Re: [Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution

[Andrew Russell]

I was able the XP pro install disk from another PC!
 > From: w5...@w5jgv.com
> To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
> Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 19:16:58 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution
> 
> > Well, I didn't have such good luck.  Windoz xp Pro wants me to
> > insert my original CDROM.  Problem: no got.
> 
> And even is you should happen to have the original install disk, Windows
> will still refuse to accept it because after having done about a million
> updates, it thinks the original install disk is the wrong one.
> 
> Ya' can't win.
> 
> It's gonna' be interesting when uSoft shuts down their WIN XP update servers
> and we have to reinstall the OS.  Lots of folks will be left with only
> Service Packs for updates (if they downloaded then earlier) and no further
> security upgrades.  Luckily, most programs will run just fine with a system
> unpatched past SP-3.  Just be wary on the internet!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ralph  W5JGV - WD2XSH/7
> 
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Re: [Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue? (may have found it)

[Jim Barber]

Good point.

I'm only using the preamp in the mic because I have to, unless I cut it 
out of there. I could certainly try it on the rear apron and see what 
happens, though. I could run the PTT pair over to the rear-panel PTT 
jack and the audio in the balanced TRS.


Thanks,
Jim, N7CXI

On 1/1/2012 9:26 PM, FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry wrote:

Jim,

You for sure do not need any preamp on the front mic connector for the
Flex 5000.  That mic should work with the 5000 without the preamp, the
balanced input has 20 db less gain.  You want to use low impedance mic
settings.


73,
Dudley

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On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 11:00 PM, Jim Barber mailto:audio...@q.com>> wrote:

Thanks Harry, Dudley, Bill, Dave - everyone that's replied.

I don't know for sure yet, but I think Dave is probably closest. The
D-104 in question is one of the very early amplified ones. It
doesn't have a schematic in the base, but it looks like the audio
from the pre-amp is switched, and there's a fairly good-sized
blocking/coupling cap between the the amp transistor and the output.

Speculating a bit here, when the circuit from the mic pre-amp to the
radio is made I'll bet there's a low-frequency burp from that cap
that gets discharged across whatever is in the 5000A's front-panel
mic input.
When I connect an unamplified dynamic mic to the front panel it
works fine. Connect the D-104 and things get strange for the first
second or so of every transmission.

A while back my creaky old DSO developed an intermittent problem, so
that gave me an excuse to order a new 100mhz Whizbang 6000 with tons
of storage memory and a USB interface. When that gets here Thursday
or Friday I'll get to the bottom of this and post my results on the
reflector.

Thanks, guys. We don't know the whole answer yet but it would appear
that the problem is external to the radio. Where else would I get
useful replies late on a New Year's evening? Quite the community we
have here. :-)

73,
--jim

Jim, N7CXI


On 1/1/2012 7:37 PM, David R. Wilson wrote:


This is only a wild guess.  Not yet having a look at the
schematic for
the Flex it sounds like the crystal mic has DC on it and the
radio may
be using DC (or capable of very low frequency) coupling.  It
would be
interesting to put about a 50K resistor across the mic element
internally and see if that behavior changes.

Dave
KU4B



On Sun, 2012-01-01 at 18:47 -0800, Jim Barber wrote:

As it turns out, the problem with the drive starting high
and "fading"
down to the programmed level in AM mode may have to do with
the mic and
mic input used.

* If I use a D-104 (with the pre-amp cranked almost off) it
exhibits the
issue.

* If I switch to the Heil PR-781 connected to the rear apron
balanced
input the issue does *not* occur.

Does that make sense? Not to me, but I'm going to experiment
with other
microphones on both inputs and see what happens. The shack
is at least
three hundred feet at the closest from the antenna and the
feedline is
choked in several places with a dozen or so Mix-31 beads in
addition to
there being a good quality balun at the feedpoint, which is
somewhere
around 60-70 feet above ground. There are no other symptoms
of RF
getting into anything... The game is certainly afoot,
though... My AM
group likes the sound of the D-104 and I don't like unsolved
mysteries.

73,
--jim

Jim Barber, N7CXI

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Re: [Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue? (may have found it)

[Jim Barber]

Thanks Harry, Dudley, Bill, Dave - everyone that's replied.

I don't know for sure yet, but I think Dave is probably closest. The 
D-104 in question is one of the very early amplified ones. It doesn't 
have a schematic in the base, but it looks like the audio from the 
pre-amp is switched, and there's a fairly good-sized blocking/coupling 
cap between the the amp transistor and the output.


Speculating a bit here, when the circuit from the mic pre-amp to the 
radio is made I'll bet there's a low-frequency burp from that cap that 
gets discharged across whatever is in the 5000A's front-panel mic input.
When I connect an unamplified dynamic mic to the front panel it works 
fine. Connect the D-104 and things get strange for the first second or 
so of every transmission.


A while back my creaky old DSO developed an intermittent problem, so 
that gave me an excuse to order a new 100mhz Whizbang 6000 with tons of 
storage memory and a USB interface. When that gets here Thursday or 
Friday I'll get to the bottom of this and post my results on the reflector.


Thanks, guys. We don't know the whole answer yet but it would appear 
that the problem is external to the radio. Where else would I get useful 
replies late on a New Year's evening? Quite the community we have here. :-)


73,
--jim

Jim, N7CXI

On 1/1/2012 7:37 PM, David R. Wilson wrote:


This is only a wild guess.  Not yet having a look at the schematic for
the Flex it sounds like the crystal mic has DC on it and the radio may
be using DC (or capable of very low frequency) coupling.  It would be
interesting to put about a 50K resistor across the mic element
internally and see if that behavior changes.

Dave
KU4B



On Sun, 2012-01-01 at 18:47 -0800, Jim Barber wrote:

As it turns out, the problem with the drive starting high and "fading"
down to the programmed level in AM mode may have to do with the mic and
mic input used.

* If I use a D-104 (with the pre-amp cranked almost off) it exhibits the
issue.

* If I switch to the Heil PR-781 connected to the rear apron balanced
input the issue does *not* occur.

Does that make sense? Not to me, but I'm going to experiment with other
microphones on both inputs and see what happens. The shack is at least
three hundred feet at the closest from the antenna and the feedline is
choked in several places with a dozen or so Mix-31 beads in addition to
there being a good quality balun at the feedpoint, which is somewhere
around 60-70 feet above ground. There are no other symptoms of RF
getting into anything... The game is certainly afoot, though... My AM
group likes the sound of the D-104 and I don't like unsolved mysteries.

73,
--jim

Jim Barber, N7CXI

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Re: [Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue? (may have found it)

[David R. Wilson]

This is only a wild guess.  Not yet having a look at the schematic for
the Flex it sounds like the crystal mic has DC on it and the radio may
be using DC (or capable of very low frequency) coupling.  It would be
interesting to put about a 50K resistor across the mic element
internally and see if that behavior changes.

Dave
KU4B



On Sun, 2012-01-01 at 18:47 -0800, Jim Barber wrote:
> As it turns out, the problem with the drive starting high and "fading" 
> down to the programmed level in AM mode may have to do with the mic and 
> mic input used.
> 
> * If I use a D-104 (with the pre-amp cranked almost off) it exhibits the 
> issue.
> 
> * If I switch to the Heil PR-781 connected to the rear apron balanced 
> input the issue does *not* occur.
> 
> Does that make sense? Not to me, but I'm going to experiment with other 
> microphones on both inputs and see what happens. The shack is at least 
> three hundred feet at the closest from the antenna and the feedline is 
> choked in several places with a dozen or so Mix-31 beads in addition to 
> there being a good quality balun at the feedpoint, which is somewhere 
> around 60-70 feet above ground. There are no other symptoms of RF 
> getting into anything... The game is certainly afoot, though... My AM 
> group likes the sound of the D-104 and I don't like unsolved mysteries.
> 
> 73,
> --jim
> 
> Jim Barber, N7CXI
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Re: [Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue? (may have found it)

[Jim Barber]

As it turns out, the problem with the drive starting high and "fading" 
down to the programmed level in AM mode may have to do with the mic and 
mic input used.


* If I use a D-104 (with the pre-amp cranked almost off) it exhibits the 
issue.


* If I switch to the Heil PR-781 connected to the rear apron balanced 
input the issue does *not* occur.


Does that make sense? Not to me, but I'm going to experiment with other 
microphones on both inputs and see what happens. The shack is at least 
three hundred feet at the closest from the antenna and the feedline is 
choked in several places with a dozen or so Mix-31 beads in addition to 
there being a good quality balun at the feedpoint, which is somewhere 
around 60-70 feet above ground. There are no other symptoms of RF 
getting into anything... The game is certainly afoot, though... My AM 
group likes the sound of the D-104 and I don't like unsolved mysteries.


73,
--jim

Jim Barber, N7CXI

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Re: [Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue?

[Jim Barber]

Hi Harry,

The reason for turning the AM carrier level down instead of the drive is 
so that you don't need different drive settings for different modes. 
Having said that, though, I'm certainly willing to try something else. 
I'll give what you're doing a try and see what it does.


Thanks,
Jim N7CXI

On 1/1/2012 5:54 PM, Harry Williams wrote:

Hi Jim...I use the AM mode almost daily. I always leave the AM carrier
at 100% and set the drive around 10. I am not sure why you would ever
run with the carrier level at anything other than 100%. I drive an Alpha
amp and never have an issue. I have an AM profile so every time I select
it the drive is set to 10 and I am ready to go.

73,
Harry
W0LS

-Original Message- From: Jim Barber
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 7:26 PM
To: FLEX USERS
Subject: [Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue?

With my 5000A, and using PSDR 2.2.3 I'm having the following difficulty
with AM:

Scenario A
(1) With Drive at 100%, set the AM carrier level in the Setup dialog so
that I see 25 watts output. (no modulation)
(2) Reduce the drive level so that the AM carrier is roughly 10 watts.
(setting up for use with an amplifier)
(3) Key the rig. The carrier will start close to full drive, (100
watts), then decrease over the course of a "second or two" to the
expected level.

The problem with Scenario A above is that for some period after key-up
the amplifier is seriously over-driven.

Scenario B
If I do this instead I still experience the same issue, but with a much
shorter duration:
(1) Set Drive to 100%, adjust AM carrier level in Setup dialog for 10
watts.
(2) Reduce mic gain to a very low setting so that rigs modulates to 40
watts PEP.

Note 1: Scenario B over-drives the amp for a much shorter time, but the
amp is still over-driven for perhaps a full second, and setting it up
this way makes it a pain to switch between AM and SSB.

Note 2: All this was done with one of my 3-500Z amps. If I had instead
used the 8877 or the YC-156 the effects would have been much worse due
to the higher gain and much heavier power supplies of the those amps. I
would prefer not to begin my transmissions with a 2-3KW carrier that
"fades back" to the legal limit. It's not good for me, the tubes or the
power supplies - worse if I modulate in the first few seconds.

Any ideas? I apologize if this is old news, but a casual scan of the
archives didn't turn anything up. I'm getting re-acquainted with the
5000A now that I'm finally getting the shack set back up after a move,
and I don't remember this particular issue with earlier versions of PSDR.

Computer is a fresh W7/x64 build on an Intel I7, 8GB RAM and upper-end
hardware. PSDR 2.2.3 is the first PSDR build to be installed, so no
"leftovers". If I remember correctly, I upgraded the firmware to the
latest version, although I'd have to check to know that for sure. I have
already flushed the database and started over, with the same results.

Thanks and 73,
Jim, N7CXI

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Re: [Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue?

[Harry Williams]

Hi Jim...I use the AM mode almost daily. I always leave the AM carrier at 
100% and set the drive around 10. I am not sure why you would ever run with 
the carrier level at anything other than 100%. I drive an Alpha amp and 
never have an issue. I have an AM profile so every time I select it the 
drive is set to 10 and I am ready to go.


73,
Harry
W0LS

-Original Message- 
From: Jim Barber

Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 7:26 PM
To: FLEX USERS
Subject: [Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue?

With my 5000A, and using PSDR 2.2.3 I'm having the following difficulty
with AM:

Scenario A
(1) With Drive at 100%, set the AM carrier level in the Setup dialog so
that I see 25 watts output. (no modulation)
(2) Reduce the drive level so that the AM carrier is roughly 10 watts.
(setting up for use with an amplifier)
(3) Key the rig. The carrier will start close to full drive, (100
watts), then decrease over the course of a "second or two" to the
expected level.

The problem with Scenario A above is that for some period after key-up
the amplifier is seriously over-driven.

Scenario B
If I do this instead I still experience the same issue, but with a much
shorter duration:
(1) Set Drive to 100%, adjust AM carrier level in Setup dialog for 10 watts.
(2) Reduce mic gain to a very low setting so that rigs modulates to 40
watts PEP.

Note 1: Scenario B over-drives the amp for a much shorter time, but the
amp is still over-driven for perhaps a full second, and setting it up
this way makes it a pain to switch between AM and SSB.

Note 2: All this was done with one of my 3-500Z amps. If I had instead
used the 8877 or the YC-156 the effects would have been much worse due
to the higher gain and much heavier power supplies of the those amps. I
would prefer not to begin my transmissions with a 2-3KW carrier that
"fades back" to the legal limit. It's not good for me, the tubes or the
power supplies - worse if I modulate in the first few seconds.

Any ideas? I apologize if this is old news, but a casual scan of the
archives didn't turn anything up. I'm getting re-acquainted with the
5000A now that I'm finally getting the shack set back up after a move,
and I don't remember this particular issue with earlier versions of PSDR.

Computer is a fresh W7/x64 build on an Intel I7, 8GB RAM and upper-end
hardware. PSDR 2.2.3 is the first PSDR build to be installed, so no
"leftovers". If I remember correctly, I upgraded the firmware to the
latest version, although I'd have to check to know that for sure. I have
already flushed the database and started over, with the same results.

Thanks and 73,
Jim, N7CXI

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[Flexradio] Possible AM drive issue?

[Jim Barber]

With my 5000A, and using PSDR 2.2.3 I'm having the following difficulty 
with AM:


Scenario A
(1) With Drive at 100%, set the AM carrier level in the Setup dialog so 
that I see 25 watts output. (no modulation)
(2) Reduce the drive level so that the AM carrier is roughly 10 watts. 
(setting up for use with an amplifier)
(3) Key the rig. The carrier will start close to full drive, (100 
watts), then decrease over the course of a "second or two" to the 
expected level.


The problem with Scenario A above is that for some period after key-up 
the amplifier is seriously over-driven.


Scenario B
If I do this instead I still experience the same issue, but with a much 
shorter duration:

(1) Set Drive to 100%, adjust AM carrier level in Setup dialog for 10 watts.
(2) Reduce mic gain to a very low setting so that rigs modulates to 40 
watts PEP.


Note 1: Scenario B over-drives the amp for a much shorter time, but the 
amp is still over-driven for perhaps a full second, and setting it up 
this way makes it a pain to switch between AM and SSB.


Note 2: All this was done with one of my 3-500Z amps. If I had instead 
used the 8877 or the YC-156 the effects would have been much worse due 
to the higher gain and much heavier power supplies of the those amps. I 
would prefer not to begin my transmissions with a 2-3KW carrier that 
"fades back" to the legal limit. It's not good for me, the tubes or the 
power supplies - worse if I modulate in the first few seconds.


Any ideas? I apologize if this is old news, but a casual scan of the 
archives didn't turn anything up. I'm getting re-acquainted with the 
5000A now that I'm finally getting the shack set back up after a move, 
and I don't remember this particular issue with earlier versions of PSDR.


Computer is a fresh W7/x64 build on an Intel I7, 8GB RAM and upper-end 
hardware. PSDR 2.2.3 is the first PSDR build to be installed, so no 
"leftovers". If I remember correctly, I upgraded the firmware to the 
latest version, although I'd have to check to know that for sure. I have 
already flushed the database and started over, with the same results.


Thanks and 73,
Jim, N7CXI

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Re: [Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution

[Ralph W5JGV]

> Well, I didn't have such good luck.  Windoz xp Pro wants me to
> insert my original CDROM.  Problem: no got.

And even is you should happen to have the original install disk, Windows
will still refuse to accept it because after having done about a million
updates, it thinks the original install disk is the wrong one.

Ya' can't win.

It's gonna' be interesting when uSoft shuts down their WIN XP update servers
and we have to reinstall the OS.  Lots of folks will be left with only
Service Packs for updates (if they downloaded then earlier) and no further
security upgrades.  Luckily, most programs will run just fine with a system
unpatched past SP-3.  Just be wary on the internet!

73,

Ralph  W5JGV - WD2XSH/7


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Re: [Flexradio] Problem with Hercules DJ Console

[Tony Estep]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Richard Lawn  wrote:
>...Now all I have to do is look at some of the users Hercules setups and 
>decide how I want to configure it.
> Success is sweet!
==
Yep, Tobias's site and the Yahoo group both have many pictures of
various setups. It's surprising and interesting how many different
configurations users have come up with. Enjoy it!

Tony KT0NY

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Re: [Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution

[Rod Brink]

Well, I didn't have such good luck.  Windoz xp Pro wants me to insert my 
original CDROM.  Problem: no got.  Xp came installed on my computer.  When I 
tried backing out of the utility, it got kinda nasty and wouldn't let me do it 
without coughing up that missing CD.  Finally had to shut off the power.  
Fortunately no stink bombs were left behind because the computer booted up 
again with no apparent memory of what happened.  Whew...

Rod, KQ6F
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Re: [Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution

[Bob McGwier]

Well well you can teach an old dog a new trick!  

Thanks 
Bob



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-Original message-
From: Neal Campbell 
To: FlexRadio List 
Sent: Sun, Jan 1, 2012 19:48:27 GMT+00:00
Subject: [Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution

Hi all

Its that time of the year to be kind to our PCs since they are the
touchstone for all of our radio fun!!

Click on the start button, then click on All Programs, scroll to the
Accessories category and then right click on the Command Prompt. When the
pop-up menu comes up, select "Run as Administrator".

When the "DOS" shell comes up, type in "SFC /SCANNOW"

This is the System File Check utility and it will go through all of the
system files and make sure they are intact and working well. If it finds a
problem, it usually will replace it from a copy of all files Windows keeps
in a cache directory.

It will take some time (longer if you have a lot of programs), but this is
one utility that you should periodically run.

73
Neal

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Re: [Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution

[Bob VanFossen]

 Thanks Neal.  I was unable to run this procedure on XP Home, as I couldn't
select "Run as Admin".
However by opening cmd from the start menu it ran as expected. (Only one
user and it is Admin).

After all the years using and messing with XP, etc, I had never run across
this utility.

Thanks again for all your support.

Bob, K4DJG




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[Flexradio] Hercules DJ Console Problems

[Richard Lawn]

Ignore my last post as I figured out what I did wrong. I initially unzipped
the software into the Flex Systems file found in the Roaming folder instead
of the Program Files folder. Of course it didn't work! All is well and I'm
now anxious to set up mapping from the Hercules controller.
Rick
W2JAZ
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Re: [Flexradio] Problem with Hercules DJ Console

[Tim Ellison, W4TME]

The Hercules DJ controller is not supported in any official release of 
PowerSDR.


You have to used a "forked" version of PowerSDR called PowerSDR-UI 
supported by Tobias DH1TW (http://www.dh1tw.de/powersdr-ui#more-1213)


He has a Yahoo group for support of PowerSDR-UI 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PowerSDR-UI/


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On 1/1/2012 4:28 PM, Richard Lawn wrote:

  I took the advice of a number of Hercules users out there and purchased
one to control my PowerSDR Flex5KA. Unfortunately I can't get it to run. I
downloaded and installed the latest drivers, not trusting that what came
shipped were the latest. I then installed the package, hooked the USB cable
to my computer and then tried to open the softwareno gothne tried
to start by running PowerSDR and then opening the Hercules app. Still no go
and received the following error message:

Unable to Load DLL ' pal.dll': the specific module could not be found. (and
then it listed 3 items  beginning with "at Power SDR" preceeded by the
following statment:
(exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

Any idea what I've missed or done wrong. I'll reboot and see if anything
changes. By the way I'm running Win 7 under Boot Camp on an iMac.

Happy New Year to everyone!
Rick
W2JAZ
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Re: [Flexradio] Problem with Hercules DJ Console

[Tony Estep]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Richard Lawn  wrote:
>  ...I can't get it to run
===
Richard, this actually sounds like a psdr problem, since that .dll is
not associated with the Herc drivers. The pal.dll is a FlexRadio
Systems file, and is not modified by the installation of psdr-ui. The
only files in the Herc installation are the psdr-ui file plus the .dll
files called "Sanford.xxx.dll."

As you have already discovered from the psdr-ui documentation, the
first thing to do is to get psdr running properly. Then you just copy
the psdr-ui files into the same directory. You will still be able to
run the original psdr. AFAIK, if the basic psdr runs, the psdr-ui will
run, since it is really the identical program with just the additional
interface added. So the first test to run is simply to start PSDR and
see if it runs. If it gives the same error, at least you know where to
look to fix it.

You should be able to restore pal.dll from the psdr installation, if
it somehow got clobbered. It might also be worth a try to post your
query to the psdr-ui users group on Yahoo Groups. There are a lot of
users there with considerable experience with the program, and Tobias
(the author of the code) is also active on there. There have been few
bug reports in the year or so I've watched that forum, but they relate
mostly to various versions of the Herc drivers, which is not the
problem you are encountering. Maybe someone else lost the pal.dll when
installing psdr-ui and can give you a tip.

Good luck. If I can help, send me an email.

73, Tony KT0NY




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[Flexradio] Problem with Hercules DJ Console

[Richard Lawn]

 I took the advice of a number of Hercules users out there and purchased
one to control my PowerSDR Flex5KA. Unfortunately I can't get it to run. I
downloaded and installed the latest drivers, not trusting that what came
shipped were the latest. I then installed the package, hooked the USB cable
to my computer and then tried to open the softwareno gothne tried
to start by running PowerSDR and then opening the Hercules app. Still no go
and received the following error message:

Unable to Load DLL ' pal.dll': the specific module could not be found. (and
then it listed 3 items  beginning with "at Power SDR" preceeded by the
following statment:
(exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

Any idea what I've missed or done wrong. I'll reboot and see if anything
changes. By the way I'm running Win 7 under Boot Camp on an iMac.

Happy New Year to everyone!
Rick
W2JAZ
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Re: [Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution

[Jim Jerzycke]

Great tip, Neal.

Thanks a lot, and Happy New Year!

73, Jim  KQ6EA

On 01/01/2012 07:48 PM, Neal Campbell wrote:

Hi all

Its that time of the year to be kind to our PCs since they are the
touchstone for all of our radio fun!!

Click on the start button, then click on All Programs, scroll to the
Accessories category and then right click on the Command Prompt. When the
pop-up menu comes up, select "Run as Administrator".

When the "DOS" shell comes up, type in "SFC /SCANNOW"

This is the System File Check utility and it will go through all of the
system files and make sure they are intact and working well. If it finds a
problem, it usually will replace it from a copy of all files Windows keeps
in a cache directory.

It will take some time (longer if you have a lot of programs), but this is
one utility that you should periodically run.

73
Neal




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[Flexradio] New Year's PC Resolution

[Neal Campbell]

Hi all

Its that time of the year to be kind to our PCs since they are the
touchstone for all of our radio fun!!

Click on the start button, then click on All Programs, scroll to the
Accessories category and then right click on the Command Prompt. When the
pop-up menu comes up, select "Run as Administrator".

When the "DOS" shell comes up, type in "SFC /SCANNOW"

This is the System File Check utility and it will go through all of the
system files and make sure they are intact and working well. If it finds a
problem, it usually will replace it from a copy of all files Windows keeps
in a cache directory.

It will take some time (longer if you have a lot of programs), but this is
one utility that you should periodically run.

73
Neal

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Re: [Flexradio] changing default wav file location

[Pete Lindsay]

Just edit your shortcut and add the datapath parameter. You might want
to move your database file to the target folder too.

Something like

<"C:\Program Files\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR v2.2.3\PowerSDR.exe"
-datapath:d:\wavs\>

Pete, G4CLA.

On 1 January 2012 17:14, Gedas  wrote:
> When I was test driving a 5000A last year this was one really serious
> limitation I noticed as well.  Hopefully one of these days the user will be
> able to change the location.  It cannot be in a more inconvenient location.
> That, and the WAV file being over written each time one was generated, made
> it really frustrating for me.  Why not increment the file names so different
> WAV's can be saved but the last one remembered for immediate playback?
>
> Gedas, W8BYA
> Gallery at http://gedas.cc
>
> Light travels faster than sound..
> This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
>
>
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Dudley Hurry" 
> To: "MILLER, Tom" 
> Cc: 
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] changing default wav file location
>
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> The location of the either the Quick Record or Wave Record are hard coded
>> to the AppData folder location,  same folder that has your radio database in
>> it..    You will need to record it and then move to your preferred drive.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dudley
>> WA5QPZ
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/31/2011 5:59 PM, MILLER, Tom wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to change the where the wave files are recorded to.
>>> Presently recorded to my C drive but this is a small size drive (solid
>>> state) and it quickly runs out of space and would rather save it to a medium
>>> size (1TB) hard drive.
>>> Thanks Tom AC5TM
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Re: [Flexradio] changing default wav file location

[Gedas]

When I was test driving a 5000A last year this was one really serious 
limitation I noticed as well.  Hopefully one of these days the user will be 
able to change the location.  It cannot be in a more inconvenient location. 
That, and the WAV file being over written each time one was generated, made 
it really frustrating for me.  Why not increment the file names so different 
WAV's can be saved but the last one remembered for immediate playback?


Gedas, W8BYA
Gallery at http://gedas.cc

Light travels faster than sound..
This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.




- Original Message - 
From: "Dudley Hurry" 

To: "MILLER, Tom" 
Cc: 
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] changing default wav file location



Tom,

The location of the either the Quick Record or Wave Record are hard coded 
to the AppData folder location,  same folder that has your radio database 
in it..You will need to record it and then move to your preferred 
drive.


73,
Dudley
WA5QPZ



On 12/31/2011 5:59 PM, MILLER, Tom wrote:
I would like to change the where the wave files are recorded to. 
Presently recorded to my C drive but this is a small size drive (solid 
state) and it quickly runs out of space and would rather save it to a 
medium size (1TB) hard drive.

Thanks Tom AC5TM

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