Re: [Flexradio] Possible to run PSDR on a tablet for use with aFlex-1500
Why not run it as a remote station using Teamview, Skype, etc., for the remote voice/video? At that point as long as the tablet, cellphone, etc., can IP connect using the voice/video applications, you're good to go! (Still need to choose suitable devices for user interfaces!) You'll need a modest (or better) interconnect pipe. Watch out for latency. Avoid WIFI if possible. GL es 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Kevin Feeney Sent: July 20, 2014 21:13 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Possible to run PSDR on a tablet for use with aFlex-1500 I've run it on an ASUS T100 which can be a netbook or tablet, but I haven't found a way to get it to load the drivers and keep them. You have to go through a multistep, arcane process involving two reboots to get Windows 8.1 to allow unsigned drivers, and that works but as soon as you shut down or reboot, it reverts to rejecting them and you have to start over. I'd love to know a fix for that. I'm using PSDR 2.6.4 and an adapter to convert the micro USB on the screen side to USB to the radio. As I recall it worked well enough, but because of the Win8.1 issues, I never got to do much with it and am sort of stymied. But as I recall I was able to do most of the usually needed functions in tablet mode. One of the many reasons I don't love Win8.1 73 de Kevin, WB2EMS On 7/20/2014 9:52 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: Bill, is that a tablet? 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Bill Guyger via FlexRadio < flexradio@flex-radio.biz> wrote: I'm doing exactly that with a Toshiba Satellite running Win 7 Pro, i7 processor 8 gig of RAM 1 TB hard drive. Works great! Bill AD5OL Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2014, at 6:52 PM, vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: I was wondering if it is possible to run PSDR on a tablet hooked up directly via USB to a Flex-1500? It would be pretty cool to be able to to have a portable station like this. Zack N8FNR ___ 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 ___ 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] Flex Videos
Try this: http://en.savefrom.net/ 73 k0dan -Original Message- From: Randy Pence Sent: January 01, 2014 17:51 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex Videos Hello I am aware the reflector is not very active any more. I am going to ask a question here instead of putting it on the community. I would like to place many of the Flex videos on my archive hard drive that are on U Tube. Is there anyone that is aware of a utility that I can use to down load the U Tube videos to a hard drive. Thanks for any help or suggestions. -- Randy Pence N4JZY ___ 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] Portable power supply for Flex-3000?
I have a F5K so don't go portable with it...but I do go portable with an IC706iiG and bought one of these because of its size/weight: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-4125P I also like that it has some binding posts and a few PowerPoles. For 25A it is TINY! I am not a big fan of MFJ, but have had good luck with this PS. I hear some minor birdies & warbling when portable, but think it's environment and not the PS. Manageable. Fan makes a whirring noise but also manageable. GL es 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Brian Miller Sent: September 19, 2013 08:34 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Portable power supply for Flex-3000? Hi all I'm looking for a small and lightweight AC power supply to power my Flex-3000 radio when travelling. I'm thinking of a small switch mode supply but it will need to be very quiet from an RF noise perspective. Any recommendations for a power supply in this category? Thanks and 73 Brian VK3MI ___ 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] F3k Split Operation
Ah so, now I understand your issue. Sorry I couldn't help, I'm stumped on this one, altho it wouldn't surprise me if there was some (undocumented?) keyboard combination to provide that function. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Don Sent: May 28, 2013 01:21 To: [FlexRadio] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation Hi Dan, K0DAN Not a problem. The "A<>B" switch flips the frequency's not the transmit VFO. You still transmit on VFO "B". Try transmitting of VFO "A" while in split mode. Do it this way, setup the 5000 as before. While in split mode you will notice that VFO "B" is now the transmit VFO by the small TX button on the bottom left corner of the VFO "B" display being highlighted. Now look at VFO "A". The small TX button VFO "A" is not highlighted indicating that you are receiving on VFO "A".This is all normal for the FlexRadio's. Now use the mouse and click on the small TX button of VFO "A" and watch what happens. When you do this you switch the transmit function back to VFO "A" and it takes you out of split mode. That is why I say that the button A<>B transfers the frequency's but not the transmit VFO's. So that whatever frequency is in the "B" VFO while in split mode is transmitted on. When you turn off the split mode, then VFO "A" becomes the transmit VFO. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: K0DAN Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 7:54 PM To: Don ; [FlexRadio] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation Hi Don... Stubbornly I tried this (Flex 5000, using just RX1 in SPLIT mode), and "A<>B" flipped the two VFO's. Maybe I'm not understanding your question? Surely, the F1.5K, F3K, and F5K are not that different?!? 73 de k0dan -Original Message- From: Don Sent: May 27, 2013 19:25 To: [FlexRadio] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation Dan, K0DAN Yes that is true but there is not A/B button. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: K0DAN Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 5:18 PM To: Don ; [FlexRadio] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation For the F5K (and I presume the whole family of PSDR radios), the buttons in lower left A>B AB let you dance the VFO's all day! 73 de k0dan -Original Message- From: Don Sent: May 27, 2013 18:20 To: [FlexRadio] Subject: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation Hello I’m using a F3K and looking for a way to change the RX and TX VFO’s when working split. I would like VFO “A” to be TX and VFO “B” to be RX. So far I don’t see a way to do it, but just incase I missed it thought I would ask here. Thanks and 73’s Don, kd6hq ___ 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] F3k Split Operation
Hi Don... Stubbornly I tried this (Flex 5000, using just RX1 in SPLIT mode), and "A<>B" flipped the two VFO's. Maybe I'm not understanding your question? Surely, the F1.5K, F3K, and F5K are not that different?!? 73 de k0dan -Original Message- From: Don Sent: May 27, 2013 19:25 To: [FlexRadio] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation Dan, K0DAN Yes that is true but there is not A/B button. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: K0DAN Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 5:18 PM To: Don ; [FlexRadio] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation For the F5K (and I presume the whole family of PSDR radios), the buttons in lower left A>B AB let you dance the VFO's all day! 73 de k0dan -Original Message- From: Don Sent: May 27, 2013 18:20 To: [FlexRadio] Subject: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation Hello I’m using a F3K and looking for a way to change the RX and TX VFO’s when working split. I would like VFO “A” to be TX and VFO “B” to be RX. So far I don’t see a way to do it, but just incase I missed it thought I would ask here. Thanks and 73’s Don, kd6hq ___ 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] F3k Split Operation
For the F5K (and I presume the whole family of PSDR radios), the buttons in lower left A>B AB let you dance the VFO's all day! 73 de k0dan -Original Message- From: Don Sent: May 27, 2013 18:20 To: [FlexRadio] Subject: [Flexradio] F3k Split Operation Hello I’m using a F3K and looking for a way to change the RX and TX VFO’s when working split. I would like VFO “A” to be TX and VFO “B” to be RX. So far I don’t see a way to do it, but just incase I missed it thought I would ask here. Thanks and 73’s Don, kd6hq ___ 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] How to center the panadapter?
The button that says "center" performs that. 73 k0dan -Original Message- From: David Land Sent: May 12, 2013 12:19 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] How to center the panadapter? Seems like there was something on here about how to center up the panadaper display. I had to reset my DB and now it is off to the right of center again. I looked around in the setup options but didn't see it. Thanks & 73, Dave ___ 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] Distortion on my signal.
Hi Dan... I have had similar experiences, esp with recent PSDR release versions. I think changes in the software have made my previous level sets obsolete. I notice that other people have answered you, and I concur that you should eliminate any chance of RFI, then use the Rob W1AEX's excellent flowchart methods for audio setting. In particular note his recommendations to avoid getting even close to 0dB on peaks-5dB or even -10dB will still provide plenty of output, yet will give you the headroom needed to avoid the ALC kicking in. Also pay attention to how you have your PSDR defaults set...that is, are you saving the changes you make in transmit profiles, and how are your transmit profiles saved (auto save vs manual save)? After those homework assignments, if you still have audio grunge (I did), contact me, I may have some other suggestions for you. I finally have my system producing clean audio with adequate RF output, but it took a long time getting back here. On earlier PSDR versions, it was not this critical, but now the technique has changed. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Dan Baker Sent: February 20, 2013 11:05 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Distortion on my signal. Hello all, I just recently bought a 3000 refurb unit. I am having trouble getting it to sound clean. I tried my Yaesu hand mic, a Electro Voice RE20, and my Headset. All with the same result. The reports I get from my friends are a little distortion on the peaks of my signal. That it just does not sound right. My peaks can be at -25dbm and it is still present. I set this up by setting the Mic gain at 35% adjusting the Mixer setting until it was about -15db on the mic meter reading. Then adjusting the EQ level. I have it running around -10 to -15 dbm on my peaks. When I listen to the audio using the monitor in PSDR it sounds clean. I can run 20 watts out of the radio or 700 watts out of my amp and it does not change. Anyone have any suggestions? Best Regards, DanKM6CQ -- KM6CQ Dan Baker www.km6cq.com @danielbaker QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or Direct. ___ 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] Noise blanker not working a expected
What is a known/documented "good/clean" battery maintenance system? I have two different brands here and they're both big noise generators. WalWarts not so much. Most of the time I'd rather face dead mowers and tractors than face the electrical noise that comes out of my barn. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Steve Sterling Sent: February 20, 2013 03:39 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Noise blanker not working a expected Yes-- the industry standard multi-stage OEM battery maintenance charger used in the RV industry is terrible when it goes into the float mode. Mine drove me crazy, and I found it by making a loop and hooking it into my IC-7000 on a LiPo battery and walking around. Replaced it with a "better" unit and it is clean as a whistle in all charge stages. Steve WA7DUH On 2/20/2013 1:02 PM, wa3...@atlanticbb.net wrote: Mark, Have the same problem here. It took months to find it as it was not always on. I started throwing breakers to isolate it. It came from the barn where the only thing running was a battery maintainance charger in the boat made by Guest. Seems when the charger was on and charging all was ok. Only when the charger reached a full charge in maintaince mode that the circuity made the moving "hump" that had almost a buzzing noise. It was most noticeable on 75 meters. The barn is 300feet from the shack and made of metal with the doors usualy shut. . gl Paul, wa3qpx Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:04 -0600 flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz wrote: Send FlexRadio mailing list submissions to flexradio@flex-radio.biz To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz You can reach the person managing the list at flexradio-ow...@flex-radio.biz When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of FlexRadio digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON" orreally close (Jerry Flanders) 2. Re: DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON"or really close (John Stuart) 3. Question about NB1 and NB2,not working as I expect it to (Mark Lunday) 4. Re: DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON" orreally close (Richard Solomon) 5. Re: DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON" orreally close (Patrick Greenlee) 6. Re: DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON" orreally close (Richard Solomon) 7. Re: DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON" orreally close (Brian Lloyd) 8. Re: DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON" orreally close (William H. Fite) 9. Re: Question about NB1 and NB2, not working as I expect it to (Bob McGwier) 10. Re: Question about NB1 and NB2, not working as I expect it to (Graham Haddock) 11. Re: DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON" orreally close (Bob McGwier) 12. Re: Question about NB1 and NB2, not working as I expect it to (Bob McGwier) 13. Re: Question about NB1 and NB2,not working as I expect it to (Burt) 14. Re: Question about NB1 and NB2,not working as I expect it to (Mark Lunday) 15. Re: Question about NB1 and NB2,not working as I expect it to (Mark Lunday) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:59:33 -0500 From: Jerry Flanders To: Brian Lloyd Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A "DEAD ON" orreally close Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I think the most important thing to remember in the Rb vs GPSDO debate is that without some other standard like a GPSDO or better to compare to or calibrate against, you never know that your Rb oscillator is actually on-freq. The LPRO-101 has an adjustment to vary its freq. How would I know that adjustment pot didn't get jostled during shipment? Lastly, since we know the early Rb units were subject to failure due to aging of the Rb tube, how would I know the one I was considering has much life remaining ? Bottom line - I would HAVE to be able to check/calibrate it, but against what primary reference? Without a GPSDO to compare the Rb to, I think buying a Rb one would be a crap-shoot. After thinking it through, I skipped the Rb step and went straight to the GPSDO. Jerry W4UK At 11:47 PM 2/18/2013, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Richard Solomon wrote: > I also have both (two RbO's and 4 GPSDO's). I'll take the GPSDO any day. > This is not a, "which o
Re: [Flexradio] SSB transmit has 800 Hz tone, no audio
If you are using the balanced input on the back, you need to change the mixer to select balanced (on database reset it defaults to unbalanced). (Of course, make sure "all mute" is not selected!) Check if you have (or need) the Mic Boost on. The rear balanced input (if you use it) is a fairly high impedance, and needs a fairly high audio level (0 to +4 dBu). Make sure none of the later audio stages are shut down (every stage should be close mid-range). See if any of this helps. GL es 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Mark Lunday Sent: February 20, 2013 01:51 PM To: flexra...@yahoogroups.com ; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SSB transmit has 800 Hz tone, no audio OK, I did factory database reset. I changed microphones. No change I am going through the audio alignment process, and there is no audio coming from the first stage at the audio mixer level. No meter movement. http://helpdesk.flexradio.com/entries/21938803-tx-audio-setup-procedure-by-w 1aex-rob I had to move the MIC level on the SDR console from 35 to 58. This is with the audio mixer set at maximum. I am able to get back to normal doing this, but I did not have this problem before, and 58 seems awfully high to have the mixer. The audio does not sound distorted, but something is amiss. I will open a support case Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.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] 4 SALE: AUDIO AMP FOR FLEX
I am listing this for a non-ham friend. I have a similar receiver which I use with my Flex 5000 to amplify R1 + R2 audio output...it feeds a pair of bookshelf speakers and a subwoofer, and I also use it to occasionally listen to AM/FM broadcast. If I had a TV in the shack it'd make a dandy home theater receiver too. Sounds great for my ham applications. I have no interest in this sale, just doing a favor for a friend. If you're interested, contact me off-list and I'll put you together with him. Thanks for your time. 73 Dan K0DAN Here is the info for the A/V amp I was telling you about. Yamaha RX-V670 5.1 A/V Receiver. Excellent condition, original owner. Selling because I need to upgrade to HDMI. $75.00 obo This unit is 75 watts per channel. Speaker connections for front, center, rear and subwoofer. Built-in tone generator for easy speaker setup. It features a digital sound field processer: pro logic/enhanced, concert video, mono movie, rock concert, concert hall and off Controls for center mode, delay time, front effect level, center & rear level controls, speakers A/B, bass/treble/balance controls Inputs: phono/CD/tuner/LD tv/tape 1 mon/VCR 1 mon/VCR 2 mon 40 station presets. Connectors Type: 1 X AM Tuner Antenna input - rear 1 X Composite (Video) output - rear 1 X FM Tuner Antenna input - rear 1 X Headphones output - front 2 X Analog Audio output - rear 2 X RCA (2 Audio Channels) output - rear 3 X Analog Audio input - rear 3 X RCA (2 Audio Channels) input - rear Manual: http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/pdf/av/english/re/RX-V670.pdf ___ 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] Strange noise in 5K audio chain
I don't believe I have any RFI issues here. I am running an Astron RM60M has has never had any problems that I am aware of. The "background noise level issue" described DOES here. I can reduce it by about 30dB by muting all inputs on the mixer, but cannot make it fully disappear. I think it is a new phenomena, along with my SSB and AM audio sounding muddy, over-compressed, bubbly etc. I have been using Rob W1AEX's audio chain flow chart for several years and have had great audio. Recently my audio went to hell and I have been having a really tough time getting back to where it was. This may be coincidence, but I only recently changed PSDR from 2.3.5 to 2.5.3 and from where I sit it seems that the audio chain changed significantly. Others with this problem might check to see if MIC BOOST is defaulted on...I thought I had mine off, but discovered it's on...right out of the box that'll add about 15DB gain to the audio chain. I use the balanced input. 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Robert Costa, KB6QXM Sent: January 08, 2013 02:39 PM To: Bob Kay ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Strange noise in 5K audio chain Considering all of the RF ingress issues and EMI issues I have AND considering I am using a Astron 50a with my Flex 5000a, I definately want to know if there is any issues with the Astron. 73, Robert KB6QXM "Ham Radio Open Conversation" Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: "Bob Kay" To: Subject: [Flexradio] Strange noise in 5K audio chain Date: Tue, Jan 8, 2013 12:14 pm While setting up a new PR40 on my Flex 5K, I’ve discovered some sort of noise getting into the audio chain. With NO mic connected, if I key the transmitter I’m seeing some “noise” that will cause about a 50% vertical column on the spectrum display. If I disable all audio inputs in the Mixer window, the noise disappears. Likewise, if I decrease an active input to 0, the noise goes away. It's definitely not RF since I can set the DRIVE to 0 and have it occur. Even when the noise is at worst case, there isn’t any output on the wattmeter. Listening on another receiver, it sounds like 60 hz from the power supply. The power supply is an Astron RS-50A. I seem to recall some issue that had to do with a jumper (or lack of one) between the negative output and the 50A’s chassis ground. Anyone ever run into this situation? -- *Best 73 de WA2SQQ Elmwood Park, NJ "The only dumb questions are those we don't ask"* ___ 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] external head phone is low
Try MIXER -Original Message- From: Everett B. Simonds Sent: December 18, 2012 02:58 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] external head phone is low On 12/16/2012 5:40 PM, Darryl Wagoner wrote: Greeting, I just upgraded to win8-x64 and I have found the volume on the head phones are low. Heil single proset. Is there an adjustment beside AF and AGC-T? thanks -darryl ___ 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/ Darryl: I'm seeing the same thing with PSDR 2.5.3 on a 64 bit Win 7 box into a Heil Pro-Set Plus. With the mixer control, AF and AGC-T all pegged and the preamp "on" I can barely hear a thing. Output into the external speakers seems fine. Everett KE5MMT ___ 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] V2.2.3 Memories disappear ?
It is always a good idea to save your databases and print a screenshot of each menu screen before you do anything radical (like a version change). Most times it goes smoothly, but it never hurts to keep some records. I just went from 2.3.5 to 2.5.3, and while it was fairly painless, my TX audio profiles turned to mush. My screenprints from the prior version were helpful, but to great, and I had to spend about 30 minutes following Rob's (W1AEX) audio tweak routine to bring everything back to "good". I have also used (and recommend) K9DUR's database export utility, however I find that with major Version changes by Flex, subtle changes happen. In the final analysis I suggest a new database with each rebuild, then follow the data and screenshots you have used previously. GL es 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: W1JCW Sent: December 16, 2012 08:33 PM To: 'Tim Ellison' ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] V2.2.3 Memories disappear ? When I upgrade will all my current settings be imported or will I have to set it all up again ? 73- W1JCW John -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 7:36 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] V2.2.3 Memories disappear ? It is caused by running an old version of PowerSDR. Upgrade to at least PowerSDR v2.3.5 Tim Ellison On 12/16/2012 8:04 PM, W1JCW wrote: Hey guys - What causes my saved memory freqs to disappear ? This has happened a few times, no glitch just next time I start Power SDR the memories are all clear ! What gives ? 73- W1JCW John ___ 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] Logging programs
I too have been using LOGic since Version 4, am currently using V8. Yes they have V9 out but I never did the upgrade because the product is so mature the new features didn't really add anything for me and I couldn't justify the price. Version 8, however (V8.0.104) is running perfectly, and interfaces great with Flex/PSDR, DDUTIL, VSP, VAC. I understand that the new version is now more flexible in its support of virtual serial ports, and this might be an important feature for the Flex/PSDR user who only wants to have PSDR talk to the logger via CAT. I also understand LOGic now supports multiple QTH and multiple operators, altho I don't use those features...might work for you. Best bet is to contact Dennis at the HoseNose site. Over the years I have looked at other logging products but have never found anything as versatile as LOGic. I will say that for fast-paced contests, N1MM is the speed racer...I use N1MM for some contests, then bring back the log data into LOGic using ADIF. As with all things, YMMV! GL es 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: John Swink Sent: December 06, 2012 04:02 PM To: Flexradio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] Logging programs The recent discussion about logging programs got me thinking about computer logging again. Many years ago I used LOGic 4 for logging contacts but quit using it since I operated from two fixed locations and mobile and had a computer at only one fixed location. I now have a computer that I can use at all locations and am considering computer logging again. LOGic is now at version 9. Has anyone had any experience using LOGic with PowerSDR and what is your experience with it? I need a logging program for general contacts, contesting, awards tracking (HF/VUHF) and LOTW with tracking from each location I operate from. I have been unable to locate anything on the internet that compares the features, versatility and ease of use of other logging programs that are currently available. Does anyone know if such a comparison exists or the pros and cons of the existing logging software? Thanks for your assistance. 7, John N8WNA ___ 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] Sweeping noise/signal across band
The 1/sec "click" is almost certainly an electric fence. I hear it on some bands, and there are some hobby farms within 1/2 mile of here so electric fence is likely. It is not a big nuisance, but is annoying. The moving noise humps appear to come in several flavors. The fact that they disappear when inside the Flex passband and you cannot tune them in suggests they are Flex-generated and are moved/suppressed by PSDR. Also, if you turn Spur Reduction on/off, they will move, which is a sure sign of internal noise. Then there are other noise humps, radiosondes, and sweepers on the bands. These you can tune in and do not move with S.R. If you tune the low end of 80M during the day (when the noise floor is low) you will see a bunch of noise humps which I believe to be intermod and overload from the AM broadcast segment. These should disappear with highpass filter on the antenna input (I have not tried it). The various sweepers could be guys playing with their VFO, radiosonds, spread spectrum, or all sorts of man-made noise from CPU's, monitors, power supplies, etc. The good thing is most of the time these QRM/QRN are curiosities and annoying, but do not curtail operation much. In many cases, before we had the panadaptors and could see what was below 100dBm, we didn't even know that crud was there! 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Patrick Greenlee Sent: December 02, 2012 06:38 AM To: K0DAN ; Bob Kay ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band I also see things running back and forth across the panadapter, relatively localized humps a few dB above background. I don't hear them when they transit my operating freq. I typically operate in Panafall Mode and every once in a while I see a horizontal trace as some source sweeps through in freq. They pique my interest but these anomalies do not interfere with my operation. I'll check the UPS idea as there is one in the next room and another on a different floor. When a band is quiet I do hear a steady repeated noise pulse on approximate 1 sec rep rate but I suspect it is my electric fence charger. Luckily it is just noticeable and not a problem, I wouldn't want to risk the herd wandering where they shouldn't because I had to shut down the hot wire to talk on the radio. 73 Patrick AF5CK -Original Message- From: K0DAN Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 7:56 PM To: Bob Kay ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band Good point! I got this advice from someone earlier...but it wasnb t the UPS. Nor was it anything else in my QTH domain. It comes and goees but does not bother me too much. Part of the problem is the Flex panadaptor shows you stuff thatb s there but you were aware of. Drives you crazy, but not a major nuisance. When trying to track down on-site QRM/QRN by using the trip-breaker technique, it gets dicey powering stuff (Flex + Monitor + PC) unless you have a totally portable station. I have a Flex 5000 I run with a PC/Monitor. AFAIK they are all b cleanb , but running them 100% off the power grid is problematic. When I substitute a battery or alternate PC, I have perhaps killed one noise source but introduced a new one. I will worry about it when these noise humps are S9+. Right now they are below b 115dM, not on all bands, and are just annoyances. 73 Dan K0DAN From: Bob Kay Sent: December 01, 2012 07:48 PM To: K0DAN Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band Check your UPS supply. You've described my situation exactly. I contacted UPC and they had no interest in solving it. Unplugged the UPS and the problem is gone. On Saturday, December 1, 2012, K0DAN wrote: There can be many sources of this. First and easiest thing to do is find out if you're the cause of your own noise. If possible, power your Flex from a battery or UPS, and use a laptop under battery power as the PC. Then turn off all circuit breakers at your QTH and see if anything changes. The breaks will kill any vampire power from your QTH (power supplies, wall warts, HVAC fans, etc.). If the noise changes or goes away, now start turning circuits back on and see what brings back the noise. At that point you can better ID the source and look for mitigation. If tripping your breakers doesn't do it, it's your neighbors and/or in your environment, and might not be feasible to identify or resolve, esp in FL condo. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Steve Fowler Sent: December 01, 2012 04:15 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band Welcome to urban noise pollution! At least that's my best guess. I have switch mode power supplies in my house along with the PWM motor controller on my furnace that make noise like that. The one I had that acted exactly like your
Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band
Good point! I got this advice from someone earlier...but it wasn’t the UPS. Nor was it anything else in my QTH domain. It comes and goees but does not bother me too much. Part of the problem is the Flex panadaptor shows you stuff that’s there but you were aware of. Drives you crazy, but not a major nuisance. When trying to track down on-site QRM/QRN by using the trip-breaker technique, it gets dicey powering stuff (Flex + Monitor + PC) unless you have a totally portable station. I have a Flex 5000 I run with a PC/Monitor. AFAIK they are all “clean”, but running them 100% off the power grid is problematic. When I substitute a battery or alternate PC, I have perhaps killed one noise source but introduced a new one. I will worry about it when these noise humps are S9+. Right now they are below –115dM, not on all bands, and are just annoyances. 73 Dan K0DAN From: Bob Kay Sent: December 01, 2012 07:48 PM To: K0DAN Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band Check your UPS supply. You've described my situation exactly. I contacted UPC and they had no interest in solving it. Unplugged the UPS and the problem is gone. On Saturday, December 1, 2012, K0DAN wrote: There can be many sources of this. First and easiest thing to do is find out if you're the cause of your own noise. If possible, power your Flex from a battery or UPS, and use a laptop under battery power as the PC. Then turn off all circuit breakers at your QTH and see if anything changes. The breaks will kill any vampire power from your QTH (power supplies, wall warts, HVAC fans, etc.). If the noise changes or goes away, now start turning circuits back on and see what brings back the noise. At that point you can better ID the source and look for mitigation. If tripping your breakers doesn't do it, it's your neighbors and/or in your environment, and might not be feasible to identify or resolve, esp in FL condo. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Steve Fowler Sent: December 01, 2012 04:15 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band Welcome to urban noise pollution! At least that's my best guess. I have switch mode power supplies in my house along with the PWM motor controller on my furnace that make noise like that. The one I had that acted exactly like yours was a SMPS powering my security cameras. The frequency changes with minor variations in the load, which causes the drifting you see, and the long wires feeding my cameras make great transmitting antennas. You can track down and reduce or eliminate the noise coming from your own house, but then you'll start picking it up from the neighborhood and beyond. On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 3:50 PM, konrad schultz wrote: Anyone having a similar problem. I see (on the panafall) and hear in the headphones a sweeping signal or noise that regularly and slowly goes across the band in time. Right to left and then back. Adds 20 db of noise to a -119 db threshold on 20M CW. I am using my FLEX 3000 portable here at our condo in SW FL. Ant is a portable dipole mounted on a camera tripod using two MFG 20M whips and stands 3-6 feet off the ground. 50 Ohm coax. New Lenovo laptop. All seemed to work fine at our QTH up north on 80M dipole - which is up in two trees. Thoughts? Best, Konrad W1KON ___ 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/ -- Best 73 de WA2SQQ Elmwood Park, NJ "The only dumb questions are those we don't ask" ___ 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] Sweeping noise/signal across band
There can be many sources of this. First and easiest thing to do is find out if you're the cause of your own noise. If possible, power your Flex from a battery or UPS, and use a laptop under battery power as the PC. Then turn off all circuit breakers at your QTH and see if anything changes. The breaks will kill any vampire power from your QTH (power supplies, wall warts, HVAC fans, etc.). If the noise changes or goes away, now start turning circuits back on and see what brings back the noise. At that point you can better ID the source and look for mitigation. If tripping your breakers doesn't do it, it's your neighbors and/or in your environment, and might not be feasible to identify or resolve, esp in FL condo. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Steve Fowler Sent: December 01, 2012 04:15 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band Welcome to urban noise pollution! At least that's my best guess. I have switch mode power supplies in my house along with the PWM motor controller on my furnace that make noise like that. The one I had that acted exactly like yours was a SMPS powering my security cameras. The frequency changes with minor variations in the load, which causes the drifting you see, and the long wires feeding my cameras make great transmitting antennas. You can track down and reduce or eliminate the noise coming from your own house, but then you'll start picking it up from the neighborhood and beyond. On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 3:50 PM, konrad schultz wrote: Anyone having a similar problem. I see (on the panafall) and hear in the headphones a sweeping signal or noise that regularly and slowly goes across the band in time. Right to left and then back. Adds 20 db of noise to a -119 db threshold on 20M CW. I am using my FLEX 3000 portable here at our condo in SW FL. Ant is a portable dipole mounted on a camera tripod using two MFG 20M whips and stands 3-6 feet off the ground. 50 Ohm coax. New Lenovo laptop. All seemed to work fine at our QTH up north on 80M dipole - which is up in two trees. Thoughts? Best, Konrad W1KON ___ 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] FLEX AUDIO
For those Flex owners who are considering an external stereo amplifier and bookshelf speakers to provide high quality audio for your Flex radio, I have a like-new Yamaha RX-V990 receiver available for a great price ($100). I have used this receiver with excellent results, not only to drive speakers for my Flex 5000, but also to provide AM/FM reception in the shack. If you have a TV in the shack it will also provide 5.1 channel 350 watt home theater capability. If you have a Flex 5000 with the 2nd receiver, running R1 and R2 to the right/left channels allows you to mix and pan the two receiver audio channels, works great when operating split or dual-band, and the audio on SSB and AM sound fantastic. In perfect condition, with original manual, remote control, etc. Also available are a pair of Optimus bookshelf speakers. Please contact me off-list if you're interested, I will provide specs, photos, etc. Thanks for your time... 73 Dan K0DAN ___ 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] HELP WITH VAC
Is there someone who can mentor me with VAC? I have been reading docs, trying examples from the Flex WIKI, doing trial-and-error etc., but still can’t get audio I/O using VAC (V.4.12). Frustrated! I am pretty sure VAC is working, since I can see activity in the VAC Control Panel. I have set up two virtual audio cables, and have corresponding cables defined in PSDR, also in whatever software apps I happen to be trying. The buffers all match and setup parameters are copied right out of the docs and WIKI articles. I have tried the MME and other drivers, doesn’t seem to make any difference. When tuned to signals, the software doesn’t decode anything, nor can I modulate a signal. When trying to pipe audio to/from VOIP apps, I can’t generate any audio nor hear anything coming back. What I want to do: a) Get any basic packet or RTTY program running with PSDR/Flex, then use this as a “template” for experimenting with other digital mode software. b) Want to use PSDR/Flex as my single source for audio I/O for other VOIP apps. My balanced mic audio goes into my Flex 5K, and the PSDR audio output goes from the F5K to an external stereo amp/speakers. This works fine as a voice transmitter/receiver, but something is not set up right using the Flex/VAC as a virtual sound card. c) I would like to tap off Flex/PSDR and run audio I/O to 3rd party VOIP applications such as Skype, TeamViewer, EchoLink, etc. I have tried all the audio I/O selections I can find but still can’t talk/hear with the digital mode software, nor hear using VOIP. I think my problem is failure to define proper I/O device on the 3rd party software. Seems simple but I can’t make it work. Help? Suggestions? Thanks and 73, Dan (K0DAN) ___ 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] Fw: STANCOR ISOLATION TRANSFORMER FOR SALE
I have a nice (near new) Stancor isolation transformer that is surplus to my needs. Could be just what you need for that hum or RFI problem! It is a model GIS-150 spec’d for nominal 115VAC and power rating of 150VA. Specs and photos available here: http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=UmzvcGcLxU8eB2MvedPLbA%3D%3D http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?sku=70213214 http://www.stancor.com/pdfs/install_sheets/0037-6206.pdf http://www.stancor.com/pdfs/catalog_2006/pg_038_39.pdf Mouser sells these new for a bit over $100. Mine is available for $45 plus shipping (can probably fit in a medium USPS flat rate box). Personal check or PayPal. Please contact me offlist if interested. (Photos available on request.) Thanks and 73 Dan K0DAN ___ 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] Video card for flex
Hi Bob... I'm using a ATI/AMD Sapphire Radeon HD 5670. I built my Win7/x64 PC about a year ago, and at the time the video card was the best balance of dual output and past video processor without getting into the more costly realm of a "gaming video card". I'm sure there's many more choices today. The video card drives a pair of Dell 24" monitors. I'm very pleased with the results. I picked this card because a) Neal recommended it b) Had good price/value c) Had identical outputs so my monitors would be driven with identical video formats (no mixed HDMI, VGA, etc.) The link for this family of boards is: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&psn=000101 Good luck and 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Bob Sent: June 19, 2012 01:06 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Video card for flex Hi to the group, I have a Flex5000 running on a 32 bit win7 powered intel board. I want to use two big screens what is a good card to use? Regards Bob ZS6BXI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. ___ 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] HEAVY DUTY FOOTSWITCH
Heavy duty Motorola footswitch (from Centracom Console), surplus to my needs. Used but good condition. Looks like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Motorola-Traditional-Clipper-Twin-Foot-Switch-Model-BLN6732B-Pedal-/400270715113?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d31fe68e9 ...but is only a single unit, not dual. Can send you a photo of the item if you're interested. $20 plus whatever shipping is (can probably go in a small or medium USPS flat rate box). Please contact me off list. Tnx es 73, dan k0dan ___ 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] FIREWIRE CARD
Star Tech 3 port 1394/a/b Firewire card, NIB, surplus to my needs. It includes the card, a 1394b 9-6 pin cable, video editing CD, driver CD, and user's manual. Specs here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158016 $20, shipped anywhere in USA. Please contact me off list. Tnx es 73, dan k0dan ___ 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] FIRE WIRE CARD 4-SALE
I have a Star Tech 3 port 1394/a/b Firewire card which is surplus to my needs. It is N.I.B, I couldn't use it because its pinout was not compatible with my motherboard. It includes the card, a 1394b 9-6 pin cable, a video editing CD, a driver CD, and the user's manual. NewEgg is selling these for $45 + $7 shipping http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158016 It's available to first taker for $20, shipped anywhere in USA. Please contact me off list. 73 dan k0dan ___ 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] FIREWIRE CARD F/S
I have a Star Tech 3 port 1394/a/b Firewire card which is surplus to my needs. It is N.I.B, I couldn't use it because its pinout was not compatible with my motherboard. It includes the card, a 1394b 9-6 pin cable, a video editing CD, a driver CD, and the user's manual. NewEgg is selling these for $45 + $7 shipping (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158016) it's available to first taker for $20, shipped anywhere in USA. Please contact me off list. 73 dan k0dan ___ 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] FLEX AND VAC/VOIP
Is anyone using Flex/VAC in conjunction with SKYPE or other VOIP services? Any tutorials or other online references to help set up with Flex, yet still be able to use the same audio channels to simplify use with VOIP services? Tnx 73 dan k0dan ___ 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] Query to the user group
And/or an option to park the antenna and then activate external relays to lower a telescoping tower if the average wind speed exceeds, say, 30 (or "x") MPH? Commercial weather stations (e.g. Davis and others, http://www.davisnet.com/weather/products/weather_product.asp?pnum=06162) send their data to remote receivers, the data output of which can be ported to 3rd party applications. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Ken Alexander Sent: March 19, 2012 11:53 AM To: Michael Walker ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Query to the user group Cool idea Mike, even though I only have a vertical, which is always pointed in the right (or wrong) direction! How about an option to read and average the wind direction off a wind vane mounted on the tower and sever the tie to the internet? Just thinking out loud here... 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS From: Michael Walker To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:23:52 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Query to the user group All I'm commissioning a friend of mine to right some rotor automation that would read the Weather Underground data for my weather station and then once every 20 minutes or so, ensure the beam was headed in the 'right' direction if the wind was greater than 20kph (15mph) as an example. Would anyone else be interested in this? It would run on windows and would have to take over the rotor RS232 port while it is running. Its very simple goal would be to keep the antenna pointed correctly if you were away for an extended period of time. Right now, we are going to running it on an Idiom press controller. Or, has someone already done this? Sorry, a little off topic for the Flex, but to stay on topic, I did get WSPR just humming along. Mike va3mw ___ ___ 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] PSDR v2.3.5
Thanks again for the feedback and quick responses.
I guess the lesson learned here, is, that during an update, a little extra
insurance is to do the update, then, force a default database and go from there.
Might be redundant, but might avoid trouble down the road.
73
dan
k0dan
From: Tim Ellison, W4TME
Sent: March 10, 2012 07:06 PM
To: K0DAN
Cc: mailto:supp...@flex-radio.com ; mailto:flexradio@flex-radio.biz ; Dudley
Hurry
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR v2.3.5
It sounds like the rx2 EEPROM data did not transfer into the original DB
properly when it was initially created. Doing a factory default reset did a new
EEPROM data dump into the new database and it looks like it did it right the
second time around.
-Tim
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On Mar 10, 2012, at 7:52 PM, "K0DAN" wrote:
Dudley & Tim:
I’m happy to report the problem is fixed! But I’m puzzled why it happened in
the first place.
So: I went from PSDR 2.2.3 to 2.3.5. I just ran the standard install and it
did its thing.
I did NOT import a prior database, I simply assumed new/default database
would install itself. I then went through it and tweaked it to look as much as
possible like my prior 2.2.3 database. I rebooted at least once during the
process. Then, whenever I invoked R2, it puked.
The solution (thanks Dudley) was to force a 2.3.5 factory default database.
This did work, so I’m happy with that, but it seems redundant from the original
update.
Is that extra step, SET FACTORY DEFAULTS, a requirement of A NEW PSDR upgrade?
In any case, all’s now working well, thanks for the 24x7 support guys!
73
Dan
K0DAN
From: FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry
Sent: March 10, 2012 01:56 AM
To: K0DAN
Cc: Dudley Hurry ; t...@flex-radio.com ; Flexradio Reflector
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR v2.3.5
Dan,
Since it runs under 2.2.3, first try the Factory Reset to reset the database,
if it still fails, I would uninstall PowerSDR (using the Installer) and then
remove the PowerSDR 2.3.5 folder under the User, appdata directory..Then
start over with the install, something must have missed in the installation..
But let us all know what happens. :-)
73,
Dudley
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On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:42 PM, K0DAN wrote:
Per Dudley's email, I was hoping I would have a "D'OH!" moment and discover
I'd forgotten to reboot, but went thru all that and same error.
PSDR 2.2.3 works fine with R2, but when I run PSDR 2.3.5 it pukes as soon
as I call up R2.
Awaiting other suggestions!
Tnx es 73
dan
k0dan
-Original Message- From: Dudley Hurry
Sent: March 09, 2012 09:27 PM
To: K0DAN
Cc: Flexradio Reflector
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR v2.3.5
Dan ,
Have you rebooted since? Sounds like .NET missed something.
73,
Dudley
WA5QPZ
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 9, 2012, at 7:12 PM, "K0DAN" wrote:
Radio is a F5K+RX2+ATU on WIN7 Ultimate/x64.
I just installed PSDR v2.3.5 and customized my database.
Started playing around and discovered that R2 doesn't work:
- The R2 panadaptor doesn't open
- There's a big red X across the R1 panadaptor
- R1 continues to receive but you can't see what's going on
- Can't recover from this situation unless I close PSDR and restart (all
OK until I try R2 again)
Got the following error dump (below).
What do I do now?
Tnx es 73
Dan
k0dan
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
** Exception Text **
System.OverflowException: Overflow error.
at System.Drawing.Graphics.CheckErrorStatus(Int32 status)
at System.Drawing.Graphics.FillPolygon(Brush brush, Point[] points,
FillMode fillMode)
at System.Drawing.Graphics.FillPolygon(Brush brush, Point[] points)
at PowerSDR.Display.DrawPanadapter(Graphics g, Int32 W, Int32 H, Int32
rx, Boolean bottom)
at PowerSDR.Display.RenderGDIPlus(PaintEventArgs& e)
at PowerSDR.Console.picDisplay_Paint(Object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pe)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e,
Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)
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Re: [Flexradio] PSDR v2.3.5
Per Dudley's email, I was hoping I would have a "D'OH!" moment and discover I'd forgotten to reboot, but went thru all that and same error. PSDR 2.2.3 works fine with R2, but when I run PSDR 2.3.5 it pukes as soon as I call up R2. Awaiting other suggestions! Tnx es 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Dudley Hurry Sent: March 09, 2012 09:27 PM To: K0DAN Cc: Flexradio Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR v2.3.5 Dan , Have you rebooted since? Sounds like .NET missed something. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Sent from my iPhone On Mar 9, 2012, at 7:12 PM, "K0DAN" wrote: Radio is a F5K+RX2+ATU on WIN7 Ultimate/x64. I just installed PSDR v2.3.5 and customized my database. Started playing around and discovered that R2 doesn't work: - The R2 panadaptor doesn't open - There's a big red X across the R1 panadaptor - R1 continues to receive but you can't see what's going on - Can't recover from this situation unless I close PSDR and restart (all OK until I try R2 again) Got the following error dump (below). What do I do now? Tnx es 73 Dan k0dan See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ** Exception Text ** System.OverflowException: Overflow error. at System.Drawing.Graphics.CheckErrorStatus(Int32 status) at System.Drawing.Graphics.FillPolygon(Brush brush, Point[] points, FillMode fillMode) at System.Drawing.Graphics.FillPolygon(Brush brush, Point[] points) at PowerSDR.Display.DrawPanadapter(Graphics g, Int32 W, Int32 H, Int32 rx, Boolean bottom) at PowerSDR.Display.RenderGDIPlus(PaintEventArgs& e) at PowerSDR.Console.picDisplay_Paint(Object sender, PaintEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pe) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m) ___ 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] PSDR v2.3.5
Radio is a F5K+RX2+ATU on WIN7 Ultimate/x64. I just installed PSDR v2.3.5 and customized my database. Started playing around and discovered that R2 doesn't work: - The R2 panadaptor doesn't open - There's a big red X across the R1 panadaptor - R1 continues to receive but you can't see what's going on - Can't recover from this situation unless I close PSDR and restart (all OK until I try R2 again) Got the following error dump (below). What do I do now? Tnx es 73 Dan k0dan See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ** Exception Text ** System.OverflowException: Overflow error. at System.Drawing.Graphics.CheckErrorStatus(Int32 status) at System.Drawing.Graphics.FillPolygon(Brush brush, Point[] points, FillMode fillMode) at System.Drawing.Graphics.FillPolygon(Brush brush, Point[] points) at PowerSDR.Display.DrawPanadapter(Graphics g, Int32 W, Int32 H, Int32 rx, Boolean bottom) at PowerSDR.Display.RenderGDIPlus(PaintEventArgs& e) at PowerSDR.Console.picDisplay_Paint(Object sender, PaintEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pe) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) ** Loaded Assemblies ** mscorlib Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5448 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll PowerSDR Assembly Version: 2.3.5.18564 Win32 Version: 2.3.5.18564 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/FlexRadio%20Systems/PowerSDR%20v2.3.5/PowerSDR.exe System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5446 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5453 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll System.Data Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll System.Xml Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll Flex1500USB Assembly Version: 2.3.2.1 Win32 Version: 2.3.2.1 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/FlexRadio%20Systems/PowerSDR%20v2.3.5/Flex1500USB.DLL wdapi_dotnet1040 Assembly Version: 10.4.0.0 Win32 Version: CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/FlexRadio%20Systems/PowerSDR%20v2.3.5/wdapi_dotnet1040.DLL msvcm90 Assembly Version: 9.0.30729.6161 Win32 Version: 9.00.30729.6161 CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/WinSxS/x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57/msvcm90.dll FlexCW Assembly Version: 1.0.2.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.2.0 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/FlexRadio%20Systems/PowerSDR%20v2.3.5/FlexCW.DLL Interop.TDxInput Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/FlexRadio%20Systems/PowerSDR%20v2.3.5/Interop.TDxInput.DLL Accessibility Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll atu Assembly Version: 1.0.0.12 Win32 Version: 1.0.0.12 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(
Re: [Flexradio] weird noise source popping up
Mark: Over the past few months I have been logging and tracking power line noise, which turns out to be a composite of power line noise PLUS a variety of local noise sources... I have seen some "noise humps" across the baseband (these come and go), also have seen a few different wave forms travel up and down the band(s). I think some of this is spread spectrum, some is computer or power supply EMI, and others remain mysterious. Your noise floor is probably dropping on the Inv-L because it is less efficient and is not picking up the high-freq signals as well as your hex beam. You may wish to keep track of date/time, temperature, humidity, and other factors...see if there is any pattern to when the noise appears. Also, if you have rain, does the offending signal change? If you can make a WAV or WMV file of your noise, I can compare it to signatures I have been logging here. GL es 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Mark Lunday Sent: January 27, 2012 01:15 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] weird noise source popping up Looks like a square waveform but the top level appears like a shallow "w" with three distinct peaks and two valleys Reoccurs ever 130 KHz. Most noticeable on the hex beam at 40 feet when pointed east. 10 meters -130 dBm against a noise floor of 0135 dBm 12 meters -125 dbm against a noise floor of -140 dBm 15 meters -110 dbm against a noise floor of -135 dBm 17 meters -115 dBm against a noise floor of -145 dBm 20 meters -125 dbm against a noise floor of -135 dBm When switching to the inverted L the noise drops almost to the noise floor. Anyone familiar with any type of device that would generate this pattern of noise? Neighbor's house is 200 feet east if hex beam. 200 kV lines running E/W of antenna at a distance of 300 yards. This is fairly recent, in the last week, and I ignored it because I thought it was isolated, but noticed it when trying to work TN2T as I could not copy the DX. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com http://wd4elg.net ___ 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] 5000 and Rack Gear
If you are experiencing too much gain going into the Flex, make sure the Mic Boost (Setup/Audio/Primary) is unchecked. In my case, I need (or prefer) to select Mic Boost as it seems to keep the Flex audio input at workable levels, but each situation is different. I'm not convinced there's "only" 4 places to adjust mic gain HIHI! There's a lot of stuff in the audio chain, one just needs to go step-by-step and make sure there are not extreme adjustments throughout the chain. GL, have fun, and 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Joe Word Sent: January 12, 2012 06:42 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] 5000 and Rack Gear Craig, On my 5000A I run the audio into the balanced 1/4" jack in the back and find I need to reduce the mic gain to less than the commonly thought of maximum of 0 db. I stay around a maximum of about -6 db. I was having a rattly (cellophane rattling sound) that I assume is the tearing sound you defined, I reduced the gain and fixed the problem. Of the 4 places to adjust the mic gain it seems the EQ and the main menu mic gain are the most important. Joe N9VX - I just got a Flex 5000 and I am loving it, much nicer than my old SDR-1000. I was running external rack gear on the SDR-1000, however I seem to be having some issues using the same gear on the 5000. Is anyone out there running external gear that might be able to give me some insight. Here is the rack UltraGain Pro PreAmp UltraCurve Pro DEQ2496 EQ UltraFex 3200 Sound Enhancer Virtualizer Pro DSP2024P My audio on the 1000 was amazing, but now I am getting some tearing on the tail of my audio .. Thanks Craig W1MSG ___ 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] 5000 and Rack Gear
I too ran some rack gear prior to Flex. Not the same as yours, and I still have some of the audio gear, but am thinking of getting rid of it, as it is rather redundant and no longer adds much to the audio mix that the Flex can't do by itself. Of course YMMV but I kind of like the idea of downsizing and simplifying things...right now I'm running an RE20 "flat" into a mixer, then to the Flex, and doing very modest EQ and CPDR/DEXP on my audio. I have TX audio profiles for AM, hifi SSB and DX SSB, mostly just different bandwidths, and a bit more aggressive EQ/processing. Seems to work quite wel, I get great audio reports, and nobody can tell the difference. At one time I had Symetrix 528, Aphex Big Bottom, and a split-band processor (jeez, I can't remember the model!) pumping my ricebox radios, but none of that pre-processing seems necessary any more! 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Craig Gagner Sent: January 11, 2012 05:48 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] 5000 and Rack Gear I just got a Flex 5000 and I am loving it, much nicer than my old SDR-1000. I was running external rack gear on the SDR-1000, however I seem to be having some issues using the same gear on the 5000. Is anyone out there running external gear that might be able to give me some insight. Here is the rack UltraGain Pro PreAmp UltraCurve Pro DEQ2496 EQ UltraFex 3200 Sound Enhancer Virtualizer Pro DSP2024P My audio on the 1000 was amazing, but now I am getting some tearing on the tail of my audio .. Thanks Craig W1MSG ___ 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] Popping sound
Sorry I can't help with your initial inquiry, but I have a variation on this theme, wonder if anyone has encountered this... Running Flex 5K on a WIN7x64 AMD Phenom II 3.2 Ghz w/ 8GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD5670. PSDR works FINE, as do all other PC apps. Since all my Flex audio is via the 1394, I use the on-motherboard "soundcard", it is adequate and only used for Windows sounds, occasional VOIP, web browsing, etc. However when I shut down or reboot the PC, I get about 30 seconds of loud popping (sounds like mega popcorn cooking), then it ends and the system reboots only after this buffer (?) empties itself. Other than being startling and annoying, it's no big deal, but I feel shouldn't be there in the first place. Anyone been here? 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: k4...@fastmail.fm Sent: January 08, 2012 04:06 PM To: Flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Popping sound Shutting down psdr and restarting has no effect. It is dependent on signal strength. I only notice it on signals over S9. 73 Wayne On Sun, Jan 8, 2012, at 03:41 PM, Ross Stenberg wrote: Could be the ugly return of "The Grunge" On 1/8/2012 1:03 PM, k4...@fastmail.fm wrote: > I'm getting a popping sound on ssb receive. It only happens on the > peaks with strong signals. > Tried different agc settings and different phone rx buffer sizes - no > effect. > > Running 2.2.3 on a Neal Windows 7/64 super computer. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Thanks and 73 > Wayne > ___ 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] got it fixed.
Aw shucks -Original Message- From: Brett Gazdzinski Sent: December 22, 2011 06:20 PM To: K0DAN ; flex Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] got it fixed. That is a very good idea! Brett - Original Message - From: "K0DAN" To: "Brett Gazdzinski" ; "flex Reflector" Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] got it fixed. For stubborn uninstalls it is often a good idea to boot your system in Safe Mode, then do the manual deletes from there. Otherwise, the system may be booting with drivers or other software that is "in use" by the system and can't be deleted. Even though you uninstalled PSDR, there may still have been active drivers left behind. 73 k0dan -Original Message- From: Brett Gazdzinski Sent: December 21, 2011 10:08 PM To: flex Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] got it fixed. Well, after a good solid 8 hours of doing battle with windows 7, I managed to remove most of the files, and after lots more work, got psdr installed again. The audio grunge is gone, and so is the audio delay on startup. Before, when I started psdr, I often got no audio out for about 15 seconds, even though everything looked normal. Can someone tell me why, when you remove psdr, it can't remove everything, or at least make that an option rather then spending 8 hours digging through windows settings to be able to see and be authorized to remove files and folders? Windows 7 does not make it easy at all. I actually went back to a restore point when I first loaded psdr, then had to delete stuff manually as I had a different 3000 back then. I had issues with empty folders for the driver hidden someplace, so the install did not install the driver since it showed the folder. Since I went back to an early restore point, windows search worked, and showed all the files. In windows 7, if you turn search off in services, it really does not seem to work. Brett N2DTS ___ 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] got it fixed.
For stubborn uninstalls it is often a good idea to boot your system in Safe Mode, then do the manual deletes from there. Otherwise, the system may be booting with drivers or other software that is "in use" by the system and can't be deleted. Even though you uninstalled PSDR, there may still have been active drivers left behind. 73 k0dan -Original Message- From: Brett Gazdzinski Sent: December 21, 2011 10:08 PM To: flex Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] got it fixed. Well, after a good solid 8 hours of doing battle with windows 7, I managed to remove most of the files, and after lots more work, got psdr installed again. The audio grunge is gone, and so is the audio delay on startup. Before, when I started psdr, I often got no audio out for about 15 seconds, even though everything looked normal. Can someone tell me why, when you remove psdr, it can't remove everything, or at least make that an option rather then spending 8 hours digging through windows settings to be able to see and be authorized to remove files and folders? Windows 7 does not make it easy at all. I actually went back to a restore point when I first loaded psdr, then had to delete stuff manually as I had a different 3000 back then. I had issues with empty folders for the driver hidden someplace, so the install did not install the driver since it showed the folder. Since I went back to an early restore point, windows search worked, and showed all the files. In windows 7, if you turn search off in services, it really does not seem to work. Brett N2DTS ___ 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] Off Topic-Source for Linear 24v-33v Power Supply
I have bought several bare computer power supply boards from Mouser/Digikey/others which have 24/12/5V DC outputs with decent current. Think they've been in the $20-$30 range. Have also had to buy a project box and nickel-dime hardware to install/package/connectorize them, but they have worked well and were well-worth the cost of prefab PS versus building one from scratch. I have not had trouble with noise from them, but you never know. GL es 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Jim Jannuzzo Sent: December 19, 2011 02:33 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Off Topic-Source for Linear 24v-33v Power Supply Anyone know where one can purchase an RFI-quiet AC adapter/ power supply for a DC load of 2 amps @ 24 volts to 33 volts ? Probably linear, but a quiet switcher would be fine. Cheap is better than expensive. This is for non-Flex ham gear.Jim KJ2P ___ 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] Interesting 100W amp for Flex 1500
Do you know what is required to obtain FCC Type Acceptance for sale in USA? Does a "kit" get around some of the costs and certification issues? 73 k0dan -Original Message- From: Brian Lloyd Sent: November 27, 2011 06:39 PM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: [Flexradio] Interesting 100W amp for Flex 1500 Someone sent me this link today. It looks like the bee's knees for the 1500. http://www.nikkemedia.fi/juma-pa100/ -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ 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] FLEX + ECHOLINK?
I have looked, but not found, Knowledge Base and WIKI articles on marrying Flex + Echolink. I have Echolink working fine thru my router ports, and it receives the "Echo Test" server fine, but I can't seem to get the transmit audio back out to Echolink. My setup is Mic --->External Mixer--->Flex 5K balanced input I have no sound card interfaces. I have VAC installed and apparently working but can't extract the TX audio off the Flex bus and pipe it out to Echolink. I think the problem lies in VAC setup, or maybe basic Flex/Windows audio settings. Has anyone been down this road? Thanks and 73 dan k0dan ___ 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 Question
If you have too hot a mic make sure you don't have MIC BOOST selected (Setup/Audio). Also make sure the mic gain on the Mixer window isn't pushed up to high. If you use the Transmit EQ, make sure the left-side slider is not pushed all the way up (in fact you can use the EQ slider as a mic attenuator). The the Flex WIKI article for further audio adjustments. With all these adjustments, it's a good idea to start them all at 30-50%, the make adjustments from the start of the audio chain working further down the chain. None of the sliders should be max'd or min'd. Once you have it all set, go back and run thru the setup again making fine adjustments. When done be sure to SAVE your transmit profiles, also make/save multiple copies of your database. It's also a good idea to print screenshots of each of your menu pages, so if you have to do this all again a year from now, you have some record of what you set up. Good luck. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Michael Sent: November 07, 2011 06:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 Question I would like to know which microphones sound good with the Flex 1500. I am trying out a Heil Pro-Micro which seems to work fine though notice it has a lot of gain as I have to keep the microphone gain near 2 or I exceed the suggested ALC zone. The amount of gain from the mic also makes it difficult to use the processing (DX , Compander) . The microphone need not be a boom set but wonder if other Heil headsets are a better bet. Need not be Heil . Any advice would be appreciated . I am after a full bodied audio as opposed to a restricted DX audio. Thanks. Mike. ___ 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] Setting up DSP Noise Reduction on PSDR 2.2.3
Very interesting Leif... So you have any of these sound bytes available online? I had a few "QRM/QRN" sites which had noise samples bookmarked, but the URL's are no longer any good. There are one or two noises here that drive me crazy. One sounds like fairly common hash noise, but with the Flex Panadaptor you can easily see that it has a periodic pattern to it. My killing power at my QTH I have concluded that it does not originate from my location, however I can't tell if it's in the area or is being propagated via long skip...or if it is ionospheric noise (it does seem to originate from northwest-north-northeast so might be over the pole? This noise source is so regular and predictable I'm sure a NB could reduce/eliminate it. However when I try the NB1/NB2 in PSDR, the noise improves initially, but then other noise in the SDR passband causes the entire passband to degrade when the NB is onit only takes a few seconds to prefer the unprocessed noise. Another noise source has a kind of growling heterodyne sound...I have heard this before with power supply noise (battery chargers) but again I know this noise is not originating here. Maybe close by, but I have not been able to determine where. I don't know if this noise source would be as easy to eliminate, however a sense antenna into R2, and using the ESC Enhanced Signal Clarity, might be able to reduce the noise by phase shift. In my close-in neighborhood, we (thankfully!) do not have BPL or ADSL, so whatever is here is of another source. I would offer to send you off-the-air recordings, but the WAV files PSDR creates are huge and not well-suited to sending via email. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Leif Asbrink Sent: November 04, 2011 04:34 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Setting up DSP Noise Reduction on PSDR 2.2.3 "K0DAN" wrote: You're right, there's many types of noise. A few (for example ignition pulse) is easily handled Yes:-) but that damn propagation frying noise, power supplies, splatter, etc., are another matter altogether. Yes. I am trying to build a library of interference problems. In principle it will be possible to reduce or eliminate everything that is repetitive or predictable. Power supplies and many other things. I have a small number of wideband recordings. Not many enough to base any strategy on. They are all far too different and I do not think I am clever enough to devise algorithms that can fight everything. Two areas are of particular interest: 1) Power supplies. 2) Splatter. There are also impossible things: 1) ADSL 2) BPL (at least some versions) Then there are all the "unusual" things. 73 Leif / SM5BSZ ___ 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] Setting up DSP Noise Reduction on PSDR 2.2.3
You're right, there's many types of noise. A few (for example ignition pulse) is easily handledbut that damn propagation frying noise, power supplies, splatter, etc., are another matter altogether. "Noise", at least to the ear and human acoustics, is subjective anyway. Older ears and brains (and left ear does not equal right ear) may have peculiar frequency curves, suffer from tinnitus, and not perform very well with even basic acoustics under the best of environments. Add to that a hamshack with unknown speakers, headphones, room acoustics, transceiver capabilities, etc., etc., and you really have a 3-ring circus. In a way, it's amazing that modern DSP can do as much as it does, but at the end of the day, DSP is not a panacea. I keep looking for that silver bullet, but never find it. In fact, most times I'd prefer to listen to the (signal + noise), rather than the (signal + noise + DSP). YMMV. 73 k0dan = I wonder if some of the confusion may be between the different types of 'noise'. The wideband thermal type is what NR is intended to reduce, while pulse type QRN would be handled by the NB. The later can be handled quite well with the right approach. I have read your excellent papers on that topic. 73 Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an ___ 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] SPEAKERS FOR FLEX (4-SALE)
NEW IN BOX pair of Bose Companion 2 Series II speakers for sale, unused. These are popular plug & play powered speakers among Flex users, and typically sell for $100+. Flex-related features include dual stereo inputs, plug/cable compatible with Flex, headphone jack, magnetic shielding. $80 + shipping. Specs & other info at http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/digital_music_systems/computer_speakers/companion_2/index.jsp If interested please contact me off-list. 73 k0dan ___ 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] SPEAKERS FOR FLEX (4-SALE)
NEW IN BOX pair of Bose Companion 2 Series II speakers for sale, unused. These are popular plug & play powered speakers among Flex users, and typically sell for $100+. Flex-related features include dual stereo inputs, plug/cable compatible with Flex, headphone jack, magnetic shielding. $80 + shipping. If interested please contact me off-list. 73 k0dan ___ 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] Setting up DSP Noise Reduction on PSDR 2.2.3
This thread has had many good points. I have been underwhelmed with most Noise Blankers, DSP's, Noise Reducers, ANF's, etc. They work a little, but most seem to create as many problems as they solve. This is my experience with Flex as well as some recent Yaesu, Kenwood, Icom, etc. rigs. Maybe our expectations of SDR are exaggerated in this arena, but that is a philosophical discussion. In any event: The DSP menu has 4 adjustments for NR, 4 adjustments for ANF, each for the two Noise Blankers, and there may be some other tweaks scattered through the menus. The mouse-drag-over provides a very scant description of most of these adjustmentsbut I have not seen any Knowledge Base or WIKI with suggestions how to tweak these. You are right that the memory & processing power of the host PC has got to be a a big factorso if I have a 486 clunker, or an i7 8-core screamer, how do I best use my PSDR for NR, NB, ANF, etc.? And of course there are the sample size vs buffer size choices, as well as the AGC-T discussions (which are well documented). 73 k0dan -Original Message- From: Bill Ackerman Sent: November 02, 2011 10:20 AM To: Al K0VM ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Setting up DSP Noise Reduction on PSDR 2.2.3 Part of the problem may be a matter of PC processing power forreal-time noise removal. I use audio editing software on my PC that does an outstanding job of removing complex noise from audio recordings. However, it takes over 10 seconds to clean-up 1 second from a recording, even on a high-end PC. Al K0VM wrote: I think a part of the problem with NR and NB is expectations, situations and implementation limitations, both on the part of users and implementors. I have not seen a NR function on any radio that seemed to live up to my wildest dream expectations. I agree that the current PSDR NR doesn't seem to do much useful. But I seem to remember that in an eariler version of PSDR, ( back about 1.12 or so ) NR seemed to work much better. The noise blanked in PSDR does work IF you have the right kind of noise.. In fact, it is impressive on a strong repetitious spike from an arching power line arrester. But it is of little use when the noise looks more like white noise or is not much stronger than the signals you're trying to receive. One would wish that with the push of a button all noise could be gone, the the laws of physics and implementation reality get in the way. AL, K0VM On 11/1/2011 12:00 PM, flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz wrote: Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:15:07 -0400 From: Joe Word To:flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Setting up DSP Noise Reduction on PSDR 2.2.3 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 It would be nice if NR worked. I also have not found any settings that were useful. It would also be nice if NB and NB2 worked, if you set the level to eliminate the noise, it distorts the audio and brings in splatter from off frequency signals. I hope Flex has plans to fix these issues. Joe N9VX Don't use the NR and use the AGC-T control instead. It works better on a greater variety of noise types. http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50153.aspx -Tim ___ 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] Setting up DSP Noise Reduction on PSDR 2.2.3
Brian you make a key point. I have yet to find a radio (and I use many, both modern and boatanchor) that have "noise reduction" which really improves things. Yes, occasionally engine impulse noise, the new Flex TNF's are certainly outstanding for heterodynes and maybe some adjacent splatter, sometimes noise blankers help, but to my ears, most of the "technology fixes" take away more than they add (or they add more than they take away?). I still cannot figure out a good setting for the Flex NF, NB1 and NB2 (and there's sure a lot of menu settings), ditto the NR and ANF functions. I would be more disappointed, but I have had the same experiences with for example Kenwood TS200, Yaesu FT1000MP, Icom IC706iiG, several "DSP speakers", and numerous boatanchors. The more you try to improve the S/N:N, the more you bastardize the sound. This is pretty subjective...some people use headphones, some speakers, some stereo systems, everyone has different hearing capabilities, etc., etc., it all becomes very subjective. Personally, I don't like the "sound" of DSP.to much bubbly echo & reverberation, artifacts, etc. I like the how the Flex NB's kill the ever-present frying noise, but the NB's eventually start to distort the recovered signal to the point that I'd prefer the impulse noise (cure is worse than the disease). Maybe one day we will see a more effective NR/NB system, but I'm afraid for now the AGC-T trick (and a pair of good ears) is the best "processing power" we have. 73 dan k0dan Now, insofar as Flex's NR implementation is concerned, I have to admit that, even after 3 years of fiddling with it, I have never found any combination of settings that seem to make it usable. (I have found lots of settings that make it worse than useless though!) I and others have asked the question here repeatedly about suggested settings of NR but we never get anything useful. Other implementations of NR on other radios I have used seem to me to work a lot better. Regardless, I find that *all*implementations of NR seem less useful to me than just setting the RF-gain/AGC-T and AF-gain properly. After many minutes of fiddling I always find that I finally converge on turning off NR or (on other radios) DSP. But that is me. YMMV. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ 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] External Audio Processing Question
Bob: Short recordings are one way to do it, but they are not "real time". When tweaking audio, you want to experiment with your settings (without causing QRM) and adjust them on the fly. Also, the recorder may introduce unexpected variables which are hard to trace. First and foremost you want to set an aux receiver (be it F5K R2 or other) to same AGC setting, filter width, etc. The Flex 5K R2 is good, but I have found that a quality external analog receiver (I use an RA6790GM) is totally independent of the Flex/PC, is "real-time" and will truly show you what you sound like on the air. If you don't have a stand-alone receiver, by all means use the F5K R2. The F5K R2 can do a decent job but it is a little distracting because of latency & processing delays (you will always hear some echo). This can be mitigated by carefully tweaking your sampling rate, buffer sizes, etc. A fast multi-core PC also helps reduce latency. Headphones are a good start because they help mitigate feedback. Ultimately you should use a 2nd receiver with a nice big speaker and decent audio amp to listen to your transmitted audioand just put up with the feedback and latency. I would not recommend setting drive to 0. Hook up a good dummy load and initially set your Flex to, say, 5 watts RF output and adjust as you see fit. When things sound right, bring it up to, say, 50 watts, and ultimately 100W or whatever full output you use. If the audio stays stable you are probably there. And then can also add your amplifier if you run QRO. After you tweak it all in the dummy load, it's time for on-air tests. These can be done with minimal QRM by doing your testing on a dead band (eg 160M during daytime). If you have a friend who knows your voice characteristics, have him critique your audio. Make sure he understands the issues, has a receiver which can go as wide as your transmitting mode, and then only trust his judgment so far! You may wish to be heard with a little more bass sound or crispy highs, your friend may not like that. It's up to you! (Perhaps this is the point at which you start making recordings of your audio?) Finally, if you haven't read it, take a look at the WIKI article and use the steps recommended as a guideline: http://flexradiowiki.com/frsradoiowiki/index.php?title=Setting_Audio_Gain Good luck, have fun, and 73 dan k0dan PS While I do use an external mixer and processor, I am getting away from the extra hardware. The Flex and its bag of tricks can do a really great job of optimizing SSB and AM...so much so that any further "value added" from the external devices is debatable (I just know someone's gonna beat me up on this one...!) -Original Message- From: Bob K. WA2SQQ Sent: October 19, 2011 12:32 PM To: Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] External Audio Processing Question I’ve got a question for any of you who do external audio processing. What’s the best way to accurately monitor yourself while adjusting? I usually turn the drive to 0 and monitor myself on headphones. I got to thinking that the headphones really wouldn’t allow me to hear a flat response. A friend suggested creating short audio recordings with SDR’s REC feature. I’m curious to hear how others do it. I do have the 5K with second receiver. Thanks -- *Best 73 de WA2SQQ Elmwood Park, NJ "The only dumb questions are those we don't ask"* ___ 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] AF slider seems to Pan
Not sure I fully understand what you're encountering, and you don't say if you're running F5K with R2? If the latter, it is best (IMHO) to set the R1 volume pan to 100% left channel and R2 volume 100% pan to right channel. Then, in the "Multi-RX" window, set both audio gain sliders (the vertical ones) to same position, then set R1 slider full left and R2 slider full right. Make sure your Equalizer levels and freq curves are set how you like them, and same with with your Mixer levels. Now, see if that "panning" is still happening. If it's working correctly (i.e. no pan unless you select pan), EXPORT a copy of your database and save it where you can retrieve it if you need to. Also, check parameters and SAVE each Transmit Profile you use. (I don't think the audio and pan sliders are saved with the Transmit Profiles, but it can't hurt to save them). I have found that each PSDR upgrade results in the loss of certain subtle PSDR settings (for example, the sliders and sometimes pieces of the Transmit Profiles, the mic and CPDR/DEXP, etc.). It may help to use K9DUR's SDR data transfer utility, but I prefer to rebuild the entire database on each upgrade, there's just too much subtle stuff that can be missed. The big trick is not overlook something "subtle" during an upgrade, only to find a big mystery weeks after-the-fact! Good luck & 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison, W4TME Sent: October 15, 2011 07:12 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] AF slider seems to Pan Try a reset to factory defaults (database reset) and then test immediately before changing anything in the database and see what happens. I assume you are referring to the master AF Gain control on the left hand side of the console (the only control labeled "AF" on the console). -Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales & Support 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 10/15/2011 1:11 PM, Robert delaney wrote: I just upgraded to 2.2.3 here and notice that my AF slider control no longer controls my volume but seems to pan from my right speker to my left. I am running XP here and did not see this with the previous release. Maybe I am missing something but don't recall any setup for this item. Any ideas? Any one else see this? Thanks 73 Bob KA9UVY ___ 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] TNF "how to" video and white paper now available
Great tutorial, Tim! I have been using TNF for some time (and am blown away by it) but the video & white paper taught me a few new tricks. Amazing feature which as far as I know no other radio can come close to touching. Nice work, and nice presentation. Keep up the good work, you guys are spoiling us. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison, W4TME Sent: October 16, 2011 08:23 AM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] TNF "how to" video and white paper now available We have posted an on-line video showing the advantages and operation of the new RF Tracking Notch Filter (TNF) available in PowerSDR 2.2.3 along with a white paper describing how TNF was implemented for the more technical user. You can access both here: http://www.flexradio.com/TNF ___ 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] TX Audio Chain Question from new Flex3000 user
See if any of the postscripts, here http://flexradiowiki.com/frsradoiowiki/index.php?title=Setting_Audio_Gain help you with your situation. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Bill Ackerman Sent: October 05, 2011 04:05 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Question from new Flex3000 user I have carefully followed the directions for Audio Gain Distribution contained in this item: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/msg42531.html I adjusted everything to the suggested readings with my face about 12" away from the microphone (Heil PR-40 through external A/D converter into USB port of the PC, PowerSDR 2.2.3, VAC enabled, Windows 7 Direct Sound driver). Over the past few days, I have been told multiple times that my signal is strong but my voice is very soft (). When I move my face to within an inch or two of the microphone, I am told the readability is now great, even though the "Mic" TX meter is bouncing up to +60 dBm. So I have been operating that way and it seems to be working. It appears that the TX meter is not giving an accurate reading for my particular configuration. The only difference between what I am doing and the instructions in the above link is that I am adjusting the TX Gain in the Audio/VAC panel of the PowerSDR Setup rather than Mic level control. It is possible that going through the Windows audible drivers rather than directly into the Flex3000 could be making a such difference in the TX meter? Thanks for helping me understand what I am doing wrong. 73, Bill Ackerman KF5MTW ___ 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] 5K not keying amp.
AHA!!! -Original Message- From: Steve Nance Sent: September 24, 2011 05:54 PM To: 'K0DAN' ; k4...@fastmail.fm ; 'W1JCW' ; 'Flex' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] 5K not keying amp. I think a point of clarification of how DDUtil controls the TX lines is in order. If DDUtil is in Stby (yellow indicator) it will un-check the TX lines. IF DDUtil is in Oper (green indicator) TX1 or TX2 will be checked depending on how the Auto Drive is setup. If you don't want to use the Oper/Stby (PTT) feature of DDUtil select the "Manual TX" check box on the "Other" tab (middle of form) and DDUtil will not mess with the TX lines at all. Hope this helps. 73, Steve K5FR -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-bounces@flex- radio.biz] On Behalf Of K0DAN Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 5:41 PM To: k4...@fastmail.fm; W1JCW; Flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 5K not keying amp. Wayne... Are you sure of this? I do use DDUTIL, but not to control an amplifier (an Acom 2000A in my case). So, the "other" screen in DDUTIL is not in use at all. True enough, the PTT tab was in STANDBY (yellow), and it indeed unchecks the TX1 tab in Flex/PSDR Antenna Selection, and also RECHECKS the box when DDUTIL PTT is set to Operate (green). HOWEVER if you set DDUTIL PTT to Standby, and then manually check the TX1 box, it seems to work indefinitely...until perhaps the programs are started up again. Seems the polling & interface between DDUTIL and PSDR are "one way" in this regard? 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: k4...@fastmail.fm Sent: September 24, 2011 05:26 PM To: W1JCW ; Flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 5K not keying amp. Glad you got it working. One thing that will uncheck it is if the PTT button on the DDUtil Other tab is not clicked green/OPER. Took me a while to figure out that was unchecking the TX1 after I had checked it. 73 Wayne K4ELO On Saturday, September 24, 2011 5:12 PM, "W1JCW" wrote: Well son of a gun !! That was it, the ptt became uncheck !! What the heck ! Talk about unnerving when you think all of a sudden your amp is down. I could not recall last night what I had to look for to acutate that keying line. Thanks for all the replies and I need to check DDutil ptt as well. I sure do love this forum. 73- W1JCW John From: [1]k4...@fastmail.fm Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:48 AM To: [2]Flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 5K not keying amp. You probably already checked this John, but is TX1 box checked on Antenna Selection? That has tripped me up many times. 73 Wayne K4ELO On Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:27 AM, "W1JCW" <[3]w1...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hey there guys - > > I was on my 5K last night and working some rtty and ssb. The sdr crashed > for some reason now > my 5K wont key my acom 2K. > > I went through the menus, settings and restored the db back to factory > but no luck. > > The amp works fine via my other rigs thank goodness. > > Would you have any suggestions I can check why it wont key on the ptt > line ?? > > I have checked the rca cable as well. > > Thanks. > > 73- > W1JCW > John > References 1. mailto:k4...@fastmail.fm 2. mailto:flexradio@flex-radio.biz 3. mailto:w1...@hotmail.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] 5K not keying amp.
Wayne... Are you sure of this? I do use DDUTIL, but not to control an amplifier (an Acom 2000A in my case). So, the "other" screen in DDUTIL is not in use at all. True enough, the PTT tab was in STANDBY (yellow), and it indeed unchecks the TX1 tab in Flex/PSDR Antenna Selection, and also RECHECKS the box when DDUTIL PTT is set to Operate (green). HOWEVER if you set DDUTIL PTT to Standby, and then manually check the TX1 box, it seems to work indefinitely...until perhaps the programs are started up again. Seems the polling & interface between DDUTIL and PSDR are "one way" in this regard? 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: k4...@fastmail.fm Sent: September 24, 2011 05:26 PM To: W1JCW ; Flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 5K not keying amp. Glad you got it working. One thing that will uncheck it is if the PTT button on the DDUtil Other tab is not clicked green/OPER. Took me a while to figure out that was unchecking the TX1 after I had checked it. 73 Wayne K4ELO On Saturday, September 24, 2011 5:12 PM, "W1JCW" wrote: Well son of a gun !! That was it, the ptt became uncheck !! What the heck ! Talk about unnerving when you think all of a sudden your amp is down. I could not recall last night what I had to look for to acutate that keying line. Thanks for all the replies and I need to check DDutil ptt as well. I sure do love this forum. 73- W1JCW John From: [1]k4...@fastmail.fm Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:48 AM To: [2]Flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 5K not keying amp. You probably already checked this John, but is TX1 box checked on Antenna Selection? That has tripped me up many times. 73 Wayne K4ELO On Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:27 AM, "W1JCW" <[3]w1...@hotmail.com> wrote: Hey there guys - I was on my 5K last night and working some rtty and ssb. The sdr crashed for some reason now my 5K wont key my acom 2K. I went through the menus, settings and restored the db back to factory but no luck. The amp works fine via my other rigs thank goodness. Would you have any suggestions I can check why it wont key on the ptt line ?? I have checked the rca cable as well. Thanks. 73- W1JCW John References 1. mailto:k4...@fastmail.fm 2. mailto:flexradio@flex-radio.biz 3. mailto:w1...@hotmail.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] Flex not keying amp.
I am not sure this is the case, but I “think” it is? I usually leave The Flex and PSDR running for days at a time. Occasionally there is glitch or power loss or whatever and the PC reboots, ungracefully, without PSDR/Flex going thru the proper shut down procedure. (This could also mean that DDUTIL goes away and comes back under less than “proper” sequence.) When it all powers back up, Flex/PSDR/DDUTIL are reloaded (sometimes with whatever database is top of the heap in the directory, other times by importing a recently-saved database), and sometimes it is later discovered that there is no PTT for the amplifier, and rechecking the ANT1 box fixes the problem. My gut feel is that it is a PSDR issue, not DDUTIL, but the whole issue is too ghostly to be certain of anything. Uncertain what causes the “uncheck” issue, but I suspect it is related to a database reload. I do not believe this was an issue before approx. PSDR 2.1x and almost certainly not before V2.x. Hope this is of some help! 73 dan k0dan From: W1JCW Sent: September 24, 2011 05:13 PM To: K0DAN ; Robert Kearbey ; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Flex not keying amp. I'll check the bug list and ensure its on there. 73- W1JCW John From: K0DAN Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:14 PM To: Robert Kearbey ; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex not keying amp. I did not see the original thread on this but I have noticed (since PSDR V2.x +?) that when changing database files, the "Switch Relay with TR" tabs (inside ANTENNA dropdown) become unchecked, which results in no amplifier key-up. If you recheck the boxes as needed, then resave the database, it seems good until the next time you pounce on rare DX and discover your amplifier isn't there. Not sure this is reported on the bug list, but it should be. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Robert Kearbey Sent: September 24, 2011 12:59 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex not keying amp. Yes I have had this problem with every update. Sometimes the flex 5k will not key the Acom 2ka. Turning PSDR off and on solves the problem so don't co sider it an issue. Bob K6DDS ___ 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 not keying amp.
Ray... Yes, running DDUTIL 2.0.2.29, which I think is the latest version. I'm not sure I can force the "box uncheck glitch" to occur, but it does happen often enough that I know to look for it as the first cause of a problem. 73 Dan K0DAN -Original Message- From: Ray, K9DUR Sent: September 24, 2011 03:25 PM To: 'K0DAN' ; 'Robert Kearbey' ; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Flex not keying amp. Dan, Are you running DDUtil? I know that earlier versions of DDUtil had this issue, but I believe the Steve fixed it with a later release. 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex not keying amp.
I did not see the original thread on this but I have noticed (since PSDR V2.x +?) that when changing database files, the "Switch Relay with TR" tabs (inside ANTENNA dropdown) become unchecked, which results in no amplifier key-up. If you recheck the boxes as needed, then resave the database, it seems good until the next time you pounce on rare DX and discover your amplifier isn't there. Not sure this is reported on the bug list, but it should be. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Robert Kearbey Sent: September 24, 2011 12:59 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex not keying amp. Yes I have had this problem with every update. Sometimes the flex 5k will not key the Acom 2ka. Turning PSDR off and on solves the problem so don't co sider it an issue. 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] Split beyond the radio window
If the DX is beyond the passband of your radio (196, 96, 48 khz...depends on radio & buffer settings) you will not be able to use SPLIT/Multi-RX to hear both your TX freq and the DX freq, but if you have R2 then you can make R2 go anywhere and you can hear the DX on one receiver while you transmit using very wide split (ST0R is the perfect example!). Start by listening to the DX on VFO-A, enable R2, set A>B, then adjust VFO-B to where the DX is listening (or use your CAT/spotlog to set the QSX). Pay attention to whether R2 is on R1-TAP, a separate antenna, etc., and be aware that the is no built-in protection of R2 for high-RF levels so you need to be careful you don't pump QRO into R2! Also try to set your AF gain, AGC speed, and AGC-T sliders about the same (so the signals are somewhat balanced), also try to bring R1 audio to one speaker and R2 audio to another. Adjust the PAN cotnrols accordingly. There is a WIKI article at http://flexradiowiki.com/frsradoiowiki/index.php?title=Setting_Audio_Gain which addresses mostly TX adjustment, but does make some mention of receive audio routing. I can send you some screenshots if you wish. Good luck and 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Phil Theis" To: Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 6:21 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Split beyond the radio window Can someone outline the procedure for operating split outside of the width of the radio. For instance. DX on 14.145 and TX on 14.255 I do have RX2, but feel dumb not being able to set this up. Thanks Phil K3TUF ___ 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] Fragmentation when using FM on RX2 with Squelch On
I don't have the V/U module, but also get the choppy audio here if I listen to HF (say, 20M) on R1 and then on R2 go to FM mode on 10 or 6M. Same experience as yours, the audio goes choppy when the R2 squelch is engaged, and CPU activity also goes up. It happens in reverse too: If I put the 6M/10M FM onto R1 and the HF on R2, as soon as the R1 squelch is engaged, the audio goes choppy. So it doesn't appear to be a V/U module issue. I think Flex is aware of this and has it on the list. 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Phil A. McBride (VA3QR)" To: Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 10:17 AM Subject: [Flexradio] Fragmentation when using FM on RX2 with Squelch On Ok, thought I'd do some experimenting with the new FM enhancements. I LOVE the idea of being able to have my local repeater on RX2 while scanning around HF on VFO A. So I set RX2 to FM, 2m (I've got the VU module), I hear the FM white noise and the HF white noise. So far, so good. Then I turn the squelch up on RX2 to take out the FM white noise and the white noise goes away but the HF side start to frag the audio. I turn the squelch down, white noise is back but the audio is fine again. I also noticed the same CPU spike when activating squelch that has been mentioned here already. Can someone else with a similar rig configuration try this out? I just want to find out if it's me (my computer) or if it's a bug. Thanks! P.Mc. VA3QR ___ 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] Looks like someone really messed up the Flexwiki
Yes indeed, thanks for all the efforts to keep the Wiki reliable! (And Rob, thanks for finding/restoring the archives...you saved me a lot of typing and reinventing the wheel!) Some months back, when I entered my comments on the audio article, I was required to log in (and be verified?) before I could make changes. Assuming that security step was actually working, it appears it was somehow circumvented by our unwelcome visitor. You'd think there'd be better hacking targets than trashing the FlexWiki? Anyway, thanks to all, and it looks like the Wiki is pretty much back to normal. 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Richard Clafton" To: "'Brian Lloyd'" ; Cc: Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Looks like someone really messed up the Flexwiki Its non-existent at this time. Changes are made instantly whether you are logged in or not. -- Richard A Clafton | the brITish guy | W5\G7EIX RIROC - Hosting - Development - Technology http://www.riroc.com | rclaf...@riroc.com PugHearts of Houston Pug Rescue | www.PugHearts.com -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:53 AM To: w1aex.f...@cox.net Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Looks like someone really messed up the Flexwiki On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:48 AM, W1AEX - Rob wrote: Richard, Thank you for your tireless efforts to keep the FlexWiki up and running. I was watching the flood of attacking IP addresses from around the planet (Germany, Romania, Italy, leased VPN circuits and other persistent attackers) and could see you reversing the damage each time. As far as I can see it all looks intact at this time. I restored my stuff, along with Dan's and Tim's contributions, so you'll see my login present several times as well. Given the open nature of the Wiki format, I'm not sure what the long term solution for this will be, but thanks for your repair work! What happened to the login requirement to change the Wiki? -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ 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] microphones
YMMV, but I've really done well at the guitar stores. They have this stuff headed for the dumpster which is GOOD JUNK! They look at me like I'm from another planet, and sell me these intermittent patch cables for a buck or two each. Even if the wire's no good (and it always is) the XLR's are worth it by themselves. Of course the intermittents are in the connectors and ends of the wires...cut off a few feet and clean up the connectors and you're good to go! Some of the cable I've gotten is really good quality flexible stuff, double shielded, etc. If they don't have a junk bin, ask the repair guy or guitar guru if you can go dumpster diving, and give him $10 for lunch money. Let me know how you make out! 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: Michael Goins To: K0DAN Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] microphones Thanks, Dan. Didn't know about the junk bins. The cables can't be hard with just three pins. Will look into several to uses and cut up. mike, k5wmg On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:46 PM, K0DAN wrote: XLR's are really inexpensive and also easy to wire up. Many of the local music stores (find the guitar/drum/disco dealers) have junk bins with discarded patch cables, etc., for pennies on the dollar. I have purchased lots of XLR's and good quality shielded cable which I cut up and recycle. If you can use a soldering iron, and have just a little spare hobby time, there is no reason to buy new patch/adaptor cables. Just my $0.02 worth. 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Jim Jerzycke" To: "Michael Goins" Cc: "FlexRadio List" Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] microphones Monoprice has the XLR cables, but since the 8-pin connector is rarely used outside of Amateur Radio, you're at the mercy of niche vendors! http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=xlr&x=0&y=0 73, Jim On 06/13/2011 08:27 PM, Michael Goins wrote: Anyone have a good source of cables - they are pretty expensive with Heil. Female XLR to Male XLR and Female XLR to Flex connector. 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] microphones
XLR's are really inexpensive and also easy to wire up. Many of the local music stores (find the guitar/drum/disco dealers) have junk bins with discarded patch cables, etc., for pennies on the dollar. I have purchased lots of XLR's and good quality shielded cable which I cut up and recycle. If you can use a soldering iron, and have just a little spare hobby time, there is no reason to buy new patch/adaptor cables. Just my $0.02 worth. 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Jim Jerzycke" To: "Michael Goins" Cc: "FlexRadio List" Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] microphones Monoprice has the XLR cables, but since the 8-pin connector is rarely used outside of Amateur Radio, you're at the mercy of niche vendors! http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=xlr&x=0&y=0 73, Jim On 06/13/2011 08:27 PM, Michael Goins wrote: Anyone have a good source of cables - they are pretty expensive with Heil. Female XLR to Male XLR and Female XLR to Flex connector. 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/ ___ 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] OT: BSOD
Sorry for off-topic post but I think on this reflector I have been referred to a site which will accept BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) dump files and auto-diagnose them? I thought I'd bookmarked the site previously but now cannot find same. Flex is NOT causing the BSOD, but I could swear I learned of the link here? Tnx es 73 Dan K0DAN ___ 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] No RF out on SSB but RF out in other modes - Problemsolved
Brad: YAY!!! Glad you found it! The same thing happened to me at some time in the past (sorry I couldn't recall the details for you), but as I retraced your steps I definitely had Deja Vu. My lesson learned back then (and reaffirmed now) is that there are MANY little pieces of the audio chain. Our old experience of plug in a mic and set gain is not valid. Each piece of the chain needs to be explored (just to get audio through it) and then each piece of the chain really needs to be tweaked in order to optimize audio for DX, or ragchew, or custom TX profile, or different mic's, etc., etc. To attempt microphone "plug and play" with the Flex is not really a good idea. Very glad you now have blasting audio levels and hope you can now tame them to your satisfaction. 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Brad A. Steffler" To: Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:21 PM Subject: [Flexradio] No RF out on SSB but RF out in other modes - Problemsolved Tim W4TME, John K0DAN, Mike KE7WRJ, Mike VA3MW, Mike WA8BXN, et al, In going through the audio chain, I found the problem. In the Mixer Form , the input selected was Microphone. Since I am using a balanced mic input, I just checked that box and unchecked the other and viola! Measurable RF output (the power meter needle bounced off the peg on voice peaks). I set the voice peaks to about -1 dB with the mic gain . Final mic gain is 48. After having set up the previous version of PSDR correctly, I obviously did not set up the new form properly when I upgraded to 2.0.2 from the previous STABLE version, 1.x. I was especially careful to correctly install all software, firmware and drivers. Why I assumed the previous database would be preserved when the reflector and the Flex web site clearly said otherwise, and when I forced a new database as well, I do not know. My great thanks to a great support group! Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. P.S. tonight, 5/9/11, 80 Meters is in terrible shape! Brad A. Steffler KE4XJ ___ 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] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes
Hi Mike... I guess I didn't fully understand your problem. I have not had that problem, but on rare occasion have had something flakey happen (no chronic problems), and doing the exact same recovery drill you do fixes whatever was weird. Doing that reset drill results in the FireWire going away, then being restarted, and the most-recent PSDR database being reloaded too. I could speculate on what is happening after the reset drill, but I'd only be speculating. It does seem to point to the FireWire and/or database, however. The question is: what changes from the "good morning" to the "bad afternoon"? Sorry I can't be of further help. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message ----- From: "Michael Walker" To: "K0DAN" Cc: Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes Hi Dan Those are all great ideas. But ( the big but ) those don't apply at this time. Even goinng to AM or FM does not produce a carrier. It works in the morning. I hit START (to stop PowerSDR). I leave the computer on and PSDR running (but stopped). I come back in the afternoon. Hit START. I start to talk and I can see RF going out on the external PEP reading watt meter for about 2 words, then nothing. The only control i have touched is the START button. The only way to recover is: I hit START (to stop). Kill PowerSDR Power OFF the radio wait till windows sees the unit is gone Power ON wait till the unit is seen by Windoows Start PowerSDR Hit START At that point it may or may not work. Repeat as required. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. This is more frequent since version 2.0.22. I've had my radio for over 18 months now and although I have seen this on occasion before, it is now more frequent. mike va3mw On Monday, May 9, 2011, K0DAN wrote: Perhaps you have tried all this, but in the interest of helping, there are many adjustment points in the TX audio chain. Every point needs to be checked, and good audio requires stage-by-stage adjustment. Without going into detail, here is an abbreviated flowchart with items to look at (for adjustment, some of these items may be out of sequence) but all should be looked at for proper levels as you proceed from the microphone to the radio input. Have you checked: a) Does MIC BOOST need to be used? b) Is proper TX audio input selected in the Flex mixer input? c) Front panel or rear panel mic input? d) If you create custom TX profiles, be sure you SAVE them after each adjustment (to save levels). e) If you create custom TX profiles, be sure you start from scratch, or RENAME & SAVE a known good one to a new name. f) If you are using the TX EQ, make sure the sliders are set correctly, then adjust the master EQ level, then SAVE the profile. g) Read description of the DOWNWARD EXPANDER. Initially set your audio levels without the D.E. enabled. Only after you have everything set right, then listen to your signal while you find the D.E. threshold. Don't forget to SAVE any TX profiles! h) When adjusting audio, start with mic slider in mid-range and work thru the drop down settings in this order: MIC, EQ, LEVELER, ALC. You should run thru this sequence several times to smooth out bumps in the response. Only when this is completed enable (and adjust) the DOWNWARD EXPANDER, COMPANDER, DX mode, etc. (Then remember to SAVE the profile!) Hopefully one or two of these items will be of help. Good luck & 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Michael Walker" To: Cc: "Brad A. Steffler" ; Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes Same problem I have seen many times. It is not a mic issue. Mike va3mw On Monday, May 9, 2011, wrote: Brad, What is your MIC level readings on the meter? Can't get any RF out in SSB if you don't have any audio in. 73's, Mike KE7WRJ --- bst...@comcast.net wrote: From: "Brad A. Steffler" To: Tim Ellison , flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 21:22:32 -0500 On 5/8/2011 8:47 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: Sorry , Tim. Can't you read my mind? I know you can do magic. I have seen you do it here on the reflector. Seriously, Flex 5000a with 2nd receiver running barefoot. Brad A. Steffler KE4XJ What radio hardware are you using? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Brad A. Steffler Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 9:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes I am still a newbie to Flex Radio: Win 7 Pro 64 bit - Neal Campbell special, very fast and capable PC. Cut to bare bones with no extra software stuff on it, but am connected to int
Re: [Flexradio] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes
Perhaps you have tried all this, but in the interest of helping, there are many adjustment points in the TX audio chain. Every point needs to be checked, and good audio requires stage-by-stage adjustment. Without going into detail, here is an abbreviated flowchart with items to look at (for adjustment, some of these items may be out of sequence) but all should be looked at for proper levels as you proceed from the microphone to the radio input. Have you checked: a) Does MIC BOOST need to be used? b) Is proper TX audio input selected in the Flex mixer input? c) Front panel or rear panel mic input? d) If you create custom TX profiles, be sure you SAVE them after each adjustment (to save levels). e) If you create custom TX profiles, be sure you start from scratch, or RENAME & SAVE a known good one to a new name. f) If you are using the TX EQ, make sure the sliders are set correctly, then adjust the master EQ level, then SAVE the profile. g) Read description of the DOWNWARD EXPANDER. Initially set your audio levels without the D.E. enabled. Only after you have everything set right, then listen to your signal while you find the D.E. threshold. Don't forget to SAVE any TX profiles! h) When adjusting audio, start with mic slider in mid-range and work thru the drop down settings in this order: MIC, EQ, LEVELER, ALC. You should run thru this sequence several times to smooth out bumps in the response. Only when this is completed enable (and adjust) the DOWNWARD EXPANDER, COMPANDER, DX mode, etc. (Then remember to SAVE the profile!) Hopefully one or two of these items will be of help. Good luck & 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Michael Walker" To: Cc: "Brad A. Steffler" ; Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes Same problem I have seen many times. It is not a mic issue. Mike va3mw On Monday, May 9, 2011, wrote: Brad, What is your MIC level readings on the meter? Can't get any RF out in SSB if you don't have any audio in. 73's, Mike KE7WRJ --- bst...@comcast.net wrote: From: "Brad A. Steffler" To: Tim Ellison , flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 21:22:32 -0500 On 5/8/2011 8:47 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: Sorry , Tim. Can't you read my mind? I know you can do magic. I have seen you do it here on the reflector. Seriously, Flex 5000a with 2nd receiver running barefoot. Brad A. Steffler KE4XJ What radio hardware are you using? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Brad A. Steffler Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 9:24 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] No RF Out on SSB but RF out in other modes I am still a newbie to Flex Radio: Win 7 Pro 64 bit - Neal Campbell special, very fast and capable PC. Cut to bare bones with no extra software stuff on it, but am connected to internet. PSDR 2.0.22 On 80 Meters SSB last night: RF out for a split second, then dropped to zero out on the meter, which was set to RF out. Also no RF on the SWR meter (Palstar) in forward power setting. Drive set at 90. Homebrew tuner matched 1.1 to 1. Great RF out on CW. During TUNE, I get an honest 12 watts out on both the rig power meter on the screen and on the forward power setting on the SWR meter. Reset database - still no SSB RF out. Good RF out on CW and TUNE. Then did database reset. and cycled rig power off and on. Obviously I am having a software setting problem. But I don't know what parameter(s) I have set wrongly. Obviously I am also not sequencing the database reset and rig on/off correctly. Dudley or Tim: Help (missed the Indiana QSO party) Brad A. Steffler KE4XJ ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] Mic
I have a nice Electrovoice RE10, RE16, and 664 I would consider selling. Also a number of D104's. I agree with other posts that Heil is a very popular and overpriced; you don't need to buy a "ham" microphone to get great audio and plug & play compatibility (or worst case, you or someone solders a new connector on a mic). There are some very good products, used & new, at great prices, if you shop the music, public address, and stage market. The Electrovoices I mention above are from this marketplace (the D104's not). The Flex has so much audio processing power, just about any mic can be made to sound good, it just takes a little reading & experimentation. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Larry Otto" To: "FlexRadio Reflector" Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9:12 AM Subject: [Flexradio] Mic Hello All - I will be heading down to Dayton next month, and one of the top items on my shopping list is a good quality microphone for my F5K. Where better to get some ideas than here? From top to bottom, what do you guys use, what do you recommend? Tnx 73 W8LO Larry ___ 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] FMT Results
Has anyone written a white paper on the tools/techniques for getting best results in an FMT? 73 dan k0dan - Original Message - From: "Jeff Singer" To: Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 11:38 AM Subject: [Flexradio] FMT Results Tough FMT. I was having trouble calibrating my 5000 to my satisfaction before the test and bailed out of participating. Had something else to do that was pretty important. Just saw the results and it appears that Doppler was terrible which probably explains my calibration problem. Scores were mostly poor. Tom, you can use the Flex scope or phase display to estimate signals to tenths of a Hz. See all results at: http://www.b4h.net/fmt/fmtresults201104.php Jeff K0OD ___ 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] Rx2 Noise Hump on 160M
Harry... I have been plagued (on numerous bands) by intermittent pulse noise and "humps" across the spectrum. In my case the humps were 10+ kHz wide and were pretty evenly spaced around 75-80 kHz between peaks. I realize you're saying that you see problems on R2 but not R1, and that this problem was not always there...but the fact that it is a "new" issue makes me wonder what might be in your environment and outside the flex. At this time I only use R1-TAP for my radio, but I can choose from a coax-fed rotatable log periodic or a 260' fed with 600 ohm open feed. I could only notice the pulses & humps on the log periodic so I thought the source was either close to the LPDA or was being picked up due to the direction the LPDA was pointed. I thought this was some kind of spread spectrum, spent a lot of chasing NIC cards, routers, WIFI, etc., to no avail. Was starting to suspect leaking cable TV service or data on powerlines. I dismissed my barn, which is 120' from the shack, and adjacent to the tower and LPDA. Other than lights, the barn has no electrical devices in it, so that can't be the source of the noise. Just for grins, I popped the breaker to the barn, and the noise went away! Whoa. Inspected the barn and discovered I had two battery maintenance systems hooked up to my riding mowers. We tend to forget all the electrical appliances we have out there. I reset the breaker and pulled the plug on one of the battery maintenance systems. The humps went away. I pulled the plug on the other battery maintenance system and the pulses went away. Whoa. I think I would rather live with dead tractor batteries than all that QRN/QRM (at least until it's mowing season). Your mileage may vary, but I think those humps may be signatures of some type of smart charger or power supplytake a look thru your property, and see what's live when you have R1 and R2 active. Good luck, 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Harry Williams" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:02 AM Subject: [Flexradio] Rx2 Noise Hump on 160M I was trying to work some DX on 160M this AM and was plagued by some noise. Turns out it was a noise “hump” centered right around 1822 and its about 11-12 khz wide. I only see it on rx2. On 160M I use rx2 with a beverage through the “rx2 in” bnc. So I started playing around with connections. Disconnecting the beverage from rx2 in in makes no difference, noise hump is still there. However, if I change the rx2 antenna select from “rx2 in” to “rx1 tap” the hump disappears. If I select “ant1” for rx2 the noise hump is there also. So the noise hump appears with rx2 antenna select on rx2 in and ant 1 but not on rx1 tap. I have been using this config with the beverage for a long time and have never had this issue before. Any ideas as to what’s going on?? Thanks and 73, Harry W0LS ___ 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] BSOD
Doing FDISK now, so far no issues. This problem is highly intermittent. I see a new PC in my future but need to keep things limping along for a while more. The drives & controller have been just fine, but of course could be preparing to take the Big Dump. But all appears OK!?! Tnx es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: Neal Campbell To: Tim Ellison Cc: supp...@flex-radio.com ; K0DAN ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] BSOD I would let windows do a repair disk function and check the option where it checks the free space. If you get more than a few errors, get a new disk drive! They are dirt cheap and easy to replace. Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: If you are getting a IDE/ATAPI error, I would look to see if you are sharing your FW controller IRQ with the SATA controller. Sharing an interrupt will usually not cause a BSoD. Your IDE controller could be crapping out or the driver might be corrupted. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 3:49 PM To: K0DAN Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] BSOD Dan, Did you read the How to Use. part of their site? http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html Give you some additional details on how to read the data. If you are getting a IDE/ATAPI error, I would look to see if you are sharing your FW controller IRQ with the SATA controller. This can be a problem.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option 2 Email: dud...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com> "Tune in excitement!" (tm) On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:41 PM, K0DAN wrote: > I think someone one this (?) reflector recommended a utility named > BLUECSREEN-VIEW for analyzing the dreaded BSOD screens. > > I've had that utlity for some time but when I get a BSOD, a reboot (of > WIN-XP in my case) always seems to erase the dump file that Windows > creates (thus the utility does me no good). > > Sometime in the last 24 hours my system threw another BSOD, but I > rebooted to SAFE MODE and was able to save the dump files. Which I can > now load into BLUECSREEN-VIEW, but I don't know how tio interpret what > happened. It appears to be an IDE/ATAPI error, altho I have not had > hardware problems previously so don't know what to make of the error dump. > > Can anyone assist me interpreting the error logs? > > Tnx es 73 > > Dan > K0DAN > > ___ > 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] BSOD
Nope, not sharing IRQ. I suppose IDE controller or driver might be having problems, but none noted previously, and if this is the case, it remains highly intermittent. New PC is in the wishlist, but need to keep this old PC limping along a bit longer. So far it and F5K have been getting along OK. 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Tim Ellison" To: ; "K0DAN" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 6:40 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] BSOD If you are getting a IDE/ATAPI error, I would look to see if you are sharing your FW controller IRQ with the SATA controller. Sharing an interrupt will usually not cause a BSoD. Your IDE controller could be crapping out or the driver might be corrupted. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 3:49 PM To: K0DAN Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] BSOD Dan, Did you read the How to Use. part of their site? http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html Give you some additional details on how to read the data. If you are getting a IDE/ATAPI error, I would look to see if you are sharing your FW controller IRQ with the SATA controller. This can be a problem.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option 2 Email: dud...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com> "Tune in excitement!" (tm) On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:41 PM, K0DAN wrote: I think someone one this (?) reflector recommended a utility named BLUECSREEN-VIEW for analyzing the dreaded BSOD screens. I've had that utlity for some time but when I get a BSOD, a reboot (of WIN-XP in my case) always seems to erase the dump file that Windows creates (thus the utility does me no good). Sometime in the last 24 hours my system threw another BSOD, but I rebooted to SAFE MODE and was able to save the dump files. Which I can now load into BLUECSREEN-VIEW, but I don't know how tio interpret what happened. It appears to be an IDE/ATAPI error, altho I have not had hardware problems previously so don't know what to make of the error dump. Can anyone assist me interpreting the error logs? Tnx es 73 Dan K0DAN ___ 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] BSOD
Thanks Dudley...
Yes and no. I did read the How-To and thought I understood it, but not so after
the BSOD...guess I need to read/study more.
The FW and HD controller do not appear to be competing for IRQ.
73
Dan
K0DAN
- Original Message -
From: FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry
To: K0DAN
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] BSOD
Dan,
Did you read the How to Use. part of their site?
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
Give you some additional details on how to read the data.
If you are getting a IDE/ATAPI error, I would look to see if you are
sharing your FW controller IRQ with the SATA controller. This can be a
problem..
73,
Dudley
WA5QPZ
FlexRadio Systems
(512) 250-8595, Option 2
Email: dud...@flexradio.com
Web: www.flexradio.com
"Tune in excitement!" ™
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:41 PM, K0DAN wrote:
I think someone one this (?) reflector recommended a utility named
BLUECSREEN-VIEW for analyzing the dreaded BSOD screens.
I've had that utlity for some time but when I get a BSOD, a reboot (of
WIN-XP in my case) always seems to erase the dump file that Windows creates
(thus the utility does me no good).
Sometime in the last 24 hours my system threw another BSOD, but I rebooted
to SAFE MODE and was able to save the dump files. Which I can now load into
BLUECSREEN-VIEW, but I don't know how tio interpret what happened. It appears
to be an IDE/ATAPI error, altho I have not had hardware problems previously so
don't know what to make of the error dump.
Can anyone assist me interpreting the error logs?
Tnx es 73
Dan
K0DAN
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[Flexradio] BSOD
I think someone one this (?) reflector recommended a utility named BLUECSREEN-VIEW for analyzing the dreaded BSOD screens. I've had that utlity for some time but when I get a BSOD, a reboot (of WIN-XP in my case) always seems to erase the dump file that Windows creates (thus the utility does me no good). Sometime in the last 24 hours my system threw another BSOD, but I rebooted to SAFE MODE and was able to save the dump files. Which I can now load into BLUECSREEN-VIEW, but I don't know how tio interpret what happened. It appears to be an IDE/ATAPI error, altho I have not had hardware problems previously so don't know what to make of the error dump. Can anyone assist me interpreting the error logs? Tnx es 73 Dan K0DAN ___ 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] PowerSDR 2.0.x Button Keyboard Equivalents?
Look in PSDR under SETUP\KEYBOARD - Original Message - From: "Tim Ellison" To: "Bradley Feldman" ; Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR 2.0.x Button Keyboard Equivalents? To the best of my knowledge, the current keyboard spreadsheet is located in the Downloads section of the web site. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bradley Feldman Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:21 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] PowerSDR 2.0.x Button Keyboard Equivalents? I purchased a ShuttlePro v2 with my Flex 5K intending to program the 15 buttons to various useful shortcuts. I downloaded a keyboard spreadsheet from the knowledge center but it's a bit dated -- from 2008 for PowerSDR 1.x I'm looking for keyboard equivalents for the band keys, filter keys, mode keys, squelch, VAC, ATU, Mon,RX2, Play/Record. I assume (I hope), based on windows UI design best practices, that the developers are putting in keyboard equivalents for most on-screen controls. Where can I get an up-to-date listing of these? KK2QQ ___ 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] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues
Since you've done so much troubleshooting and yet still have the problem, you may not wish to make assumptions about the Heil cable...yeah, it's probably OK, but you never know til you either Ohm it out or build a test cable. Or try a different mic + cable. Also are you using the rear panel balanced mic input? This bypasses the audio preamp which is in-circuit on the front panel jack...might give you improved results. dt - Original Message - From: "Bradley Feldman" To: "'K0DAN'" ; Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 12:21 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues I just tried stringing up a 30 dipole, new coax, etc instead of using the miracle MMD (which is an end fed antenna). Same problem, so it's not the antenna. The mic cable is the stock cable from Heil, so I assume it's good and proper cable. Any other ideas from anybody? *B KK2QQ -Original Message- From: K0DAN [mailto:k0...@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 12:44 PM To: Bradley Feldman; 'Bret Mills'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues You may want to try lifting the chassis ground off the XLR ground. Also remember XLR audio is balanced so you don't want either of the XLR mic pins grounded or tied to the shield or chassis. Sometimes NO ground at all on an XLR connector worksyou get these ground loops and current floating around which makes the audio connection UNbalanced, and greats hum, RF paths, etc. Another thing...take a look at the innards of your mic cable. If it's an XLR, you should have twisted pair for the two mic leads, which may or may not be wrapped in a shield. For XLR, think of your audio line much as you would think of a balanced antenna & feedline. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Bradley Feldman" To: "'Bret Mills'" ; Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues The PTT is connected properly to pins 5+6. Mic positive (XLR pin 2) is connected to flex pin 8. Mic negative (XLR pin 3) and Mic Shield (XLR pin 1) are tied together at the flex side and go to flex pin 7. The barrel on the flex side isn't connected to anything. Does that sound correct? *B KK2QQ -Original Message- From: Bret Mills [mailto:bmil...@ecso.com] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:45 AM To: 'Bradley Feldman'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues Page 5 of the FLEX 5K's owners manual show the proper connections for the FLEX-5000 MIC connector, I quote "Pin 5 is Chassis Ground, Pin 6 is PTT, Pin 7 MIC (-) Pin 8 MIC (+)". Measure from the MIC itself and make sure they have the correct one connected. 73's Bret WX7Y -Original Message- From: Bradley Feldman [mailto:brad...@bradleyloritheo.com] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 9:25 AM To: 'Bret Mills'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues On the Heil cable I'm using, the PTT is on pins 5+6. The mic is on pins 7+8. Should the barrel of the connector be connect to anything? *B KK2QQ -Original Message- From: Bret Mills [mailto:bmil...@ecso.com] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:57 AM To: 'Bradley Feldman' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues Check the HEIL MIC adapter and MAKE sure that the MIC ground goes to the radio MIC Ground and the PTT Ground goes to PTT Ground on the radio. On a LOT of the HEIL adapters they wired the ground pins backwards and this may be the cause of your problems, on Yaesu radios this didn't make much difference but on the FLEX it makes ALL the difference in the world. Hope this helps and 73's and Happy Holidays Bret WX7Y -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bradley Feldman Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 8:37 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues I'm new to flex, sdr and this list. I have a brand new 5000A, fully loaded (including the VHF/UHF board). Station is completely new -- new QTH, new Mic (PR 781), new temporary antenna (Miracle MMD 30m). I've worked through issues on installation and receive and seem to have those licked including using VAC with digital modes. Now I'm trying to get TX working right for working QRP until spring comes and I can set up my Steppir Bigir that's sitting here in a box. I've been a ham since 1990, but have largely been on my own with regard to setting up and solving shack problems-- I don't belong to any clubs at the mom
Re: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues
You may want to try lifting the chassis ground off the XLR ground. Also remember XLR audio is balanced so you don't want either of the XLR mic pins grounded or tied to the shield or chassis. Sometimes NO ground at all on an XLR connector worksyou get these ground loops and current floating around which makes the audio connection UNbalanced, and greats hum, RF paths, etc. Another thing...take a look at the innards of your mic cable. If it's an XLR, you should have twisted pair for the two mic leads, which may or may not be wrapped in a shield. For XLR, think of your audio line much as you would think of a balanced antenna & feedline. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Bradley Feldman" To: "'Bret Mills'" ; Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues The PTT is connected properly to pins 5+6. Mic positive (XLR pin 2) is connected to flex pin 8. Mic negative (XLR pin 3) and Mic Shield (XLR pin 1) are tied together at the flex side and go to flex pin 7. The barrel on the flex side isn't connected to anything. Does that sound correct? *B KK2QQ -Original Message- From: Bret Mills [mailto:bmil...@ecso.com] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:45 AM To: 'Bradley Feldman'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues Page 5 of the FLEX 5K's owners manual show the proper connections for the FLEX-5000 MIC connector, I quote "Pin 5 is Chassis Ground, Pin 6 is PTT, Pin 7 MIC (-) Pin 8 MIC (+)". Measure from the MIC itself and make sure they have the correct one connected. 73's Bret WX7Y -Original Message- From: Bradley Feldman [mailto:brad...@bradleyloritheo.com] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 9:25 AM To: 'Bret Mills'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues On the Heil cable I'm using, the PTT is on pins 5+6. The mic is on pins 7+8. Should the barrel of the connector be connect to anything? *B KK2QQ -Original Message- From: Bret Mills [mailto:bmil...@ecso.com] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:57 AM To: 'Bradley Feldman' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues Check the HEIL MIC adapter and MAKE sure that the MIC ground goes to the radio MIC Ground and the PTT Ground goes to PTT Ground on the radio. On a LOT of the HEIL adapters they wired the ground pins backwards and this may be the cause of your problems, on Yaesu radios this didn't make much difference but on the FLEX it makes ALL the difference in the world. Hope this helps and 73's and Happy Holidays Bret WX7Y -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bradley Feldman Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 8:37 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues I'm new to flex, sdr and this list. I have a brand new 5000A, fully loaded (including the VHF/UHF board). Station is completely new -- new QTH, new Mic (PR 781), new temporary antenna (Miracle MMD 30m). I've worked through issues on installation and receive and seem to have those licked including using VAC with digital modes. Now I'm trying to get TX working right for working QRP until spring comes and I can set up my Steppir Bigir that's sitting here in a box. I've been a ham since 1990, but have largely been on my own with regard to setting up and solving shack problems-- I don't belong to any clubs at the moment, so I appreciate any help I can get from this list with the issue I describe below -- which may not be a "flex issue" but perhaps an ordinary ham setup issue. I don't know. Here's the issue: When keying up and testing my mic in phone mode (I don't have a key set up), once there is enough audio level to drive some rf output power, I start to hear distortion in the audio-- it kind of sounds like the sound of a helicopter with echo and reverb that continues until I unkey. I've done Google searches, flex KB searches, forum searches and read the flex troubleshooting guide to try and find a solution. Based on that information, I've tried the following: I've grounded the radio to the PC with ground strap. I installed RS ground loop isolators on all audio connections to/from the radio and PC. I put extra ferrites on the PC side of the stock flex firewire cable. The issue remains. Any ideas of what to do next or what additional info is necessary to help me? *Bradley KK2QQ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://ww
Re: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues
Also be sure VAC is turned off for voice modesit adds another delay loop which can be very distracting. - Original Message - From: "Bradley Feldman" To: Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 9:36 AM Subject: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues I'm new to flex, sdr and this list. I have a brand new 5000A, fully loaded (including the VHF/UHF board). Station is completely new -- new QTH, new Mic (PR 781), new temporary antenna (Miracle MMD 30m). I've worked through issues on installation and receive and seem to have those licked including using VAC with digital modes. Now I'm trying to get TX working right for working QRP until spring comes and I can set up my Steppir Bigir that's sitting here in a box. I've been a ham since 1990, but have largely been on my own with regard to setting up and solving shack problems-- I don't belong to any clubs at the moment, so I appreciate any help I can get from this list with the issue I describe below -- which may not be a "flex issue" but perhaps an ordinary ham setup issue. I don't know. Here's the issue: When keying up and testing my mic in phone mode (I don't have a key set up), once there is enough audio level to drive some rf output power, I start to hear distortion in the audio-- it kind of sounds like the sound of a helicopter with echo and reverb that continues until I unkey. I've done Google searches, flex KB searches, forum searches and read the flex troubleshooting guide to try and find a solution. Based on that information, I've tried the following: I've grounded the radio to the PC with ground strap. I installed RS ground loop isolators on all audio connections to/from the radio and PC. I put extra ferrites on the PC side of the stock flex firewire cable. The issue remains. Any ideas of what to do next or what additional info is necessary to help me? *Bradley KK2QQ ___ 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] LOGIC AND FLEX 5000 (AND VSP)
If anyone is successfully using LOGic software with the Flex 5000, would you please contact me off list? I've installed VSP and created virtual serial ports but they are not talking to the Flex the way they're supposed to. I think I'm missing something basic, any help would be appreciated. Thanks and 73 Dan K0DAN ___ 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] More computer questions--mouse, trackball, etc ??
I'm using he Microsoft Trackball Optical (wired) and with the rolly ball, push-wheel, and with the 2-left + 2-right buttons, it's the best pointing device I've ever used! Have tried newer stuff (wired + wireless) and have always gone back to the Trackball. I don't think MS mfgrs them anymore, but they're available on the used market (not cheap). GL es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Dan & Jean" To: "Flex Reflector" Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:59 AM Subject: [Flexradio] More computer questions--mouse, trackball, etc ?? Thanks to all of you who shared your experience with multitasking while using the 5000A. Your comments were VERY helpful. Now I have a few more questions. I've been using a hardwired Microsoft trackball for years. I really don't know if another device would be any more useful in operating the 5000A. 1) Have any of you developed a preference for any particular pointing device--especially with regard to interfacing with the 5000A software? 2) Are any of you using wireless trackballs and keyboards with your computer (in the RF environment)? Does running a legal limit amplifier in the vicinity affect their operation? Any comments with regard to your experience or observations would be appreciated. If you have favorable or unfavorable experiences with a particular device, please mention the brand and model if possible. Thanks very much, Dan - W4TQ ___ 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] Foot switch
Motorola BLN6732 is a dual-switch model, they also have a single-switch one (sorry, don't have model # available). They are heavy duty and heavy (won't move), used with dispatch consoles and also some mobile applications (ambulances, fire trucks). They're a bit pricey if bought new, but are readily available in the used markets, auctions, etc. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Parsons" To: "FlexRadio Reflector" Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: [Flexradio] Foot switch I am looking for recommendations for a PTT foot switch. Ron W5RKN ___ 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] Anyone Successfully Using Teamviewer Audio withPowerSDR?
I am not familiar with Teamviewer, nor have I tried remoting FLEX. However you may want to test your latency to the host server: http://www.visualware.com/demo/index.html I have had very high speeds from the ISP yet poor VOIP in some cases (Skype and ooVoo generally work pretty well but will occasionally drop packets, freeze video, etc.). If the ISP (or remote server) isn't providing good latency specs, any VOIP activity will be an exercise in frustration. GL es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Steve Floyd" To: "Flex Radio" Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 4:39 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Anyone Successfully Using Teamviewer Audio withPowerSDR? I am trying to use the free Teamviewer remote desktop software with VOIP for remote operation of my Flex5K and PowerSDR. The remote desktop viewing and control work great. The VOIP option is very disappointing. The audio quality is poor with frequent packet loss and momentary audio dropouts. My Internet connection speed is very high, 15 MB down and 3 MB up. This speed tests fine. I am using VAC which works fine with Skype and all other applications. Do I need to open some ports on my router to get acceptable results with Teamviewer VOIP audio? Any hints would be much appreciated. If anyone out there has had success with Teamviewer with VOIP audio please contact me. Thanks, Steve W4YHD ___ 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] Logitech MX Performance Wireless Laser Mouse
Perhaps the following is the next e."human inteface" for FLEX radio control??? http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/19/microsoft.skinput/index.html?hpt=C1 But wow, I know there are a bunch of us out here that would jump on a control surface that emulated the operating experience of our HF rigs. Just my opinion so please don't crucify me for being an "old-timer". I'm only 56 by the way. ___ 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] Common Mode Chokes - Purchasing Ferrite
The one which they use with their "160M Carolina Windom" is about 18 turns of coax on a ferrite rod. 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Ross Stenberg" To: Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Common Mode Chokes - Purchasing Ferrite I believe if you open on up all one would find is a bunch of common mode chokes on coax. Not a bad thing...just what they are. http://www.radioworks.com/ct-4.html ___ 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] Speaker project (was the 'bose speakers')
A build-our-own speaker project is ineed a worthy and interesting project. With that said, I have never had the time nor inclination to do so...for my home theater interests, I buy comercial products. For my ham radio interests, I have gotten VERY good results from visiting Salvation Army, Goodwill, and other thrift storesthey always carry some inventory of stereo tuner/amplifiers, speakers, etc. Some of these are junk, and sometimes you will be surprised when you find pretty decent stuff (I once got a pair of big JBL speakers for $50...woodwrok was a little messed up, but the speakers sounded great). Generally the prices on this stuff are pretty low...and they are plug & play, and with a right/left balance control you can mix two audio inputs. If you don't have great apeakers, the addition of a small subwoofer will make ESSB or plate modulated AM on 75M sound really good. This is not audiophile (audiophool?) quality, but is VERY good for ham applications, and might be another option for FLEX (and other) operators who want to have some decent speakers and audio. It's a case of apples and oranges: are homebrew or commercial speakers intended for the hamshack, or studio monitors, or high-end home theater? Once size does not fit all. BTW, I have two thrift-store tuner/amplifiers in the hamshack...one drives a pair of old Yamaha bookshelf speakers, the other drives a pair of the old Radio Shack "Optimus" bookshelf speakers. Both have a small subwoofer...the audio is really good. Would I use this for my home theater? Probably not, but works great in the hamshack. I use ZIP cord to feed the speakers, I have no idea if theyr are "shielded" or not (what does this mean, anyway?), and ditto with the tuner/amplifiers (both Yamaha in my case)...I have never had RFI with these devices, and I often run full limit QRO and have both coax and ladderline feeders in the shack. As always YMMV! GL es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Richard W. Solomon" To: Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Speaker project (was the 'bose speakers') Radio Shack sold a small Stereo Amplifier that appears on the "evil empire" every so often. I use one with a pair of Bose "Cube" speakers. Works very well. 73, Dick, W1KSZ -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison Sent: Feb 5, 2010 12:02 AM To: "audio...@charter.net" , Dudley Hurry Cc: 'FLEX USERS' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Speaker project (was the 'bose speakers') You could use a stereo kit PA. Like one of these http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/complete.htm#Amplifier%20Kits%20And%20Modules -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jim Barber Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:42 PM To: Dudley Hurry Cc: 'FLEX USERS' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Speaker project (was the 'bose speakers') Hi Dudley, The time... The 'audioguy' always has the time for speaker projects, but I'll concede that you may not. :-) The size - yes, even the "small" version may be bigger than a pair of micro PC speakers. Once cab I was tinkering with tonight is 6x6x6" internal volume and made from 1/2" MDF. They can get bigger and smaller. Well shielded from RF - That will be attended to in the separate amplifier section. Both for goes-in and goes-out, since the amp module I'm working with is Class D and can generate some hash unless put in a metal box and bypassed/choked. If someone comes up with an inexpensive linear amp module, kit or design that meets spec we can look at that too. Class D is nice because it can be tucked away in a diecast box without heat issues. Sound quality vs size - not sure what you mean there. The point of doing this is to build a first rate speaker. Unless you're talking trade-off, which is a matter of preference. You may prefer small for convenience. I'm a believer that where speakers are concerned, QRO is the way to go, although a 7" cube isn't what I'd call all THAT large. Price - It would be tough to match the $69 you mention, yes. The smaller design may do it, we'll certainly try. 73, Jim, N7CXI (going where angels fear to tread) Dudley Hurry wrote: Jim, There are just a few issues with the speaker project as far as I am concerned, for the Flex. . First is the time. Second the size Third being well shielded from RF. Fourth, guess sound quality verses size. I have been extremely happy with my Boses, mainly for the sound/size, they will fit in a brief case, sound very good for the size, even in CW, and were only $69.. And they are well shielded, and self powered.. Very hard to beat.. Now for my stereo system, I just might do something like that, a good set , even in a kit will be in the $350 range. Good luck in the pr
Re: [Flexradio] Vista-Win7 upgrade
I did a similar upgrade from VISTA to WIN7. In fact, I didn't even BOOT the brand new (HP) VISTA machine until I received the WIN7 upgrade, so the upgrade was basically onto a "clean" VISTA OS, and like your experience, the upgrade went pretty well. This is a fairly speedy i7 quad core with 8GB RAM and 1TB driveHowever, I am having several problems/mysteries. And this is all before any ham & FLEX apps are installed! I set myself up as ADMINISTRATOR but the system still will not allow me to do certain tasks. I have turned User Access Control (UAC) down to its lowest setting without being OFF. I am listed in USERS as an Administrator, but still get pop-ups telling me I'm not authorized to run some apps, but then if I continue I can run them, but sometimes totally denied access to certain apps. One of these was CHKDSK, which I tried to run today...had a mysterious BSOD (my first), and the new Event Viewer is extremely crypticthere was some mention about a disk issue so I figured a CHKDSK wouldn't hurt (from Command Prompt) but it won't let me run it. There's a few others ( can't recall now) which I'm also denied...don't think I have "real" ADMIN rights? I can right-click some icons which offer to elevate access rights, but these appear not to do anything, or not be permanent. Also their menus are a bit contradictory. Today's BSOD was disturbing. Never could find the data dump; Event Viewer has become really complex & bloated, I don't know how to analyze it. No new drivers or software in the past 4-5 days but the PC decided to puke this a.m. for no apparent reason. I can't make this new PC exchange files on the LAN, even though I have the workgroups set up right and have C:\ set for shares. The new PC is visible on the LAN, and vice versa, but no file transfers. There are more nagging issues, but that's all I rcan remember off the top of my head. I maybe can wade thru hours of blogs and "HOW TO" fixes, but there's more to my life than calming down this new stallion PC. I don't know if these issues are due to a VISTA-WIN7 upgrade, bugs in the new W7 OS, poor choices of X86 apps on my part, etc. Has anyone been there & done that? I'd sure like to get this "tool" running so I can play with ham radio again! Tnx es 73 Dan K0DAN - Original Message - From: "Joe Knapp" To: Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:40 AM Subject: [Flexradio] Vista-Win7 upgrade I had a working Flex 3000 system with a Vista 64-bit tower using PowerSDR, VAC, com0com and MixW and decided to mess with success and upgrade to Win7 (the upgrade disk arrived a couple weeks after I bought the tower). Anyway, bottom line is that the in-place upgrade went pretty smoothly. The upgrade advisor indicated that com0com would have a compatibility issue. Pressing on ahead, when Win7 finally came up (about 90 minutes of churning), everything looked pretty good, except that none of PowerSDR, VAC, MixW and com0com would run due to various complaints. However, after removing these packages, reinstalling and reconfiguring them to their former states, everything looks peachy. So Win7 upgrade success--just thought I'd pass that on. The only lingering glitch was that after removing and reinstalling MixW, it evidently went into demo-expired mode (I had had about a week left), repeating the word "trial" at regular intervals in the audio stream. So that requires a purchase decision sooner than I'd planned. Joe W8QJ ___ 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] Fwd: More Flex in contesting
I appreciate all the FLEX/LOGic/logger feedback. I may have failed to mention I am not yet a FLEX owner, kind of thinking the conversion will be sometime 1Q10, but I have been reading the reflectors the past few months and am getting a feel for what to expect. Am kinda hot to trot but also hoping for a simple implementation process, shack remodeling, and interface with existing subsystems, logging, etc. FLEX + LOGic users who have emailed me seem to be about 50/50 that LOGic did/didn't make the transition. My druthers are that I don't change but it is a reassuring to know that there's a bunch of people who found a workab le solution (and free!) to their problems. Thanks for the info folks...hope to be on the air with y'all soon! 73 dan k0dan - Original Message - From: "NU8Z" To: "'George Steube'" ; "'K0DAN'" ; "'dan edwards'" Cc: "'flex list'" Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 8:59 AM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting I was also a long time user of Logic. Started back with Logic 1 or 2 (can't remember). I think Logic is an excellent logging program. If it were not for the issues ( I had) with interfacing the Flex with it, I would likely still be using it. Now that being said, because of the issues I gave DXLabs a try. I made the conversion about 3 years ago and have not looked back. All went smooth. I did lose some of my QSO notes from Logic in the transfer, but made no special effort to save them. There are some adif data massaging programs that could be used to maybe prevent that from happening. I made the transition knowing that I could always go back to Logic and put more effort into resolving the issue with the flex interfacing. When I first made the change to DxLabs I had a bit of "switchers remorse", but that lasted about 2 days! Then I was hooked. The bottom line is that DX Labs is an amazing program. ( and it's free - with incredible product support) Regardless of what radio I was using, If I knew what I know now about this program I would have made the switch. I'm a happy camper Mark NU8Z -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of George Steube Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 7:28 AM To: K0DAN; dan edwards Cc: flex list Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Dan, The transfer was easy, the software is free, there is a ton of QSLing options that work. Just down load and try it. George W2GS -Original Message- From: K0DAN [mailto:k0...@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:46 PM To: dan edwards; George Steube Cc: flex list Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting I've been running LOGic with hardware radios for a l-o-n-g time, pretty much trouble-free and frankly can't complain about the product or support. OK, so some have reported troubles interfacing with FLEX, others not. Those of you who have switched from LOGic to DXLab or something else, how bad was the data transfer, esp as regards reports, awards, QSLO info, eQSL, LOTW, etc., etc., all that background stuff which you have accumulated for years? Surely all this stuff doesn't just port overor does it 73 dan k0dan - Original Message - From: "dan edwards" To: "George Steube" Cc: "flex list" Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting i second that motion dxLab work GREAT dan, w5xz --- On Fri, 12/11/09, George Steube wrote: From: George Steube Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting To: "K0DAN" , "FlexRadio reflector" Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 12:00 AM I did, but Logic8 kept locking up, I repeatedly tried to get the developer to fix the problem with no luck. I changed to DXLab suite and have not looked back. You will not get better support on any product than Dave provides with DXLab. George W2GS -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz]on Behalf Of K0DAN Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:35 PM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Speaking of logging software, have any FLEX users out there interfaced LOGic to their SDR radios? 73 dan k0dan - Original Message - From: "Rudy Bakalov" To: "FlexRadio reflector" ; "Brian Lloyd" Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Fair enough. The issue with the logger is the ease of configuration. Many hams are intimidated by messing with CAT commands. Also, there is a much higher risk of an error compared to a visual interface that clearly defines the configuration. Rudy N2WQ --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Brian
Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting
I've been running LOGic with hardware radios for a l-o-n-g time, pretty much trouble-free and frankly can't complain about the product or support. OK, so some have reported troubles interfacing with FLEX, others not. Those of you who have switched from LOGic to DXLab or something else, how bad was the data transfer, esp as regards reports, awards, QSLO info, eQSL, LOTW, etc., etc., all that background stuff which you have accumulated for years? Surely all this stuff doesn't just port overor does it 73 dan k0dan - Original Message - From: "dan edwards" To: "George Steube" Cc: "flex list" Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting i second that motion dxLab work GREAT dan, w5xz --- On Fri, 12/11/09, George Steube wrote: From: George Steube Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting To: "K0DAN" , "FlexRadio reflector" Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 12:00 AM I did, but Logic8 kept locking up, I repeatedly tried to get the developer to fix the problem with no luck. I changed to DXLab suite and have not looked back. You will not get better support on any product than Dave provides with DXLab. George W2GS -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz]on Behalf Of K0DAN Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:35 PM To: FlexRadio reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Speaking of logging software, have any FLEX users out there interfaced LOGic to their SDR radios? 73 dan k0dan - Original Message - From: "Rudy Bakalov" To: "FlexRadio reflector" ; "Brian Lloyd" Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Fair enough. The issue with the logger is the ease of configuration. Many hams are intimidated by messing with CAT commands. Also, there is a much higher risk of an error compared to a visual interface that clearly defines the configuration. Rudy N2WQ --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Brian Lloyd wrote: From: Brian Lloyd Subject: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting To: "FlexRadio reflector" Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 1:00 PM On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Rudy Bakalov wrote: It appears that the logger can in fact re-program the antenna selection on the fly using the set of available CAT commands. But this is extremely inefficient as the logger will have to send all the CAT commands just to turn the TX on, before even sending the actual contest message. It is much better to extend the existing PowerSDR software with a SO2R mode where antenna and relay outputs are per VFO rather than band. What you have described, i.e. sending all the commands to change the antenna settings before initiating the transmit, is both necessary and sufficient to meet all cases, present and future. If your data link is fast there will be no appreciable delay. At 19200 bps a 20 byte command sequence is transmitted in 10.4 ms. If it is running on a virtual serial port where the speed is limited only by the context switching time and processing delay, it would be much faster. The only time it might be an issue is if someone is trying to run full QSK on CW and even then, not too much. -- 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 r_baka...@yahoo.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 k0...@comcast.net ___ 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 a...@bellsouth.net ___ 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 w...@att.net ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/m
Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting
Speaking of logging software, have any FLEX users out there interfaced LOGic to their SDR radios? 73 dan k0dan - Original Message - From: "Rudy Bakalov" To: "FlexRadio reflector" ; "Brian Lloyd" Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting Fair enough. The issue with the logger is the ease of configuration. Many hams are intimidated by messing with CAT commands. Also, there is a much higher risk of an error compared to a visual interface that clearly defines the configuration. Rudy N2WQ --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Brian Lloyd wrote: From: Brian Lloyd Subject: [Flexradio] Fwd: More Flex in contesting To: "FlexRadio reflector" Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 1:00 PM On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Rudy Bakalov wrote: It appears that the logger can in fact re-program the antenna selection on the fly using the set of available CAT commands. But this is extremely inefficient as the logger will have to send all the CAT commands just to turn the TX on, before even sending the actual contest message. It is much better to extend the existing PowerSDR software with a SO2R mode where antenna and relay outputs are per VFO rather than band. What you have described, i.e. sending all the commands to change the antenna settings before initiating the transmit, is both necessary and sufficient to meet all cases, present and future. If your data link is fast there will be no appreciable delay. At 19200 bps a 20 byte command sequence is transmitted in 10.4 ms. If it is running on a virtual serial port where the speed is limited only by the context switching time and processing delay, it would be much faster. The only time it might be an issue is if someone is trying to run full QSK on CW and even then, not too much. -- 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 r_baka...@yahoo.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 k0...@comcast.net ___ 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] New Mouse
I am a trackball user...I just like the ergonomics better, and use Microsoft trackballs on my PC's. I am not yet a FLEX user but am lurking and reading the mail. Can anyone suggest any new trackball designs? Wireless? Smaller size than the monster Microsoft corded model? Any that can spin 60 MPH like the coprded one recently mentioned in this thread? 73 Dan K0DAN ___ 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] Flex 5000 power on switch question
How 'bout use a remotely-controlled X-10 power module to cycle your radio? They have versions where you can dial into your QTH and use DTMF, or also ones that float outside a firewall and can be accessed over the internet. 73 k0dan - Original Message - From: "Stu Phillips" To: Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:05 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 power on switch question Sorry that this question is a little off the wall... Does anyone have the ability to measure the effort required to push in the power switch button on a Flex 5000? I operate a full remote station and I'm thinking about using an RC servo to drive a remote "button pusher" - I'd like to have some clue about the torque required as that affects the price of the servo in no small degree. I have a very simple servo driver using a 555 timer that could make for a very simple RS-232 operated remote "switch". Anyone have suitable equipment to measure the required force? Thanks Stu K6TU PS: Yes, I could add a relay across the switch to apply the necessary pulse but I'd like to keep my (nearly new) Flex under warranty! Also, wedging the power button in doesn't work for me as this causes the rear PTT line to be inop after powering up via the PSU! J ___ 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 k0...@comcast.net ___ 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
