[Flexradio] Flex 5000A produce noise when PTT
My Flex 5000A makes noise when PTT are pressed. I can see the signal on panadapter, No MIc are conected. Why is this Noise seems to be some HW problem If one push the MIC gain the noise get worse, Nothing conected! Merry Xmas to all 73 de Lars SM4IVE ___ 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] Noise when PTT pressed
I do not have VAC on nothing connected to Mic connector when pressing Mox the Panadapter shows signal and output meter shows 3W Serioues HW problem it looks like i know that the Flex 1500 have about the same issue Happy holidays 73 Lars SM4IVE ___ 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] Noise when PTT pressed
Lars Pettersson mailto:sm4...@telia.com schrieb: I do not have VAC on nothing connected to Mic connector when pressing Mox the Panadapter shows signal and output meter shows 3W Serioues HW problem it looks like i know that the Flex 1500 have about the same issue Happy holidays 73 Lars SM4IVE ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List mailto: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/ Lars, I´ll contact you off list. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all readers! 73, Klaus, DK7XL -- FlexRadio Systems Representative for EU Tune in Excitement! ™ Klaus Lohmann SDR-Funktechnik GmbH Godeke-Michels-Weg 12 D-21762 Otterndorf GERMANY Tel.: (+49) 4751 900501 Fax.:(+49) 4751 998569 Cell Phone: 0173 9118080 kl...@flex-radio.com flexradio...@t-online.de i...@sdr-funktechnik.de 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] [FlexEdge] Suggestions
What mic are you using? Mike va3mw On Dec 23, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com wrote: At 14:15 12/22/2012, Robert Costa wrote: who has used what and what the results and over all costs have been. I put ferrites on all cables, but what really fixed my RF ingress problem was the mic input to the RJ45, I ferrited the dickens out of the audio in leads and problem solved. I did that by wrapping a 2 foot RJ45 cable thru a toroid about a dozen times. -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE Programming since 1961 All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. ___ 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] VAC with Windows 8 (64 bit)?
I have just acquired a new PC that happens to have Windows 8 (64 bit) installed. Does VAC work with this version of Windows? -- 73 Ian, G3NRW ___ 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] VAC with Windows 8 (64 bit)?
Yup works fine !! -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ian Wade G3NRW Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 7:31 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] VAC with Windows 8 (64 bit)? I have just acquired a new PC that happens to have Windows 8 (64 bit) installed. Does VAC work with this version of Windows? -- 73 Ian, G3NRW ___ 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] VAC with Windows 8 (64 bit)?
VAC versions 4.10 and greater have a signed 64-bit kernel mode driver that is fully compatible with all Windows 64-bit operating systems, suchas Win8. I recommend the 4.12 version I do not recommend the 4.10 version as it is known to have other issues. Tim Ellison On 12/24/2012 7:31 AM, Ian Wade G3NRW wrote: I have just acquired a new PC that happens to have Windows 8 (64 bit) installed. Does VAC work with this version of Windows? ___ 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] VAC with Windows 8 (64 bit)?
___Original Message_ From: Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 Time: 07:35:05 VAC versions 4.10 and greater have a signed 64-bit kernel mode driver that is fully compatible with all Windows 64-bit operating systems, suchas Win8. I recommend the 4.12 version I do not recommend the 4.10 version as it is known to have other issues. Thanks Tim (and Craig). Just what I need for my TS-590S big seasonal grin. Best wishes for the holidays. -- 73 Ian, G3NRW ___ 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] VAC with Windows 8 (64 bit)?
I'm running VAC 4.12 on WIn 8 64. No problems. 73, Rich - W3ZJ Ian Wade G3NRW wrote: I have just acquired a new PC that happens to have Windows 8 (64 bit) installed. Does VAC work with this version of Windows? -- 73 Ian, G3NRW ___ 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] Christmas
Merry Christmas to all! K4XTT ___ 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] [FlexEdge] Suggestions
Mike, I am using a Yeasu md-1c8. It is connected to the front panel. I thought that my issues were on wavelengths of 20 meters and above, but I was on 40 last night and the ham I was talking to said that I had motorboating in my audio. Ok...so now I have a 1 band SDR Thank you for all of your suggestions. I will follow the suggestions and may just use my old analog radio until I get all of these issues with the Flex worked out. Happy Holidays all. 73, Robert KB6QXM Ham Radio Open Conversation Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: Mike va3mw va...@portcredit.net To: Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com Cc: Robert Costa kb6...@yahoo.com, Flex Radio List flexradio@flex-radio.biz, Flexedge flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: [FlexEdge] Suggestions Date: Mon, Dec 24, 2012 4:05 am What mic are you using? Mike va3mw On Dec 23, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com wrote: At 14:15 12/22/2012, Robert Costa wrote: who has used what and what the results and over all costs have been. I put ferrites on all cables, but what really fixed my RF ingress problem was the mic input to the RJ45, I ferrited the dickens out of the audio in leads and problem solved. I did that by wrapping a 2 foot RJ45 cable thru a toroid about a dozen times. -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE Programming since 1961 All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. ___ 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] [FlexEdge] Suggestions
That behavior is indicative of RF on the Firewire cable. There is too much stray RFin the shack and it is taking a path to ground through your computer to the AC safety ground via the Firewire cable. Ground your PC and radio together with a low impedance ground strap and either (a) put more ferrite beads on the Firewire cable or (b) get a Granite Digital Firewire cable. These suggestion (other than grounding the PC and the radio together) are Band-Aids to treat the RFI symptom not the cause. Getting the RF out of the shack (common mode currents on the coax) is fixing the root cause. This was just discussed in the thread Equipment grounding, static discharge and such... Tim Ellison On 12/24/2012 10:12 AM, Robert Costa, KB6QXM wrote: Mike, I am using a Yeasu md-1c8. It is connected to the front panel. I thought that my issues were on wavelengths of 20 meters and above, but I was on 40 last night and the ham I was talking to said that I had motorboating in my audio. Ok...so now I have a 1 band SDR Thank you for all of your suggestions. I will follow the suggestions and may just use my old analog radio until I get all of these issues with the Flex worked out. Happy Holidays all. 73, Robert KB6QXM Ham Radio Open Conversation Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: Mike va3mw va...@portcredit.net To: Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com Cc: Robert Costa kb6...@yahoo.com, Flex Radio List flexradio@flex-radio.biz, Flexedge flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: [FlexEdge] Suggestions Date: Mon, Dec 24, 2012 4:05 am What mic are you using? Mike va3mw On Dec 23, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com wrote: At 14:15 12/22/2012, Robert Costa wrote: who has used what and what the results and over all costs have been. I put ferrites on all cables, but what really fixed my RF ingress problem was the mic input to the RJ45, I ferrited the dickens out of the audio in leads and problem solved. I did that by wrapping a 2 foot RJ45 cable thru a toroid about a dozen times. -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE Programming since 1961 All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. ___ 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] [FlexEdge] Suggestions
Stray RF in the shack can damage other equipment such as wireless Internet routers. It may be unhealthy to the operator and be the source of RFI to neighbors. Here are some ways to stop Stray RF. 1. Use only balanced antenna with less than 1.5:1 SWR. 2. If you have to use an antenna tuner use ladder line. Note: Even if the tuner reads a 1:1 match to the radio, the SWR and thus the reflected power could be very high between the tuner and the antenna. The reflected power can radiated in many undesirable directions or just become heat in the tuner, feed line and any loading coils in the antenna. On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.com wrote: RFin the shack ___ 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] [FlexEdge] Suggestions
Tim, I HAVE a granite firewire cable. As expensive as it was, it was one of the first things I bought to fight the RF ingress battle. I have snap on Ferrites on all of my leads on my computer and power supply for the Flex and it is grounded. After Christmas, I will be investing in some more RF ingress solutions. 73, Robert KB6QXM Ham Radio Open Conversation Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Suggestions Date: Mon, Dec 24, 2012 8:05 am That behavior is indicative of RF on the Firewire cable. There is too much stray RFin the shack and it is taking a path to ground through your computer to the AC safety ground via the Firewire cable. Ground your PC and radio together with a low impedance ground strap and either (a) put more ferrite beads on the Firewire cable or (b) get a Granite Digital Firewire cable. These suggestion (other than grounding the PC and the radio together) are Band-Aids to treat the RFI symptom not the cause. Getting the RF out of the shack (common mode currents on the coax) is fixing the root cause. This was just discussed in the thread Equipment grounding, static discharge and such... Tim Ellison On 12/24/2012 10:12 AM, Robert Costa, KB6QXM wrote: Mike, I am using a Yeasu md-1c8. It is connected to the front panel. I thought that my issues were on wavelengths of 20 meters and above, but I was on 40 last night and the ham I was talking to said that I had motorboating in my audio. Ok...so now I have a 1 band SDR Thank you for all of your suggestions. I will follow the suggestions and may just use my old analog radio until I get all of these issues with the Flex worked out. Happy Holidays all. 73, Robert KB6QXM Ham Radio Open Conversation Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: Mike va3mw va...@portcredit.net To: Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com Cc: Robert Costa kb6...@yahoo.com, Flex Radio List flexradio@flex-radio.biz, Flexedge flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: [FlexEdge] Suggestions Date: Mon, Dec 24, 2012 4:05 am What mic are you using? Mike va3mw On Dec 23, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com wrote: At 14:15 12/22/2012, Robert Costa wrote: who has used what and what the results and over all costs have been. I put ferrites on all cables, but what really fixed my RF ingress problem was the mic input to the RJ45, I ferrited the dickens out of the audio in leads and problem solved. I did that by wrapping a 2 foot RJ45 cable thru a toroid about a dozen times. -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE Programming since 1961 All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Suggestions
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Gerald Capodieci jcapodi...@gmail.comwrote: Stray RF in the shack can damage other equipment such as wireless Internet routers. It may be unhealthy to the operator and be the source of RFI to neighbors. Here are some ways to stop Stray RF. 1. Use only balanced antenna with less than 1.5:1 SWR. At the risk of offending, this is an old wives tale. SWR has nothing to do with SWR in the shack and what Tim said, RF on the outside of the coax has EVERYTHING to do with RF in the shack. RF current on the outside of the coax can come from two places. It can be conducted from the antenna or it can be picked up from being in the near-field. A current/common-mode choke at the feed point of the antenna will stop the former and current/common-mode chokes at the entry to the building and again just before the equipment in the shack will take care of near-field pick-up. 2. If you have to use an antenna tuner use ladder line. Note: Even if the tuner reads a 1:1 match to the radio, the SWR and thus the reflected power could be very high between the tuner and the antenna. The reflected power can radiated in many undesirable directions or just become heat in the tuner, feed line and any loading coils in the antenna. Well, if the balanced line is truly balanced, the fields from the equal-but-opposite currents in the conductors will cancel out, eliminating radiation and/or pick-up. But that still won't deal with common mode currents and you still need the common-mode choke. It is just that building a common mode choke for balanced line is MUCH more difficult than building one for coax. In that case it is easier you put the common mode choke between the tuner and the rest of the station. BTW, you can also use a current choke/common-mode choke to turn an unbalanced tuner into a balanced tuner. That is how I get my SGC-239 to tune my loop without sending RF back down the outside of the coax to the shack. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ 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 5000A produce noise when PTT
I think this is normal. Kick any SSB set into transmit without modulating and you'll see/hear RF on a receiver nearby. If carrier suppression is, say, 60 dB then the carrier alone would still be very present, both on the Panadapter as well as on a receiver. Particularly when the receiver's AGC cranks up low level signals. 73, Rob, PA3CNT 2012/12/24 Lars Pettersson sm4...@telia.com My Flex 5000A makes noise when PTT are pressed. I can see the signal on panadapter, No MIc are conected. Why is this Noise seems to be some HW problem If one push the MIC gain the noise get worse, Nothing conected! Merry Xmas to all 73 de Lars SM4IVE __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Rob Keijzer PA3CNT ___ 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/
