Re: [Flexradio] problems with sdr-1000
Hello Dale, It happened to me twice, one was due to the parallel port connector partially disengaged. The other was due a bad soldered wire in the same cable. If the connector is not fully engaged, the radio goes into transmit. If the parallel port connection is ok, try reseating the boards stack, these connector sometimes fail. 73 de Ignacio EB4APL El 14/11/2014 a las 23:55, w...@reagan.com escribió: The 1000 was running fine on 2.5.3. went to use the radio today and once it goes thur its boot and you click the on button on powersdr the radio goes into transmit and have to shut it down. also reads hi swr even though a dummy load is connected. what I did, checked all connections on the radio,FA-66 and the computer,all are correct. thought maybe the software was corrupted ,so cleaned house and removed all the flex and all the power sdr files and did a clean reinstall of 2.5.3. install went as it should. re booted the system and the same result ,instant transmit hi swr. When power sdr is booting, there is NO relay noise from the 1000 at all ,listened twice to be sure,nothing. used to hear relays clicking in or out. Tried every thing with a older powersdr,same thing. Any one have any ideas as to what is going on or how to correct it.Iam stumped.I read the trouble shooting giude,they mentioned a RESET I clicked on the only reset button I found at the bottom right edge of power sir, is there some other button? 73 dale wt4t ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 to USB
Hi, I'm pursuing this card a long time but the author has depleted his stock years ago and still he has not made another batch, I ask him about twice a year and probably the Luis' suggestion of building our own unit given that all the info is available is the best way for getting one. 73 de Ignacio EB4APL P.D. Tomorrow I'll ask him again about availability. On 02/07/2014 3:09, ct1dmk wrote: Eddie, Take the USB2LPT as a serious suggestion... the rest was crazy experimentation only ;-) lc ct1dmk On 7/2/2014 1:48 AM, Edwin Marzan wrote: Wow, you've got answers for everything. I'll bet you got SmartSDR to work with an SDR1000 on a Linux machine too. Send me the step by step instructions so that I can get this going... Eddie from the Bronx AB2VW Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 00:00:29 +0100 From: ct1...@gmail.com To: k9...@rnacs.com CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 to USB Hi, Not really true on the USB to Parallel... sorry Ray... :-( There is at least one model that works perfectly well (I have two specimens running, 3 years now and zero issues). USB2LPT Release 1.7 http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/bastelecke/Rund%20um%20den%20PC/USB2LPT/ If not available, it is all open source you just build one. Despite the fact that I've posted this help a few times already I have nothing to do with this... etc etc usual disclaimer solely an happy user. -- On XP runs like a breeze over USB with the USB2LPT adapter. That is for sure. cheers. Luis Cupido ct1dmk. p.s. as for the 64bit systems, it is not a brick wall either, I got PowerSDR 1.18 running well on WIN7/ultimate... (had to compile it to get around a nasty crash at startup) and the real nightmare was that I needed win7 in test mode and hammer the USB driver to enforce signature etc. Anyway... this is just to say that I got it working just to prove that it was possible... then I connect it all back to the good old XP ;-) On 6/29/2014 1:26 PM, Ray, K9DUR wrote: Paul, Sorry, but you are out of luck. 1. The USB-to-Parallel adapters were all made to run parallel printers do NOT provide all of the pins used by the SDR-1000. Therefore NONE of the USB-to-parallel adapters will work. You have to use a parallel port expansion board. 2. There are NO 64-bit drivers for the SDR-1000. You can only use the SDR-1000 on a 32-bit system. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Monitor
Maybe your computer graphics resolution is beyond that your new monitor can support. Try connecting your old monitor, change the resolution to say 1024 x 768 and then connect the new monitor. You can now increase the resolution until it doesn't work, do nothing and the resolution falls back to the last good value. Or maybe you are right an you need some kind of connector adapter. Regards, Ignacio EB4APL On 25/02/2014 13:28, William and Susan wrote: Hi folks As you know my present monitor is interfering badly with my 2 meter radio. Now, I do have a computer monitor I could put in line but it has a VGA connector and I can not get the screen to show anything. The only thing that comes up is the word (Analog) I put it in the connection on the back of the computer that Neil built for me. Do I need to buy some kind of adapter and place it somewhere on the back of the computer other than where you put the VGA plug? I do not know much about computers but I know how to use them for this program lol Thanks again Bill ___ ___ 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
Basil, The clock in your computer runs a bit slow ;-) 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL On 21/02/2012 17:37, basil wilson wrote: Looking for a used 1500. Anyone have a 1500 for sale? Thanks Basil K5GVP ___ 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] SDR1000
Stig, What kind of USB to parallel adapter you use? The one supplied by Flex now is discontinued and no longer supported because the driver was contributed by a third party who could not publish it as open source. I found a replacement candidate on Internet (http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/bastelecke/Rund%20um%20den%20PC/USB2LPT/index.html.en http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/%7Eheha/bastelecke/Rund%20um%20den%20PC/USB2LPT/index.html.en). In his Web the author says that it is compatible but I couldn't contact with any current SDR-1000 user and the designer is a difficult guy to communicate with (read his Web). I'm very interested in knowing your solution or anybody's else for the SDR-1000 to USB connection. Regards, Ignacio, EB4APL On 17/04/2012 21:54, Stig LA4WAA wrote: I'm sorry but its over a year since I did this installation. I may not remember details. :-) It was on a Toshiba A300D laptop. (No parallel port, but build in firewire.) I installed only most drivers from Toshiba. Then soundcard, Edirol FA-66, with drivers from Edirol homepage. No problems. The challenge was the USB/parallel-adapter. This driver came from Chris HB9BDM. (I may give you his email address in private email.) This driver was the reason for that I tried this Win7 64 bit installation. It has to be installed following his description, in a manual way. Since it is Windows7 you don't need to install any dotNet-things. After this I just installed PowerSDR. But maybe I forgot something. I cant give more details than this. ,Stig -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: Edwin Marzan [mailto:edwin_mar...@hotmail.com] Sendt: 17. april 2012 13:54 Til: keega...@juno.com; la4...@online.no Kopi: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Emne: Re: [Flexradio] SDR1000 Yes please! I will file that email for future reference!! Edwin Marzan AB2VW From: keega...@juno.com Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:46:56 + To: la4...@online.no CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDR1000 Stig, Could you share some of the details about the 64-bit layout. i.e. Audio sound card used, where did you get the drivers, which parallel port card? BobAC8O 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4f8d5890d6c2d59dec5st04vuc ___ 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] WEFAX using Flex5000a
Brian, I have the last version (3.20.0b9) and neither there on the web page I see any reference to WEFAX. Could you check it, please? 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL El 16/04/2012 16:50, Brian Lloyd escribió: On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:07 AM, AndrewMasonwa9_...@att.net wrote: Has anyone used decoding software for WEFAx on the FLEX5ka, and if so what software and the setup? Fldigi has a WEFAX decoder. See: http://w1hkj.com/ Fldigi is free and provides most of the digital modes including: CW, Contestia, DominoEX, Hell, MFSK, MT63, Olivia, PSK, QPSK, PSKR, RTTY, THOR, Throb, WEFAX, automatic sound-card calibration to WWV, Logging, and frequency measurement tools. It also provides tools for semiautomated transmission of files and messages. ___ 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] 2.1.5 was working - fatal error now
It has the list of all YOUR Flex radios, even the Demo one if you ever launched the program without any radio connected. It is used by the Radio selector at the beginning. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL On 27/07/2011 6:33, Erik Jakobsen wrote: I think memory.xml contains saved qrg's. But what does master.xml file do ? 73s - Erik - OZ4KK Zack, Might be the memory.xml file is bad...Go to Windows Run , type %AppData%and click Run.. This should take you to your Appdata folder, then select the FlexRadio Systems folder. In that folder there is a memory.xml and a master.xml file.Rename the Memory file to something else, may be memoryold.xml.. Restart PowerSDR, it should recreate the memory file.. If that does correct it, how about sending your old file back to me at supp...@flexradio.com . 73, Dudley WA5QPZ On 7/26/2011 7:41 PM, vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: 2.1.5 was working g reat so I started saving memories. But now when I try to start PSDR I get the error that is shown in the first image here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/10025089@N05/?saved=1 PSDR will no longer start. Any idea as to what is wrong? Zack N8FNR ___ 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/ ___ 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] Memory Selection 2.1.5 is poor
An utility for importing the applicable fields of the old memory database would be welcome since Ray has announced that it will be not supported by his superb SDRDataTransfer. I have 3000 entries and since it will be a one shoot tool, a procedure using an external tool (Excel, ...) will be appreciated. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL On 24/07/2011 23:32, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: Everyone's suggestions regarding improvements to the memory form are duly noted and have been put into the developers enhancements database. -Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Internet Systems Admin. Customer Support Engineer FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo /Tune In Excitement^(TM) PowerSDR^(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems/ On 7/24/2011 4:47 PM, Stan wrote: I think there should be a memory button on all the modes and band screens! Just click the button and see simply a list of all the frequencies or call signs and be able to click on one and have it come up... If I have hundreds of memory entries there should be a scroll bar to see them all. And a sort utility... I see no reason to have the Memory Interface window open each time to select a memory. Then have to click the memory and then click select. It is clumsy. Stan, WA2UET -Original Message- From: Fred Howell Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 4:19 PM To: 'Dick3' ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Memory Selection 2.1.5 is poor I agree! It is a very clumsy process. Also it would be nice to have the Windows text shortcuts available, such as cut, copy, and paste. Fred W2VQS -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Dick3 Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 2:55 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Memory Selection 2.1.5 is poor The Memory Selection in version .5 is fatal to an operator that changes hf frequencies often...it takes four selections and two major excursions of the desktop to select a frequency!!! In past versions, a double click on the desired frequency and you were good to goany help heretnx ...Dick ps...the data in the memory bank is great, but the selection process outweighs it... ___ 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/ ___ 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] Ver 2.1.5: FM mode + squelch = high CPU utilization
I also see the big increase in CPU utilization with the radio in squelched mode (15% goes to70%). Also the Squelch button is always on when selecting FM mode. Radio: SDR1000 OS XP Pro SP3 Regards, Ignacio, EB4APL Onl 23/07/2011 17:25, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: When you say above the threshold point do you mean in a positive (going to the right) position so that the signal is squelched? Is that where you see the high CPU? I do not see any difference between non-squelched and squelched FM in regards to the CPU utilization. -Tim Tim Ellison, W4TME Internet Systems Admin. Customer Support Engineer FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo /Tune In Excitement^(TM) PowerSDR^(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems/ On 7/23/2011 11:16 AM, W1AEX - Rob wrote: My installation of version 2.1.5 went very smoothly, and it's working great, however, I have run into one anomaly: Using a fresh database, while operating in FM mode, when the squelch slider is moved above the threshold point, my CPU utilization rises from 20% to 70%. At that level PowerSDR becomes very sluggish. Dropping the squelch level down below the threshold returns the CPU utilization back to its normal 20% level. Switching to any other mode also drops the CPU utilization back down to around 20%. Engaging TX also drops the CPU utilization to roughly 20%. Engaging the squelch in any other mode does not cause the issue. All the settings in the database are at the default, except for ANT which is switched to ANT3 for my 6 meter antenna. Any thoughts? Rob W1AEX Flex 5000A PowerSDR v2.1.5 Windows XP/SP2 P-4 3.0g with 1g RAM ___ 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] frequency
A problem with the Russian standard frequency stations like RWM is that they usually don't transmit a continuous carrier but at some short periods. Most of the time they key the carrier on and off with the 1 pps or 10 pps pulses, quite difficult to use then for fine receiver calibrations so you must wait until the carrier is steady on. I used to have a schedule but Is lost it some time ago. Ignacio, EB4APL On 15/07/2011 16:04, Erik Jakobsen wrote: Fine on that Tim and as guide use this or ? : http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50175.aspx?Keywords=wwv /Erik Assuming the carrier is at 9996, change the frequency in the calibration form and the VFO-A to 9996 and run the calibration test. There is nothing special about WWV other than the carrier is at a particular frequency. And carrier at a known frequency can be used. -Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Internet Systems Admin. Customer Support Engineer FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo /Tune In Excitement^(TM)/ PowerSDR^(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. On 7/15/2011 3:26 AM, Erik Jakobsen wrote: On 15-07-2011 09:16, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Erik Jakobsen e...@urbakken.dk mailto:e...@urbakken.dk wrote: On 15-07-2011 04:13, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Guy Harrisw6...@guysfreehold.com mailto:w6...@guysfreehold.com wrote: Just how does one check the frequency calibration on a F5k? 1. tune in WWV or CHU And with the radio in which mode ? It doesn't matter. The calibration routine changes the radio mode to suit its own purposes. 2. Setupgeneralcalibration 3. Select WWV frequency 4. press START 5. go look at the clock offset in setupgeneralhardware configDDS-Expert -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com mailto:br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) Tnx Brian. The most stable in this part of the world is the Russian qrg standard. But it's NOT on 10Mhz, bu on 9996. How to ? /Erik ___ 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/ ___ 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] frequency
I found RWM schedule on the net: http://www.irkutsk.com/radio/tis.htm I don't know if it is current. Ignacio, EB4APL On 15/07/2011 16:30, EB4APL wrote: A problem with the Russian standard frequency stations like RWM is that they usually don't transmit a continuous carrier but at some short periods. Most of the time they key the carrier on and off with the 1 pps or 10 pps pulses, quite difficult to use then for fine receiver calibrations so you must wait until the carrier is steady on. I used to have a schedule but Is lost it some time ago. Ignacio, EB4APL On 15/07/2011 16:04, Erik Jakobsen wrote: Fine on that Tim and as guide use this or ? : http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50175.aspx?Keywords=wwv /Erik Assuming the carrier is at 9996, change the frequency in the calibration form and the VFO-A to 9996 and run the calibration test. There is nothing special about WWV other than the carrier is at a particular frequency. And carrier at a known frequency can be used. -Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Internet Systems Admin. Customer Support Engineer FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo /Tune In Excitement^(TM)/ PowerSDR^(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. On 7/15/2011 3:26 AM, Erik Jakobsen wrote: On 15-07-2011 09:16, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Erik Jakobsen e...@urbakken.dk mailto:e...@urbakken.dk wrote: On 15-07-2011 04:13, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Guy Harrisw6...@guysfreehold.com mailto:w6...@guysfreehold.com wrote: Just how does one check the frequency calibration on a F5k? 1. tune in WWV or CHU And with the radio in which mode ? It doesn't matter. The calibration routine changes the radio mode to suit its own purposes. 2. Setupgeneralcalibration 3. Select WWV frequency 4. press START 5. go look at the clock offset in setupgeneralhardware configDDS-Expert -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com mailto:br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) Tnx Brian. The most stable in this part of the world is the Russian qrg standard. But it's NOT on 10Mhz, bu on 9996. How to ? /Erik ___ 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/ ___ 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] PSWR Fldigi Setup
You must buy a licensed VAC instead of using the demo version. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL On 23/06/2011 21:13, Gary Franklin wrote: I am nearly 100 % operational using Fldigi digital modes with the Flex 5000. I receive very well and I can activate the Flex 5000 from Fldigi, I get the tones! everything I need but I also get at regular intervals a wierd voice announcment which comes over the Flex while transmitting. What is this and how do I turn it off! Thanks for all the help I have received from the list! Gary K8BKB - Original Message - From: Gary Franklin franklin6...@att.net To: Flex Radio FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:22 PM Subject: [Bulk] [Flexradio] PSWR Fldigi Setup Can anyone tell me the proper settings to use for the PSDR Cat Control tab and Fldigi Rig Cat tab to enable PTT control of PSDR with Fldigi. My last attempt freaked out PSDR . com port issues? Improper setup on Cat Control tab??? I don't know. I have managed to recover and get PSDR working properly again. I have re-installed VSP manager and VAC 4.09 with no issues. Recive works great now I need to get Rig Control working without screwing up PSDR. I have reviewed the Flex Wiki site instructions which are very helpful however I can't seem to download the rig discription XML file from W1HJK.com archives. When I double click for download I just get the file listing??? What am I missing? Thanks Gary K8BKB ___ 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] newbie question
Mike, Are you sure that your other radio is in calibration? The Flexes are very accurate in respect to their signal level indication, so if you are getting S5 (with the antenna connected, I hope), it means that you are getting -97 dBm noise in the selected bandwidth. If you connect either receiver input to a 50 Ohm load you will see the receiver background noise and if you have access to a calibrated signal generator you can measure the minimum discernible signal on either receiver. Your statement that the 1500 is hotter makes me think that the other receiver is deaf, at least in S units reading, since the opposite is usually the case because the Flexes trend is to give lower readings. They have a truly calibrated S meter and most receivers don't, and usually are really optimistic. Other cause could be the 1500 S meter became uncalibrated, but it is unlikely. If you can do the signal generator test you can verify this and if it is out of cal, the calibration procedure takes less than a minute. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL (Who uses his Flex as a selective level meter) On 22/06/2011 15:52, Michael Goins wrote: Still setting up a 1500 here and the issue of the moment is noise threshold. I am in the country and the radio I removed to replace with the 1500 had a noise level of S1 or so. With the 1500, I am up around S5 as baseline noise level. Nothing else has changed. The receiver is hotter, but not tremendously so, and I do not have the rig strapped to the computer yet and I'm hoping that is some of the issue. mike, k5wmg ___ ___ 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] SDR 1000 USB Cable
Bob, We missed the original message, but the subject sounds interesting for the remaining SDR-1000 users. 73 de Ignacio EB4APL On 15/05/2011 1:22, keega...@juno.com wrote: Chris, Please send me a copy of your write up when it is finished. I have a SDR 1000 that I would like to migrate to i7 870 processor with win64. Also would it be a good idea to post it on the flex wiki and/or on the flex database. Thanks BobAC8O Groupon.com Official Site 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4dcf0ebc32acb41bca2st02vuc ___ 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/ -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] SDR-1000 bug in v 2.0.22?
I think that I have found a bug in the last official release of PowerSDR v2.0.22 with a SDR-1000: - Let's define a XVTR, for example LO offset 116, begin freq. 144 and end freq. 146. - Select the VHF band and the XVTR already defined. Enter any frequency in the band: it works. - Go back to HF using the HF button: if you enter any frequency either using the keyboard, the mouse of the band's buttons you get the exception index out matrix bounds or something close (I'm using a localized version of windows, so the message is in the localized language). - Also while in VHF, if I enter a HF frequency in the keyboard, it gives the same exception instead of going directly to the corresponding HF band. This doesn't happen in previous versions, neither in RC1 or RC2. I don't know if the problem is SDR-1000 specific. It happens with a fresh database. The OS is WinXP SP3. I didn't entered in the bug tracker yet awaiting if it can be reproduced by other SDR-1000 users. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] Off topic: Hard Drive
Acronis True Image does that (and much more). Regards, Ignacio, EB4APL On 11/04/2011 1:22, Don wrote: Hi Is there an easy (software) way to move drive C to drive X System files included so I can just swap out the drive and reboot? thanks Don ___ 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] Radio selector
Hi, Do anybody know if there is a way to bypass the radio selector (a parameter or a configuration entry) on the current version? Regards Ignacio EB4APL ___ 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] Scanning utility
Hi, Long time ago, after the scanning function was dropped from the console, somebody developed an external utility which allowed to scan using DAT commands. Since this utility was totally external and not offered by Flex it didn't have any influence in the FCC regulations and type approval issue. I had a copy but I lost it several years ago. Does anybody knows where to find it? TIA, Ignacio EB4APL ___ 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] Radio Chooser
Hi, Is there any way to bypass the radio chooser, such as passing a parameter? I have PSDR installed for 2 radios, but I would like to use a shortcut for going directly to each one. Regards, Ignacio EB4APL ___ 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] HRD
Are you sure that CAT and virtual serial ports configuration is ok? Ignacio El 10/03/2011 23:17, Robert Kearbey wrote: Rebooted. Error message- 'PowerSDR,115200,Failes to read frequency etc Bob K6DDS iPhone ___ 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] Flex-1500 w/other software
Hulen, Use the serial ports (real or virtual) of your computer. The radio is the computer, your 1500 is only the front end. You can select the port and other details in the setup/CAT tab of the program. 73 de Ignacio EB4APL El 20/12/2010 16:37, Hulen Smith wrote: I'm at a loss as to how to connect (CAT control w/third party software) with my 1500 since it has no serial port. I'm familiar with vCOM VAC as I use it with my K3/PWSDR-IF. I use it also with LP-Bridge and HRD with my Flex-1000. These radios have serial ports. Once I connect to them I can use VCOM or similar virtual com port program to inter-connect with everything. I can't figure out how to get to first base with the 1500 since it is USB. All of the third party software looks for comm ports for these connections. I've written (Visual Basic) programs to control my K3, TS-2000 and OrionII. No issue connecting to these radios with my software. The 1500 is an exception, yet I read and see where others are doing this. I must be in a unique position of NOT being able to see the forest for all the trees in the way. Can someone explain CAT control differences between radios with comm ports versus those that are controlled via USB/IEEE ? or direct me to a file somewhere? Please don't suggest the 1500 manual. I believe much of it is a reprint from earlier manuals as it doesn't suggest anything unique for the 1500 with regard to CAT. Maybe therein are all those trees standing in the way. ;) I'm having to use VAC now to redirect my audio to USB phones since the Phones output on the 1500 is defective. I have a RA already to return it to Flex for repair. This is another issue that I hope hasn't much or anything to do with CAT control and third party software. Thanks much Hulen K5HCS ___ 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] AGC-T question
In fact it tracks, I hope it's intended to do so. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL El 17/12/2010 23:12, Steven L Hess wrote: Is the AGC-T setting supposed to track with the bandstack info? Steven ___ 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] Found this for your Flex Station
Lee, This item is related to the Alcohol tester that they sell in the same page !!! Ignacio El 09/11/2010 18:52, Lee A Crocker wrote: You know I've been having a LOT of trouble detecting my ceiling being in motion http://www.futurlec.com/Specials.shtml ___ 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] problems with power sdr and new computer
Dale, From your description of the symptoms, I'm fairly sure that the problem is that your pci parallel card is not on the default 378 address. Read the card manual and check the device resources in order to know the current address and type it in the PSDR settings (yes, any non standard address can be typed here, mine uses 8800). If the cable is disconnected or the card address is wrong, the set tries to transmit. I don't give you detailed instructions on how to check the device resources because my computer is localized in Spanish, and the names are translated, so I don't know the exact texts used in the English versions, but other members can provide the right help if you need it. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL y...@aol.com wrote: Just changed the computer working with my sdr-1000,the old one was a P4 windows xp 2 gig ram, 1.8.6, every thing worked just fine. New computer is a AMD athlon II 3 core ,2 gigs of ram, 1.8.6 and windows xp. The 1000 runs a fa66,firewire hookup. and uses a parallel port connection.The new computer has a built in fire wire port and had to add a pci parallel card. Loaded power sdr and the fa-66 driver with no problems , went fine. started up the power sdr and it went thru all its check outs and up came the power sdr screen. Clicked on the 0n button and the rig went right into transmit and the mox button lite up. went into power sdr and clicked off the PTT box. Now the power sdr starts up in receive , the panadaptor shows what looks like a normal pattern,but when you move the mouse the pattern does not change and there is hissing audio but no signals of any kind received,acks like the antenna is not connected. the panadaptor pattern never changes. I also now have no PTT control from my PTT swirch. All the features of power sdr seem to be working, but seem a bit flakely. There is nothing on the new computer except power sdr, the fa-66 fire wire driver and XP home. Iam by far ,no computer expert,have had this sdr-1000 run on several differant computers,never any problems. I checked all the settings in power sdr , all seem to match up to the manual ok. could the on board fire wire port be a problem, as could the added pci parallel card? lpt address is as shown in the manual 378,lpt delay is 0, all the correct boxs for tuner,pa etc are checked. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction,Iam lost at this point. 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.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.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/
Re: [Flexradio] SDR 1000
Hi, If the symptoms are selective, I mean band related, there are only two places where are band dependent parts: 1. BPF board, where selection is made by relays. The probable cause is a burned inductor, but not disregard a capacitor or even a relay contact. 2. RFE board, where selection is made by solid state switches. I think it is a low probability place, because here the filters are after the preamp IC1, and you should burn the preamp first. Recheck the frequency limits where you get the low gain, because it sounds strange to me to burn tho filters at the same time. The filters are arranged this way: 1.- 2.5 Mhz LPF which is selected by K1 K2 2.- 2-6 Mhz BPF, selected by K3 K4 3.- 5-12 Mhz BPF, selectyed by K5 K6 4.- 10-24 Mhz BPF, selected by K7 K8 5.- 20-40 Mhz BPF, selected by K9 K10 6.- 35-60 Mhz BPF, selected by K11 K12 On my SDR-1000 the filter changes happens at: 1.- 0.0090002.50 Mhz 2.- 2.516.00 Mhz 3.- 6.01 12.00 Mhz 4.- 12.01 24.00 Mhz 5.- 24.01 36.00 Mhz 6.- 36.01 65.00 Mhz I downloaded the schematics from Flex site when I bought my radio. If you don't find it I can sent them to you and free the Flex staff to do more interesting tasks. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL f6...@free.fr wrote: Hi everybody I'm the owner of SDR 1000 and I did something stupid Some HF from my Icom 775 (both rigs are close to each other) etc .. I lost something like 20 to 30 db on 80m and 20m (test with a HP generator : nothing below - 80 db) when switching from 14 300 up to 14 400 (right where the relay closes) I'm getting back the normal value = -120 db On which board should I look first ? What are the options ? Thanks for a prompt medical advise 73 F6grh ___ 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 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/
Re: [Flexradio] RTTY reception
As I understand this issue (but I don't hesitate to be corrected), most programs for digital modes implement their own kind of matched filter for the mode which is being received, so in a first approximation the filtering at the rcvr is not important. Even some program recommends not to use a filter too narrow in the receiver because it needs to get the noise surrounding the signal. I don't remenber which program but I verified it was true and had nothing to do with the signal own bandwith. But a filter too wide can cause the AGC to react to undesired signals and this is not good for any decoder, so I think the audio bandwith is irrelevant unless you have a strong co-channel station which can blank the weak ones though AGC action. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL FireBrick escribió: I have 'configurd' two filters settings for DIGL rtty. Normal is 270 wide, and in qrm or contesting crowds I switch to 220 wide. That's using my Flex5K. As the Brits would say..'Works a Treat'. On 6/1/2010 1:49:46 PM, Ron Kolarik (rkola...@neb.rr.com) wrote: How narrow were the filters?? Anything under 300hz may be too narrow for decent decoding. Ron K0IDT - Original Message - From: Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com To: flexe...@flex-radio.biz; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 8:39 AM Subject: [Flexradio] RTTY reception Anyone have a good procedure or settings worked out on a Flex 5000 for improved RTTY reception using PSDR and HDR? I was trying to copy E4X who was weak on 30 meters, but the noise level was low. I had the filters real narrow, but copy was still marginal. KB3X ___ 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/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Versi ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] USB/parallel adapter
Luis, Do you know the model which was reported to work? He makes two, a low speed model USB2LPT Release 1.6.and a high speed one USB2LPT Release 1.7. They use different HW. Do you or any member of the list know a current user of this device? I´m planning to buy one just for wiring convenience. Obrigado and 73. Ignacio, EB4APL Luis Cupido wrote: Some USB adaptors that emulate a virtual LPT do work well. this one is reported to work well on the SDR1000. http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/bastelecke/Rund%20um%20den%20PC/USB2LPT/index.html.en Luis Cupido. ct1dmk. f6...@free.fr wrote: Hi, I own a SDR 1000 and I'd like to have it worked with my labtop : In order to do so, I'd need an USB /parallel adapter from Flexradio, item they don't have any longer Does anyone have such adapter on a shelve ? Thanks in advance F6GRH ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Expanded Frequency Descriptors
Brian, I keep it and in fact I added some inputs and translated it to the new type (XML) database in order to use it with the current versions. I like it for SWL. If you want it I can send it directly to your email, I have to purge my memory section which is quite large or extract just the BandText section and you replace with it your current one.. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Brian C wrote: A few years ago I downloaded an enhanced frequency database for the SDR-1000. The file inserted a description Maritime RTTY for example, instead of Out of Band in the descriptor field. Does anyone know where to find that file today? Tnx, Brian _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.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/
Re: [Flexradio] Expanded Frequency Descriptors
Oops, I meant the alpha and beta versions. 02:50 here. Time to go to bed. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL . EB4APL wrote: Brian, I keep it and in fact I added some inputs and translated it to the new type (XML) database in order to use it with the current versions. I like it for SWL. If you want it I can send it directly to your email, I have to purge my memory section which is quite large or extract just the BandText section and you replace with it your current one.. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Brian C wrote: A few years ago I downloaded an enhanced frequency database for the SDR-1000. The file inserted a description Maritime RTTY for example, instead of Out of Band in the descriptor field. Does anyone know where to find that file today? Tnx, Brian _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.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 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] Scan utility
Hi gang, Do you anybody remember an external utility for doing scans? It was made by a member of the list long time ago, and it worked using CAT, I think. I lost it in a computer update and I don't remember the utility's name and even who was its author. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] RFI WEAKNESS
I think that one often forgets that the computer is the radio or that most of the radio is the program that resides inside the computer and normally the computer is what gets upset. Most computers sold today are not RFI resistant, the manufacturer test them to comply with FCC (or the equivalent agency) for radiated or conducted RFI _leaving_ the computer, but I'm sure they are not tested for accepting strong RF fields. The computers that all of us have are commodity items, surely the military buy some RF hardened (or not, who knows in this time of COTS equipment) but a garden variety computer with all its peripheral leads is prone to suffer from even moderate RF fields in its environment (didn't you ear the cellular noises?). So you can buy a one that happens to be it is hardened or harden it yourself with ferrites et all. When the computer is inside the radio, we are talking about another story. Regards, Ignacio, EB4APL -- Richard M. Emerson wrote: I have been monitoring the Flex reflectors for more than a year now and discovered that almost 80% of the issues deal with RF getting into the system. This was also my own experience with my 5000A. It took me more than a year to diagnose and tame the RF demons interfering with the Flex, in a shack that runs four other radios without RF problems. Are you listening Flex? You need to address the issue of Flex RF vulnerability. New users should not have to be RF engineers to set up and use their radios. And PLEASE don't give me that old saw about an inadequate ground in the shack, because my shack was grounded to a far-thee-well and I still had problems because the Flex was so sensitive to the issue. Regards, Dick (KE7XU) ___ 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 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Scope Option on PowerSDR - Is it my video card?
Bill, Here it works more or less as it should. The speed function surely works, but I didn't checked if is really calibrated and I see some discontinuities, for example when looking a sine wave. It lacks trigger functions and a pop-up control panel (maybe in a future version), but I found it quite useful. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- Bill Roberts wrote: When I use the Scope option to examine transmitted and received wave forms with PowerSDR, it doesn't look like/refresh like a real scope. I've adjusted the Speed parameter and note little change. The sweep frequency looks like about 1 X per second. I'm wondering if this would improve if I got a better video card? Right now, I am using the integrated Intel video chipset that came with my Dell Inspiron 530 (dual core, 2.2 GHz, 2MB cache on each core) with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR Memory. I do have a vacant PCI-Express slot where I could install a dedicated video subsystem. Any thoughts? Thank you Bill Roberts Radio Station K8DXX ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Scope Option on PowerSDR - Is it my video card?
There is an error in the time base calibration. I set the radio to receive a signal generator with a 1kHz AM. Setting the Time (us) to 10 it shows almost 7 full cycles in the scope, so it is closer to ms that us. I had to stop the radio to steady and count it, since I already noted there are not trigger facilities. I think it doesn't worth to report this calibration issue to the bug tracker since it is not needed until more elaborate scope controls are available. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - EB4APL wrote: Bill, Here it works more or less as it should. The speed function surely works, but I didn't checked if is really calibrated and I see some discontinuities, for example when looking a sine wave. It lacks trigger functions and a pop-up control panel (maybe in a future version), but I found it quite useful. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- Bill Roberts wrote: When I use the Scope option to examine transmitted and received wave forms with PowerSDR, it doesn't look like/refresh like a real scope. I've adjusted the Speed parameter and note little change. The sweep frequency looks like about 1 X per second. I'm wondering if this would improve if I got a better video card? Right now, I am using the integrated Intel video chipset that came with my Dell Inspiron 530 (dual core, 2.2 GHz, 2MB cache on each core) with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR Memory. I do have a vacant PCI-Express slot where I could install a dedicated video subsystem. Any thoughts? Thank you Bill Roberts Radio Station K8DXX ___ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] help with video card.
Dale, I'm using a Nvidia GX Force 5200, it is not a last generation card and maybe it is discontinued now but could be found very cheap second hand. But the interesting thing is that the Nvidia software (Nvidia control panel, who is the standard control SW for many Nvidia cards, supports personalized resolutions. I use 1600 X 1200 on dual screen and I tried to personalize to your resolution which is not listed for my monitors (mine are 4:3 so this resolution deforms the image) and it worked ok. It seems that any modern Nvidia card can support your needs. I hope this can be useful. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- y...@aol.com wrote: Need some help with finding a new video card. My monitor back light went on the system I use with the 1000 and the 5000. Bought a new 22 lcd monitor beautiful display,anyway the monitor has vga-dvi-1 and hdmi inputs. My p-4 computer has only PCI slots. My existing video card..older.. will not support the native display frequency of the new monitor which is 1680 x 1050. and no new drivers from the mfg are coming from the card maker. The monitor looks really nice in its native resolution much better than the resolution Iam using now. Is there any way I can find a new video card that will support this 1680 x 1050. I see lots of cards that show MAX resolutions much higher than the one I need,but if the 1680x1050 is not included in the display picks shown by the card ,it leaves me where I am now. I think the 1680x1050 is called WSXga? I looked at bunch's of cards,down loaded the manuals,but very few show all the resolutions the card will do. Iam using the DVI-1 input on the monitor from the dvi-1 output on the card. any guidance on this would sure be appreciated. 73's 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.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 questions
Barry, The two jumpers select between differential and single ended reference clock inputs to the DDS. The normal setting with the supplied oscillator is to install both jumpers in 1-2 position. Otherwise, if you are using an external reference oscillator, both jumpers should be changed to 2-3. The schematics are not clear in this zone, but the hardware manual v3.8 has a table in page 18 which explains this. Also the external reference kit instructions also gives information about this. I'm sorry, but my PIO board has not any soldered wire, white or otherwise. Since I didn't know any ECO asking for this mod, probably it is a repair. Could you post or send me a picture of the board showing where the wire is attached? 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- Barry Matson wrote: I am trying to trace a problem with my SDR 1K and I can't find the answers in the.pdf documentation. Perhaps someone could help me by inspecting their rig. 1:On the non component (top side as mounted in the stack) of the PIO board, I have a thin white wire coming off a solder pad near the front of the board. The other end of this wire has come off and I am not sure where it goes. I think it is probably meant to be soldered to somewhere on the RFE board, but where? 2:On the TRX board (V3.2) near the crystal oscillator, there are two blue jumpers joining two of three pins , labeled SV1 and SV2. What is the proper position for these jumpers?. I accidentally knocked SV1 off. If this oscillator is not working it would explain my problem. Cheers, Barry VK1BM ___ 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 eb4...@cembreros.jazztel.es ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] ot but I can't find the answer
Neal. Thanks a lot for your last trick. I had the same problem several times and tried Move, but using the mouse without much success. The arrows are the solution. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL Neal Campbell wrote: One more trick is to right click on the program/window's button in the task bar, select Move, then use the up arrow to move the screen up into the visible area. 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 242 0911 ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] High Noise Floor again using 1.18.3
Dan, Tim just gave the exact explanation. This behavior seems weird the first time because we all are used to the common S meter which is really a bad implementation of a level meter in all classical communications receivers that I know. The Flex radios really are also measuring instruments and perform true signal level measurements at its input terminals, like a Selective Level Meter or an Spectrum Analyzer. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- Tim Ellison wrote: The purpose of the preamp is to improve the signal to noise ratio. If you engage the preamp, the noise floor goes DOWN and the signal level stays the same. Remember that when you engage the preamp, you have not changed the signal level at the antenna terminal. You have, however; improved the signal to noise ratio with the preamp and therefore the noise will go down in reference to a fixed signal level. The previous statement holds true in all cases except one. That is if the radio is antenna noise limited. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Dan Scott Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:56 PM To: EB4APL Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] High Noise Floor again using 1.18.3 Ignacio, Wow! The Preamp was off for the bands causing issues. With the Preamp set to High the noise floor dropped to expected levels. Now I'm only having an issue with the logic: preamp OFF raises the Noise Floor preamp ON lowers the noise floor sounds backwards, so I assume there is some magic built into the preamp code. No worries though, I can now use all the bands with 1.18.3. You solved my mystery. On to straight key night Thanks, 73 and Happy New Year., Dan - W0RO -- EB4APL wrote: Since I also own a SDR-1000, I'll reproduce your tests with a dummy load and will post here the results, but meanwhile you gave me a clue: It seems to me that the switch noise is the preamp gain relay and it is caused because you have selected different settings for General band and ham bands. Look at the preamp settings change when you move across band boundaries and you hear the click. If you use different folders for each installation, as I do, your preamp settings may be different on each version. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Dan Scott wrote: I thought I had this issue resolved but I find that it was not. I'm wondering if anyone else using (or that used) a SDR-1000 is experiencing the same issue. After install 1.18.3 the noise floor increased from less than S1 (dummy load) to S6.5 on 20-meters. The issue seems to be most obvious on 17, 20, 30 and 40 (to some degree). I thought I had the issue resolved a couple months ago by uninstalling 1.18.3 and reinstalling it. But what I had was something that was better but not resolved and after re-calibration it was obvious the problem still existed. Considering 1.18.2 as the baseline version and all testing into (or from) a Dummy Load, the following comparison can be derived: 1.18.2 shows S1 (+/- .5) for the noise across all bands. 1.18.3 shows a noise floor of: S1 on 10, 12, 15 S6.5 on 17 S7.5 on 20 S6.5 on 30 S2 on 40 S7 on 60 S6.5 on 80 S5.5 on 160 Once a fresh copy of 1.18.3 is installed I step through calibration procedure starting with PA Settings. After each calibration step, I would check the noise floor on all the band edges comparing the in-band to out-of-band noise floor. Generally the noise floor on 20-meters would remain around S3 until doing the RX Image Reject Calibration. Once the RX Image Reject Cal was complete, 20 should show a S7 noise floor. I re-calibrated version 1.18.2 and each step of the way the noise floor remained S1 +/- .5 all bands, so 1.18.2 reacts much better then 1.18.3 when doing an apples-to-apples comparison. After reloading the software and re-calibration, the band edges tests for 17 through 40 would show S1 +/- .5 for out-of-band and a high noise floor in-band. This condition could easily been seen when looking at 13.99 with a S0.5 noise floor and tuning to 14.00 which shows a S7 noise floor. Also, tuning between in-band and out-of-band would produce a switching sound in the SDR-1000 on all bands except 15, 12, and 10 meters. When using 1.18.2 the above condition does not exist. Therefore when tuning from 13.99 to 14.00 the noise floor remains the same and the SDR-1000 is not being switched. By not being switched, I mean there is no relay sound heard when tuning from out-of-band to in-band and visa-versa. The XP Pro system is a quad-core that has been running a couple years with little change (other than
Re: [Flexradio] High Noise Floor again using 1.18.3
Since I also own a SDR-1000, I'll reproduce your tests with a dummy load and will post here the results, but meanwhile you gave me a clue: It seems to me that the switch noise is the preamp gain relay and it is caused because you have selected different settings for General band and ham bands. Look at the preamp settings change when you move across band boundaries and you hear the click. If you use different folders for each installation, as I do, your preamp settings may be different on each version. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Dan Scott wrote: I thought I had this issue resolved but I find that it was not. I'm wondering if anyone else using (or that used) a SDR-1000 is experiencing the same issue. After install 1.18.3 the noise floor increased from less than S1 (dummy load) to S6.5 on 20-meters. The issue seems to be most obvious on 17, 20, 30 and 40 (to some degree). I thought I had the issue resolved a couple months ago by uninstalling 1.18.3 and reinstalling it. But what I had was something that was better but not resolved and after re-calibration it was obvious the problem still existed. Considering 1.18.2 as the baseline version and all testing into (or from) a Dummy Load, the following comparison can be derived: 1.18.2 shows S1 (+/- .5) for the noise across all bands. 1.18.3 shows a noise floor of: S1 on 10, 12, 15 S6.5 on 17 S7.5 on 20 S6.5 on 30 S2 on 40 S7 on 60 S6.5 on 80 S5.5 on 160 Once a fresh copy of 1.18.3 is installed I step through calibration procedure starting with PA Settings. After each calibration step, I would check the noise floor on all the band edges comparing the in-band to out-of-band noise floor. Generally the noise floor on 20-meters would remain around S3 until doing the RX Image Reject Calibration. Once the RX Image Reject Cal was complete, 20 should show a S7 noise floor. I re-calibrated version 1.18.2 and each step of the way the noise floor remained S1 +/- .5 all bands, so 1.18.2 reacts much better then 1.18.3 when doing an apples-to-apples comparison. After reloading the software and re-calibration, the band edges tests for 17 through 40 would show S1 +/- .5 for out-of-band and a high noise floor in-band. This condition could easily been seen when looking at 13.99 with a S0.5 noise floor and tuning to 14.00 which shows a S7 noise floor. Also, tuning between in-band and out-of-band would produce a switching sound in the SDR-1000 on all bands except 15, 12, and 10 meters. When using 1.18.2 the above condition does not exist. Therefore when tuning from 13.99 to 14.00 the noise floor remains the same and the SDR-1000 is not being switched. By not being switched, I mean there is no relay sound heard when tuning from out-of-band to in-band and visa-versa. The XP Pro system is a quad-core that has been running a couple years with little change (other than Microsoft trying to mess with me from time-to-time). It is dedicated to the radio plus one Video Editing piece of software. NOTE: Reload process for 1.18.3 is: 1. Uninstall 1.18.3 2. Delete the 1.18.3 directory from Program Files 3. Reboot 4. Install the software for 1.18.3 5. Reboot (I have reverted to 98 procedures... when Microsoft systems were definitely com-booters) 6. Run pSDR/configure 7. (sometime an extra boot just because it is an MS OS) Any ideas? Thanks and 73, Dan - W0RO ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] Noise reduction - wow!
Bret Mills wrote: For starters try the following settings Under Setup click on DSP, then under the NR try Taps: 40 Delay: 30 Gain: 15 On the ANF try these settings Taps:68 Delay:50 Gain:70 Hope this gets you closer to what you would expect to be hearing O yea also VERY IMPORTANT, be sure to use your AGC-T settings, I NEVER run mine above 79. The Flex is an amazing radio if you can find the settings that best suit your expectations. 73's and Merry Christmas Bret Mills WX7Y I routinely have set AGC-T setting to 90 without realizing the implications on NR !!!. In fact the NR is useless that way, but changing it to 70 - 80 the NR works fairly. Maybe these interactions should be addressed by the designers in the future. Thank you for the VERY IMPORTANT tip. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] WIn 7 strange phenomena with SDR1000
If I understand well, you mean select mode LSB, shift the filter to the right to the position where the USB filter roughly should be and listening for example in 20 m, he hears the USB signals clearly? Well, of course, this is true, it can be verified by anyone regardless the operating system. It is the equivalent in an analog receiver to install a USB filter in the LSB path, the demodulator is the same. There were receivers (expensive) with independent filters for each sideband which allowed for ISB mode. If you didn't verified that probably is because the filter was not shifted to the right position or the station you heard was using the inverted sideband. Or I misunderstood the whole thing, which is normal. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Edwin Marzan wrote: A fellow flexer using an SDR1000 and Windows 7 told me that if he slides his filter from LSB to USB he is able to hear USB signals on USB clearly. I tried it with mine, using WinXP and did not experience this. Has anyone else see seen this? _ Windows Live Hotmail gives you a free,exclusive gift. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_7:092009 ___ 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 eb4...@cembreros.jazztel.es ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] (no subject)
Bill, I agree with you 100%. With the skins this radio is so upgradeable that now you can even drill and repaint it as much as you like without the risk of ruining the panel :-) . 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Bill Jourdain wrote: I'll weigh in here because it seems that for the most part only the naysayers have commented on the Pretty Betty interface. I like the Pretty Betty skins better than the original PowerSDR GUI. I don't have any problem with the original GUI. It has a very basic MS Windows look and feel and is easy to use and navigate. I prefer the more customized look of the Pretty Betty skins and find them just as easy to operate and navigate as the original GUI. The benefit of the Pretty Betty skins is the ability to further customize this great radio. Having said that, I agree that the original GUI should be one of the skins available for those who want to keep the original look and feel of PowerSDR. I must respectfully disagree that the Pretty Betty skins cheapen the look of the GUI, but I'm sure that through this process we will end up with a variety of options that will allow the operator to have whatever GUI he or she prefers. Another benefit of the Flex/PowerSDR combo over the competition! 73 and Happy Thanksgiving, Bill AB4BJ http://www.ab4bj.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] PB skins
I was developing a skin with the classic look, as an exercise and for the benefit of those who prefer or were used to that style. I stopped when I didn't found a way to turn the texts in the panels to black. I submitted an enhancement request, but I realize that the development team have a lot of more urgent things to do. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL .. Jim R wrote: Brian I'm glad you mentioned this. The first time I tried pretty betty I had to go back because of the exact observations you mentioned. Others have also made note of this. My preference is readability and functionality rather than eye candy with (in my opinion) these shortcomings. At the time, I sent a few e-mails about it but is has fallen on deaf ears and now when the next version is released, it will apparently not give us a choice. There was a rumor that a classic look skin may be developed. I think a significant number of us would want it and I hope Flex cares enough about its customers to realize that. If others prefer the classic look, Now is the time to speak up. Jim K5HY Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:10:14 -0800 From: brian-wb6...@lloyd.com To: flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: [FlexEdge] PB skins OK, I am finally running pb-pal. I have tried all the skins that come with it but I am finding that, while definitely sexy, IMHO none of them are as easy to visually navigate as the original appearance. The glossy buttons just have less contrast. It appears that some of them create the appearance of glare on the display. Has anyone built a skin that is more like the original appearance that includes the ability to set specific values into the sliders and with more contrast on the buttons and labels? While perhaps not as artistic I am thinking that it might make it easier for me to use. (It is hell getting old and not have one's eyes be as good as they once were.) -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] block out of band transmissions
If my memory doesn't fail, the TX field worked that way in the SDR1000 early times. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- K9DUR wrote: Art, This should be entered as a feature request. There is a relatively simple way to accomplish this using the BandText table. The BandText table already contains a yes/no field named TX. Currently, all that PowerSDR uses that field for is to change the color of the text displayed. However, that field could be added to the logic determining whether transmit is allowed or not. That way, the BandText table could be set up for your class of license and prevent inadvertent transmission on frequencies where you do not have any privileges. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] 1.18.3 Noise ?
Dan, Just a tip, I had the same symptom (off frequency at power on needing to cycle power several times) several years ago. It was the 200 MHz oscillator which started slightly off frequency about 50% of the time. It took me a long time troubleshooting and the evidence came when I replaced it with a 10 MHz pin compatible oscillator recovered from a junk computer card (and selected the PLL multiplier to 20X). I ordered a replacement oscillator from Flex and the problem was solved. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Dan Scott wrote: I forgot a couple items: 1. the noise is between from 15-meters through 30-meters. 2. I did a cold start up test too. Shut everything down for 12 hours and tested immediately after bring everything back up. I normally leave the radio powered up because it has a difficult time getting onto frequency. It take a few power cycles to get the SDR-1000 on frequency, but once on, it stays on frequency. ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] 1.18.1 Audio Limiting
I responded some time ago to this subject, saying that I didn't see any problem with my S-1000; since the topic continues open I though it twice and made some test before giving more opinions. Listening carefully to strong (and not so strong) AM voice transmissions, I must agree that the situation is not as good as I had stated before, my apologies for that. I think there are two causes: AGC and demodulation. 1.- AGC. It is clear that this radio uses something similar to the voice (or RF) derived AGC concept, with all the improvements explained by Phil Harman in his document about the SDR-1000 AGC, and the software reorganization incorporated in SVN 2797. This implementation works extremely well for SSB, CW and digital modes. But when listening to AM broadcasts this solution is not so good, since the current AGC raises the gain in speech pauses and you hear it (studio noises, in fact) and the effect can be very annoying. When dealing with AM you has at your disposal a constant reference of the transmitted signal, the carrier, which can be used as a pilot for the AGC instead of the audio (or IF signal). This is the old method of carrier derived AGC used since almost the beginning of broadcasting. Really the reason for its universal use was its simple implementation once the variable-mu tubes were introduced, but still has advantages when listening AM voice broadcasts, because the AGC still controls the gain in the speech pauses without recurring to very long time constants which are not desirable for SWL DX listening. So my suggestion is to include a Carrier derived AGC for AM and SAM, which could include some of the refinements to deal with impulse noise as already described. This AGC mode could be selected from the setup. 2.- Demodulation. Both the AM and SAM detectors recovers a non symmetrical signal. I just don't have an idea of the reason, but the test is easy: Tune an AM broadcast station transmitting speech, and look the audio on the scope or panascope display. Switch between AM an USB and see the result (select bandwidths of 6 kHz and 3 kHz to listen in the same conditions and set the scope time to 5000 us). If you listen carefully the audio quality improves when switching to USB/LSB. If you tune to an empty frequency you will see unsymmetrical noise also. This effect is not related to the AGC, even fixing the gain level the asymmetry remains. There are bug reports about this: 2240 and 2282. Also 2276 may be related. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL Frank Mayer wrote: Audio limiting on AM and SAM receive very evident in the new release, just like it was in the previous release 1.18.0 with the SDR-1000. This issue started with the SVN test branch, SVN 2797 when the changes were made to the AGC. Frank, WA3JBT ___ 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 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/
Re: [Flexradio] SVN 2797 SDR-1000
Frank, Tim et al, I'm very sorry, but when I intended to say VERY FAVORABLES the spell corrector changed it to the opposite meaning. In fact, before the said AGC changes, the SDR-1000 behavior in AM was less than desirable and often I used to select USB or LSB for SW BC. Now I find it something like optimal. My comment about the very strong AM stations was a warning about saturation, because I live quite close to several MW transmitters, some of them outputting 250 Kw, and hear their programs in the phone. So maybe something remains to be corrected, but it is installation dependent and I don't suffer from it. Sorry again for the confusion. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL. Frank Mayer wrote: I can obviously understand that anomolies will pop up in these alpha/beta software versions because that is what testing is all about. I just wanted to make the powers that be are aware of the fact that these AGC anomolies on AM have been incorporated in the latest offical release, 1.18.0. It's interesting that you have noticed this too, Ignacio. From: EB4APL eb4...@cembreros.jazztel.es To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SVN 2797 SDR-1000 Frank, I am an early SDR-1000 user and I do some SW broadcasting listening with it. I noticed the SVN 2797's AGC changes that I can only describe as very unfavorables. Even the close in MW stations sound very well with the preamp set to anything but high, since in this case something saturates as can be seen in the panadapter. Its carrier level is in the order of 0 dBm. Ignacio, EB4APL Frank Mayer wrote: A clarification: The branch is 1.19.1 SVN 2797 and newer. - Original Message - From: Frank Mayer To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 2:01 PM Subject: SVN 2797 SDR-1000 Ever since SVN 2797's AGC changes the RX AGC action has been poor in my SDR-1000 in the AM mode. The receiver AGC has a limiting action while listening to strong AM signals, sounding much like the station is using an ALC type limiter when they are not. Plus the volume level is noticeably louder. I am experiencing the same issue with the latest official release , 1.18.0. Version 1.16.2 and SVN 2796 and earlier are just fine. I have submitted bug reports concerning this. Now with SVN 3159 when I start Power SDR in AM mode, the RX sounds like it's in DSB until I select a different bandwidth, then it returns to the normal AM mode. Does anyone else experience this with the SDR-1000? Maybe these software changes have improved the 5000 and the 3000 but they are not working very well with the 1000. Frank, WA3JBT ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] SVN 2797 SDR-1000
Frank, I am an early SDR-1000 user and I do some SW broadcasting listening with it. I noticed the SVN 2797's AGC changes that I can only describe as very unfavorables. Even the close in MW stations sound very well with the preamp set to anything but high, since in this case something saturates as can be seen in the panadapter. Its carrier level is in the order of 0 dBm. Ignacio, EB4APL Frank Mayer wrote: A clarification: The branch is 1.19.1 SVN 2797 and newer. - Original Message - From: Frank Mayer To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 2:01 PM Subject: SVN 2797 SDR-1000 Ever since SVN 2797's AGC changes the RX AGC action has been poor in my SDR-1000 in the AM mode. The receiver AGC has a limiting action while listening to strong AM signals, sounding much like the station is using an ALC type limiter when they are not. Plus the volume level is noticeably louder. I am experiencing the same issue with the latest official release , 1.18.0. Version 1.16.2 and SVN 2796 and earlier are just fine. I have submitted bug reports concerning this. Now with SVN 3159 when I start Power SDR in AM mode, the RX sounds like it's in DSB until I select a different bandwidth, then it returns to the normal AM mode. Does anyone else experience this with the SDR-1000? Maybe these software changes have improved the 5000 and the 3000 but they are not working very well with the 1000. Frank, WA3JBT ___ 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 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Lost all settings!
Some users like me have quite large Memory and BandText tables. An utility to import the old database format to the new would be very desirable. Is there any plan to do it? 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL Stan wrote: There was no doubt in my mind it was something like that Tim. I am aware that it is alpha and beta versions but I like to see what is going on. I am not complaining I just wondered if someone could straighten me out. Thanks, you did that and I will see if I can get that data base over to 1.18.0... Stan - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: Stan wa2...@taconic.net Cc: 'FLEX USERS' flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 10:58 AM Subject: RE: Lost all settings! First off, let me reiterate that the TEST SVN is just that. It is a development TEST environment and as such, the code there is beta at bet but mostly alpha. One should NEVER use it for production operation of the radio. Use this SVN branch only for testing and you should always read the SVN log before doing any update. SVN TEST should only be used for people who are actively and purposely testing new software features and providing feedback to the developers. Utor per cautio! The TRUNK is what you want to use for the latest stable fixes beyond the released versions. What happened is that the Access database was surgically removed form PowerSDR in favor of using XML. As such, all previous Access database settings were not preserved. The database is still there, it is just no longer used. You can move that database to the v1.18.0 production version of PowerSDR to recover your settings. -Tim -Original Message- From: Stan [mailto:wa2...@taconic.net] Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 10:42 AM To: Tim Ellison Cc: 'FLEX USERS' Subject: Lost all settings! I have not fired up the radio in a couple of weeks. I just upgraded all the TEST files and started SDR 5000. I seem to have lost EVERYTHING! Even the vCAT and VAC settings are gone. All the memories are gone. The vCAT and VAC software settings are messed up. The driver settings are messed up. Anybody got any idea what might have happened? I didn't pay any attention to the TEST files that were upgraded, I just downloaded them and tried to run the program. Thanks Stan ___ 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 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/
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR preamp bug
I did further investigation on this bug. It only affects the GEN band, which awakens with the preamp in High regardless the database setting. I think all others works ok EB4APL wrote: The SVN 2942 solved a bug in SDR-1000, not remembering AGC-T or Preamp settings by band. But the bug #2118 remains live and while the Preamp setting is writen in the Database, it is not restored on power up. It happens at least in SDR1000 both in the test brach SVN 2950 and in the official version v1.18. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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 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] PowerSDR preamp bug
The SVN 2942 solved a bug in SDR-1000, not remembering AGC-T or Preamp settings by band. But the bug #2118 remains live and while the Preamp setting is writen in the Database, it is not restored on power up. It happens at least in SDR1000 both in the test brach SVN 2950 and in the official version v1.18. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] CPU %
Some time ago I noticed that the CPU % info dissapeared from my console, I can´t say from which version. Is it someting related to my configuration, O.S. (Win 2k) or it was dropped by some reason? 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] CPU %
Tim, Thank you for your help. I should have looked in the KB before, but since I did´d remember of any previous occurrence in the reflector I just skipped it and asked directly. Taking in account the work that means compiling and maintaining this resource and the amount of useful information that it provides, all flexers with a problem should search the KB before trying to find the solution by other means. I took the wrong way in the style of when everything else fails, read the manual. The bad news is that first, I had problems with the Windows Genuine Advantage Microsoft´s policy when trying to download the tool mentioned in the KB (exctrlst.exe). I use a genuine legal copy of Windows 2k, but the MS specified tools for verifying it even does not run on my system, so being unable to verify that my system is genuine it negates access to the file. I finally managed to obtain a copy and installed it. It says that the required dll (perfos.dll) was already active. I tried to disable and then enable, but no change. Probably my problem is not exactly the same addressed by the article, because even the text CPU % is missing (or overlaid by the Date/Time panel ) in the console, because in my console this panel is bottom aligned with the VFO one. Testing with the ke5dto branch, whose console has the Date/Time panel positioned higher, I see the CPU % title for about .5 seconds just after loading and then disappears. My radio is a SDR-1000, and the computer OS is Windows 2000. Maybe somebody has a clue about this. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Tim (W4TME) wrote: Look in the Knowledge Base. A search on CPU returned this article as the 2nd hit. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50311.aspx -Tim --- W4TME FlexRadio Systems - Info Management Admin. Tune in Excitement On 4/18/2009 2:44 PM, EB4APL wrote: Some time ago I noticed that the CPU % info dissapeared from my console, I can´t say from which version. Is it someting related to my configuration, O.S. (Win 2k) or it was dropped by some reason? 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Vista 64 Firewire Drivers
I´m happy to hear this was a false alarm. Now I have to ask the guy who explained me the reason why one of my company´s software not working with Vista x64. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL - Neal Campbell wrote: Its not that we cannot test the program, I have. When you start up Vista, you press F8 at boot time to go to the boot menu and select the option that says to ignore unsigned drivers. This allows you to boot up Vista x64 with the Flex driver. On my machine, you can use PowerSDR for a random amount of time, (1-2 hours) then the driver gets evicted and the radio disappears as a device. PowerSDR works normally so there is no problem with Jet. I had problems with other programs so it wasn't worth the time to figure out why the driver gets evicted. I had defeated Windows Defender which I had read could periodically evict unsigned drivers but since I had defeated it, not the culprit. Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux (540) 242 0911 - ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Vista 64 Firewire Drivers
I foresee another problem with Vista 64, probably masked because nobody is able to test the program due to the lack of drivers. As far as I know Microsoft doesn't include support for Access (Jet) type databases, and they will be never supported. Surely this affects PowerSDR, isn't is? 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Memories
Stan wrote: Re: PowerSDR I found a small item that I would like to request. :-) Would it be feasible to allow the user to define the group in the memory save? Or maybe you could add more groups to be selected like PSK, CW, RTTY, etc... I am still totally green with this radio but learning slowly, so far I love it. Thanks Stan, WA2UET ___ Stan, It can be easily done in less than 5 minutes, modifying the database table with MS Office. Probably it can be also done with OpenOffice, but I´m not sure. If you has MS Office and need detailed instructions, don't hesitate to ask (I have 41 groups now). If you don't have access to a computer with MS Office, I can do it for you, but be aware that any modification to the database outside of PowerSDR must be copied to new ones, such as after a database regeneration, so unless you have MS Office (or OpenOffice if it is compatible at this level) you need a tool to do it yourself. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Memories
Tim Ellison (W4TME) wrote: Ignacio, The Group ID in the memories is hard coded and not modifiable in the database. This would require an enhancement to get additional group IDs or to add them in a free form manner. - Tim - FRS Internet Systems Administrator W4TME Tim and Stan, I currently have 41 groups. I use it mostly for SWL, using different groups for meteo, broadcast, aviation, etc. The only thing to do, using MS Access, is to add more registers to the GroupList table. The only care is to keep the GroupID consecutive. PowerSDR takes care of the new groups thru the GroupID automátically. In the same sense, you can change the BandText table and add as many band segments as you want, taking the due cautions about range overlapping. Several Flexers had published their band schemas. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Memories
Tim Ellison (W4TME) wrote: Ah. I see now. There are two tables that control memories. I stand corrected. Adding new group IDs (whole numbers) with a new associated GroupName will add additional groups to the memory form. There probably should be a more convenient way of doing this with resorting to database surgery. Ignacio, muchas gracias por de la información. - Tim - FRS Internet Systems Administrator W4TME Tim, I agree with you since I suggested a long time ago some improvements to the memory database, because I did more surgerysuch as adding fields to the Memory table, oriented to SWL logging. Obviously PowerSDR doesn't support those new fields, but at least the program accepts the new structure without problems. At the time when I suggested a customizable memory window allowing the user to configure which fields he wants to fill in or edit, the development team were doing more important things (I agree totally) and the memory feature was regarded as something crude which needed a total redesign, probably going to xml instead of Access structures and this remains there until now. A workaround for my needs was to use an external logging program with CAT support. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] OT: RTTY station on 10.130 MHz
Brian, try 50 baud if you want to identify it. Commercial stations (weather and so) normally use this speed which sounds identical to 45.5. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL Brian Lloyd wrote: There is often a very strong RTTY station centered on 10.130 MHz running 850Hz shift. Does anyone know who/what it is? It sure sounds like 45.45 bauds with 850Hz shift but I can't seem to decode it at any rate or forward/reverse. I would guess that it is non-ham and possibly encrypted but then, what is it doing in the 30M band? -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Very small issue with V1.14.0 SVN 2428
This version identifies itself in the title bar as v 1.14.0 SVN:22420. Nothing to worry about. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: Re: Power Supply
ray may wrote: I DO NOT OPERATE ANY 12 VOLT RADIO ON A POWER SUPPLY ONLY, I ALWAYS USE A BATTERY CONNECTED TO THE RADIO AND A FLOAT CHARGER A REGULATED SUPPLY AT 13.8 VOLTS AT 25 AMPS. THE REASON FOR A BAT. IS IT WILL STAY AT 13.8 VOLTS WHEN YOU HAVE A SURGE ON THE AC. AND IF THE AC FAILS WHEN YOU ARE TRANSMITTING THE BAT KEEPS THE FAN. RUNNING TO KEEP RADIO COOL. RAY MAY K5AZU A good idea, but be careful, some powrr supplies (mostly switching ones) does not allow a floating battery. Check with the manual. Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] D44 Interface kit available?
K6JEK escribió: Tony still has them so I bought one from him.What a bargain. Jon On Apr 27, 2008, at 3:41 PM, K6JEK wrote: Is the KB9YIG interface kit for the Delta 44 available? From whom? Thanks, Jon Jon, when I bought mine I found a picture, probably in the Softrock forum, showing the D44 interfacehoused in an small trasparent hinged plastic box which looked as it was taylor made for it. I found an identical one in my shack where it was sitting around for 20 years or so, and where mine is silk screenned Dickson electronics corporation, I believe it is a common item in the USA. I only had to drill 4 holes for the audio jacks and a cutout for the sub-D connector, a very easy task. If you are interested I can take some pictures of my interface so you can identify the box. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Mouse Scroll Wheel
Greg - ZL3IX wrote: I would like to hijack the scroll wheel circuit in an old mouse, so that I can connect external devices and use them to tune the VFO in PowerSDR. Does anyone know how the scroll wheel circuit operates in a Logitech mouse? I would have thought that there would simply be two optical paths that would give quadrature drive signals, but probing around with my scope, leads me to believe that it is much more complex than that. There seem to be bursts of 6 us pulses regardless of whether the wheel is being operated or not. When the wheel is operated, other pulses appear in the gaps between the bursts. Does anyone know what this is all about? 73, Greg, ZL3IX Greg, you are right about the internal operation of the wheel, it works the same way as the encoders found in the ball type mice. I think you are probing the output signal at the PS/2 connector, and here the things became more complex, the encoders outputs and also the pushbuttons signals are processed by a microcontroler or a custom chip which translates all of them into characters sent to a kind of serial port, if the mouse is PS/2 type or worse if it is a USB one. So you need to process your external encoder in the same fashion and connect it as a second mouse (windows can recognice more than a mouse). You probably can experiment trying to use an discarded mouse circuitry replacing its internal cheap encoder with an external one instead of emulate everything with a microcontroler. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Multiple versions of PowerSDR
Ray, K9DUR wrote: Rob, Absolutely. I have 3 versions installed: the current official release, the current SVN, the current K6JCA console. All you have to do is create a separate directory for each version. In the case of the SVN K6JCA versions, you do a checkout to the directory for that version. That is, I checked out the SVN version to my SVN directory, I checked out the K6JCA console top my K6JCA directory. Each directory will have its own copy of the PowerSDR.mdb database file, so the different versions will NOT interact. In fact they will not even know that the others exist. 73, Ray, K9DUR I agree and what is even more amazing, you can have more than one version running at the same time, on the condition that only one is powered on, so you can switch almost instantaneously between them. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Current SVN?
KQ8RP wrote: I see many notes talking about a higher number svn then what I am using. I have a SDR 1K and if I download the SVN right now in the log it shows 1893. When I use it then it shows beta 1.10.4 SVN: 1826. Am I doing something wrong? Scott Gordon Phone: (888) 428-6622 Fax (866) 505-7171 http://www.kq8rp.us ___ Perform the SVN updates against the folder containing everything, not just against the program file (PowerSDR.exe). I have been there before. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] MP3 application software?
Gerald Capodieci escribió: Which MP3 converters can be used with the SDR wave recorder? Hi, As I see it, MP3 and other lossy audio compression schemes can be used only for the audio output (post processed audio) i.e., just for listenig or archive, but I+Q recordings (prepocessed or baseband) can´t, because those encoding system are not looseless, that means they are not fully reversible. The looses are designet in such a way that are almost unaudible, but it ruin signal properties that are neccesary for using it as a baseband input to the SDR 1000. Any _looseless_ method, such as zip compression or other specifically designed for audio would be ok. One of this codecs has been recently discused in this forum, but I don have time now for finding a reference. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20061221/64dccb49/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] SSB Voice inversion
A.R.S. - W5AMI wrote: With the recent band expansions, I've noticed a lot of SSB ops using voice inversion in the new areas of the phone subband on 80 meters, most around 3.725. I found it easy to decode the inversion on the Flex by moving the entire passband to the opposite side of the selected sideband on the console. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that one is able to transmit voice inversion by adjusting the tx bandpass to the opposite side. I don't know if this is simply limited by the spinner controls for the limits, or if there is some other reason the Flex could not do this. I really don't know what purpose voice inversion would serve, other than somewhat masking the conversation from others, however it does appear to be legal: A response from the FCC: The question you ask has been asked before. Section 97.113 prohibits amateur stations from transmitting messages in codes and ciphers intended to obscure the meaning of the message. If the code or cipher is publicly available, then transmitting messages in the code or cipher would not appear to be for the intent of obscuring the meaning of the message. William Cross FCC Anyone know of a way PowerSDR can transmit SSB voice inversion? 73 Brian / w5ami Hi, I think there is nothing like voice inversion in SSB, it is just changing USB by LSB and vice. This is not the same in AM or FM, because here the voice becames scrambled, but in SSB you already have the band inversion mechanism in the demodulator, unless you have a channelized radio with fixed (suppresed) carrier frequencies. This is just as I see the isue, unless I am missing something. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] Fwd: [AMRadio] Odd signals in lower 80 meters
philip gentile wrote: this makes sense, i was trying to figure out how detect the signal you were describing. - Original Message - From: A.R.S. - W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flex Radio FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:59 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Fwd: [AMRadio] Odd signals in lower 80 meters Here is a message I just got from another reflector. Since the only people that have reported hearing these recently on 80 meters, including myself, are relatively close to the southern border, it could be coming from Mexico, and quite possibly unlicensed, drug smugglers, etc., as the signals are fairly weak to further disguise their intent. I know this is getting off-topic now, and will refrain from posting any more of my blabbering ;) -- Forwarded message -- From: Gary Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Dec 19, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Odd signals in lower 80 meters To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net I haven't listened on 80 for those signals but I have heard similar to what you describe in the past. A few years ago there were several companies selling scramblers that inverted the audio. A lot of them went into South America and were used by people for their private radio networks. I would guess many were not licensed users. You can not decode it by switching side bands. It is simply done by mixing the speech with an audio tone and everything comes out upside down. The high frequencies come out as low frequencies and the low frequencies come out at high frequencies and they are offset by the mixing tone frequency. If you listen carefully you can make out a word once in awhile. 73 Gary K4FMX Hi, As far as I know, if the scrambling is based in audio band inversion, done as per the above description, it is only usable for FM or AM, not for SSB since as I said before, with an SSB radio you have a free descrambler and you hear it in clear just switching SSB mode (I have some experience in that matter). But I have seen recently some commercial scramblers used by fishermen which divides audio in several sub-bands and shuffles it, even inverting some bands. They have provisions for changing the code (the order in which subbands are interleaved and the inversions) and you need to use the same code at both ends. Even there are some units that changes their codes on the fly (every second or so); they are recognized because they send a sync burst at the begining of every transmission. The conclusion is that you need an almost identical unit and you needalso to know the codes for descrambling. A good approach for making a descrambler is using an audio card and DSP for comb filtering, spectrum shifts and every else. If you parametrize the DSP enough, you can descramble a recording by try and error, taking advantage of that an aproximate solution is valid for making the voice readable. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] High Static Levels
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ZS6AVM Wrote: First of, thank you to all who replied to my posting regarding the high static levels, and the power-up issue The SDR was bought in around June 2006, so it should have the mods as suggested I'm not using USB, normal parallel cable I only have the 100W PA, no tuner, or transverter With rain static, the receiver looses sensitivity, goes deaf ! The issue with powering-up the Console, which takes three (3) attempts, is basically the same as the high static level issue, the receiver goes deaf Many thanks Dave *** I also have an intermitent receiver deaf problem that looks similar, but in my case it is not related to static. It happens when changing the VFO frequency using drag and drop over the panadapter display and moving the mouse moderately fast. When this deafening happens, I only see in the display the zero freq bump, and nothing else. To return the radio to normal I have two ways: a). Turn the console power button to standby and on again. b). Changing the audio driver in the setup. Maybe this internaly resets the radio. Once the problem happens once, everytime you drag to tume the receiver enters in the deaf mode, unless you move the mouse very slow. Reloading the computer usually clears the situation. I cant´t relate the situation to anything but maybe it is triggered by power line disturbances when starting big motors nearby. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] SDR Frequency Stability
W5CUL escribió: Dave, This sounds feasible since the thermistor upgrade is based on keeping a constant temperature for the crystal, thus stabilizing the crystal output. Since the thermistor dissipates energy into heat, the more energy applied, the more heat it will dissipate. The reverse holds true when less energy is applied. As the temperature fluctuates, the output of the crystal will do the same. If you have a power supply that has large tolerances in its output, and you calibrate the SDR-1000 during one usage, on the second usage the power supply may not be producing the same voltage. As the thermistor heats up to a different temperature than before, this will throw off the first calibration. I have taken up the practice of calibrating my SDR-1000 to WWV during each use, giving it about 20 minutes to stabilize prior to performing the procedure. Mike W5CUL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Nancy Ridge Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:24 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] SDR Frequency Stability The FlexRadio SDR is a great radio when it comes to measuring frequency down to the Hertz! I have the optional thermistor upgrade. I noticed by accident that if you change the 12 volt DC supply voltage to the SDR just a little, (i.e. .1 volt) the radio will move in frequency by 10's of hertz. This raises the question that if the DC supply voltage regulation is not within .01 +/- volts or better in stability, the frequency change/stability will always be a problem. Am I missing something? Dave, W9DR I don´t find any info in the Flex Radio site regarding this frequency stability upgrade. I understand it is factory installed in new units and it could have warranty issues if it is done by the users. I´m planning to install a 100 Mhz OCXO I recently bougth, but I would like to take a look to the ECO. Since I already have a faulty Valpey Fisher module I don´t care about soldering to it (maybe the heat will repair the little SOB, HI). If anybody knows where is the info, please let me know. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] Frequency error
David Blaschke wrote: I used the SDR-1000 exclusively during the EME contest. I found one troubling fault: Often after restarting the radio, I would set the frequency to 144.129, only to find that it was really transmitting on 144.141. I had to restart the radio to clear this problem. It is unpredictable when this will happen, but if I get the radio started and it is finally transmitting on the shown frequency, it will stay there for the duration. This happens with both Version. 1.6.2 and 1.6.3. I have now made a habit, now to take the frequency counter and place it near the amplifier to assure that I am on the correct frequency whenever I have restarted the radio. If anyone has any ideas on this problem, and its fix - please email me directly also as well as this reflector. Dave, W5UN Home Page: http://web.wt.net/~w5un/ Dave, I used to have a persistent frequency accuracy issue on my SDR 1000. It started on (at least) two distinct frequency offsets. After realizing what the problem was (but not the failure mechanism), I used on each power on first to tune to a MW broadcast station: if it was off frequency, I cycled power off and on until the carrier appeared where it should be. It was not drift, just a percentual jump in frequency. Also I noticed sudden phase jumps when receiving wefax stations without any reasonable explanation for it. Since it pointed to a problem in the oscillator and I had not any suitable means of checking its stabulity, I temporarly replaced it by a recycled 50 Mhz computer clock module and adjusted the DDS multiplier acordingly. This confirmed the oscillator as the cause of the problem. I replaced it (50 bucks) and both problems are gone. I think mine is not the only faulty oscillator found, and maybe this is not your case. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] Frequency error
EB4APL escribió: David Blaschke wrote: I used the SDR-1000 exclusively during the EME contest. I found one troubling fault: Often after restarting the radio, I would set the frequency to 144.129, only to find that it was really transmitting on 144.141. I had to restart the radio to clear this problem. It is unpredictable when this will happen, but if I get the radio started and it is finally transmitting on the shown frequency, it will stay there for the duration. This happens with both Version. 1.6.2 and 1.6.3. I have now made a habit, now to take the frequency counter and place it near the amplifier to assure that I am on the correct frequency whenever I have restarted the radio. If anyone has any ideas on this problem, and its fix - please email me directly also as well as this reflector. Dave, W5UN Home Page: http://web.wt.net/~w5un/ Dave, I used to have a persistent frequency accuracy issue on my SDR 1000. It started on (at least) two distinct frequency offsets. After realizing what the problem was (but not the failure mechanism), I used on each power on first to tune to a MW broadcast station: if it was off frequency, I cycled power off and on until the carrier appeared where it should be. It was not drift, just a percentual jump in frequency. Also I noticed sudden phase jumps when receiving wefax stations without any reasonable explanation for it. Since it pointed to a problem in the oscillator and I had not any suitable means of checking its stabulity, I temporarly replaced it by a recycled 50 Mhz computer clock module and adjusted the DDS multiplier acordingly. This confirmed the oscillator as the cause of the problem. I replaced it (50 bucks) and both problems are gone. I think mine is not the only faulty oscillator found, and maybe this is not your case. Hi, I have found a table with some measurements I made when I was troubleshooting this issue. Since the cause of the frequency jump is unknow to me it cannot be applied to other failures, but it can ilustrate the symptoms. /VFO Real freq. Ratio 0.585 0.5829391.0035355328773679578823856355468 5.9 5.8790441.0035645251166686284368683071601 7.115 7.0897281.0035645937333562020997138395154 10.0 9.96447 1.0035656688213221576260453390898 19.119.9287631.00357016639718180200145889637 Since the ratio is constant, disregarding the measurement errors, it looks like the oscillator sometimes starts on 199.2885 instead of 200.0 Mhz, who knows why. / Yes, the cause was the oscillator. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20061116/ec5665f4/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] OCXO
Jim Lux wrote: At 07:47 AM 10/16/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm interested to get one of those OCXO modules that Alan K2WS developed. He told me there is a minimum of 10 orders required from Bliley (OCXO's manufacturer). In order to shorten the waiting time I'm willing to order the 10 units but I will like to know first if some one else is interested to do the OCXO upgrade to their Flex as well, otherwise I will be stuck with the remaining. Have you tried Wenzel for oscillators? http://www.wenzel.com/ They have very low phase noise OCXOs in the $200-300 price range, and for common frequencies (5,10 MHz for sure, lots of others too) they'll probably have them off the shelf in qty:1. I've used a number of their Streamline high performance oscillators for a quiet 10 MHz reference. These are the familiar 2x2x1 inch block with a SMA connector (or pins or BNC) The Onyx is a smaller package with pins. their VHF frequency ones (30-130 MHz) offer phase noise of -125 dBc/Hz at 100 Hz out. 100 MHz is a standard, but I don't think it will work with the SDR1000 (x2 isn't an option for the onchip PLL, as I recall). ..(more follows) Jim, On Sep 21 2006 Eric Wachsmann wrote: 100MHz is actually not a supported frequency since the DDS input multiplier does not officially have a 2x setting. It does seem to work though, strangely enough. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems I bought a new Bliley 100 Mhz OCXO on ebay ($45, some still remain on sale, item #290031197853)and I was planning to use a X2 multiplier or divide it down to a supported frequency and let the pll multiply back to 200 Mhz. It seems that I can use the oscillator output directly. I´ll test it as time permits. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20061016/238df3be/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] SVN: 683
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: If the files in question are dlls, I would guess that they were in use (loaded) at the time you attempted to do the svn update; svn would be unable to delete the old version as part of the replacement operation. Was PowerSDR running at that time? Pete, N3EVL Pete, maybe the answer is yes but I can´t be sure about it. I perform updates in a routine basis almost daily without incidents, but I could goofed this time. The strange thing is that it happened to two disctint people at the same time. More on this: Now I tryed to do an update with the program intentionally running and I got: /Error: In directory 'C:\Archivos de programa\FlexRadio Systems\Copia de PowerSDR v1.6.3 last release' Error: Can't move 'C:\Archivos de programa\FlexRadio Systems\Copia de PowerSDR v1.6.3 last release\PowerSDR.exe.tmp' to 'C:\Archivos de programa\FlexRadio Systems\Copia de PowerSDR v1.6.3 last release\PowerSDR.exe': Acceso denegado/. And after leaving the program and trying again I got: /Error: Working copy 'C:\Archivos de programa\FlexRadio Systems\Copia de PowerSDR v1.6.3 last release' locked Error: Please execute the Cleanup command. / Well, I executed cleanup, retried and the program updated normally. The strange question is why it was not updated the first time without any clue. So I don´t thik the problem was due to the dll being locked, but who knows -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060921/301c0aa4/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] SVN Upgrading - PLL options
Eric Wachsmann wrote: Kevin, 100MHz is actually not a supported frequency since the DDS input multiplier does not officially have a 2x setting. It does seem to work though, strangely enough. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems Well, good news for me. I was planning to divide a 100 Mhz OCXO to a supported frequency and let the pll multiply back to 200 Mhz. Now I can use the oscillator output directly. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] SVN: 683
Dave Kiefer wrote: I have a question for the brain trust. I updated to SVN:683 and Power SDR would not start up after that, telling me something about not being able to insert receive frequency or something into DttSP.dll. Upon further investigation,I found that file and 5 others that were not updating to the latest version. I manually updated them and all works fine now. My question is why didn't the Tortoise SVN Update do this ? Do I have something in it's setup wrong? I couldn't see where. The files in question had date codes from 7/15/06 so it should have been pretty easy for Tortoise to see this. Any one have a clue? Dave - N4DWK Hi, I suffered the same incident and used the same fix. (thank you Dave). My previous dll was dated 08/04/2006. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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 TX
David, are yoy sure you have not the Receive Only option checked (Setup/General/Hardware Config/Receive Only)? If this is the case, the Tune button should be Grayed out. Check also the Tune Power setting in the Transmit tab. David Ackrill escribió: I've been banging my head against a wall all day, on and off, trying to get my SDR1000 to transmit... OK, so, Tune, CW, SSB - no go. The power meter in V1.6.2 and the latest svn both show 0.00W when I try to transmit. The power meter between the SDR1000 and the dummy load shows 0W and there's no received signal on another receiver set to the same frequency, even if I 'swish' it up and down to make sure I'm not zero beat by any chance. If I look closely at the console, the 'Fwd Pwr' display on the TX meter is greyed out on receive, but becomes black when I try to transmit although it stays on 0.00W. I'm trying to transmit in well known Amateur bands and I can hear signals when I plug an aerial in. Anyone any idea what I need to set so that I can transmit please? I've read the instructions from cover to cover (there's alot more in them than when I 1st got my SDR1000!) but I can't see what I've done wrong/not set correctly. I know the PA was OK because the SDR1000 guy in Germany who fixed my other hardware faults tested it and got the right amount of power out. Oh, by the way, it's a QRP SDR1000, I don't have the 100W amp in it, I thought I'd better get this running before investing more money. :-) Any ideas please? ___ 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 -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] SDR1000 WPI (Water Pipe Interference) Problem
Gerald Capodieci escribió: I need advice or a lead on Water Pipe Interference (WPI). This is not a joke. At midnight my wife and son came into the room while I was transmitting on 3.9000 MHz stating that someone or thing is under the house hitting the pipes or dragging chains. My son and I, carrying shovels, walked the perimeter to find all the vents and crawl space covers in place. I went to the shack to resume transmitting while my son listened. He came in to say the water pipes were vibrating. I had him transmit while I looked and I could see the 3/4 inch water pipe moving rapidly back and forth in 1/2 inch cycles. I'm planning on clamping the pipes to the framing but wonder if that solution could lead to further problems. Has anyone had similar experience or information on this issue? I live near Los Angeles and have great signal reports from all the Western states. I'm running resonant inverted Vs with nearly a 1:1 match fed through a balun and RG213. The SDR1000 is driving an AL-82 with at least 1K Watts out and each piece of equipment is grounded to a 3/4 inch copper pipe running through the shack and leading to the copper water pipes 30 feet away. I have no TVI, RFI just WPI. Jerry -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060911/7f926e54/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 Gerald, I believe you 100%, but you must admit that this case is a good candidate for the best urban legend in the radio field in years. No joke, I would like to know how you fix it and a credible explanation. Antennas resonate (usually) but (usually also) they don´t vibrate mecanically that way. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] great enhancements
Ken - N9VV escribió: Isn't it **COOL** that you can have multiple software installations and use any one of them any time you choose!! Each rev is unique and can be installed totally separate from another. I don't recall seeing that from any vendor of Ham equipment in the past 45 years!! Can you imagine Microsoft giving you several different windows revisions just because each one suits a unique preference? I agree with Jeff KA5MIR - we sure are lucky to be in Ham Radio at the right time. de ken n9vv I agree with Ken about the multiple installations. I only find a little problem: the memory table. I understant that this part of the radio is not used by many and also is a low priority item in the development, but if the path to this table were configurable, it could be shared between the co-resident versions and so it could be updated from any of them.. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] SVN 665
Klaus Lohmann wrote: Hi Flexers! Thanks to Jeff and Eric for the excellent work done with creating and incorporating the latest features which focus on the very unique capabilities of SDR. Your efforts are highly appreciated! On behalf of our German group thanks to all who contributed! And this big and daily growing piece of software is for free (!) ... FlexRadio - keep going in selling (SD)radios of all kind! 73s - Klaus, DK7XL Hi, I totally agree, every new release is an eagerly expected surprise and a gift. How I love this radio!!. Just a point: the display zoom level is saved at power off, but the highlight not. Thank you again and congratulations to all of us. -- 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL ___ 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] Can't install PowerSDR
David, It seems to me that you need the Direct X package. It can bedownloaded free from Microsoft. 73 de Ignacio, EB4APL -- David Ackrill wrote: Can someone help me out please? I have recently upgraded my PC and am reinstalling various things, such as PowerSDR. However, I cannot get the program to run... To give all the details that you may need about the new processor, the new board is running an AMD Sempron 3300 processor (at 2GHz), there is 358,832k of free RAM available, the operating system is Windows 2000 pro SP4 and I have installed .NET and MDAC as per the instructions for PowerSDR. I did have version 1.6.2 running on another PC, but I would like to run the rig on my new, faster, machine. When I install PowerSDR it goes through the fft checks but then, when the SDR splash screen comes up, it tries to initialise the program but always returns the error. File or assembly name Microsoft.Direct x.direct Input, or one of its dependancies, was not found at PowerSDR.CW..ctor (console c) PowerSDR.Console.InitConsole() PowerSDR.Console..ctor (String[]args) PowerSDR.Console.Main (String[]args) I tried installing PowerSDR version 1.6.1 but that just returns the same error message. Can anyone suggest what I need to do to install PowerSDR correctly please? Thanks - Dave (G0DJA) ___ 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 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
