Re: [Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question
On 3/26/2011 12:55 AM, Clay W7CE wrote: Yes. And my lab tests show that it is very accurate (better than +/- 1 dB). 73, Clay W7CE That's great news Clay. Finally, an S-meter that's calibrated and accurate. Certainly useful. Thank you Flexradio Tony -K2MO On 3/25/2011 9:45 PM, Tony wrote: All, Is the Flex 5000A S-meter calibrated to Collin standard, i.e., S-9 = -73dbm and 6db per s-unit? Thanks, Tony -K2MO ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question
Yes. And my lab tests show that it is very accurate (better than +/- 1 dB). 73, Clay W7CE On 3/25/2011 9:45 PM, Tony wrote: All, Is the Flex 5000A S-meter calibrated to Collin standard, i.e., S-9 = -73dbm and 6db per s-unit? Thanks, Tony -K2MO ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question
All, Is the Flex 5000A S-meter calibrated to Collin standard, i.e., S-9 = -73dbm and 6db per s-unit? Thanks, Tony -K2MO ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Data base
Ed, Never import an entire database from one version of PowerSDR to another. You will be transferring calibration data & other critical data that may vary from version to version. Look at my SDRDataTransfer utility. It was written specifically to allow you to transfer any or all of your custom settings safely between versions. It is free & is available from my website (URL below). 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
Here is a program designed specifically for moving from and HD to a SSD : http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/index.html 73 de Mike W9OJ On 3/25/2011 1:44 PM, Steve Potter wrote: A good and free and so far 100% reliable application is Easeus TodoBackup with will clone drives, backup drives to an image, restore from an image and even mount said image as another drive letter, very flexible and did I say free...obviously no connection to the company, just a user as I am of Ghost, Acronis VMware etc etc The latest is version 2 where they removed the ability to clone server operating systems... glad I kept my V1.1 hi hi Yes you can use the above software to clone your drive to a SSD drive, then change the boot order or remove the old HDD I retained my hdd as drive D but also 'moved' the c:\users folder to drive D as a junction point/hard symLink, so the operating system (win7-64 in my case) doesn't know any difference, therefore all the temp files, documents, music, pictures and other clutter which resides there isn't using up valuable IO's on the SSD This technique of moving Users is simple but has to be followed in a logical manner and may be different depending on your drive letters, disk numbers; Reboot with Win7 / Vista DVD and enter "Repair your computer" mode Select command prompt Identify drives. For me C:\ was the SSD with Windows 7 and D:\ was my HDD Then move the users directory with: C:\> move c:\Users c:\Users.bak Use 'diskpart' to assign the mount point C:\> diskpart list disk select disk 2 (my HDD) select partition 1(main partition) assign mount=c:\users exit From the command prompt, copy the user files back: C:\> robocopy /mir /xj c:\Users.bak c:\Users Reboot and that should be it, but keep your original HDD handy just in case.. There are other methods to move c:\users folder, http://serverfault.com/questions/8187/whats-the-best-way-to-move-c-users -to-d-users-under-vista-w7 is a good source of info Regards Steve G6HOQ ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Data base
There are only three databases for PowerSDR 1. The radio / PowerSDR specific DB - located in the version specific folder in %APPDATA%\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR v2.x.y (x=minor version & y=revision). It has the name database_A_-.XML (A = radio model / - = serial number). This is where 99.% of the info for running a particular radio on a particular version of PowerSDR resides 2.) The Radio Chooser DB - located in %APPDATA%\FlexRadio Systems. It has the name master.xml. It is recommended that you do not manually edit this file. 3.) FLEX-3000 ATU database - located in the version specific folder in %APPDATA%\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR v2.x.y (x=minor version & y=revision). It has the name ATUdatabase.XML It is recommended that you do not manually edit this file. The "best practice" is it allow PowerSDR to create a new default DB for your particular radio and manually update it with your user specific setting or you can use Ray's K9DUR Data Transfer utility to transfer data from one DB version to another. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ed White Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 2:16 PM To: SDR-5000 Subject: [Flexradio] Data base Hi Gang: Question I am running Flex5000A, PSDR 2.0.20 Running MS XP: Where is the database that stores all the vac, COM-O-COM and other changes stored in PSDR? I had 2.0.16 running well now I have 2.0.20 running and have troubles with setting com ports and audio. Can the data base for 2.0,16 be inputted to 2.0.20. or do I have to just rebuild everything. Ed WA3BZT ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Data base
Hi Gang: Question I am running Flex5000A, PSDR 2.0.20 Running MS XP: Where is the database that stores all the vac, COM-O-COM and other changes stored in PSDR? I had 2.0.16 running well now I have 2.0.20 running and have troubles with setting com ports and audio. Can the data base for 2.0,16 be inputted to 2.0.20. or do I have to just rebuild everything. Ed WA3BZT ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
A good and free and so far 100% reliable application is Easeus TodoBackup with will clone drives, backup drives to an image, restore from an image and even mount said image as another drive letter, very flexible and did I say free...obviously no connection to the company, just a user as I am of Ghost, Acronis VMware etc etc The latest is version 2 where they removed the ability to clone server operating systems... glad I kept my V1.1 hi hi Yes you can use the above software to clone your drive to a SSD drive, then change the boot order or remove the old HDD I retained my hdd as drive D but also 'moved' the c:\users folder to drive D as a junction point/hard symLink, so the operating system (win7-64 in my case) doesn't know any difference, therefore all the temp files, documents, music, pictures and other clutter which resides there isn't using up valuable IO's on the SSD This technique of moving Users is simple but has to be followed in a logical manner and may be different depending on your drive letters, disk numbers; Reboot with Win7 / Vista DVD and enter "Repair your computer" mode Select command prompt Identify drives. For me C:\ was the SSD with Windows 7 and D:\ was my HDD Then move the users directory with: C:\> move c:\Users c:\Users.bak Use 'diskpart' to assign the mount point C:\> diskpart list disk select disk 2 (my HDD) select partition 1(main partition) assign mount=c:\users exit From the command prompt, copy the user files back: C:\> robocopy /mir /xj c:\Users.bak c:\Users Reboot and that should be it, but keep your original HDD handy just in case.. There are other methods to move c:\users folder, http://serverfault.com/questions/8187/whats-the-best-way-to-move-c-users -to-d-users-under-vista-w7 is a good source of info Regards Steve G6HOQ -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell (K3NC) Sent: 25 March 2011 16:42 To: William H. Fite; Brian Lloyd Cc: Flex Radio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives? Absolutely agree, keep windows, system functions and your applications on the SSD and move your data files to the hard drive. To do this, you can right-click on your documents folder, select Properties and then click on the Locations tab. There you can change the location of your documents directory. Just rename the drive letter (from C: to D: for instance) Press Enter three times and you have moved it! If you see a folder for 'My Music' or 'My Pictures'. etc. right click it and see if it has a location tab in its properties list. If so, change it! I use Acronis True Image's disk clone to move my boot disk and have had 95 percent success with it. Keep the old disk handy though (don't erase it after the cloining process) for a while. 73 -Original Message- From: William H. Fite Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 12:12 PM To: Brian Lloyd Cc: Flex Radio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives? My approach is similar to Brian's. I have the OS and the page files (is that still the right term under Win7?) on a small SSD and all the "stuff" on a couple of conventional HDDs. There is nothing to be gained by keeping your movies and music on SSD. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Alfred Green wrote: > > > Is there any significant advantage to going with a SSD for Flex > > applications? > > > There is no great advantage but, having said that, my radio computer > uses an SSD. The main advantages are speed in booting, fast read > access, less noise, and much lower power consumption which means less > heat in the computer enclosure which allows me to run slower/quieter > fans. > > Since I only need about 6GB of storage for the radio computer I went > looking for a deal on smaller SSDs. I was able to find a 32GB SSD for > $110. > Nowadays > you might expect to get 1TB for that price but I would just end up > with 994GB of free space anyway. > > WRT the limited number of write cycles, if you have a disk that is > much larger than your usage (5x in my case) I don't really have to > worry too much about wearing it out. If your computer is on all the > time as mine is (I run WSPR when not making QSOs) then a spinning disk > is only going to have a useful lifetime of 2 years anyway. Yes, I know > they last longer but at that point I swap them out to avoid failure. > Cheap insurance. In that case I would expect SSD to have a longer life > than spinning disks. > > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 3191 Western Dr. > Cameron Park, CA 95682 > br...@lloyd.com > +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) > +1.931.492.6776 (USA) > (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
On 3/25/2011 8:34 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: Since I only need about 6GB of storage for the radio computer I went looking for a deal on smaller SSDs. I was able to find a 32GB SSD for $110. Nowadays you might expect to get 1TB for that price but I would just end up with 994GB of free space anyway. Good point. My main drive is a 1TB, and is around 98% empty. A smaller SSD should work just fine. 73 Alf ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
On 3/24/2011 7:47 PM, Neal Campbell (K3NC) wrote: \\The SSDs of (my) choice are: 1. RevoDrive 2 120GB PCIe SSD (it goes in a pci express slot and will score 7.9 on the Windows Experience Index which is the best possible score) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227578 2. Corsair 64GB Sata III 64GB drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233153 3. Corsair 120GB SATA II drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233107 I have only considered the SATA drives at this point. Is there an advantage in going the PCIe route? 73 Alf ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
On 3/24/2011 7:32 PM, Mickey Baker wrote: There's a good article comparing the two technologies here: http://www.technize.com/ssd-vs-hdd-comparison/ Interesting, thanks. They're a lot faster, but remember that FLASH memory has a lifespan of 100,000 writes per cell. SSDs have dynamic reallocation algorithms to move data around so that you don't get "hot" cells and failures, but over the course of several years on a busy workstation the disk will wear out faster than a typical SATA drive. I doubt my usage would approach that being a problem! Core2's aren't THAT recent - I recently moved everything off a 1.5GHz Core2 Duo to a AMD 635 - 4 cores, 2.9GHz, 8Gig RAM and now things work a lot more smoothly with my Flex 1500. By recent, I meant about three years ago. I realize that was when dinosaurs roamed, in computer terms. The new "hybrid" drives look interesting as a middle ground position: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/seagate_momentus_xt_500gb_hybrid_drive_review I hadn't heard of them, so something else to check out. 73 Alf ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
On 3/24/2011 7:22 PM, NU8Z wrote: I have a SSD and noticed a great improvement. You are correct. PSDR does not access the disk much. But I run a number of the DX Labs programs and it really reduces the disk access time when logging/ database accessing, etc. I really don't do much of that at present, but am moving in that direction. Thanks for the input. 73 Alf ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
Absolutely agree, keep windows, system functions and your applications on the SSD and move your data files to the hard drive. To do this, you can right-click on your documents folder, select Properties and then click on the Locations tab. There you can change the location of your documents directory. Just rename the drive letter (from C: to D: for instance) Press Enter three times and you have moved it! If you see a folder for 'My Music' or 'My Pictures'. etc. right click it and see if it has a location tab in its properties list. If so, change it! I use Acronis True Image's disk clone to move my boot disk and have had 95 percent success with it. Keep the old disk handy though (don't erase it after the cloining process) for a while. 73 -Original Message- From: William H. Fite Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 12:12 PM To: Brian Lloyd Cc: Flex Radio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives? My approach is similar to Brian's. I have the OS and the page files (is that still the right term under Win7?) on a small SSD and all the "stuff" on a couple of conventional HDDs. There is nothing to be gained by keeping your movies and music on SSD. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Alfred Green wrote: > Is there any significant advantage to going with a SSD for Flex > applications? There is no great advantage but, having said that, my radio computer uses an SSD. The main advantages are speed in booting, fast read access, less noise, and much lower power consumption which means less heat in the computer enclosure which allows me to run slower/quieter fans. Since I only need about 6GB of storage for the radio computer I went looking for a deal on smaller SSDs. I was able to find a 32GB SSD for $110. Nowadays you might expect to get 1TB for that price but I would just end up with 994GB of free space anyway. WRT the limited number of write cycles, if you have a disk that is much larger than your usage (5x in my case) I don't really have to worry too much about wearing it out. If your computer is on all the time as mine is (I run WSPR when not making QSOs) then a spinning disk is only going to have a useful lifetime of 2 years anyway. Yes, I know they last longer but at that point I swap them out to avoid failure. Cheap insurance. In that case I would expect SSD to have a longer life than spinning disks. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Filters... is it just me?
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Joe Word wrote: > >> Brian, >> >> Thanks for the reply, so for sharp filters we need RX Buffers large >> and Audio/Sample Rate low. I have not experimented much with the >> Sample Rate and may have had it too high, it was at 19,200 so changed >> it to 4800. >> > > That will certainly do it. When I need really sharp filters then I do just > that. OTOH, I find that a sample rate of 96kHz with 4096 sample DSP buffers > is more than adequate for all but the narrowest of modes. > > Also remember that, the sharper you make your filters, the more delay or > latency you introduce to the signal. For phone and most digital modes it > won't matter. For CW, PACTOR, and ARQ (flarq) digital modes it can be > critical. > > Again, it is a matter of personal preference. But it is nice to be able to > tune that. > > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 3191 Western Dr. > Cameron Park, CA 95682 > br...@lloyd.com > +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) > +1.931.492.6776 (USA) > (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) > > -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems
Melodrama? Histrionics? Brian Oh my! On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Ross Stenberg > wrote: > > > He can't help it, he is a teacher :^) > > > > Yeah, I suppose that is true. I probably could have toned down my response > tho'. I use melodrama and histrionics with the kids. I probably don't need > to do it here too. :-) > > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 3191 Western Dr. > Cameron Park, CA 95682 > br...@lloyd.com > +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) > +1.931.492.6776 (USA) > (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) > ___ > 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
My approach is similar to Brian's. I have the OS and the page files (is that still the right term under Win7?) on a small SSD and all the "stuff" on a couple of conventional HDDs. There is nothing to be gained by keeping your movies and music on SSD. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Alfred Green wrote: > > > Is there any significant advantage to going with a SSD for Flex > > applications? > > > There is no great advantage but, having said that, my radio computer uses > an > SSD. The main advantages are speed in booting, fast read access, less > noise, > and much lower power consumption which means less heat in the computer > enclosure which allows me to run slower/quieter fans. > > Since I only need about 6GB of storage for the radio computer I went > looking > for a deal on smaller SSDs. I was able to find a 32GB SSD for $110. > Nowadays > you might expect to get 1TB for that price but I would just end up with > 994GB of free space anyway. > > WRT the limited number of write cycles, if you have a disk that is much > larger than your usage (5x in my case) I don't really have to worry too > much > about wearing it out. If your computer is on all the time as mine is (I run > WSPR when not making QSOs) then a spinning disk is only going to have a > useful lifetime of 2 years anyway. Yes, I know they last longer but at that > point I swap them out to avoid failure. Cheap insurance. In that case I > would expect SSD to have a longer life than spinning disks. > > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 3191 Western Dr. > Cameron Park, CA 95682 > br...@lloyd.com > +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) > +1.931.492.6776 (USA) > (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) > ___ > 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
You can move it. IT departments do it all the time. That being said...I have found it a chancy business. But then I run a bunch of bench-built statistical applications that aren't always neatly and tidily put together. Neal can give you a definitive answer. Bill On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Don wrote: > Ok so here's a very basic question for you . > If I purchase one of these drives, can I "move" (copy) the OS to the new > drive or do I reinstall all the software to it? > > Don > ___ > 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Fwd: Solid State Drives?
> > I do this with a program called Norton Ghost. I also use it to back up s > complete image of my c drive onto a second drive so I can back out any > Windows issues cleanly. Great program. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 25, 2011, at 11:57 AM, "Don" wrote: > >> Ok so here's a very basic question for you . >> If I purchase one of these drives, can I "move" (copy) the OS to the new >> drive or do I reinstall all the software to it? >> >> Don >> ___ >> 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
Ok so here's a very basic question for you . If I purchase one of these drives, can I "move" (copy) the OS to the new drive or do I reinstall all the software to it? Don ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Filters... is it just me?
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Joe Word wrote: > Ever since i upgraded to v2.0.20 I keep thinking the Rx SSB filters > are not as sharp as the were on v2.0.19 and below. I am running the > DSP RX filter at 4096 as before, but does not seen as sharp. Has > anyone else questioned this? > There is no change in that area that I have been able to see. Did you change sample rate? Filter sharpness is determined by both sample rate and DSP RX buffer size. If you double the sample rate it is the same as cutting your DSP RX buffer in half. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Ross Stenberg wrote: > He can't help it, he is a teacher :^) > Yeah, I suppose that is true. I probably could have toned down my response tho'. I use melodrama and histrionics with the kids. I probably don't need to do it here too. :-) -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Alfred Green wrote: > Is there any significant advantage to going with a SSD for Flex > applications? There is no great advantage but, having said that, my radio computer uses an SSD. The main advantages are speed in booting, fast read access, less noise, and much lower power consumption which means less heat in the computer enclosure which allows me to run slower/quieter fans. Since I only need about 6GB of storage for the radio computer I went looking for a deal on smaller SSDs. I was able to find a 32GB SSD for $110. Nowadays you might expect to get 1TB for that price but I would just end up with 994GB of free space anyway. WRT the limited number of write cycles, if you have a disk that is much larger than your usage (5x in my case) I don't really have to worry too much about wearing it out. If your computer is on all the time as mine is (I run WSPR when not making QSOs) then a spinning disk is only going to have a useful lifetime of 2 years anyway. Yes, I know they last longer but at that point I swap them out to avoid failure. Cheap insurance. In that case I would expect SSD to have a longer life than spinning disks. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Filters... is it just me?
Ever since i upgraded to v2.0.20 I keep thinking the Rx SSB filters are not as sharp as the were on v2.0.19 and below. I am running the DSP RX filter at 4096 as before, but does not seen as sharp. Has anyone else questioned this? Joe N9VX Flex 5000A, Lenovo Core 2 Duo, 2gig ram, XP , nothing but PowerSDR runs on the computer. ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems
Yes, Bill, this is something that I've observed ever since the 3000 arrived to keep the 5000A from getting lonesome. And the fact that the two radios are governed by two very different computers and versions of windows led me to conclude that your comments are absolutely correct! Lee K9WRU - Original Message - From: "William H. Fite" To: "Ross Stenberg" Cc: Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems The question here is the extent to which this issue can be blamed on the release candidate versus some combination of characteristics in the whole hardware chain. The number of these kinds of complaints seems to be vanishingly small (h...that comment may bring others out of the woodwork, we'll see). I suspect that part of the reality of SDR-world will always be a certain number of "it doesn't work on my machine" complaints that can never be eradicated by any vendor. We may all just have to learn to live with that. That being said, there is scarcely anything more maddening than being the guy who has troubles and can't figure out why next to no one else is having them. "Everyone is out of step but me, Sarge" is never a comfortable place to be. Good luck with it and keep us posted. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Ross Stenberg wrote: He can't help it, he is a teacher :^) On 3/24/2011 6:48 PM, DALE HANKINS wrote: Max latency is 40 us I deeply apologize for missing the u key and hitting the m key From: br...@lloyd.com [mailto:br...@lloyd.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:46 AM To: DALE HANKINS Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:14 AM, DALE HANKINS wrote: .16 ran great no problems except the alc over shoot. Latest release has transmit audio issues and some receive audio issues. On transmit can not get the smoth audio as I have on all previous releases. Receive also has a sharp sound. Never had this issue before. I am running the Flex 5000, amd Quad core, Win 7 32 bit. Only use computer for flex. Computer usage is 10 to 12 %. Latencey is 43ms. If DPC latency is 43ms then there is your problem. That is WAY too long. ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems
The question here is the extent to which this issue can be blamed on the release candidate versus some combination of characteristics in the whole hardware chain. The number of these kinds of complaints seems to be vanishingly small (h...that comment may bring others out of the woodwork, we'll see). I suspect that part of the reality of SDR-world will always be a certain number of "it doesn't work on my machine" complaints that can never be eradicated by any vendor. We may all just have to learn to live with that. That being said, there is scarcely anything more maddening than being the guy who has troubles and can't figure out why next to no one else is having them. "Everyone is out of step but me, Sarge" is never a comfortable place to be. Good luck with it and keep us posted. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Ross Stenberg wrote: > He can't help it, he is a teacher :^) > > > On 3/24/2011 6:48 PM, DALE HANKINS wrote: > >> Max latency is 40 us I deeply apologize for missing the u key and hitting >> the m key >> >> >> >> From: br...@lloyd.com [mailto:br...@lloyd.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd >> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:46 AM >> To: DALE HANKINS >> Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:14 AM, DALE HANKINS >> wrote: >> >> .16 ran great no problems except the alc over shoot. Latest release has >> transmit audio issues and some receive audio issues. On transmit can not >> get >> the smoth audio as I have on all previous releases. Receive also has a >> sharp >> sound. Never had this issue before. I am running the Flex 5000, amd Quad >> core, Win 7 32 bit. Only use computer for flex. Computer usage is 10 to 12 >> %. Latencey is 43ms. >> >> >> >> If DPC latency is 43ms then there is your problem. That is WAY too >> long. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ___ > 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives?
Holy crap! Can you tolerate a latency of 6us? On 3/24/2011 9:32 PM, Neal Campbell (K3NC) wrote: SSDs are the best "single component" update you can do to a Vista or Win7 system. When you give Win7 the right amount of memory (4GB for x86, 6GB for x64 is what I recommend) and put the operating system, swap file and program files on the SSD, it takes a lot of bottleneck out of WIndows. Prior to the latest Service Pack, I had a system that had 0us latency as measured by DPCLat. After SP1, it now measures 6us. Granted I test a lot of parts or this function but this one is a winner! 73 Neal -Original Message- From: Ted Trostle Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:22 PM To: Alfred Green Cc: Flex Radio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Solid State Drives? What a great question !!! Would a flash drive also work ??? On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Alfred Green wrote: Is there any significant advantage to going with a SSD for Flex applications? I really don't see a lot of HD usage under normal operation. It is a fairly recent box with an Intel Core 2 CPU, Win XP, and is pretty much devoted to my F3000. PSDR 1.18.6 (I know, I plan on upgrading soon), HRD + DM780 with the glue apps. The browser gets used very little; downloading something or watching DX-Sherlock during the 6m season. CPU usage is less than 20%, and DPCs rarely get much above 100us. I don't notice a current speed limitation, but maybe there is something that I'm overlooking. They are still quite expensive, in terms of $/GB compared to the HDDs. Any comments appreciated. 73 Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems
He can't help it, he is a teacher :^) On 3/24/2011 6:48 PM, DALE HANKINS wrote: Max latency is 40 us I deeply apologize for missing the u key and hitting the m key From: br...@lloyd.com [mailto:br...@lloyd.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:46 AM To: DALE HANKINS Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:14 AM, DALE HANKINS wrote: .16 ran great no problems except the alc over shoot. Latest release has transmit audio issues and some receive audio issues. On transmit can not get the smoth audio as I have on all previous releases. Receive also has a sharp sound. Never had this issue before. I am running the Flex 5000, amd Quad core, Win 7 32 bit. Only use computer for flex. Computer usage is 10 to 12 %. Latencey is 43ms. If DPC latency is 43ms then there is your problem. That is WAY too long. ___ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
