Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
One assumes that this potential source has been exhausted?: http://www.temwell.com.tw/Web%20catg%20toko%20replacement.htm -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gerald Youngblood Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 9:52 AM To: Jerry Coufal Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions See notes below. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems The sole source helical filters have become extremely difficult to get and we have had yield problems with the ones we have gotten. There is no alternate source. ___ 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] change from 1500 t0 3000
?? I have been running a 1500 on powersdr 2.35, Iam now upgraded to a 3000,what is the best way to handel the software? ?do I clean out the 2.35 that on the computer and start new or what do I do to make the old 2.35 work with the new 3000? thanks dale wt4t ___ 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] change from 1500 t0 3000
When you installed 2.3.5 if you left the FLEX-5000/3000 options checked, then all you have to do is plug in the 3000, power it up and let Windows install the FireWire driver. Then start PowerSDR and it will recognize the 3000. Make sure the 1500 is not powered on when installing the 3000. If the 3000/5000 option was not selected, then an un-install / re-install with the options selected will be required. -Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management FlexRadio Systems (Sent from my iPad) On Jun 5, 2012, at 3:34 PM, y...@aol.com y...@aol.com wrote: ?? I have been running a 1500 on powersdr 2.35, Iam now upgraded to a 3000,what is the best way to handel the software? ?do I clean out the 2.35 that on the computer and start new or what do I do to make the old 2.35 work with the new 3000? thanks dale wt4t ___ 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] Is my 3000 up to date
My ,new to me, 3000 has a sn# 0610-0461. Would this rig have the preamp update? Are there any factory up dates for a radio with this level sn#? thanks dale wt4t ___ 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] panadapter centering
I am using PSDR 2.3.5 with a Flex 1500. I can not get the frequency I am listening to in the center of the pan adapter display at zero zoom? The pan adapter display shows the freq I am listening to (within the filter passband) on the right side of the screen, about 2/3 of the way on the right. The Zoom slider is all the way to the left at zero zoom. If I do a one X zoom the listening freq is centered but that reduces the visible freq range in the pan adapter. I would like to get the freq I am listening to in the center of the display at zero zoom? The Pan slider and Center button have no affect on the display in zero zoom. I have looked at the manual and tried all the adjustments I can find with no luck? I guess I am missing something but don’t know what? Thanks Emory WM3M ___ 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] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
I understand that everyone wants to be helpful, but it would be disappointing to think that Flex doesn't use Google. It also may be seen to further encourage Flex to limit the amount of info they release. . Jim, KJ2P From: m...@valentine1.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:41:48 + Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions One assumes that this potential source has been exhausted?: http://www.temwell.com.tw/Web%20catg%20toko%20replacement.htm -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gerald Youngblood Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 9:52 AM To: Jerry Coufal Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions See notes below. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems The sole source helical filters have become extremely difficult to get and we have had yield problems with the ones we have gotten. There is no alternate source. ___ 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] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
Dearest Jim, Since DownEast Microwave has plenty of Temwell helical resonators advertised on their website with a really recent issue date, one might be curious as to what Flex's experience was with that vendor. I found out and completely sympathize with Flex's decision. Temwell's replacements for Toko helical resonators may be fine for experimenting, but may not be so good as a reliable vendor of ready-to-go production parts. Unacceptably high levels of re-work can completely kill the business plan of any product. It's a real shame that Toko couldn't make enough money to keep their resonator line going. Toko has always made parts for us on which one could rely in a production environment. Vy 73, Mike - W8MM On Jun 5, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Jim Jannuzzo wrote: I understand that everyone wants to be helpful, but it would be disappointing to think that Flex doesn't use Google. It also may be seen to further encourage Flex to limit the amount of info they release. . Jim, KJ2P From: m...@valentine1.commailto:m...@valentine1.com To: Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:41:48 + Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions One assumes that this potential source has been exhausted?: http://www.temwell.com.tw/Web%20catg%20toko%20replacement.htm -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.bizmailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gerald Youngblood Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 9:52 AM To: Jerry Coufal Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.bizmailto:flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions See notes below. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.commailto:ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.comhttp://www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems The sole source helical filters have become extremely difficult to get and we have had yield problems with the ones we have gotten. There is no alternate source. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.bizmailto: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] FLEX-1500 Amp
I've been keeping my eye on the HF SuperPacker Pro V3. The specs look really nice, but it's still in development. http://site.hfprojectsyahoo.com/hf_superpacker_pro_ver_3 http://hfspprov3.wordpress.com/ For amps in production, the Tokyo Hy-Power HL-45B might work, but is only 45W, and the $/W ratio hurts, IMO. http://www.tokyohypower.com/hl-45b.html There might be others, but I was looking specifically for 160m-6m. --Mike, WQ5C On 6/5/2012 5:28 PM, George Rebong wrote: Is there a 100 watts all mode Amp for Flex-1500? Where can I get one and how much? ___ 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] Amp for the 1500
http://www.amazon.com/RM-Italy-HLA-Plus-Professional/dp/B0058715TK/ref=sr_1_ 9?s=electronics http://www.amazon.com/RM-Italy-HLA-Plus-Professional/dp/B0058715TK/ref=sr_1 _9?s=electronicsie=UTF8qid=1338941211sr=1-9 ie=UTF8qid=1338941211sr=1-9 Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch Staunton, Illinois email: mailto:b...@wjschmidt.com b...@wjschmidt.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] Amp for the 1500
Do not buy a RM amp unless you want to piss people off from your splatter. Sam kf4yox Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2012, at 9:06 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II b...@wjschmidt.com wrote: http://www.amazon.com/RM-Italy-HLA-Plus-Professional/dp/B0058715TK/ref=sr_1_ 9?s=electronics http://www.amazon.com/RM-Italy-HLA-Plus-Professional/dp/B0058715TK/ref=sr_1 _9?s=electronicsie=UTF8qid=1338941211sr=1-9 ie=UTF8qid=1338941211sr=1-9 Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch Staunton, Illinois email: mailto:b...@wjschmidt.com b...@wjschmidt.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] Amp for the 1500
Here is a particularly nice, though pricey, kit: http://www.nikkemedia.fi/juma-pa100/ Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ___ 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] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
Gerald - Thank you for the reply, and thanks for the information on the helical filters. Here are the specific issues I was referring to: 5/27/12 Ticket #1430: The peak position data on the right side, below the panadaptor is not reading correctly. This happens when RX2 is turned on. When RX2 is off, peak position data reads correctly on RX1. This was identified as a possible bug in PSDR 2.3.5 4/25/12 Ticket #1258: VU5K 2 meter and 70 cm transmit output power is low at around 45 watts. This was turned in as software defect #703. 4/24/12 Ticket #1258: Squelch does not function on RX2 when tuned to 2 meters FM. Can't turn squelch on and off. 9/6/2011 - 12-16-11 Ticket #509 : When I have RX1 set to 2 meters (any Frequency) and RX2 set for 10M at 29.070 I am receiving a Denver, Colorado public safety FM station on RX2 ( This issue was determined to be a probable software defect, transferred to the engineering group and logged as DE662. 12-16-11 Ticket #509: During the discussion of the apparent intermod problem on RX1-2M / RX2-10M it was discovered and confirmed that the display on the console regarding the antenna configuration don't sync up and is a known bug. __ I miss the old bug tracker page on the Flexradio website. Is there any chance of seeing that return? I want to say that the technical staff on the Help Desk at FlexRadio are the absolute best. They are extremely knowledgeable of the SDR products, always go out of their way to assist and are quick to sort out the pertinent details to get to the core of a problem. I very much appreciate the assistance you have provided to me - Thank You. Jerry From: ger...@flex-radio.com [mailto:ger...@flex-radio.com] On Behalf Of Gerald Youngblood Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 7:52 AM To: Jerry Coufal Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions Hi Jerry, See notes below. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Jerry Coufal jerr...@comcast.net wrote: Gerald - Thanks for the response. I fully understand at some point all products, ham radio or otherwise will cease to be made. My disappointment is the VU5K is on the short end of the cycle which I believe will impact the incentive, and rightfully so, of Flexradio to work out all of the issues with the existing VU5K modules. I do appreciate your commitment to the on- going support of the VU5K but also realize it may not be practical to continue support for long. I am a capitalist down to the core, and understand the good, the bad and the ugly that goes along with it. With regard to the intermod on the VU5K 2 meter band, I guess I didn't understand that an external front end filter was required. I failed to glean that information from all the online and offline documentation as well as from the Help Desk support ticket requests I have submitted. There are always trade offs in design. In order to achieve a 1 dB NF for weak signal work on 2m, it is necessary to eliminate band pass filtering on the preamplifier input and to run high gain through the system. This makes the front end more susceptible to overload from out of band signals. A band pass filter on the input will get rid of these problems at the cost of noise figure. Can we anticipate some fixes in upcoming PSDR releases in 2012 for some of the apparent software issues associated with the VU5K? Can you detail the issues you are referring to? I am really interested to know specifically which components in the VU5K module are obsolete with no follow on replacements. Is this something that Flexradio can share with us? The sole source helical filters have become extremely difficult to get and we have had yield problems with the ones we have gotten. There is no alternate source. Thanks very much - it is fun to get to communicate with the top guy. Always glad to talk. 73, Gerald Jerry From: ger...@flex-radio.com [mailto:ger...@flex-radio.com] On Behalf Of Gerald Youngblood Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 6:55 PM To: Jerry Coufal Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions Jerry, We will continue to support and repair the VU5K along with all our products so long as it is practical to do so. How long is that? I simply can't predict. We are still repairing the SDR-1000 that started production in 2003 and ended production in 2007. There are some parts in that radio that are no longer available but I am not aware of any we couldn't repair so far. Also, the SDR-1000 was able to benefit from the unique Tracking Notch Filters in PowerSDR that came out last year, which was 4 years after end of
Re: [Flexradio] panadapter centering
My new Flex-Control has arrived and I tried to install it on my new Flex 5000 under Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. I tried to follow the included instructions with blind obedience so as to not wander off the straight and narrow but no joy, I got the message predicted by the instruction sheet, Installing New Driver. And then while expecting to see the message, Flex Control driver is successfully installed and The device is ready for use I instead was told there was an error, the driver was not installed. I tried again but using the same USB port did not trigger the attempt to install the driver. I plugged the Flex Control into another USB port and got the same results as above, a swing and a miss, repeated for some other USB ports. No joy. The instructions state that If there is ever a need to manually tell windows where to find the driver files, tell Windows that the drivers are in: C:\Program Files\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDRv2.1.x\FlexControlyy where x is the dot release and yy is 32 or 64 (bits of OS) The path name given does not exist within my PowerSDR installation. There is a C:\Program Files\FlexRadio\BlahBlahBlah where there are 7 choices for Blah etc. PowerSDR installed OK or so it seemed as the radio worked and I copied WWV, some SSB and CW sigs. Now I get a strong series of apparent 9 bit digital words (all ones) repeated over and over and over on all bands. Any ideas? Is there a way to manually install the driver(s) for the FlexControl under Windows 7 Professional 64 bit? So far it is a cool looking accessory with three lights, three buttons, and a knob but, of course, no function. Tia for any assistance, 73 Patrick AF5CK ___ 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] FlexControl install issues
Sorry, my previous message went out with erroneous title, (I'm up way past my bedtime.) Please disregard previous message in favor of this one as here are minor edits downpage. If you look in C:\Program Files (X86)\FlexRadio\PowerSDRv2.1.x\FlexControlyy you will find more of the path name mentioned in the FlexControl instructions but looking where told doesn't work. Rest of message should be pertinent. My new Flex-Control has arrived and I tried to install it on my new Flex 5000 under Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. I tried to follow the included instructions with blind obedience so as to not wander off the straight and narrow but no joy, I got the message predicted by the instruction sheet, Installing New Driver. And then while expecting to see the message, Flex Control driver is successfully installed and The device is ready for use I instead was told there was an error, the driver was not installed. I tried again but using the same USB port did not trigger the attempt to install the driver. I plugged the Flex Control into another USB port and got the same results as above, a swing and a miss, repeated for some other USB ports. No joy. The instructions state that If there is ever a need to manually tell windows where to find the driver files, tell Windows that the drivers are in: C:\Program Files\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDRv2.1.x\FlexControlyy where x is the dot release and yy is 32 or 64 (bits of OS) The path name given does not exist within my PowerSDR installation. There is a C:\Program Files\FlexRadio\BlahBlahBlah where there are 7 choices for Blah etc. PowerSDR installed OK or so it seemed as the radio worked and I copied WWV, some SSB and CW sigs. Now I get a strong series of apparent 9 bit digital words (all ones) repeated over and over and over on all bands Loud and obnoxious). Any ideas? Is there a way to manually install the driver(s) for the FlexControl under Windows 7 Professional 64 bit? Is there a simple way to reset the USB ports (restore their virginity as regards FlexControl insertion so the system will try again to install the drivers? So far it is a cool looking accessory with three lights, three buttons, and a knob but, of course, no function. Tia for any assistance, 73 Patrick AF5CK ___ 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/
