[Flexradio] not cheap but it's performed valiantly

[Bill]

My Yaesu Vl-1000 works smoothly with PSDR>DDUt and N1MM (as well as 
logging software)

The Yaesu does my rtty contesting, throttled back to ~700 watts.
Today's Russian Rtty contest was 'berry berry gut toos me'
(If you know who Minnie Minoso is, they you may recognize that quote)


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[Flexradio] Amp for Flex 3000/5000

[Eddie DeYoung]

Over the past 3 years I have used 2 amps that just 'work'. with
both the 3000 & 5000A. The manually tuned Emtron DX-1d, and the
automatic everything SGC-500 brick!

Current setup is 3000/5000A + SGC-500 + LDG AT1000 + MFJ4275MV
75-amp SMPSU. The ONLY connection to the SGC is the COAX input &
output [and power of course!].it senses freq and auto band
changes, it senses RF and auto PTT. what more could you ask for an
honest 500w OUTPUT amplifier? .other than 6m.  The amps are
getting harder to find, but are still being advertised at under
$1000.  PA transistors are also cheap and available if ever
needed.

Eddie VK4AN/3D2A/C21A

."The older you get, the less you know!" is only fiction promoted
by older people and spread by young people. We just do not want
them to know how much we REALLY DO KNOW!"

 

 

 

 

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Re: [Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh

[paul glassman]

I believe my FT101E was a pretty fair rig. Paid about $600 for it. Kenwood 
TS830S was also a nice rig however that was a $900 rig. I think the TS950SDX 
was the first Kenwood to make the "big price jump" $5000.
                                                          Paul w8jn
 
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax 
si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?



From: Burt 
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh

What top quality rig could you buy for $500 in 1973? I bought a Swan-240 in 
1964 for $400 and it was NOT top quality
Add to that I made $7500 a year in 1973 and in 2000 about 7x that.
So assuming there really was a top quality rig at $500, 500x7=3500, AND today's 
rigs do so much more
Burt


--- On Sat, 9/3/11, paul glassman  wrote:
>    I was licensed around 1973, became inactive and
> returned 20 years later during 2000. Back then a top
> quality rig could be purchased for $500. Now top of the line
> stuff goes for $4000-$12000. Wow, my surprise was sticker
> shock! The new rigs are a bit intimidating looking, however
> they are pretty intuitive once you get the feel. The Flex
> stuff is top of the line. I have a FTDX9000MP fully loaded
> which is a $13000 rig. My flex is its equal.   Good luck!
>                                        
>                                        
>     Paul w8jn
>  
> Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax 
> si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
> 
> 
> 
> From: John Isaacs 
> To: Brad A. Steffler 
> Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh
> 
> 
> Wow Brad - Thanks for your encouragement (Thanks to
> everyone for their encouragement) and for the terrific
> articles on PL259s. Better than what I found on YouTube,
> although that was helpful too. I have skimmed them and will
> study them before working. I have the cable stripper from DX
> Engineering. What a beauty that is.
> 
> I was first licensed As WN2GLY in High School (1963), built
> myself a DX-40,  but never got my General. Last fall, while
> I was laid up after surgery, I decided to get back in, so I
> have been licensed since November.
> But a lot of the technical; stuff still floors me. I
> started with an ICOM 7600, the most confusing piece of
> equipment I ever saw, but switched to Flex after seeing SDR
> at a local show.
> (If anyone wants a 7600 and a Rig Blaster Pro, I have them
> for sale).
> 
> Thanks again to everyone for the advice. I'm sure I'll need
> a lot more
> 
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Brad A. Steffler wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I am a relative newby like you.  First call was WN5VYC in
> 1969 or 1970 ( hard to remember exactly).
> Then I started hamming in earnest in 1980 as KA4OHR. Became
> KE4XJ in 1980 at the Atlanta Hamfest.
> But I went QRT in 1983 after selling my Kenwood TS-520SE,
> career     and 4 kids. I bought a Flex 5000a in
> August of 2010, built myself a tuner and put up an 80 Meter
> horizontal loop fed with 600 ohm parallel
> conductor line.  The tuner is a balanced-balanced tuner
> made after the design of Rich Measures, AG6K.
> I found that the installation of PL-259 connectors (for the
> rig output to the tuner and for the 2 Meter and 70 Cm
> bands) is more  difficult than I remembered. After messing
> up two cables, I used the wonderful aid of the
> world wide web and found recommendations for soldering the
> PL-259, and occasionally SO-239, connectors
> to the co-ax cable with a large soldering iron. In cold
> weather, I use a small propane torch made for soldering,
> if I was working outside. I started using this method for
> all PL-259 connections, but I found the heat hard
> to control without overheating the coax jacket:
> 
> http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/SolderCoax.htm
> 
> 
> So now I use this method (unless it is very cold outside):
> 
> http://www.pituch.net/ARES/training%20docs/Coax%20Connectors%20%28Color%29.pdf
> 
> 
> All the articles recommended using a multimeter to check
> the cable with the soldered connectors for continuity
> by measuring resistance (you should get a short circuit if
> everything is at zero DC resistance).  My  digital
> multimeter, a Fluke 110, also allows me to measure
> capacitance. Even when you have a zero resistance DC
> circuit,
> I suppose the connection could be so poor (at least in my
> case) that there could be some capacitance on the line.
> So this can be checked as well. I didn't check for
> capacitance, but I did check for DC conduction in both
> directions,
> shield to shield and pin to pin as well as pin to shield
> short circuits.
> 
> I finally ended up using a large solderi

Re: [Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh

[Burt]

What top quality rig could you buy for $500 in 1973? I bought a Swan-240 in 
1964 for $400 and it was NOT top quality
Add to that I made $7500 a year in 1973 and in 2000 about 7x that.
So assuming there really was a top quality rig at $500, 500x7=3500, AND today's 
rigs do so much more
Burt


--- On Sat, 9/3/11, paul glassman  wrote:
>    I was licensed around 1973, became inactive and
> returned 20 years later during 2000. Back then a top
> quality rig could be purchased for $500. Now top of the line
> stuff goes for $4000-$12000. Wow, my surprise was sticker
> shock! The new rigs are a bit intimidating looking, however
> they are pretty intuitive once you get the feel. The Flex
> stuff is top of the line. I have a FTDX9000MP fully loaded
> which is a $13000 rig. My flex is its equal.   Good luck!
>                                        
>                                        
>     Paul w8jn
>  
> Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax 
> si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
> 
> 
> 
> From: John Isaacs 
> To: Brad A. Steffler 
> Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh
> 
> 
> Wow Brad - Thanks for your encouragement (Thanks to
> everyone for their encouragement) and for the terrific
> articles on PL259s. Better than what I found on YouTube,
> although that was helpful too. I have skimmed them and will
> study them before working. I have the cable stripper from DX
> Engineering. What a beauty that is.
> 
> I was first licensed As WN2GLY in High School (1963), built
> myself a DX-40,  but never got my General. Last fall, while
> I was laid up after surgery, I decided to get back in, so I
> have been licensed since November.
> But a lot of the technical; stuff still floors me. I
> started with an ICOM 7600, the most confusing piece of
> equipment I ever saw, but switched to Flex after seeing SDR
> at a local show.
> (If anyone wants a 7600 and a Rig Blaster Pro, I have them
> for sale).
> 
> Thanks again to everyone for the advice. I'm sure I'll need
> a lot more
> 
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Brad A. Steffler wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I am a relative newby like you.  First call was WN5VYC in
> 1969 or 1970 ( hard to remember exactly).
> Then I started hamming in earnest in 1980 as KA4OHR. Became
> KE4XJ in 1980 at the Atlanta Hamfest.
> But I went QRT in 1983 after selling my Kenwood TS-520SE,
> career     and 4 kids. I bought a Flex 5000a in
> August of 2010, built myself a tuner and put up an 80 Meter
> horizontal loop fed with 600 ohm parallel
> conductor line.  The tuner is a balanced-balanced tuner
> made after the design of Rich Measures, AG6K.
> I found that the installation of PL-259 connectors (for the
> rig output to the tuner and for the 2 Meter and 70 Cm
> bands) is more  difficult than I remembered. After messing
> up two cables, I used the wonderful aid of the
> world wide web and found recommendations for soldering the
> PL-259, and occasionally SO-239, connectors
> to the co-ax cable with a large soldering iron. In cold
> weather, I use a small propane torch made for soldering,
> if I was working outside. I started using this method for
> all PL-259 connections, but I found the heat hard
> to control without overheating the coax jacket:
> 
> http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/SolderCoax.htm
> 
> 
> So now I use this method (unless it is very cold outside):
> 
> http://www.pituch.net/ARES/training%20docs/Coax%20Connectors%20%28Color%29.pdf
> 
> 
> All the articles recommended using a multimeter to check
> the cable with the soldered connectors for continuity
> by measuring resistance (you should get a short circuit if
> everything is at zero DC resistance).  My  digital
> multimeter, a Fluke 110, also allows me to measure
> capacitance. Even when you have a zero resistance DC
> circuit,
> I suppose the connection could be so poor (at least in my
> case) that there could be some capacitance on the line.
> So this can be checked as well. I didn't check for
> capacitance, but I did check for DC conduction in both
> directions,
> shield to shield and pin to pin as well as pin to shield
> short circuits.
> 
> I finally ended up using a large soldering iron to heat the
> entire connector while it the cable was held in a small
> Panavise with padded jaws. I got the iron at Hobby Lobby.
> It was made for working with stained glass and melting
> lead solder for the glass panes. The iron is large, with a
> large heat mass and is about 175-200 watts. The large
> amount of thermal mass was necessary to heat up the
> connector to allow solder to flow by melting into the holes
> in the shield portion of the connector. The center pin was
> very easy to solder. The weak point for 

Re: [Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh

[paul glassman]

John,
   I was licensed around 1973, became inactive and returned 20 years later 
during 2000. Back then a top quality rig could be purchased for $500. Now top 
of the line stuff goes for $4000-$12000. Wow, my surprise was sticker shock! 
The new rigs are a bit intimidating looking, however they are pretty intuitive 
once you get the feel. The Flex stuff is top of the line. I have a FTDX9000MP 
fully loaded which is a $13000 rig. My flex is its equal.   Good luck!
                                                                                
    Paul w8jn
 
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax 
si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?



From: John Isaacs 
To: Brad A. Steffler 
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh


Wow Brad - Thanks for your encouragement (Thanks to everyone for their 
encouragement) and for the terrific articles on PL259s. Better than what I 
found on YouTube, although that was helpful too. I have skimmed them and will 
study them before working. I have the cable stripper from DX Engineering. What 
a beauty that is.

I was first licensed As WN2GLY in High School (1963), built myself a DX-40,  
but never got my General. Last fall, while I was laid up after surgery, I 
decided to get back in, so I have been licensed since November.
But a lot of the technical; stuff still floors me. I started with an ICOM 7600, 
the most confusing piece of equipment I ever saw, but switched to Flex after 
seeing SDR at a local show.
(If anyone wants a 7600 and a Rig Blaster Pro, I have them for sale).

Thanks again to everyone for the advice. I'm sure I'll need a lot more

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Brad A. Steffler wrote:

Hi John,

I am a relative newby like you.  First call was WN5VYC in 1969 or 1970 ( hard 
to remember exactly).
Then I started hamming in earnest in 1980 as KA4OHR. Became KE4XJ in 1980 at 
the Atlanta Hamfest.
But I went QRT in 1983 after selling my Kenwood TS-520SE, career     and 4 
kids. I bought a Flex 5000a in
August of 2010, built myself a tuner and put up an 80 Meter horizontal loop fed 
with 600 ohm parallel
conductor line.  The tuner is a balanced-balanced tuner made after the design 
of Rich Measures, AG6K.
I found that the installation of PL-259 connectors (for the rig output to the 
tuner and for the 2 Meter and 70 Cm
bands) is more  difficult than I remembered. After messing up two cables, I 
used the wonderful aid of the
world wide web and found recommendations for soldering the PL-259, and 
occasionally SO-239, connectors
to the co-ax cable with a large soldering iron. In cold weather, I use a small 
propane torch made for soldering,
if I was working outside. I started using this method for all PL-259 
connections, but I found the heat hard
to control without overheating the coax jacket:

http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/SolderCoax.htm
 


So now I use this method (unless it is very cold outside):

http://www.pituch.net/ARES/training%20docs/Coax%20Connectors%20%28Color%29.pdf 


All the articles recommended using a multimeter to check the cable with the 
soldered connectors for continuity
by measuring resistance (you should get a short circuit if everything is at 
zero DC resistance).  My  digital
multimeter, a Fluke 110, also allows me to measure capacitance. Even when you 
have a zero resistance DC circuit,
I suppose the connection could be so poor (at least in my case) that there 
could be some capacitance on the line.
So this can be checked as well. I didn't check for capacitance, but I did check 
for DC conduction in both directions,
shield to shield and pin to pin as well as pin to shield short circuits.

I finally ended up using a large soldering iron to heat the entire connector 
while it the cable was held in a small
Panavise with padded jaws. I got the iron at Hobby Lobby. It was made for 
working with stained glass and melting
lead solder for the glass panes. The iron is large, with a large heat mass and 
is about 175-200 watts. The large
amount of thermal mass was necessary to heat up the connector to allow solder 
to flow by melting into the holes
in the shield portion of the connector. The center pin was very easy to solder. 
The weak point for me was the
soldering of the shield braid to the outer portion of the connector.

I also found a tool sold by DX Engineering which is wonderful for preparing 
LMR-400 and RG-213 for accepting the
connectors. it is called a coax cable stripper , model number     DXE-UT and is 
found at
http://www.dxengineering.com/Products.asp?ID=240&SecID=104&DeptID=30 
 . DX 
Engineering has a lot of good
tools for sale for working with differe

Re: [Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh

[John Isaacs]

Wow Brad - Thanks for your encouragement (Thanks to everyone for their 
encouragement) and for the terrific articles on PL259s. Better than what 
I found on YouTube, although that was helpful too. I have skimmed them 
and will study them before working. I have the cable stripper from DX 
Engineering. What a beauty that is.


I was first licensed As WN2GLY in High School (1963), built myself a 
DX-40,  but never got my General. Last fall, while I was laid up after 
surgery, I decided to get back in, so I have been licensed since 
November.
But a lot of the technical; stuff still floors me. I started with an 
ICOM 7600, the most confusing piece of equipment I ever saw, but 
switched to Flex after seeing SDR at a local show.

(If anyone wants a 7600 and a Rig Blaster Pro, I have them for sale).

Thanks again to everyone for the advice. I'm sure I'll need a lot more

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Brad A. Steffler wrote:

 Hi John,

I am a relative newby like you.  First call was WN5VYC in 1969 or 
1970 ( hard to remember exactly).
Then I started hamming in earnest in 1980 as KA4OHR. Became KE4XJ in 
1980 at the Atlanta Hamfest.
But I went QRT in 1983 after selling my Kenwood TS-520SE, career and 
4 kids. I bought a Flex 5000a in
August of 2010, built myself a tuner and put up an 80 Meter 
horizontal loop fed with 600 ohm parallel
conductor line.  The tuner is a balanced-balanced tuner made after 
the design of Rich Measures, AG6K.
 I found that the installation of PL-259 connectors (for the rig 
output to the tuner and for the 2 Meter and 70 Cm
bands) is more  difficult than I remembered. After messing up two 
cables, I used the wonderful aid of the
world wide web and found recommendations for soldering the PL-259, 
and occasionally SO-239, connectors
to the co-ax cable with a large soldering iron. In cold weather, I 
use a small propane torch made for soldering,
if I was working outside. I started using this method for all PL-259 
connections, but I found the heat hard

to control without overheating the coax jacket:

http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/SolderCoax.htm 



So now I use this method (unless it is very cold outside):

http://www.pituch.net/ARES/training%20docs/Coax%20Connectors%20%28Color%29.pdf 



All the articles recommended using a multimeter to check the cable 
with the soldered connectors for continuity
by measuring resistance (you should get a short circuit if 
everything is at zero DC resistance).  My  digital
multimeter, a Fluke 110, also allows me to measure capacitance. Even 
when you have a zero resistance DC circuit,
I suppose the connection could be so poor (at least in my case) that 
there could be some capacitance on the line.
So this can be checked as well. I didn't check for capacitance, but 
I did check for DC conduction in both directions,
shield to shield and pin to pin as well as pin to shield short 
circuits.


I finally ended up using a large soldering iron to heat the entire 
connector while it the cable was held in a small
Panavise with padded jaws. I got the iron at Hobby Lobby. It was 
made for working with stained glass and melting
lead solder for the glass panes. The iron is large, with a large 
heat mass and is about 175-200 watts. The large
amount of thermal mass was necessary to heat up the connector to 
allow solder to flow by melting into the holes
in the shield portion of the connector. The center pin was very easy 
to solder. The weak point for me was the

soldering of the shield braid to the outer portion of the connector.

I also found a tool sold by DX Engineering which is wonderful for 
preparing LMR-400 and RG-213 for accepting the
connectors. it is called a coax cable stripper , model number DXE-UT 
and is found at
http://www.dxengineering.com/Products.asp?ID=240&SecID=104&DeptID=30 
 . 
DX Engineering has a lot of good

tools for sale for working with different antenna system components.

Now, all my coax cables work well, although I bet I can find a way 
to make them fail ( I seem to be good at this).


I hope this helps you find and solve the problem(s). By the way, I 
am 62 years old and just received a prosthetic total left hip
replacement 8 weeks ago. So I, too, no longer climb up towers or 
onto roofs, or even very tall ladders into a tree.
Unfortunatley, I still have to go up  a short ladder to clean the 
gutters...


Brad A. Steffler, MD
KE4XJ


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Re: [Flexradio] Audio droputs in Winwarbler and Fldigi

[Charlie Morrison]

That’s co-incidental - I'm getting the same thing happening on JT65-HF, but on 
a Flex 3K

Using JT65-HF v1.07 and PSDR 2.2.2 VAC 4.09, Win7 64bit with WDM Drivers

Charlie



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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz 
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of vtnn...@comcast.net
Sent: 03 September 2011 22:49
To: Flex Radio
Subject: [Flexradio] Audio droputs in Winwarbler and Fldigi



All of a sudden I have started getting audio dropouts in Winwarbler and Fldigi 
. 

I see the audio in both apps drop completely out but while listening to the 
audio from my 5000 I don't hear the audio drop out. 

Running the latest PSDR and not sure what other info to put here. They were 
both working OK last night. 

Anyone have any thoughts on what is wrong? 

Zack 

N8FNR 
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[Flexradio] New setup - Uh Oh

[Brad A. Steffler]

Hi John,

I am a relative newby like you.  First call was WN5VYC in 1969 or 1970 ( 
hard to remember exactly).
Then I started hamming in earnest in 1980 as KA4OHR. Became KE4XJ in 
1980 at the Atlanta Hamfest.
But I went QRT in 1983 after selling my Kenwood TS-520SE, career and  4 
kids. I bought a Flex 5000a in
August of 2010, built myself a tuner and put up an 80 Meter horizontal 
loop fed with 600 ohm parallel
conductor line.  The tuner is a balanced-balanced tuner made after the 
design of Rich Measures, AG6K.
 I found that the installation of PL-259 connectors (for the rig output 
to the tuner and for the 2 Meter and 70 Cm
bands) is more  difficult than I remembered. After messing up two 
cables, I used the wonderful aid of the
world wide web and found recommendations for soldering the PL-259, and 
occasionally SO-239, connectors
to the co-ax cable with a large soldering iron. In cold weather, I use a 
small propane torch made for soldering,
if I was working outside. I started using this method for all PL-259 
connections, but I found the heat hard

to control without overheating the coax jacket:
http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/SolderCoax.htm

So now I use this method (unless it is very cold outside):
http://www.pituch.net/ARES/training%20docs/Coax%20Connectors%20%28Color%29.pdf

All the articles recommended using a multimeter to check the cable with 
the soldered connectors for continuity
by measuring resistance (you should get a short circuit if everything is 
at zero DC resistance).  My  digital
multimeter, a Fluke 110, also allows me to measure capacitance. Even 
when you have a zero resistance DC circuit,
I suppose the connection could be so poor (at least in my case) that 
there could be some capacitance on the line.
So this can be checked as well. I didn't check for capacitance, but I 
did check for DC conduction in both directions,

shield to shield and pin to pin as well as pin to shield short circuits.

I finally ended up using a large soldering iron to heat the entire 
connector while it the cable was held in a small
Panavise with padded jaws. I got the iron at Hobby Lobby. It was made 
for working with stained glass and melting
lead solder for the glass panes. The iron is large, with a large heat 
mass and is about 175-200 watts. The large
amount of thermal mass was necessary to heat up the connector to allow 
solder to flow by melting into the holes
in the shield portion of the connector. The center pin was very easy to 
solder. The weak point for me was the

soldering of the shield braid to the outer portion of the connector.

I also found a tool sold by DX Engineering which is wonderful for 
preparing LMR-400 and RG-213 for accepting the
connectors. it is called a _coax cable stripper_, model number DXE-UT 
and is found at
http://www.dxengineering.com/Products.asp?ID=240&SecID=104&DeptID=30 
. 
DX Engineering has a lot of good

tools for sale for working with different antenna system components.

Now, all my coax cables work well, although I bet I can find a way to 
make them fail ( I seem to be good at this).


I hope this helps you find and solve the problem(s). By the way, I am 62 
years old and just received a prosthetic total left hip
replacement 8 weeks ago. So I, too, no longer climb up towers or onto 
roofs, or even very tall ladders into a tree.

Unfortunatley, I still have to go up  a short ladder to clean the gutters...


Brad A. Steffler, MD
KE4XJ




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[Flexradio] Audio droputs in Winwarbler and Fldigi

[vtnn43e]

All of a sudden I have started getting audio dropouts in Winwarbler and Fldigi 
. 

I see the audio in both apps drop completely out but while listening to the 
audio from my 5000 I don't hear the audio drop out. 

Running the latest PSDR and not sure what other info to put here. They were 
both working OK last night. 

Anyone have any thoughts on what is wrong? 

Zack 

N8FNR 
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Re: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

[John Isaacs]

Oh I forgot. Total impedance about  48 ohms


On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 5:16 PM, John Isaacs wrote:


R=46, X=4, SWR =1.1 at 17.91 mHz.


On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:17 PM, John Wagner wrote:

The SWR is just part of the equation. What is the R= and the X= and 
the

impedance at the lowest SWR? Your MFJ analyzer
Can indicate these.

John W8JJW
-Original Message-
From: John Isaacs [mailto:isaacs...@charter.net] Sent: Saturday, 
September 03, 2011 3:18 PM

To: John Wagner
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

Thanks to all. After John's suggestion of trying a dummy load, I 
realized
the problem must be in the antenna or line. According to my MFJ 
analyzer,
the SWR on 18.1mHz was 1.3:1 so that wasn't the problem, but the coax 
loss
between the xcvr and the window pass was 8.3 db and outside the 
window 10
db. (I am not sure how that can be, but we will save that conundrum 
for
later.) On the dummy. the monitor and signal profile on the 
panadapter

looked and sounded fine.

Neither I nor the guy who helped me install the antenna are expert at
soldering, so I suspect the problem may be in the PL259 connectors 
which I
will replace carefully. The three at ground level will be easy, but 
the one
on the roof will be a bear. It will be a bigger bear if the whole 
line must
come down. I am neither young nor abled. I am assuming (please 
correct me if
I am wrong) that the 1.3 SWR indicates that the antenna was built 
properly.


Many thanks to all for the quick and helpful responses.Please comment
further if you think it will be helpful

73 John KB1UYT


On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM, John Wagner wrote:

I would also check the antenna..is it resonant on any band? Hi SWR? 
Feed
line confirmed OK? Do you have dummy load, maybe one in a tuner that 
you could transmit into briefly to see what happens?
We just have to start eliminating things. Not unusual to have to go 
through this...


73 John W8JJW

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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz 
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of John Isaacs

Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 12:09 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Uh Oh


Please understand that I am a newbie, both to today's ham radio and 
to Flex.
After a time away I decided to get on the air this morning. 
Listening to a very strong USB station from the Isle of Man and 
tried to call. No answer. Well ok, I am barefoot. Moved down the 
(17m) band and called CQ a few times, no answer. Well ok too. But I 
noticed that my signal looked very broad and flat topped on the 
panadapter. Put on the phones and turned on the monitor, and called 
again. What I heard was just unintelligible clicking sounding noise. 
No hint of modulation. Am I doing something wrong or do I have a 
setting wrong. I tried with DX both on and off. Here are some other 
parameters:


   1. I am still using the last version of PSDR. Have not 
downloaded the new version yet.


2. I am running into a new antenna, a Cushcraft MA-5B. I 
can't say I am all that impressed. There doesn't seem to be much 
directionality. I am in VT and heard the GD6 with no loss all the 
way from 60 degrees to 350.
But that is another matter, I think. While the new antenna or line 
may be part of the problem, I doubt if the directionality is. (By 
the way I notice that the reflecting element is slightly off plane 
with the driven elements.

Is this causing a problem?)

   3. While I try not to be a lid, I am not a very 
knowledgeable operator. Extra Class just means I passed a test. Any 
help is appreciated.


John KB1UYT
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Re: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

[John Isaacs]

R=46, X=4, SWR =1.1 at 17.91 mHz.


On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:17 PM, John Wagner wrote:

The SWR is just part of the equation. What is the R= and the X= and 
the

impedance at the lowest SWR? Your MFJ analyzer
Can indicate these.

John W8JJW
-Original Message-
From: John Isaacs [mailto:isaacs...@charter.net] Sent: Saturday, 
September 03, 2011 3:18 PM

To: John Wagner
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

Thanks to all. After John's suggestion of trying a dummy load, I 
realized
the problem must be in the antenna or line. According to my MFJ 
analyzer,
the SWR on 18.1mHz was 1.3:1 so that wasn't the problem, but the coax 
loss
between the xcvr and the window pass was 8.3 db and outside the window 
10
db. (I am not sure how that can be, but we will save that conundrum 
for

later.) On the dummy. the monitor and signal profile on the panadapter
looked and sounded fine.

Neither I nor the guy who helped me install the antenna are expert at
soldering, so I suspect the problem may be in the PL259 connectors 
which I
will replace carefully. The three at ground level will be easy, but 
the one
on the roof will be a bear. It will be a bigger bear if the whole line 
must
come down. I am neither young nor abled. I am assuming (please correct 
me if
I am wrong) that the 1.3 SWR indicates that the antenna was built 
properly.


Many thanks to all for the quick and helpful responses.Please comment
further if you think it will be helpful

73 John KB1UYT


On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM, John Wagner wrote:

I would also check the antenna..is it resonant on any band? Hi SWR? 
Feed
line confirmed OK? Do you have dummy load, maybe one in a tuner that 
you could transmit into briefly to see what happens?
We just have to start eliminating things. Not unusual to have to go 
through this...


73 John W8JJW

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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz 
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of John Isaacs

Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 12:09 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Uh Oh


Please understand that I am a newbie, both to today's ham radio and 
to Flex.
After a time away I decided to get on the air this morning. Listening 
to a very strong USB station from the Isle of Man and  tried to call. 
No answer. Well ok, I am barefoot. Moved down the (17m) band and 
called CQ a few times, no answer. Well ok too. But I noticed that my 
signal looked very broad and flat topped on the panadapter. Put on 
the phones and turned on the monitor, and called again. What I heard 
was just unintelligible clicking sounding noise. No hint of 
modulation. Am I doing something wrong or do I have a setting wrong. 
I tried with DX both on and off. Here are some other parameters:


   1. I am still using the last version of PSDR. Have not 
downloaded the new version yet.


2. I am running into a new antenna, a Cushcraft MA-5B. I 
can't say I am all that impressed. There doesn't seem to be much 
directionality. I am in VT and heard the GD6 with no loss all the way 
from 60 degrees to 350.
But that is another matter, I think. While the new antenna or line 
may be part of the problem, I doubt if the directionality is. (By the 
way I notice that the reflecting element is slightly off plane with 
the driven elements.

Is this causing a problem?)

   3. While I try not to be a lid, I am not a very 
knowledgeable operator. Extra Class just means I passed a test. Any 
help is appreciated.


John KB1UYT
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Re: [Flexradio] SDR 1000

[Neal Campbell]

Jim

SDR-1000 is not supported on any 64 bit OS. That doesn't mean its not
conceivable that you could make it work but if Flex doesn't think it works,
I would take that as a sign!

73

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:20 PM, James Sheehan  wrote:

> Hi All ,
>
> Has anybody had luck with runnig the sdr 1000 on windows 7 64 bit .
>
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Re: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

[Steve Sterling]

Hi John-- To your statement "I am assuming (please correct me if I am 
wrong) that the 1.3 SWR indicates that the antenna was built properly. "


Unfortunately no-- the 1.3 SWR fits perfect with the high loss (8.3db 
and 10db).  Remember, SWR compares the power going out from the xmitter 
with the power being reflected. So it goes out, being attenuated along 
the way (8.3db) Then gets reflected back, and loses another 8.3db, yada 
yada. So the bridge reads this real low reflected power, and calculates 
a nice SWR number.


Truth is, you really don't know the situation with the antenna until you 
find and repair whatever is causing the loss.  Antenna might be great, 
might not, because of the transmission line losses. Connectors or the 
window pass are a good guess.  You will find it.  Wish I was there so I 
could help you with the roof work if needed.  May not need though, could 
be anywhere.


Steve WA7DUH
Kennewick, WA

On 9/3/2011 12:18 PM, John Isaacs wrote:

Thanks to all. After John's suggestion of trying a dummy load, I
realized the problem must be in the antenna or line. According to my
MFJ analyzer, the SWR on 18.1mHz was 1.3:1 so that wasn't the problem,
but the coax loss between the xcvr and the window pass was 8.3 db and
outside the window 10 db. (I am not sure how that can be, but we will
save that conundrum for later.) On the dummy. the monitor and signal
profile on the panadapter looked and sounded fine.

Neither I nor the guy who helped me install the antenna are expert at
soldering, so I suspect the problem may be in the PL259 connectors
which I will replace carefully. The three at ground level will be
easy, but the one on the roof will be a bear. It will be a bigger bear
if the whole line must come down. I am neither young nor abled. I am
assuming (please correct me if I am wrong) that the 1.3 SWR indicates
that the antenna was built properly.

Many thanks to all for the quick and helpful responses.Please comment
further if you think it will be helpful

73 John KB1UYT


On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM, John Wagner wrote:


I would also check the antenna..is it resonant on any band? Hi SWR? Feed
line confirmed OK? Do you have dummy load, maybe one in a tuner that you
could transmit into briefly to see what happens?
We just have to start eliminating things. Not unusual to have to go
through
this...

73 John W8JJW




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Re: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

[Mark Lunday]

John

First of all, you're not a LID.  The fact that you're asking for help and
trying to do it right means by default that you are a conscientious
operator.

You can ping me offline and I will be happy to help you any way that I can.
No judgment from me, just an offer to assist in the same manner I was helped
when I first started.

FYI, the MA-5B only has a single element on 17 meters, so it acts more like
a dipole than a yagi.  That might explain why the signal was not so strong.

Ping me if I can be of assistance.  If I can't, then I will put you in touch
with someone who can.

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
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[Flexradio] SDR 1000

[James Sheehan]

Hi All ,

Has anybody had luck with runnig the sdr 1000 on windows 7 64 bit .

Jim
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Re: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

[John Wagner]

The SWR is just part of the equation. What is the R= and the X= and the
impedance at the lowest SWR? Your MFJ analyzer
Can indicate these.

John W8JJW 

-Original Message-
From: John Isaacs [mailto:isaacs...@charter.net] 
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 3:18 PM
To: John Wagner
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

Thanks to all. After John's suggestion of trying a dummy load, I realized
the problem must be in the antenna or line. According to my MFJ analyzer,
the SWR on 18.1mHz was 1.3:1 so that wasn't the problem, but the coax loss
between the xcvr and the window pass was 8.3 db and outside the window 10
db. (I am not sure how that can be, but we will save that conundrum for
later.) On the dummy. the monitor and signal profile on the panadapter
looked and sounded fine.

Neither I nor the guy who helped me install the antenna are expert at
soldering, so I suspect the problem may be in the PL259 connectors which I
will replace carefully. The three at ground level will be easy, but the one
on the roof will be a bear. It will be a bigger bear if the whole line must
come down. I am neither young nor abled. I am assuming (please correct me if
I am wrong) that the 1.3 SWR indicates that the antenna was built properly.

Many thanks to all for the quick and helpful responses.Please comment
further if you think it will be helpful

73 John KB1UYT


On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM, John Wagner wrote:

> I would also check the antenna..is it resonant on any band? Hi SWR? 
> Feed
> line confirmed OK? Do you have dummy load, maybe one in a tuner that 
> you could transmit into briefly to see what happens?
> We just have to start eliminating things. Not unusual to have to go 
> through this...
>
> 73 John W8JJW
>
> -Original Message-
> From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz 
> [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of John Isaacs
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 12:09 PM
> To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
> Subject: [Flexradio] Uh Oh
>
>
> Please understand that I am a newbie, both to today's ham radio and to 
> Flex.
> After a time away I decided to get on the air this morning. Listening 
> to a very strong USB station from the Isle of Man and  tried to call. 
> No answer. Well ok, I am barefoot. Moved down the (17m) band and 
> called CQ a few times, no answer. Well ok too. But I noticed that my 
> signal looked very broad and flat topped on the panadapter. Put on the 
> phones and turned on the monitor, and called again. What I heard was 
> just unintelligible clicking sounding noise. No hint of modulation. Am 
> I doing something wrong or do I have a setting wrong. I tried with DX 
> both on and off. Here are some other parameters:
>
>1. I am still using the last version of PSDR. Have not 
> downloaded the new version yet.
>
> 2. I am running into a new antenna, a Cushcraft MA-5B. I 
> can't say I am all that impressed. There doesn't seem to be much 
> directionality. I am in VT and heard the GD6 with no loss all the way 
> from 60 degrees to 350.
> But that is another matter, I think. While the new antenna or line may 
> be part of the problem, I doubt if the directionality is. (By the way 
> I notice that the reflecting element is slightly off plane with the 
> driven elements.
> Is this causing a problem?)
>
>3. While I try not to be a lid, I am not a very 
> knowledgeable operator. Extra Class just means I passed a test. Any 
> help is appreciated.
>
> John KB1UYT
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Re: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

[John Isaacs]

Thanks to all. After John's suggestion of trying a dummy load, I 
realized the problem must be in the antenna or line. According to my MFJ 
analyzer, the SWR on 18.1mHz was 1.3:1 so that wasn't the problem, but 
the coax loss between the xcvr and the window pass was 8.3 db and 
outside the window 10 db. (I am not sure how that can be, but we will 
save that conundrum for later.) On the dummy. the monitor and signal 
profile on the panadapter looked and sounded fine.


Neither I nor the guy who helped me install the antenna are expert at 
soldering, so I suspect the problem may be in the PL259 connectors which 
I will replace carefully. The three at ground level will be easy, but 
the one on the roof will be a bear. It will be a bigger bear if the 
whole line must come down. I am neither young nor abled. I am assuming 
(please correct me if I am wrong) that the 1.3 SWR indicates that the 
antenna was built properly.


Many thanks to all for the quick and helpful responses.Please comment 
further if you think it will be helpful


73 John KB1UYT


On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM, John Wagner wrote:

I would also check the antenna..is it resonant on any band? Hi SWR? 
Feed
line confirmed OK? Do you have dummy load, maybe one in a tuner that 
you

could transmit into briefly to see what happens?
We just have to start eliminating things. Not unusual to have to go 
through

this...

73 John W8JJW

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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of John Isaacs
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 12:09 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Uh Oh


Please understand that I am a newbie, both to today's ham radio and to 
Flex.
After a time away I decided to get on the air this morning. Listening 
to a very strong USB station from the Isle of Man and  tried to

call. No answer. Well ok, I am barefoot. Moved down the (17m) band and
called CQ a few times, no answer. Well ok too. But I noticed that my 
signal
looked very broad and flat topped on the panadapter. Put on the phones 
and

turned on the monitor, and called again. What I heard was just
unintelligible clicking sounding noise. No hint of modulation. Am I 
doing
something wrong or do I have a setting wrong. I tried with DX both on 
and

off. Here are some other parameters:

   1. I am still using the last version of PSDR. Have not 
downloaded

the new version yet.

2. I am running into a new antenna, a Cushcraft MA-5B. I 
can't
say I am all that impressed. There doesn't seem to be much 
directionality. I
am in VT and heard the GD6 with no loss all the way from 60 degrees to 
350.
But that is another matter, I think. While the new antenna or line may 
be
part of the problem, I doubt if the directionality is. (By the way I 
notice
that the reflecting element is slightly off plane with the driven 
elements.

Is this causing a problem?)

   3. While I try not to be a lid, I am not a very 
knowledgeable
operator. Extra Class just means I passed a test. Any help is 
appreciated.


John KB1UYT
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Re: [Flexradio] Uh Oh

[Mike WA8BXN]

Which Flex radio are you using? Has it ever worked? Do you have a separate
receiver you can listen with? Have you tried using any of the digital modes
(and thus set up VAC)? Do you by chance have XIT/RIT or split engaged? Can
you make any local contacts? What does the power output look like when you
are talking or between words? I'm not sure I would put much confidence in
the display on screen when transmitting but it can provide some information.


 

73 - Mike WA8BXN 

 

 

 

 

 

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From: John Isaacs 

Date: 09/03/11 12:09:47 

To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz 

Subject: [Flexradio] Uh Oh 

 

Please understand that I am a newbie, both to today's ham radio and to 

Flex. After a time away I decided to get on the air this morning. 

Listening to a very strong USB station from the Isle of Man and tried 

To call. No answer. Well ok, I am barefoot. Moved down the (17m) band 

And called CQ a few times, no answer. Well ok too. But I noticed that my 

Signal looked very broad and flat topped on the panadapter. Put on the 

Phones and turned on the monitor, and called again. What I heard was 

Just unintelligible clicking sounding noise. No hint of modulation. Am I 

Doing something wrong or do I have a setting wrong. I tried with DX both 

On and off. Here are some other parameters: 

 

1. I am still using the last version of PSDR. Have not 

Downloaded the new version yet. 

 

2. I am running into a new antenna, a Cushcraft MA-5B. I 

Can't say I am all that impressed. There doesn't seem to be much 

Directionality. I am in VT and heard the GD6 with no loss all the way 

>From 60 degrees to 350. But that is another matter, I think. While the 

New antenna or line may be part of the problem, I doubt if the 

Directionality is. (By the way I notice that the reflecting element is 

Slightly off plane with the driven elements. Is this causing a problem?) 

 

3. While I try not to be a lid, I am not a very knowledgeable 

Operator. Extra Class just means I passed a test. Any help is 

Appreciated. 

 

John KB1UYT 

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[Flexradio] Uh Oh

[John Isaacs]

Please understand that I am a newbie, both to today's ham radio and to 
Flex. After a time away I decided to get on the air this morning. 
Listening to a very strong USB station from the Isle of Man and  tried 
to call. No answer. Well ok, I am barefoot. Moved down the (17m) band 
and called CQ a few times, no answer. Well ok too. But I noticed that my 
signal looked very broad and flat topped on the panadapter. Put on the 
phones and turned on the monitor, and called again. What I heard was 
just unintelligible clicking sounding noise. No hint of modulation. Am I 
doing something wrong or do I have a setting wrong. I tried with DX both 
on and off. Here are some other parameters:


  1. I am still using the last version of PSDR. Have not 
downloaded the new version yet.


   2. I am running into a new antenna, a Cushcraft MA-5B. I 
can't say I am all that impressed. There doesn't seem to be much 
directionality. I am in VT and heard the GD6 with no loss all the way 
from 60 degrees to 350. But that is another matter, I think. While the 
new antenna or line may be part of the problem, I doubt if the 
directionality is. (By the way I notice that the reflecting element is 
slightly off plane with the driven elements. Is this causing a problem?)


  3. While I try not to be a lid, I am not a very knowledgeable 
operator. Extra Class just means I passed a test. Any help is 
appreciated.


John KB1UYT
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[Flexradio] FXpad: new release

[Giuseppe Campana]

Hi,

New FXpad 1.02 release is available for download on: 
http://www.woodboxradio.com/uk/FXpad.html 



On this release:

FXpad is no longer dependent on Tmate

This version of FXpad work with or without Tmate connected to your 
PC,  so that all users
can use PowerSDR and FXpad, even with the new tuning knob 
"FlexControl" or without it.

FlexControl is not supported directly by FXpad but only by PowerSDR.
If you have FlexControl and Tmate too, both knobs simultaneously 
working on PowerSDR

without conflicts of operation.
When Tmate is not connected to the PC, its commands are not displayed 
in FXpad obviously
For full information about FXpad, please refer to its manual included 
in this ZIP file.


PowerSDR and FlexControl are a Trade Mark of FlexRadio Systems.

Thanks to Vittorio IK4IRO for his code.

73 Beppe
IK3VIG

WoodBoxRadio 
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