[Flexradio] Flex booth at Huntsville Hamvention
W5KUB.com is streaming his live video at the hamvention now and thru tomorrow and said live a little while ago as he ventures around the convention floor he may stop by the Flex booth. ___ 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.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Flexradio] Upgrades and bug fixes to test
Bob Thanks for the new code. My HF noise aboard a boat is atrocious on some bands. The sonars harmonic pulses are gross on 75M and the NB will take it out but high level SSB nearby distorted the audio I would be listening to greatly before. Tried your new test code last night and the distortion looks to be gone or very little at first glance and the sonar pules gone with NB on, wonderful. The ANF seems better and slowly ramps in notch if tone is low level. NR has not really worked for me for a long time and now seems to work, although I need to play with controls to be able to copy weaker signals with NR on. There seems to be a problem if I turn on both NR and ANF at the same time. The Panadaptor goes flatline midscreen and the audio goes very choppy at about a second interval.This is with 2 nd rec off but this also occurs on 2nd receiver if I engage both there also. Tests are with default NR and ANF settings .If I reduce taps on NR down to 40 or below pan video mostly works ( some freezes) and audio slightly choppy. This may be a problem with too much load on my new PC . The cpu shows 15% normally ,NR on boosts cpu to 28%, ANF on boosts cpu to 25%. Turning both on cpu still reads 29%( probably bogus )but there is overload on system by evident audio- video failures and if I watch windows task manager the first graph of the 4 cores zooms up to 100% usage. Running test branch N4HY pwrsdr audio at 96 Khz w 2048 buffer I have not had much experience with this newly built PC yet, so can not comment much on it's characteristics. It was running pwrsdr ver 1.16.2 well for a week and had no issues at either 96Khz or 192Khz that I found. It also runs HPSDR mercury-ozy at 96Khz but does have the 192Khz mercury stutter others seem to also have( usb issue ??). I know I do luv it so far and thank you for turning me on to it.I hope that it isn't too under powered for this job, didn't think I needed a quad core 2.8Ghz for just the radios. New PC = Atom 330 w/2Gig ram and WD 500 Gig HD , OS= WinXP pro upgraded to SP3, Trendnet 3 port firewire card all in mini atx case w/250 Watt supply.external usb dvd drive ( hope to mount a mercury/ozy 2 plug mini atlas in dvd case space ) Flex 5000A w 2nd receiver and ATU Again thanks for all your great work and ideas.. Duffy NA6MM/4 marine mobile Mississippi (pics at www.thaisuites.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.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Flex 5000 hanging up
Ok I thought I reported on this a long time back, but maybe I forgot. This issue was attacked by Eric trying to fix it with firmware versions 0.1.1.7 and 0.1.1.8 and I think a few reported that it solved their hang up's. I've had it all along and finally went back to firmware 0.1.1.0 after trying 0.1.1.8 and the hang up problem has not bothered me one time since and that was over a month or two ago.. So you may want to go way back to firmware 0.1.1.0 and see if it works for you, I got tired of wacking that PTT button. Duffy NA6MM Go here to dwnload http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?fr=1 ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Dits and Dahs Second Receiver on track ???
10. The FLEX-5000 second receiver is on track for a third quarter release. We will have order and pricing information available in late February. John Could you clarify if your statement is correct. You say pricing on the 2nd receiver will be in late Feb. but release is for 3rd quarter. We thought that previously it was said that release was in 1st quarter and the Current Flex web site production schedule shows end of March 08 release. Did you mean to say 3rd month release or has it slipped 6 months. Thanks ahead of reply and eagerly waiting for 2nd receiver. Duffy NA6MM ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Dits and Dahs K6JCA Jeff now FlexRadio associate
Wooo H This is GREAT news , Jeff comes up with some wonderful add ons and modifications that always are ergonomically functional as well as very useful. It is fantastic that he is now a part of the Team effort at Flex and I certainly look forward to his future enhancements along with melding all his current mods into the Pwrsdr code. Congratulations Jeff Wooo H again Duffy NA6MM 5. We are pleased to announce that Jeff Anderson, K6JCA, is now an associate' of FlexRadio Radio Systems. For those of you not familiar with his work, Jeff has inspired numerous great ideas for the console including the current widescreen look with adjustable zoom, and more recently his panadapter/waterfall split display and easy record/playback features. We value his efforts and ideas so highly that we have asked him to play a greater role in the development of our console and to help us identify and prioritize new features. Please thank him when you have a chance for all that he has done already. Jeff's changes to the console will be included in the next official release; however, Jeff's console is currently available in the K6JCA branch of the SVN. ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] New PowerSDR release???
Well Tim thats how ya keep it a secret! Post it on the flex-radio forum. There hasn't been a announcement posted there since version 1.8.0 back in December of 2006. The poor suckers who ask for tech. help there hardly ever get answers cause almost nobody goes there anymore including Flex. But gee where does every body go to find out what's happening including Flex, HERE. But then they post the announcement over there. What a shame, no coordination. Duffy NA6MM ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] SetupDisplayAveraging
Alex in order to have the panadapter display show averaging and the adjustment to work in Setup , you must click on the AVG mode on the console front panel in the Display Mode box. Then any adjustment to the value in Setup will vary the averaging . Duffy NA6MM ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Ken SPAM] N8VB announces his new QS1R SDRMAX
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[Flexradio] 5000C processor
My curiosity is killing me , as there has been no reporting on the 5000C, and a number of them appear to be shipped. WHAT is the Core2Duo processor speed that is being installed on the motherboards ?? There still is no number that has been put onto the spec sheets as to which model of the Core2Duo flex has decided to use. Would also like to know from those who decided to get the C model like it etc. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Repaired 5000A fails again
Well my 5000A came back from repair within a week, goody. It only worked for a week the first time I had it, before the receiver quit and there was a oscillating on the panadaptor screen.. Unpacked it Friday and the paperwork showed that the A/D chip IC21 had been replaced. Paperwork also noted firmware upgraded to v1.1.5 and recalibrated receive and recalibrated xmit power output. Passed all production and other tests. Hooked it up and started the pwrsdr 1.10.3 software. Radio comes up and says it has newer saved calibrations and wants to replace older ones .I agree and it loads. Radio runs and I'm happily cking out receiver on all the bands. Happen to notice that there is a strong lsb image of a ssb usb qso down 18 khz on 20 meters. Weird!! Found another then went to 75m and found a similar instance. Suspected that the image calibration might be off so opened expert mode in setup and found that on 80 and 20 m image cal was -400 and -500 ,only on 80 and 20 meters. Strange in that before I sent radio away I ran the I/Q balance test on just 80 and 20 and it failed. So Iguess it stuffed the bad test data into my pwrsdr somewhere. But wait! What about the message that just came up and wanted to replace the old cal data with the newest one ( done at the factory ). Why didn't it replace it?? Dunno. So I ran the image test on 80 then 20 and it recalibrated itself and on I went. Did my normal QSO with locals on 80m @ 80 watts , tuner worked fine audio ok etc. Listened around rest of evening, everything fine. Shut down pwrsdr and pwred off the big blue light for night. Next morn pwr on big blue light wait for clicks then start pwrsdr. RECEIVER is DEAD and oscillating like last time. Ran internal test for GEN/BAL and it fails. Same as last time ,but it only worked for one evening this time. Am packing it up again so it can be shipped back for another A/D chip I guess. Will have to wait for monday to get shipping authorization. BUUMMER. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Noisy ATU
Ray thanks for the good explanation. I have never used a tube amp, ever, so now I know. I have several solid state amps though and don't have to worry about that. Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 5000A Stopped working ,no receive or xmit now
As I stated in my message this just started and I did go back to 0.1.1.3 as I stated , with no change and have rebooted and used latest svn and std 1.10.3 pwrsdr all with no change . Its a pretty dead receiver and xmit Duffy One day it worked next day it's dead ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 5000A Stopped working ,no receive or xmit now
My 5000A stopped working last night after working the previous night. Steve I also have been experiencing the receive lockup a few times (ssb)and receiver seemed to return after I pushed the PTT again.This started after I loaded firmware 0.1.1.4 Wed to fix the non operating with my heil mic PTT from front panel . Last night I went to start the radio and after a couple no starts and a reboot the pwrsdr prgrm would run but the receiver is dead execept for some gross oscillation on the panadaptor and a buzzing sound in audio. No sigs on any band including local am broadcast. If I remove antenna, buzzing stops and oscillation goes away and panadaptor grass level is at bottom of screen. XG2 generator produces no sig and a small amount of oscillating . No rf power out on xmit. This suckka is dead. I have also had to leave a message for support today as no one answers this afternoon also. Are there that many 5000 's dying ?? Waiting for service with a dead 5000A and no more ideas. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 5000A Stopped working ,no receive or xmit now
Just reloaded 0.1.1.4 firmware and started pwrsdr 1.10.3 creating new database and still have dead rec with oscillation on panadaptor when antenna is connected. The radio clicks and responds with band changes etc. There is noisy grass at bottom of screen with no antenna. Connect antenna and it seems to break into a oscillation across any band that shows about S7 in sig strength and no known local signals will show up so nothing thru front end including my sig gen. Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 5000A Stopped working ,no receive or xmit now
Well it's official. Hardware failure of something near ADC circuits in IQ area. After running internal tests with Eric a part is gone dead after 1 week of light use. Radio being sent back for getting repair. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Noisy ATU
John ya kinda lost me on that one. How does an internal ATU help a external linear to tune a match to the antenna. On the other subject I have had a LDG 1KW tuner for a long time. For the first couple yrs when it was told to tune it rattled and rattled many times to try and tune. A couple yrs ago I read about their new firmware chip to improve the tune time and add a bunch of freq tune match storage capacity. I bought the chip and what a difference. It since tunes pretty fast , it does only a quick rattle and if it's a previous used freq it just goes click and it's there. Hope their routines for this tuner are similar to the 1kw model I use it to tune my shorty dipoles on the boat after my ameritron 600 watt solid state amp. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 1000
What I would like to know is since Guy is a serious BC band an MW DXer what will he replace that custom receiver with all that money ?? Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 1000
Aww Quit you're bitchin Jim. You paid your money at the Huntsville hamfest , got the good ol boy slap on the back and handed a T-shirt and hat. ME ,I called in before you and gave my credit card number a couple weeks before you and my 5000 arrived with no shirt no hat. Guess it's who ya know. It will get there soon and if you get another shirt and hat I'll be even more pissed. Sweet dreams Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 1000
What I would like to know is since Guy is a serious BC band an MW DXer what will he replace that custom receiver with all that money ?? Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] SVN: 1424 performance
Hey Bob I have a little bug with 1424 that doesn't happen every time I switch back from 192 khz to 48 khz, but it has happened 4 times out of about 10 tries so it is real. Setup here is Toshiba laptop w/ P4 2.8Ghz w/hyperthreading,2 Gig ram. Janus/Ozy audio ,but using toshiba parallel port to control SDR1000 (Bill says to cause I have 100W amp and routines are not in Pwrsdr for that from Ozy yet). Have switched from 48 to 192khz reliably (love the lower cpu %, thanks) A few times when going back to 48 khz from 192 something locks up for a second and I lose audio out from janus permanetly. Display shows good sigs on panadapter still but no audio. Tried quitting Pwrsdr and restarting. Still dead, now I'm sweatin. Quit Powersdr and cycle power supply of Janus/Ozy. Then start Powersdr and see Janus/Ozy batch file runs afterwhich the audio is back, Whew. There appears to be some sort of intermittent glitch that waps Janus/Ozy. Thanks for the reduced cpu use, love it. Duffy NA6MM / MM OOPs Just tried this again on svn 1419 and it died also. Tried it a few times before and it didn't glitch, but it just did . So must not be in your code change. I'll post this anyway so others will know. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070812/194be860/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Flexradio] now one more question
Bill try this. Right click on your main SVN folder, probably powersdr and Highlight your TortoiseSVN folder and select the show log option at the top. highlight the version you want and right click on it. select the Revert to this revision. it should ,I beleive, take your folders back to that rev. To go back to current, do a SVN update. It's been a while , but I think this is how I did it. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 27, Issue 25
Harry if you also switch the mode to DSB you can hear the zero beat of the audio tones that wwv transmits, as you adjust the DDS clock offset also. Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] any news from Friedrichshafen ?
KenI see by the vendor list there were 2 booths with Flex radios. The factory one and another by Waters-Stanton. However the listing of the Flexradio address onthe Waters Stanton listing was the old flexradio company address , that changed way back when? I also have noticed that the Waters Stanton ads in Radcom, that they still offer the SDR1000 receive only and 1 watt versions too (april radcom). Maybe they are getting secret old shipments from the old address, Nothing like living in the past. (Hee-Hee) Duffy http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/html/en/index.php ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] news from Friedrichshafen
Thanks Beppe for the explanation. I thought it looked like your booth, with your leaflet on the table. Now you can ( chuckle- chuckle) send me the close ups. Honestly I won't show them (Sly smile) to anyone, I promise (fingers crossed). Thanks again Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Flex updates ???
Well Gerald , you wanna try one more time at putting the proper subject line up. We do appreciate the info though. Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Flexradio] SVN 1248
Roy The top of the selection list on mine happens to be the Delta 44 and my selection (the PreSonus ) is the second on the list and remained selected, as normal. SVN 1248 did not change any of my selections or the list arrangement, so I beleive you had another problem. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] power up
Jim Just do what I do , leave the radio on all the time ( its only a couple amps) .That way the oscillator is warmed up and stable. I just quit Powersdr program and put my computer in sleep mode. Had the SDR 1000 15 months now and only turned it off a couple times for vacations etc. Hasn't harmed it yet. Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Dayton 2007 forums mp3 audio
Ok guys .Jerry WB0UZW uploaded the cleaned up audio of the sdr dayton forums to hamsdr.com this morning. It's verrry good stuff and I'm not even halfway thru listening to it all. Thanks alot Jerry and let the dwnloading begin. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] FW: 5000 on 14253 +/- 10 KHz
Jeeez +/- 10 Khz. I thought that the 5000 was supposed to be more stable , with a TCXO in it. Thats quite a bit of drifting space. (hee hee) Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Scanning ranges / memories?
I beleive the reason for not getting FCC Part 15 certification is dollars $. It costs to submit for certification to part15 and thus the decision that scanning is not a big HF radio feature worth the expense. It also used to be years ago if you changed anything in the certified equipement you had to resubmit to continue your certification, don't know if thats still the same. That can lead to even more expense. So I agree that we don't need it from Flex , we just need some one with coding skills to add it back. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Transmit pwr goes to 100w bug
I have just reported this on bug tracker but thought it important enough to also list here. Discovered in svn693 that if you change your transmit audio profile selection that the transmit power changes to 100 watts and the mic gain goes to 50. This occurs on choosing any of the four profile selections . Did not go back to check any previous versions. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Transmit pwr goes to 100w bug
Well thanks for the replies guy's I should have thought about it a bit before reporting. I sure don't like the default of 100Watts for the saved audio modes but have now changed mine and saved them accordingly. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Edirol FA-66 Firewire box -other notes
There are a few other differences between the Edirol and the Presonus, some might like to know about. The Presonus uses a software switch in its program to select between 48 and 96Khz and the Edirol uses a hardware only switch on it's back panel to set 48, 96 or 192 Khz. The Presonus comes with a software mixer application you may use for add on things and it also includes Cubase LE audio software,that has high end mixing, recording, equalizer audio addons.The Edirol comes with no audio software programs other than driver setups. The Presonus has 2 separate output volume controls on front. One for main 1-2 output and one for the headphone jack output. The Edirol has one volume out control which controls both the main 1-2 output and the headphone out. Not a big deal unless you are running the main out to powered speakers and also trying to use the headphone out also. The Edirol 3-4 line input rear jacks are RCA phono jacks ( Yuk just like my stereo amp). No detents like 1/4 inch phone plugs to help hold them in. Just to let everyone know some of the differences and I still think I may sell my Presonus and get a Edirol after a few more user reports. You can download the Edirol FA-66 user manual here. http://www.roland.com/products/en/_support/om.cfm?ln=endsp=0iCncd=688 Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] No ACL Output? What if the Linear requires an output
Gerald I suggest you look in this months archives and sort by subject. Look for this ( ALC for use with QRO external amp? ). There were quite a few replies on this exact subject already, just a few weeks back. Enjoy Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] FW: OT spectrum analyzer book suggestions
Allen Welcome to the group. Lucky you to aquire such a fine piece of test gear. One of the best resources I used to collect , to help me with learning test setups for spectrum analyzers was to get the free application notes that tektronix and HP (now agilent technoligy division ) used to and probably still produces. There were lots of them from each company that explained theory and real world testing setups for spec an's. It could be possible that some of these may be available on the web now, if you searched. A lot of these dated back into the 60's and 70's but had very valuable info in them. Some of them were listed as an app note on a specific model number of a spectrum analyzer but the info in them was generic and pertained to any brand. Good Luck Duffy NA6MM PS Sorry I can't send you any as they are in CA and I'm floatin on a boat in Norfolk ,VA right now. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Memory controls missing
Guy's I don't quite understand why you say the memory controls are missing .They were moved to a drop down menu called memory, right above the stby/on switch. Now I agree that they should have remained where they were, so as to simply click on save instead of having to use the drop down. Jeff's console I beleive just picked it up in flex's later code. Note Now that the filter values are changed in their respective boxes, the value that shows in the memory table being saved doesn't read the same anymore as what you may have selected, but if you don't change it, it will bring back whatever the true value of what was in the box you saved. Hope that makes sense. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Intermitent No Rx after Tx
I've been trying to tie this problem down for a little while now, but just can't get the hard particulars consistant to point at any one rev of software. It's intermitent , so it's hard to get repeatable results. Here is what I can defintely say. Sometimes after xmiting or using tune in bypass mode,when you unkey, the spectrum graph is at the bottom and the receiver is dead. Now I have read that others have had this problem also in the past. Mine seems to have started this recently, but am not sure when it started but I keep a bunch of the older versions ,so I have been trying to pinpoint it to a version. I beleive that I read a note from N4HY that said it may be the DDS /osc going dead, and this makes sense as to the indicators of dead Rx and no xmit pwr out ,but audio shows xmit sound card activity. I have found a quirk to the recovery though. If you go into standby and then click on again it will recover, no matter what version of sftware. If i'm using Jeffs console based on svn567 and after a mox or tune it goes dead if you click on mox or tune again, it will not recover no matter how many times you do it. You must click stanby/on to recover operation. However using the latest svn 629 and when you do get it to go dead (quite often ), you can click mox or tune and it will recover and come back on almost all ,if not, every time. A friend who is using jeff's latest code also has noted that his year old SDR1K is also doing the dead Rx thing. I have gone back to svn563 and banged mox or tune so many times I thought I was going to wear out my relays, and it wouldn,t fail so I thought I found a stable version till yesterday it did fail just once after about 20 to 30 clicks. then not again. Today it did it again, just once, so the problem was there too, although when 567 or 629 start doing it usually they will fail every 5 to 10 clicks several times in a row at minimum. Anyway I thought I would get it out there to see if there were any brilliant ideas as i'm wearing my mouse finger out. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Bug or feature??
Here is a item I don't know what to think of. My SDR friend pointed it out to me, so I didn't discover it. When you click on some of the console functions with a mouse, you can then hit the spacebar on your keyboard and it will repeat the mouse click. So click on a band and then the space bar will ratchet the memory stack in that band, click on noise blanker and you then turn it on and off with spacebar, at least till you use the mouse somewhere else. Feature HUH! Well what I don't like is if you click on mox or tune then you can hit the spacebar and the radio transmits. I don't like that personally. Your opinions Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Bug or feature??
Philip What I don't like is the variability of it. The spacebar isn't defined as a PTT key, It's what ever you last hit with the mouse. So if you're in QSO and add your noise blanker or filter change or whatever you must remember to go back and hit mox just before you want to xmit again. I see this as a potential problem with some digi-modes as you type space's alot, except if you're in another program you are not controlling the sdr program at that instant. By the way, in Jeff's newer console he defined the ~ (tilde) key to be a extra PTT key and on my toshiba laptop that key is next to spacebar and is defined permantely, hoohray. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] New England user?
Chris Since I don't know what you know about flex-radio resources available I'm just gonna dump the most important ones at you. The flex-radio.com website has some good hints and tutorials on setting up the radio including whats needed for different modes. If you didn't know you can dwnload the radio software (free) and it will run in demo mode on your PC. If you also dwnload some special IF wav files that the radio can create , you can play them back in a loop mode in the radio sftware and see and listen how the radio and filters really work.I did this for a month or so while waiting for the radio and it's fun and shows you how to operate the radio. It's almost the same as receiving on the real hardware. The flex-radio website forum and the yahoo sdr site has little new input now that the reflector is being used by most members and staff and the reflector is the place to go to read up on current stuff and about guy's troubles also. There is a modified console created by k6jca that has some great features and you add it into a copy of the factory folder ( read his readme in his dwnload) for widescreen panadaptor and other trick stuff. I have a lot more info but this is a start if you weren't aware. Duffy NA6MM Flex radio reflector archives best reading for flex info. http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ flex radio k6jca improved console download, in public dwnloads at end. http://www.hamsdr.com/ lots of reading on sdr1k used as swl receiver and its performance ,read his archives http://www.sdr-1000.blogspot.com/ italy sdr dealer that has 3 very large sdr IF wav files that load into sdr software and can let you play with all filter functions of radio like real hrdware http://www.cqdx.it/sdr1000/sdr1000box.html some testing of audio cards http://www.n9vv.com/K2WS.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Jeffs repaired console avail
To all that don't check. Jeff's ( K6JCA ) repaired the pwr bug and a couple other small things and posted the new console at hamsdr.com site. Now dated 29 july,06 based on svn576 code. The readme details are separate and don't come down in the zip, so dwnload both. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Tx monitor bug
Martin I Started a new thread here as this is not related to the Pwr tune issue. The minor bug that resets the Tx monitor value to 50 if it was previously set to 10, after a program restart, is in the standard flex code and is not K6JCA Jeff's doing . I checked and replicated your findings on even the latest beta code svn612 . I also agree with you it is a very small bug. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Warning Pwr bug in latest K6JCA console
In Jeff's latest release (july 8, 06) I just discovered a major bug. No matter what value you have written into the Setup / transmit /tune pwr window , it gets overwritten by the transmit pwr shown on the console face when you apply the tune function on the second or third tune application. If you have tune pwr set to 20 W and your operating power is set to 90 W then hit Tune once or twice, the tune pwr setting, in Setup, is now changed to 90 W. PPPsss. Jeff's last version ( june 26) and stock sv563 and sv605 do not do this.. I have just sent Jeff an E-mail of the problem , but felt all should know of this. I continue to use this console as I luv it's features, but beware of the tune function power settings can change . Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] More info on Power bug
Apparently I didn't do a proper trouble shooting method (ie test all permutations). All of the previously stated conditions exists if the tuner is in bypass mode. If the tuner is in Memory or Full mode then the tune pwr outputs 15Watts when tune is active and it doesn't matter what is set in the setup file, it will only output 15 Watts in mem or full tune mode for tuning ,no matter what the setup file reads.. The setup file will change to whatever is on the xmit pwr out setting as I stated before and it will use it in the bypass mode. *NOTE: I only found this to be on the new K6JCA console dated 08 july 06 based on svn567 as I stated before. *Duffy NA6MM -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060724/d9ba85ff/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] More info on Power bug
Eric I don't quite understand you're note as to what exactly you intend it to do, but I just tested further of stock svn563 and svn605. They operate as I would think in bypass mode. ie they use the Setup value to tune at. When in Memory or Full tune modes the output power switches to 15 Watts when tuning regardless of what is in the Setup value window (which may be what you want it to do). But also what happens is that the 15 W value is now written into the Setup value replacing what may have been there before. That last part seems strange as I will have to go back and change it again ,from 15 if I want something different for Bypass mode. Here also is where I think Jeff's latest code may be getting crossed with the stock code and his latest grabs the value from the front xmit pwr value and writes it into the Setup value area in bypass mode, whatever number it may be. Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] More info on Power bug
Eric now I understand what you ment when you said We have fixed it so that using TUN in Memory or Full Tune mode (with the ATU) no longer updates the TUN power to 15. When in Bypass mode, it should work just like it does without the ATU. What you should have said was we have just fixed it . I was using the latest svn605 from last friday. I just went and updated my Tortoise and see that a couple hours ago you posted svn607 which notes that it fix's the 15 value problem. I haven't tested it yet, but thanks, had me confused for a bit. I know Jeff is going to look tonight at his code to see where it's getting into this area and writing the front panel value into the Setup. Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] More info on Power bug
OOpps I meant svn608 fixed the problem of stuck 15 value. ( damn bugs keep creepin in my code. The only code I can write is E-mails HaHa ) Duffy ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Short takes
High Stability Mod now available. Radios shipped after April 1, 2006 have a thermistor soldered to the oscillator, which greatly improves oscillator stability. This modification is available from our service department for $75 plus shipping. The early versions of the SDR1K took as long as 15 minutes to become frequency stable. The addition of the thermistor results in a dramatic improvement; within 1 minute the radio is as stable as most radios with high stability oscillators. After 3 minutes, the oscillator is rock solid. /John Basilotto / John I would caution you in your use of terms High Stability Mod, stable as most radios with high stability oscillators and rock solid. I have a late model sdr1k that came with this and I would not call it High Stability. Maybe improved stability would be a better term. I leave my unit on 24 hrs a day and my room temp does vary about up to 20 deg F sometimes (65 to 85 F ). Thruout the day I will check 15MHz WWV and every so often I will recalibrate because it is off 5 to 10 Hz and sometimes 20 to 25 Hz (on a hot day),then in the eve when cooler I do it again. This is on RECEIVE ONLY, no transmitting. I do not consider this rock solid or high stability. It is easily managible with the easy calibration routine, but it does drift and I wonder how much it would drift if I was transmitting . My other 2 radios ( Icom 756 Pro and 756 Pro II ) are rock solid after warm up and do not require this frequent calibration. I put up with this because I read K2OX 's test of the phase noise and how good this osc., is in that regard, compared to some others. I love my SDR and listen to a lot of stuff with it and the noise reduction and filters are superb. Wish there was a more stable osc with as good phase noise for a reasonable cost. Duffy NA6MM -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060710/f02fae74/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Question about VOX
If you can use K6JCA 's modded console he has the vox button on the front panel ( very handy ). You can dwnload it at http://www.hamsdr.com/dnld.aspx look at the very end of the last page. Read his read me files on how to properly add his files to the SDR 1K directory. I too luv my SDR but the best money I ever spent was buying my small house in the 70's for $27K and selling it in the late 80's for over $300K. Wish I could do that again. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Use laptop speakers
MikeI just use a patch cord from my presonus headphone out 1/4 jack to my toshiba laptop line-in port 1/8 and make sure the laptops internal audio card audio setting for line in is not muted. Works great and sound is pretty good considering it's a laptop. I also sometimes run skype or other windows aps that use sound and it just mixs with sdr audio, no problem. Duffy NA6MM ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
