[Flexradio] TU to Neal Campbell...he "helped me" build a Flex PC
Thought I would provide an update to the post below. Neal graciously forwarded me the parts list for his "smokin" PC. This machine runs an AMD Phenom II X4 Quad-Core processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD, dual serial port and 4 port firewire cards. I received the parts last week and spent a night assembling and next night installing software/drivers. WOW, super machine! Running XP Pro. Latency consistently under 20us while running Power SDR and bumps up to 52us Absolute Maximum with internet active. No spikes, nothing. PowerSDR runs flawlessly with no glitches. I've installed VAC, VCom and SDR Data Transfer Utility. Also added HRD, DM780 and MMTTY. All are operating fine. Just purchased a rocketfish Bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo. Running two 20" widescreen Dell monitors and PowerSDR looks GREAT! Nice to have adequate screen desktop area for the radio stuff... THANK YOU Neal. You're an awesome asset to this reflector! Mike KF9AF Flex-3K BTW, this is only the second PC I've ever assembled from parts... From: Mike Sonn Subject: Neal Campbell, help? - building a Flex PC To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 10:30 PM Hi Neal, You had listed this computer as a "smokin'" unit back when you posted it in August 09. 5 months later, its almost obsolete. http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/files/medium-sdrsystem-k3nc.pdf I want to build a decent machine for a Flex3K that should be on my doorstep 2/8. In the interim, I have a new Toshiba laptop that should work just fine... In addition to the Flex, I'd like to run HRD, DM780, N1MM, MMTTY. Maybe not all at the same time...lol. As to the above list, I spent about two hours on newegg tonight and the choices are daunting! The MOBO and power supply from your suggested parts list are no longer current. What would you suggest as replacements? I will be running two 20" widescreen monitors so a video card would be required... Thank you very much for all your support on the FlexRadio archives and I'm awaiting your reply. Mike KF9AF BTW, posting computer build sheets are a great way to help people like me, purchase compatible parts, assemble a computer and save some money in the process! ___ 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] 3000 poor audio
Hi Mike, You probably saw my email about distorted audio on my Flex 3000. It would clear up after stopping and starting but would distort right away. I even got reports of distortion during transmit. I am using Windows 7 and loaded Windows XP and didn't have a problem. I had an extra PC so I decided to use this machine for my regular computer use and dedicate the other machine for the Flex. I loaded Windows 7 back in with just the Flex software, VAC, Fldigi for digital communications and RMS Express. So far it's working great so something that I had loaded, possibly Thunderbird mail, Firefox or some kind of a driver must have caused the problem. I'm actually ok with 2 computers in the shack, one to control the Flex and the other available to use for other things while I'm operating like QRZ. One other thing that I noticed is my Firewire card shared IRQ 18 along with one of the USB controllers host controllers so the only USB devices connected is the keyboard and mouse. 73, Ron ny3j Michael Walker wrote: I've just installed my 3000 on my Quad core i5-650 with 8G or ram (wow, this thing rocks), and after about 30 seconds, the audio starts to 'rip'. It had something to do with the onboard sound card. I know that I read that someone else had the same problem, but I can't find the email. Mike va3mw ___ 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] QSK -- It's not...
Hi John, I agree, the F3K is a semi-break-in rig not a full QSK rig, but it does have a lot of good features. One thing I have learnt over the many years of being a HAM is that there is no such thing as the perfect rig :) I very rarely use SSB so I like you have no interest whatsoever in audio quality and being as wide as a barn with booming bass like so many SSB HAMs today, CW and PSK31 are the only two modes I use and even then it's almost always CW ;) It would be fantastic if FlexRadio improved the F3K on the CW front and I agree, I can't wait to see if PSDR v2.x is as good as people have said it will be for us "Old School" CW Op's :) Mike. On 22 Feb 2010, at 18:31, John Ragle wrote: Hi, Mike... Read your blog. As a long-time CW operator (licensed ~1946), and having owned both TenTec and Elecraft rigs with perfect QSK, I was really deeply disappointed in that aspect of the F3K -- it is a typical "semi-break-in" rig. I had a fair amount of trouble using it with my paddles, so shifted over to the keyboard. It is a more or less reasonable CW "semi-break-in" rig when used that way, but it is still obvious that the designers were SSB or AM types that did not use CW in their ham activity. I hope your comment about pSDR 2.x is right, but I don't hold out much hope, reading the reflector and all the jazz about audio quality, etc. The only saving grace for CW is the digital filter system...as you say, it is absolutely superlative. For a long time I was reticent about making noise over the lack of CW capability. I finally did so, more in the way of criticizing the ads' wording about break-in than anything else. I see that the latest web page ads only specify "semi-break-in." I think it is important to comment or even complain bitterly about the lacks of the F3K in this regard. Amusingly, I did see a comment by an owner of an F5K, who used the dual receiver to provide a kind of break-in. Unfortunately, we poor cousins don't have that option. Another comment on the reflector was from an op who claimed that full QSK was just an annoyance! Go figure. I personally couldn't give a hang about "audio quality." I'm not in the broadcast business...just give me a carbon mike salvaged from a WW-2 fighter! But since we come "to praise Caesar not bury him," I thought your blog struck a nice balance. We wait impatiently for Ver. 2.x (along with our F1.5K)! 73 John Ragle -- W1ZI ___ 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] QSK -- It's not...
Bob, congratulations on your ability to send high speed CW and to place high in contests. I respect you for these accomplishments and especially respect you for your contributions to the Flex radio operations. I had noticed that Flex has removed most references about ability to QSK in their advertisements, which was removed after I bought my Flex 5000. Thanks for your explanation of how fast the T/R changeover is. However, I would like to be sure I am not confused about what you have said in this recent note. I may be incorrectly reading that working on the software issues that would allow QSK is a low priority, and it seems to be that you are implying that the other things you mention are going to be fixed in the PSDR 2.0 release first and seems to imply the repair of the lack of QSK will be put on hold. Your statements seem to imply to me that it will be after Dayton and after the release of PSDR 2.0 before this issue is addressed. Please correct me if I am wrong. I am not a software engineer but I do understand that it may be complex to accomplish this fix. I am simply a user of the radio and would like to see QSK work. Although no radio is perfect, almost everything else about the radio is super and I am certainly enjoying using it. 73 Jay W5SL Austin Texas On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Bob McGwier wrote: > You would be wrong about some of the things you say. > > When I operate outside of my car. CW. I have top tens in DX contests, my > cw speed is 40 wpm with good copy, 50 wpm in "contest mode" and I have been a > developer of software for the Flex radios since the 3rd month of their > existence. When I still cared, I was on the honor roll in only one mode, CW. > > I cannot stop the hype writers from doing their job and I did not get to > review early copy of ads, but PowerSDR 1.X has always been a decent > semi-breakin radio at best. The web pages and ads no longer MENTION QSK so > far a quick look just showed me. The early ads did in fact mention QSK > without understanding that this had a huge number of implicit declarations, > just as you have mentioned. > > PowerSDR 2.0 switches from TX-RX for receive in more than adequate time for > QSK. Keydown to RF out is under 20ms. > > There are issues dealing with agc memory across transitions which we have put > down the list for PowerSDR 2.0 in order to do other work which Flex feels is > higher priority for the release of PowerSDR 2.0, such as full support for > Flex 1500, Flex V/U, diversity/phased array reception with the Flex 5000 and > some other things which are less important. > > PowerSDR 2.0 and its plusses and minuses and current efforts are discussed in > FlexEdge reflector, not here. But let me say this much. HUGE strides have > been made in moving the software towards full QSK operation. So I will only > say stuff here to dispel the incorrect interpretation you make about what it > is we are doing or what we care about. > > From our tests, we believe the hardware will switch back and forth in well > under 10ms and we are spending serious time in figuring out how to cut > transition time and transitory response. We have reduced all of that to 1/3 > of what it was before in PowerSDR 1.X. The switch times are as good or > BETTER than Elecraft K3, Orion 2, ICOM 7800. We have two software ONLY > issues remaining to make it QSK and that is going to take some sofware > engineering that we do not want to do so the hardware mentioned is fully > supported before Dayton. > > Best wishes and it really is like Gerald is fond of saying, you are going to > be able to download software soon, and have a new radio. > > 73's > Bob > N4HY > > > > On 2/22/2010 1:31 PM, John Ragle wrote: >> Hi, Mike... >> >> Read your blog. As a long-time CW operator (licensed ~1946), and having >> owned both TenTec and Elecraft rigs with perfect QSK, I was really >> deeply disappointed in that aspect of the F3K -- it is a typical >> "semi-break-in" rig. I had a fair amount of trouble using it with my >> paddles, so shifted over to the keyboard. It is a more or less >> reasonable CW "semi-break-in" rig when used that way, but it is still >> obvious that the designers were SSB or AM types that did not use CW in >> their ham activity. I hope your comment about pSDR 2.x is right, but I >> don't hold out much hope, reading the reflector and all the jazz about >> audio quality, etc. The only saving grace for CW is the digital filter >> system...as you say, it is absolutely superlative. >> >> For a long time I was reticent about making noise over the lack of CW >> capability. I finally did so, more in the way of criticizing the ads' >> wording about break-in than anything else. I see that the latest web >> page ads only specify "semi-break-in." >> >> I think it is important to comment or even complain bitterly about the >> lacks of the F3K in this regard. Amusingly, I did see a comment by an
Re: [Flexradio] QSK -- It's not...
Jay, There are significant CW performance and other improvements coming in PowerSDR 2.0 (a.k.a. PB-PAL). These enhancements are already being alpha tested by our FlexEdge reflector group. Reports are very favorable. What Bob means is that to make improvements beyond what we have done in PB-PAL we will have to move the keyer from PowerSDR down to the firmware on the radio. That effort is not yet scheduled and will be more involved. We will do this but I am not ready to make a time commitment yet. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Jay Sewell wrote: > Bob, congratulations on your ability to send high speed CW and to place > high in contests. I respect you for these accomplishments and especially > respect you for your contributions to the Flex radio operations. > > I had noticed that Flex has removed most references about ability to QSK in > their advertisements, which was removed after I bought my Flex 5000. > > Thanks for your explanation of how fast the T/R changeover is. > > However, I would like to be sure I am not confused about what you have said > in this recent note. I may be incorrectly reading that working on the > software issues that would allow QSK is a low priority, and it seems to be > that you are implying that the other things you mention are going to be > fixed in the PSDR 2.0 release first and seems to imply the repair of the > lack of QSK will be put on hold. Your statements seem to imply to me that > it will be after Dayton and after the release of PSDR 2.0 before this issue > is addressed. Please correct me if I am wrong. > > I am not a software engineer but I do understand that it may be complex to > accomplish this fix. I am simply a user of the radio and would like to see > QSK work. Although no radio is perfect, almost everything else about the > radio is super and I am certainly enjoying using it. > > 73 > Jay W5SL Austin Texas > > > > On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Bob McGwier wrote: > > > You would be wrong about some of the things you say. > > > > When I operate outside of my car. CW. I have top tens in DX > contests, my cw speed is 40 wpm with good copy, 50 wpm in "contest mode" and > I have been a developer of software for the Flex radios since the 3rd month > of their existence. When I still cared, I was on the honor roll in only one > mode, CW. > > > > I cannot stop the hype writers from doing their job and I did not get to > review early copy of ads, but PowerSDR 1.X has always been a decent > semi-breakin radio at best. The web pages and ads no longer MENTION QSK so > far a quick look just showed me. The early ads did in fact mention QSK > without understanding that this had a huge number of implicit declarations, > just as you have mentioned. > > > > PowerSDR 2.0 switches from TX-RX for receive in more than adequate time > for QSK. Keydown to RF out is under 20ms. > > > > There are issues dealing with agc memory across transitions which we have > put down the list for PowerSDR 2.0 in order to do other work which Flex > feels is higher priority for the release of PowerSDR 2.0, such as full > support for Flex 1500, Flex V/U, diversity/phased array reception with the > Flex 5000 and some other things which are less important. > > > > PowerSDR 2.0 and its plusses and minuses and current efforts are > discussed in FlexEdge reflector, not here. But let me say this much. HUGE > strides have been made in moving the software towards full QSK operation. > So I will only say stuff here to dispel the incorrect interpretation you > make about what it is we are doing or what we care about. > > > > From our tests, we believe the hardware will switch back and forth in > well under 10ms and we are spending serious time in figuring out how to cut > transition time and transitory response. We have reduced all of that to 1/3 > of what it was before in PowerSDR 1.X. The switch times are as good or > BETTER than Elecraft K3, Orion 2, ICOM 7800. We have two software ONLY > issues remaining to make it QSK and that is going to take some sofware > engineering that we do not want to do so the hardware mentioned is fully > supported before Dayton. > > > > Best wishes and it really is like Gerald is fond of saying, you are > going to be able to download software soon, and have a new radio. > > > > 73's > > Bob > > N4HY > > > > > > > > On 2/22/2010 1:31 PM, John Ragle wrote: > >> Hi, Mike... > >> > >> Read your blog. As a long-time CW operator (licensed ~1946), and having > >> owned both TenTec and Elecraft rigs with perfect QSK, I was really > >> deeply disappointed in that aspect of the F3K -- it is a typical > >> "semi-break-in" rig. I had a fair amount of trouble using it with my >
[Flexradio] monitor audio
Is there any adjustment to have the monitor output adjusted so you dont have a delay? Im using a 3000, love but dont like the monitor delay makes me sound drunk on my audio LOL Tnx Todd N4QWZ ___ 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] QSK -- It's not...
Aha! Thanks, Gerald. It is clear now. Don't read my comments wrong. Because I'm not a software writer anywhere near the level of the excellent contributors who have been improving this radio, I'm not always tuned into exactly what is going on in terms of the software development and sometimes find it hard to follow what is written in such places as the Flex-Edge reflector. I am still very pleased with the radio -- so many superior features! The QSK fix will come in its due time. Keep up the good work. 73, Jay W5SL On Feb 23, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: > Jay, > > There are significant CW performance and other improvements coming in > PowerSDR 2.0 (a.k.a. PB-PAL). These enhancements are already being alpha > tested by our FlexEdge reflector group. Reports are very favorable. > > What Bob means is that to make improvements beyond what we have done in > PB-PAL we will have to move the keyer from PowerSDR down to the firmware on > the radio. That effort is not yet scheduled and will be more involved. We > will do this but I am not ready to make a time commitment yet. > > 73, > Gerald > > Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR > President and CEO > FlexRadio Systems(TM) > 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 > Austin, TX 78729 > Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 > Email: ger...@flex-radio.com > Web: www.flex-radio.com > > Tune In Excitement (TM) > > PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Jay Sewell wrote: > Bob, congratulations on your ability to send high speed CW and to place high > in contests. I respect you for these accomplishments and especially respect > you for your contributions to the Flex radio operations. > > I had noticed that Flex has removed most references about ability to QSK in > their advertisements, which was removed after I bought my Flex 5000. > > Thanks for your explanation of how fast the T/R changeover is. > > However, I would like to be sure I am not confused about what you have said > in this recent note. I may be incorrectly reading that working on the > software issues that would allow QSK is a low priority, and it seems to be > that you are implying that the other things you mention are going to be fixed > in the PSDR 2.0 release first and seems to imply the repair of the lack of > QSK will be put on hold. Your statements seem to imply to me that it will be > after Dayton and after the release of PSDR 2.0 before this issue is > addressed. Please correct me if I am wrong. > > I am not a software engineer but I do understand that it may be complex to > accomplish this fix. I am simply a user of the radio and would like to see > QSK work. Although no radio is perfect, almost everything else about the > radio is super and I am certainly enjoying using it. > > 73 > Jay W5SL Austin Texas > > > > On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Bob McGwier wrote: > > > You would be wrong about some of the things you say. > > > > When I operate outside of my car. CW. I have top tens in DX contests, > > my cw speed is 40 wpm with good copy, 50 wpm in "contest mode" and I have > > been a developer of software for the Flex radios since the 3rd month of > > their existence. When I still cared, I was on the honor roll in only one > > mode, CW. > > > > I cannot stop the hype writers from doing their job and I did not get to > > review early copy of ads, but PowerSDR 1.X has always been a decent > > semi-breakin radio at best. The web pages and ads no longer MENTION QSK so > > far a quick look just showed me. The early ads did in fact mention QSK > > without understanding that this had a huge number of implicit declarations, > > just as you have mentioned. > > > > PowerSDR 2.0 switches from TX-RX for receive in more than adequate time for > > QSK. Keydown to RF out is under 20ms. > > > > There are issues dealing with agc memory across transitions which we have > > put down the list for PowerSDR 2.0 in order to do other work which Flex > > feels is higher priority for the release of PowerSDR 2.0, such as full > > support for Flex 1500, Flex V/U, diversity/phased array reception with the > > Flex 5000 and some other things which are less important. > > > > PowerSDR 2.0 and its plusses and minuses and current efforts are discussed > > in FlexEdge reflector, not here. But let me say this much. HUGE strides > > have been made in moving the software towards full QSK operation. So I > > will only say stuff here to dispel the incorrect interpretation you make > > about what it is we are doing or what we care about. > > > > From our tests, we believe the hardware will switch back and forth in well > > under 10ms and we are spending serious time in figuring out how to cut > > transition time and transitory response. We have reduced all of that to > > 1/3 of what it was before in PowerSDR 1.X. The switch times are as good or > > BETTER than Elecraft K3, Orion 2, ICOM 7800. W
Re: [Flexradio] monitor audio
Todd, The delay is due to the inherent latency in the audio processing. I am certain that Tim will refer you to a Knowledge Center article that covers this. (I am just too lazy to look it up right nowhi..hi.) The bottom line is that you can affect the delay by playing with the size of the TX & RX buffers. The trade-off is: larger buffers --> longer delay but sharper filters, smaller buffers --> less delay but wider filters. Note that the size of the buffers can be independently adjusted for TX & RX. Therefore, you can have larger buffers for RX to maximize selectivity & have smaller buffers for TX (where filter sharpness is not as critical) to minimize delay. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ 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] monitor audio
http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50437.aspx Smaller buffers, faster sampling rates and a fast PC = low latency. The trade offs, as Ray explained are covered in great detail in the KB article listed above. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ray - K9DUR Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:12 PM To: todd...@comcast.net; flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] monitor audio Todd, The delay is due to the inherent latency in the audio processing. I am certain that Tim will refer you to a Knowledge Center article that covers this. (I am just too lazy to look it up right nowhi..hi.) The bottom line is that you can affect the delay by playing with the size of the TX & RX buffers. The trade-off is: larger buffers --> longer delay but sharper filters, smaller buffers --> less delay but wider filters. Note that the size of the buffers can be independently adjusted for TX & RX. Therefore, you can have larger buffers for RX to maximize selectivity & have smaller buffers for TX (where filter sharpness is not as critical) to minimize delay. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ 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] Hamfest change: FRS to be at Raleigh hamfest on 3-April-10
To all Flexers, Due to a logistics and a scheduling conflict, FlexRadio Systems is not going to be in attendance at the Charlotte hamfest in March. We didn't want to leave North Carolina high and dry, so there will be a FlexRadio booth at the Raleigh (RARS) hamfest on April 3, 2010. http://rars.org/hamfest/ We will have a FLEX-1500 on display in addition to the FLEX-5000 and FLEX-3000. There will be a price discount or "show special" for those submitting orders for FlexRadio SDRs. See you there! -Tim -- W4TME FlexRadio Systems - Info Management Admin. "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/
[Flexradio] J8K2CM has returned home
The FlexPedition with the F3K to the island of Bequia as J8K2CM was a lot of fun, and I have returned home. Will send out QSL cards when I get them back from the printers. The F3K worked flawlessly; however, I had problems with RF getting into the laptop computer. I finally cured the problem by putting ferrite cores on the input and output of the power supply for the laptop. I operated mostly CW and was able to select stations from the pileups by narrowing the CW filters. Wow did that work well! For those of you who take your F3K on an airplane, you must take it out of your carryon luggage and put it in a separate bin for X-Raying, just as if it was a laptop. George K2CM ___ 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] 3000 poor audio
That is interesting. I will check the irq's. The other computer was a much slower XP Pro box. Mike VA3MW Ron Wenig wrote: Hi Mike, You probably saw my email about distorted audio on my Flex 3000. It would clear up after stopping and starting but would distort right away. I even got reports of distortion during transmit. I am using Windows 7 and loaded Windows XP and didn't have a problem. I had an extra PC so I decided to use this machine for my regular computer use and dedicate the other machine for the Flex. I loaded Windows 7 back in with just the Flex software, VAC, Fldigi for digital communications and RMS Express. So far it's working great so something that I had loaded, possibly Thunderbird mail, Firefox or some kind of a driver must have caused the problem. I'm actually ok with 2 computers in the shack, one to control the Flex and the other available to use for other things while I'm operating like QRZ. One other thing that I noticed is my Firewire card shared IRQ 18 along with one of the USB controllers host controllers so the only USB devices connected is the keyboard and mouse. 73, Ron ny3j Michael Walker wrote: I've just installed my 3000 on my Quad core i5-650 with 8G or ram (wow, this thing rocks), and after about 30 seconds, the audio starts to 'rip'. It had something to do with the onboard sound card. I know that I read that someone else had the same problem, but I can't find the email. Mike va3mw ___ 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] monitor audio
With a fast computer, you can run the radio in normal mode with low audio buffers, and also turn the TX dsp buffer all the way down, and get a real time monitor. Lowering the sample rate to 96 KHz helps run with smaller buffers on the flex 5000, so I suspect the 3000 will run with lower buffers then the 5000 does... Brett - Original Message - From: To: ; Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:20 PM Subject: [Flexradio] monitor audio Is there any adjustment to have the monitor output adjusted so you dont have a delay? Im using a 3000, love but dont like the monitor delay makes me sound drunk on my audio LOL Tnx Todd N4QWZ ___ 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] VAC 4.10
Tim Any update from Eugene regarding VAC 4.10 issues ? Dave W0DHB ___ 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] SVN - Password
I noticed a post the other day from Dale that the SVN was back and alive with a new IP address of 64.245.179.219. After following the directions for the new insertion of the IP Address SVN is requesting a user name and password. Anyone have an idea where I might obtain a new user name and password? I do not remember needing to authenticate with the prior SVN IP Address. Charlie Davis, WA3UTC Apex, NC 27539 ___ 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] SVN - Password
Hello Charles, Please paste in the exact svn url you are attempting to access, beginning with svn:// to the end of your path. Thanks, Dale WA8SRA Charles Davis wrote: I noticed a post the other day from Dale that the SVN was back and alive with a new IP address of 64.245.179.219. After following the directions for the new insertion of the IP Address SVN is requesting a user name and password. Anyone have an idea where I might obtain a new user name and password? I do not remember needing to authenticate with the prior SVN IP Address. Charlie Davis, WA3UTC Apex, NC 27539 ___ 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] VAC 4.10
I guess I don't understand the concern about VAC 4.09 vs. VAC 4.10. Yes, there is a problem with 4.10 and its interaction with PSDR but I haven't heard anything about special enabling features in 4.10 that makes its use mandatory. Certainly 4.09 works just fine with PSDR when communicating with back-end CODECs. This seems to me like a non-issue. Have I missed something? -- 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/
Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.10
At 09:04 PM 2/23/2010, Brian Lloyd wrote: I guess I don't understand the concern about VAC 4.09 vs. VAC 4.10. Yes, there is a problem with 4.10 and its interaction with PSDR but I haven't heard anything about special enabling features in 4.10 that makes its use mandatory. Certainly 4.09 works just fine with PSDR when communicating with back-end CODECs. This seems to me like a non-issue. Have I missed something? -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL People want something past 4.09 that works because they have 64 bit windows that must have signed drivers, 4.09 is not a signed driver so you have to play all sorts of tricks to get it to work. Cecil k5nwa < www.softrockradio.org > < www.qrpradio.com > < http://parts.softrockradio.org/ > Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. ___ 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] VAC 4.10
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:11 PM, k5nwa wrote: > At 09:04 PM 2/23/2010, Brian Lloyd wrote: >> >> I guess I don't understand the concern about VAC 4.09 vs. VAC 4.10. >> Yes, there is a problem with 4.10 and its interaction with PSDR but I >> haven't heard anything about special enabling features in 4.10 that >> makes its use mandatory. Certainly 4.09 works just fine with PSDR when >> communicating with back-end CODECs. This seems to me like a non-issue. >> Have I missed something? >> >> -- >> 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL >> > > People want something past 4.09 that works because they have 64 bit windows > that must have signed drivers, 4.09 is not a signed driver so you have to > play all sorts of tricks to get it to work. Oh, that's right. Sorry. I'm still on XP and keep forgetting about the problems with Vista and 7. -- 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/
