I had turned the laptop off. For the next 2 weeks I had major issues with PowerSDR either not running at all or the audio/panadapter view would freeze after a few minutes until I did a Stop/Start. Then it would work fine again for another few minutes. My laptop is a Gateway, 3g single cpu, 1.5g ram, with Vista. This worked fine for the 6 weeks before I left the radio on. I tried a new core 2 duo laptop that had never been used for the f3k. I got the same results with PowerSDR freezing after a few minutes. I replaced the hard drive in the Gateway with the original hard drive that has XP on it. I ran Update to get XP current. Guess what, same result with PowerSDR freezing. I was ready to send my radio in for fixing. There was only one piece of hardware to check. The power supply that I have been using with the F3K is a Radio Shack 25amp switching power supply. It always appeared to work fine with the radio always starting up. I switched to my 20 year old 35amp Astron and the radio has performed PERFECTLY since then. So I must assume that the RS supply may not be as clean as it should be now. I have been lurking here for a couple of months and I don't remember seeing this type of problem/solution mentioned so I thought I would throw this in. This list is great and appreciate all the help I have gotten by reading other posts. Neil NE5IL ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] (no subject)
Hi Neil! I always run a fused 55 amp hour gel cell across my 13.8 volt supply. It's an auto back up and great noise filter. I use an Alinco NM-330MV switching power supply and it doesn't seem to mind operating with the battery across the output. Jim AB2CD ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
Jack, The iMacs are not standard PCs due to the way that Apple forces the BIOS to be set up to try to keep OS X from being run on industry standard hardware. If only Steve Jobs years ago would have just let go of the Apple proprietary firmware code, we would all be running MACs or at least Apple's OS instead of Windows. With 85% of the world running Windows OS, Apple is still running on a closed OS market, and small at that, I think that Apple's market share is in the 5 to 8% range of total desktop market. So with Boot Camp from Apple (and their drivers included) you are able to run XP, but it is still not a standard PC. Apple could make a BIOS change, and Boot Camp would cease working. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Jack Haverty wrote: From the Flex-radio FAQ: For FlexRadio Systems products that would be an Intel or AMD based personal computer and a recent Microsoft Windows operating system such as XP or Vista. Doesn't an Intel-based Mac, running Windows XP, fit this definition? I have a Macbook Pro and an Imac and I was going to try them with my F3K. Why is Intel-based Mac hardware, using Win XP, unsupported? /Jack K3FIV On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 12:12 -0400, Tim Ellison wrote: Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. Thank You. -Tim --- FlexRadio Internet Systems Administrator List Moderator W4TME -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of elan paim Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:38 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Flexradio] Appel mac book pro hi can some one let me know what i need in order to work with flex with apple mac book pro there is boot camp what i need then win xp to load ?on the partition ? Elan g0uut ET Paim ___ 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 delivered to jhu...@austin.rr.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
Dudley, Thanks for the explanation - I figured it was something like that. I worked for many years in the computer industry, so I understand about the OS-level issues, proprietary BIOS and such. But I suspect there are a lot of people interested in Flex who don't understand the fine details of computer genealogy, and can't tell a standard PC from a non-standard one. It used to be that standard personal computer effectively meant any box that would run Windows. Not so any more I guess. I suggest that at least the web FAQs be amended to explicitly say that Macs, even though they are running XP, are unsupported. Personally, my personal computer is a Dell running Debian Lenny. I'm hoping that the new architecture PowerSDR will eventually mean one can choose what hardware/OS base to run SDR. I've talked with several non-computer hams recently who are very confused about the PC requirements for a Flex. The KB has an article on how to configure a Mac with XP for use with the Flex. But the forum says it's not a supported configuration. The web site says that Windows XP and Vista are supported. But advice on the forums is to avoid Vista at all costs. It's pretty confusing for a non-computer-geek, even before you dive into Firewire and patches and DPCs and such. One of my friends is waffling between a Flex and an Icom as his first HF rig. Given his head-banging experiences over the years with standard PCs and the confusion about what computer hardware he would need to buy to pair with a Flex, he's leaning now back towards tried-and-true knobs-and-switches. If I were Flex, ... I'd ship a Live CD with each unit, that had *all* the software, patches, service packs, drivers, tweakhounds, configuration settings, and other arcane tidbits needed to make any standard PC hardware into a functional, problem-free PowerSDR Front Panel for any Flex product. Better yet, make it downloadable, give 'em away at shows, etc. Then anyone could try it with whatever hardware they like - if the Live CD won't load, it must not be a standard PC. Kind of like the Ubuntu CD - just put the CD in a computer and turn the power on. I've been amazed at the variety of machines that their Live CD runs on. No more discussion of Macs - they're experimental 73, /Jack PS - I think you're being misled to think so much about the desktop market. Desktop users almost never use real-time programs, so the software (Windows OS) doesn't support it well at all, and probably never will. Flex users are strongly advised to evict all other software from the Flex PC, and disable any non-radio OS functionality. So that PC is no longer really usable as their desktop general purpose computer. It becomes a dedicated DSP box with a nice front panel. Which is fine, that's how mine is set up and it works well with the F3K. I wonder how big a share Windows PCs have in the realtime digital signal processing market...e.g., computers doing realtime DSP in radio astronomy, seismic monitoring, oil-drilling, satellite surveillance, etc. I'd be surprised if it was even 5-8%... On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 13:41 -0500, Dudley Hurry wrote: Jack, The iMacs are not standard PCs due to the way that Apple forces the BIOS to be set up to try to keep OS X from being run on industry standard hardware. If only Steve Jobs years ago would have just let go of the Apple proprietary firmware code, we would all be running MACs or at least Apple's OS instead of Windows. With 85% of the world running Windows OS, Apple is still running on a closed OS market, and small at that, I think that Apple's market share is in the 5 to 8% range of total desktop market. So with Boot Camp from Apple (and their drivers included) you are able to run XP, but it is still not a standard PC. Apple could make a BIOS change, and Boot Camp would cease working. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Jack Haverty wrote: From the Flex-radio FAQ: For FlexRadio Systems products that would be an Intel or AMD based personal computer and a recent Microsoft Windows operating system such as XP or Vista. Doesn't an Intel-based Mac, running Windows XP, fit this definition? I have a Macbook Pro and an Imac and I was going to try them with my F3K. Why is Intel-based Mac hardware, using Win XP, unsupported? /Jack K3FIV On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 12:12 -0400, Tim Ellison wrote: Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. Thank You. -Tim --- FlexRadio Internet Systems Administrator List Moderator W4TME -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of elan paim Sent: Thursday, August
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
Jack Haverty wrote: Thanks for the explanation - I figured it was something like that. I worked for many years in the computer industry, so I understand about the OS-level issues, proprietary BIOS and such. But I suspect there are a lot of people interested in Flex who don't understand the fine details of computer genealogy, and can't tell a standard PC from a non-standard one. It used to be that standard personal computer effectively meant any box that would run Windows. Not so any more I guess. I suggest that at least the web FAQs be amended to explicitly say that Macs, even though they are running XP, are unsupported. Personally, my personal computer is a Dell running Debian Lenny. I'm hoping that the new architecture PowerSDR will eventually mean one can choose what hardware/OS base to run SDR. I've talked with several non-computer hams recently who are very confused about the PC requirements for a Flex. The KB has an article on how to configure a Mac with XP for use with the Flex. But the forum says it's not a supported configuration. The web site says that Windows XP and Vista are supported. But advice on the forums is to avoid Vista at all costs. It's pretty confusing for a non-computer-geek, even before you dive into Firewire and patches and DPCs and such. One of my friends is waffling between a Flex and an Icom as his first HF rig. Given his head-banging experiences over the years with standard PCs and the confusion about what computer hardware he would need to buy to pair with a Flex, he's leaning now back towards tried-and-true knobs-and-switches. If I were Flex, ... I'd ship a Live CD with each unit, that had *all* the software, patches, service packs, drivers, tweakhounds, configuration settings, and other arcane tidbits needed to make any standard PC hardware into a functional, problem-free PowerSDR Front Panel for any Flex product. Better yet, make it downloadable, give 'em away at shows, etc. Then anyone could try it with whatever hardware they like - if the Live CD won't load, it must not be a standard PC. Kind of like the Ubuntu CD - just put the CD in a computer and turn the power on. I've been amazed at the variety of machines that their Live CD runs on. But the success of such a CD will depend on the state of the computer on which the included programs are installed. Undoubtedly there are many computers with all kinds of problems that the user may never have noticed but that may prevent PowerSDR from running satisfactorily. PS - I think you're being misled to think so much about the desktop market. Desktop users almost never use real-time programs, so the software (Windows OS) doesn't support it well at all, and probably never will. Flex users are strongly advised to evict all other software from the Flex PC, and disable any non-radio OS functionality. So that PC is no longer really usable as their desktop general purpose computer. It becomes a dedicated DSP box with a nice front panel. Which is fine, that's how mine is set up and it works well with the F3K. AlacrityPC allows one to disable unneeded services, then save those settings to a special profile. Either this special profile or a standard profile can be invoked at will. Invoke the PowerSDR profile when you want to run PowerSDR, then invoke the standard profile to use the computer for other things. There may be other programs that can do the same thing. 73 Alan NV8A ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] (no subject)
Hi Jack! I just went from a box radio to a Flex and I'm not computer savvy at all. Have your friend take a look at a recent review of the Flex 5000A I did on eHam.net. If he has any questions please have him contact me. Reading the reflector can be a daunting experience for someone like me who isn't all that knowledgeable about what goes on under the hood of a PC but trust me, you don't have to be a geek to operate the Flex. I am a walking, and very much smiling, example. God bless. Jim AB2CD Atlanta ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] UNSUPPORTED... WHY BOTHER?
Dear Joe, I sincerely appreciate your frustration with the dominance of Microsoft. We often feel the same way. However, as a business we have to place our finite resources where they provide the best return. Here are a few facts regarding PC market share for the first part of 2009. According to IDC, Apple's market share from 7.4% in 2008 to 7.6% for the first quarter of 2009. http://www.macworld.com/article/140029/2009/04/pcshipments.html According to NetApplications, GNU/Linux now accounts for 1.02% of computer desktops. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3818696/Linux-Desktop-Mark et-Share-Greater-Than-One-Percent.htm That leaves about 92% for Microsoft's desktop market share. Unfortunately, the economics do not work to undertake the huge and expensive effort that would be required to convert PowerSDR(TM) to native Mac OS. However, a number of customers are successfully running PowerSDR under Bootcamp for both FLEX-5000s and FLEX-3000s. There are customer supplied articles in the knowledge base that cover how to do the installations. Let me also clarify that FlexEdge(TM) is not an out of sight portion of the reflector. FlexEdge is available to all who want to participate. FlexEdge is the leading edge developer reflector for new software development and system configurations. It is where all the cool new stuff is going on. We separated the site to minimize confusion between officially released and supported configurations and those that are still experimental. Overall it has been a very successful change. I trust that helps in understanding FlexRadio's position on the matter. We will continue to evaluate how we can be of better help to those who want to use the Mac platform. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President FlexRadio Systems 13091 Pond Springs Rd. #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 www.flex-radio.com Tune in excitement! (TM) -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joe Rodriguez Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:25 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] UNSUPPORTED... WHY BOTHER? Dear Mr Systems Administrator List Manager, For the last year and a half I've struggled with the thought of purchasing a Flex radio. But the problem is WINDOWS... and I've have had the good sense to convert to Apple OS X and the computer problems have been reduced by over 95%. Bootcamp under OS X .5 has stabilized the use of Windows XP for the remaining applications that are required by this house hold. The marketing staff at Flex have been supportive as they can about the Windows/ Mac dilemma and there seems to be support for those of use that refuse to subscribe to your Windows or Vista and God forbid 7. So In your humble opinion we should be vanquished to an out of site portion of the reflector not to disturb your Vista discussions. Not supported like DRM discussions that seem to be OK with you. Well count me out of the reflector, Count me out of the Flex radio plans Timmy. Maybe the rumors of a prominent Japanese radio company planning and SDR radio can bring you to your senses. KD4INV Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description ), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. Thank You. -Tim --- FlexRadio Internet Systems Administrator List Moderator W4TME ___ 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 delivered to ger...@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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] Wisdom....small differences in CPU do they matter?
I just replaced the CPU in my computer, went from a AMD 6000 to a AMD 550, a bit more powerful but not like going to one of those uber powerful Intel i7 CPU's. I went ahead and blew away my Wisdom file and had PowerSDR do the auto bit to create a new Wisdom, but wondered what the difference is in the FFT calculation that resulted. Not really a big deal, but maybe one of the guys really down in the guts of the machine could comment on the effects of CPU on the FFT routine. I tend to think that once you get over some level of CPU power, it's sort of like FM, once you have full quieting, can you really tell? Cheers _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009 ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Tim Ellisontelli...@itsco.com wrote: Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. I thought that any PC running Windows XP was standard. So what you are saying is that Windows XP computers from Dell, HP, IBM, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, Gateway, and Grandma's Custom Computer and Grocery Emporium is supported but Apple is not? Seems odd to me given that Apple is one of the largest suppliers of standard PC hardware these days. I would certainly agree if we were talking about running the experimental versions of PowerSDR but are talking about just running standard Windows XP on a Standard PC made by Apple running the standard released software from Flex. -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] DRM displays but no audio
I have DREAM receiving Vatican Radio on my 5000 at 9.755mhz in PSDR DRM mode. The DREAM display level is about -15db, the display on the left says Vatican Radio 14.48kb EEP AAC+ Mono. The box on the right side has various changing information. However I never get any audio. The same goes for TDP at 9.790. In the settings box sound in is virtual cable 2 and sound out is virtual cable 1. Anyone have any thoughts as to why I am not getting any audio? Thanks Zack N8FNR ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] UNSUPPORTED... WHY BOTHER?
With all due respect sir, when running a bona fide, registered copy of a MS OS under Boot Camp in a dedicated disk partition, the Apple machine, having Intel CPU and Intel Peripheral ICs (with Apple supplied drivers - that work, by the way) becomes, for all practical purposes, a Windows PC. The only peculiarity is the Firewire hotfixes, that some claim are required because MS intentionally tries to mess up Firewire use. I won't comment further on that, but IMO, people using Apple machines should be considered mainstream. I understand the market share issue and, I also understand Lemming behavior. Bob, KF6BC On Aug 6, 2009, at 3:58 PM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: Dear Joe, I sincerely appreciate your frustration with the dominance of Microsoft. We often feel the same way. However, as a business we have to place our finite resources where they provide the best return. Here are a few facts regarding PC market share for the first part of 2009. According to IDC, Apple's market share from 7.4% in 2008 to 7.6% for the first quarter of 2009. http://www.macworld.com/article/140029/2009/04/pcshipments.html According to NetApplications, GNU/Linux now accounts for 1.02% of computer desktops. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3818696/Linux-Desktop-Mark et-Share-Greater-Than-One-Percent.htm That leaves about 92% for Microsoft's desktop market share. Unfortunately, the economics do not work to undertake the huge and expensive effort that would be required to convert PowerSDR(TM) to native Mac OS. However, a number of customers are successfully running PowerSDR under Bootcamp for both FLEX-5000s and FLEX-3000s. There are customer supplied articles in the knowledge base that cover how to do the installations. Let me also clarify that FlexEdge(TM) is not an out of sight portion of the reflector. FlexEdge is available to all who want to participate. FlexEdge is the leading edge developer reflector for new software development and system configurations. It is where all the cool new stuff is going on. We separated the site to minimize confusion between officially released and supported configurations and those that are still experimental. Overall it has been a very successful change. I trust that helps in understanding FlexRadio's position on the matter. We will continue to evaluate how we can be of better help to those who want to use the Mac platform. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President FlexRadio Systems 13091 Pond Springs Rd. #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 www.flex-radio.com Tune in excitement! (TM) -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joe Rodriguez Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:25 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] UNSUPPORTED... WHY BOTHER? Dear Mr Systems Administrator List Manager, For the last year and a half I've struggled with the thought of purchasing a Flex radio. But the problem is WINDOWS... and I've have had the good sense to convert to Apple OS X and the computer problems have been reduced by over 95%. Bootcamp under OS X .5 has stabilized the use of Windows XP for the remaining applications that are required by this house hold. The marketing staff at Flex have been supportive as they can about the Windows/ Mac dilemma and there seems to be support for those of use that refuse to subscribe to your Windows or Vista and God forbid 7. So In your humble opinion we should be vanquished to an out of site portion of the reflector not to disturb your Vista discussions. Not supported like DRM discussions that seem to be OK with you. Well count me out of the reflector, Count me out of the Flex radio plans Timmy. Maybe the rumors of a prominent Japanese radio company planning and SDR radio can bring you to your senses. KD4INV Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description ), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. Thank You. -Tim --- FlexRadio Internet Systems Administrator List Moderator W4TME ___ 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 delivered to ger...@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/ Message delivered to
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR panadapter freeze up fix
Start with this: Check in your Bios that Speed Step is turned off. Speed Step, Cool and Quite in AMD speak does not play well with Power SDR. Speed Step and the AMD version of same shuts down the CPU for small bits of time to reduce power and keep the CPU running cooler. Also check your performance profile on the computer, DO NOT USE power saving mode, put it on FULL TILT DESKTOP mode. Power savings are not a good mix with a real time operation like Power SDR. Cheers _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009 ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] Back to basics
I put the 5000A on 3870 AM with a bunch of local and semi-local guys fairly late the other night. Cranked the RX filter out to 16khz, then just sat back and had a great time. Using the Flex to listen to a vintage transmitter with a great mic and a barn-door's excuse for a TX filter can be likened to a religious experience for an audiophile - assuming the rest of the gear in the RX audio chain meets the same kind of spec. In keeping with the above I just bought a Henry 3K-A to use on AM. My other big iron amps use ceramic triodes with too much gain. (too hard to control) The 10db from a pair of 3-500's and a significantly overbuilt power supply is perfect for the task. What to say to Brand X apologists? Having a great time, wish you were here. :-) 73, Jim Barber, N7CXI ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
My interpretation of the point is that Apple PC's specifically *aren't* Standard PC's. There are non-trivial differences that set them apart for these purposes. Mantra: At least in this particular, isolated case it just ain't Flex's fault. My .02, Jim Barber, N7CXI Brian Lloyd wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Tim Ellisontelli...@itsco.com wrote: Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. I thought that any PC running Windows XP was standard. So what you are saying is that Windows XP computers from Dell, HP, IBM, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, Gateway, and Grandma's Custom Computer and Grocery Emporium is supported but Apple is not? Seems odd to me given that Apple is one of the largest suppliers of standard PC hardware these days. I would certainly agree if we were talking about running the experimental versions of PowerSDR but are talking about just running standard Windows XP on a Standard PC made by Apple running the standard released software from Flex. ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] DRM displays but no audio
The data for the decoded audio is in the Main Service Channel (MSC) which is the far right led on the opening GUI. It must be on to hear any audio. Under sound card selection in dream, sound out normally is your PC's sound card (i.e. connected to your speakers). You only need VAC for audio IN to dream (vac cable 2 for sound in). Mel, k0pfx - Original Message - From: vtnn...@comcast.net To: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 6:34 PM Subject: [Flexradio] DRM displays but no audio I have DREAM receiving Vatican Radio on my 5000 at 9.755mhz in PSDR DRM mode. The DREAM display level is about -15db, the display on the left says Vatican Radio 14.48kb EEP AAC+ Mono. The box on the right side has various changing information. However I never get any audio. The same goes for TDP at 9.790. In the settings box sound in is virtual cable 2 and sound out is virtual cable 1. Anyone have any thoughts as to why I am not getting any audio? Thanks Zack N8FNR ___ 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 delivered to m...@melwhitten.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] DRM and Flex
Tnx Brian. I have downloaded and installed the program. I noticed I have to start Dream before starting PSDR or it will abort (F5K). Under settings I selected FlexRadio Audio for both Input and Output. Not sure if that is correct or do I have to setup a VAC? Went to 9.405Mhz to listen, but there was no transmissions. Is there a schedule? John ve3dvv -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:54:47 -0400 From: Brian C k...@hotmail.com Subject: [Flexradio] DRM and Flex To: jvandenb...@mountaincable.net, flexradio@flex-radio.biz Message-ID: col106-w29a2d44cb81e82940dc56993...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Here are the files (attached) needed for decoding DRM. They were once readily available online, but, I've noticed it's difficult to find them with a simple search, so I uploaded them for Flexer's convenience at the URL below. This program is for Windows, and it works well with the SDR1000, Win XP Pro, Flex PowerSDR 1.18.2, on a 3 gHz, Pentium 4 single core machine, 32 bit, using 2GB of RAM. http://tinyurl.com/mcrwmq I listen to DRM on the Sackville, NB relay of Radio Canada International on 9.8 mHz. You'll recognize DRM because it sounds like digital hash (white noise) and it looks like a 10 kHz wide, flat-top, digital signal in the Flex panadapter. Unzip the DRM files into a folder called DRM and click DRM.exe which will open the program. Tune in the DRM signal with your Flex radio. I have the best results using the SAM mode with a 10 kHz filter, centered on the DRM signal. Set up your soundcard to decode the signal in your DRM program preferences. If the signal is strong enough, you should be able to decode the DRM signal. When using my SDR1000, I mute the Flex Console. It takes quite a bit of signal (-75 dBm or more) to decode DRM successfully. Good Luck! Brian ___ 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 delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
Jim, You are absolutely correct - it is not FLEX's fault. But, there is no fault, per se. Sure, the bios and drivers may be proprietary to Apple, just like any particular PC manufacturer's bios is considered to be proprietary to that particular manufacturer. Apple has to provide drivers to map keyboard, mouse, and other overhead functions into the MS world. However, a case in point: if you take the service control thread from today and try to turn things off or modify behavior, the Boot Camp/MS OS user finds that the behavior is identical to a PC from any PC manufacturer. When Apple finally decided to abandon the Power PC and use Intel guts, they also made a marketing commitment to create and maintain Boot Camp. I use a number of engineering application software packages (MatLab, just to name one, that is a serious, high powered windows only application, not a toy) that are only supported under Windows. They all install and behave normally. I certainly did NOT update to an iMAC and Boot Camp just for Amateur Radio. Apple is committed to this duality. Us iMAC users enjoy the best of both worlds. Bob KF6BC On Aug 6, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Jim Barber wrote: My interpretation of the point is that Apple PC's specifically *aren't* Standard PC's. There are non-trivial differences that set them apart for these purposes. Mantra: At least in this particular, isolated case it just ain't Flex's fault. My .02, Jim Barber, N7CXI Brian Lloyd wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Tim Ellisontelli...@itsco.com wrote: Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description ), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. I thought that any PC running Windows XP was standard. So what you are saying is that Windows XP computers from Dell, HP, IBM, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, Gateway, and Grandma's Custom Computer and Grocery Emporium is supported but Apple is not? Seems odd to me given that Apple is one of the largest suppliers of standard PC hardware these days. I would certainly agree if we were talking about running the experimental versions of PowerSDR but are talking about just running standard Windows XP on a Standard PC made by Apple running the standard released software from Flex. ___ 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 delivered to jeffe...@antelecom.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Apple mac book pro
No argument on any point you made, Bob. I can only say from experience that making multichannel, low-latency streaming audio work on the machines while running Windows has been a significant challenge; at least for me. I don't question that MatLab and any number of heavy-hitter Windows apps run just fine, but unless you're streaming low-latency audio at high bitrates in and out of MatLab (which is sometimes but not often done) I don't believe it's quite the same thing. Sorry all, my comments probably have fallen into the not helping category. We could argue this one 'till the cows come home and it really doesn't have much to do with the Flex per se. 73, Jim, N7CXI Robert Jefferis wrote: Jim, You are absolutely correct - it is not FLEX's fault. But, there is no fault, per se. Sure, the bios and drivers may be proprietary to Apple, just like any particular PC manufacturer's bios is considered to be proprietary to that particular manufacturer. Apple has to provide drivers to map keyboard, mouse, and other overhead functions into the MS world. However, a case in point: if you take the service control thread from today and try to turn things off or modify behavior, the Boot Camp/MS OS user finds that the behavior is identical to a PC from any PC manufacturer. When Apple finally decided to abandon the Power PC and use Intel guts, they also made a marketing commitment to create and maintain Boot Camp. I use a number of engineering application software packages (MatLab, just to name one, that is a serious, high powered windows only application, not a toy) that are only supported under Windows. They all install and behave normally. I certainly did NOT update to an iMAC and Boot Camp just for Amateur Radio. Apple is committed to this duality. Us iMAC users enjoy the best of both worlds. Bob KF6BC On Aug 6, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Jim Barber wrote: My interpretation of the point is that Apple PC's specifically *aren't* Standard PC's. There are non-trivial differences that set them apart for these purposes. Mantra: At least in this particular, isolated case it just ain't Flex's fault. My .02, Jim Barber, N7CXI Brian Lloyd wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Tim Ellisontelli...@itsco.com wrote: Folks, As per the FlexRadio Users Reflector description (http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description), any discussion regarding the operation of FlexRadio's products on unsupported hardware, such as the iMacs needs to be moved to the FlexEdge Reflector. I thought that any PC running Windows XP was standard. So what you are saying is that Windows XP computers from Dell, HP, IBM, Toshiba, Acer, Asus, Gateway, and Grandma's Custom Computer and Grocery Emporium is supported but Apple is not? Seems odd to me given that Apple is one of the largest suppliers of standard PC hardware these days. I would certainly agree if we were talking about running the experimental versions of PowerSDR but are talking about just running standard Windows XP on a Standard PC made by Apple running the standard released software from Flex. ___ 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 delivered to jeffe...@antelecom.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] DRM displays but no audio
Try taking it off VAC and reconfigure to use your internal sound card. de Mike, K6ZSR vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: I have DREAM receiving Vatican Radio on my 5000 at 9.755mhz in PSDR DRM mode. The DREAM display level is about -15db, the display on the left says Vatican Radio 14.48kb EEP AAC+ Mono. The box on the right side has various changing information. However I never get any audio. The same goes for TDP at 9.790. In the settings box sound in is virtual cable 2 and sound out is virtual cable 1. Anyone have any thoughts as to why I am not getting any audio? Thanks Zack N8FNR ___ 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 delivered to m...@k6zsr.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR panadapter freeze up fix
Neil Wow! I was having the SAME problem with my Samlex 1223 25A power supply, which I learned is the same model as the RS. SDR would freeze up overnight. THEN the Samlex started making vibration noises on transmit. It finally died on me on Saturday night. So I ALSO took out my Astron 35 A linear supply. No problems since. How about that? Who would have thought it? Mark Lunday WD4ELG Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Neil Gould Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:32 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] PowerSDR panadapter freeze up fix One night, I left my f3k on all night. I had turned the laptop off. For the next 2 weeks I had major issues with PowerSDR either not running at all or the audio/panadapter view would freeze after a few minutes until I did a Stop/Start. Then it would work fine again for another few minutes. My laptop is a Gateway, 3g single cpu, 1.5g ram, with Vista. This worked fine for the 6 weeks before I left the radio on. I tried a new core 2 duo laptop that had never been used for the f3k. I got the same results with PowerSDR freezing after a few minutes. I replaced the hard drive in the Gateway with the original hard drive that has XP on it. I ran Update to get XP current. Guess what, same result with PowerSDR freezing. I was ready to send my radio in for fixing. There was only one piece of hardware to check. The power supply that I have been using with the F3K is a Radio Shack 25amp switching power supply. It always appeared to work fine with the radio always starting up. I switched to my 20 year old 35amp Astron and the radio has performed PERFECTLY since then. So I must assume that the RS supply may not be as clean as it should be now. I have been lurking here for a couple of months and I don't remember seeing this type of problem/solution mentioned so I thought I would throw this in. This list is great and appreciate all the help I have gotten by reading other posts. Neil NE5IL ___ 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 delivered to mlun...@nc.rr.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
