Re: [Flexradio] Radio

[LEE MUSHEL]

Well, this thing (or it's current replacement) does cost $200 but if you don't 
have to worry about switch timing or the protection of a receiver that might 
cost much more than $500 I won't argue that this is a good suggestion.   I 
bought one to use with an SDR-IQ or Flex1500 and one of my older backup 
transceivers.

73

Lee  K9WRU

- Original Message -
From: Mark Lunday 
To: William and Sue , FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:00:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Radio

Use the RTR-1a from DX Engineering, it will do what you need.

Sent from my Windows Phone

From: William and Sue
Sent: ‎3/‎12/‎2017 12:28 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Radio

Good morning all,
Is there a way to use the flex 3000 as a receiver
and transmit on something else.
Bill
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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A w/earbuds etc.

[Lee Mushel]

Yes, this is a very good solution!   I had to do something like this but 
without the summer/winter switch when I decided to modify an ARC-5 BC453-B 
WWII receiver for SDR.   It had occurred to me that it would be a good idea 
to explain to a local club how easy it was to convert the old radio to SDR. 
I proceeded to remove all of the original internal components from the 
BC-453 and then put a Flex1500 plus power supply plus cooling fan plus 
speaker plus audio amp in the box while carefully maintaining the original 
appearance of the old radio.   I used an on line purchased small audio amp 
and computer speaker without giving thought to what I might be doing to the 
audio out of the Flex1500!  Not at all smart and it resulted in an unplanned 
visit of my 1500 back to Austin!  But that capacitor should be a word to the 
wise!


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net
To: Bill Guyger bguy...@yahoo.com; Mike Sonn 
fatfend...@sbcglobal.net

Cc: flexradio flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A w/earbuds


A capacitor in-line of sufficient rating to handle the voltages to be 
encountered and with sufficient capacity to pass the lowest freqs of 
interest will turn off your ear heaters.  Maybe you want to wire in a 
Summer-Winter switch to be able to select cool or warm operation as the 
seasons change.


73,

Patrick   NJ5G

-Original Message- 
From: Bill Guyger via FlexRadio

Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:04 PM
To: Mike Sonn
Cc: flexradio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A w/earbuds

Heating in headphones and speakers is usually caused by D.C. coming out of 
the amp. I underline usually maybe something I'm not considering 
though.


Bill AD5OL

Sent from my iPhone


On Nov 22, 2014, at 8:27 PM, Mike Sonn fatfend...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

Anyone else use earbuds? I've used a set for years with my Flex 3000. I
now have upgraded to a FLEX 5K and when I stuck my earbuds in for the
first time, they were very warm.  I thought I had them leaning against
something warm in the shack, but after sitting on the desk for 10
minutes, they are still warm.  My ear canals won't get cold, but
clearly, there's something strange going on here. Any ideas?
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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A w/earbuds etc.

[Lee Mushel]

Yes, this is a very good solution!   I had to do something like this but 
without the summer/winter switch when I decided to modify an ARC-5 BC453-B 
WWII receiver for SDR.   It had occurred to me that it would be a good idea 
to explain to a local club how easy it was to convert the old radio to SDR. 
I proceeded to remove all of the original internal components from the 
BC-453 and then put a Flex1500 plus power supply plus cooling fan plus 
speaker plus audio amp in the box while carefully maintaining the original 
appearance of the old radio.   I used an on line purchased small audio amp 
and computer speaker without giving thought to what I might be doing to the 
audio out of the Flex1500!  Not at all smart and it resulted in an unplanned 
visit of my 1500 back to Austin!  But that capacitor should be a word to the 
wise!


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net
To: Bill Guyger bguy...@yahoo.com; Mike Sonn 
fatfend...@sbcglobal.net

Cc: flexradio flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A w/earbuds


A capacitor in-line of sufficient rating to handle the voltages to be 
encountered and with sufficient capacity to pass the lowest freqs of 
interest will turn off your ear heaters.  Maybe you want to wire in a 
Summer-Winter switch to be able to select cool or warm operation as the 
seasons change.


73,

Patrick   NJ5G

-Original Message- 
From: Bill Guyger via FlexRadio

Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:04 PM
To: Mike Sonn
Cc: flexradio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A w/earbuds

Heating in headphones and speakers is usually caused by D.C. coming out of 
the amp. I underline usually maybe something I'm not considering 
though.


Bill AD5OL

Sent from my iPhone


On Nov 22, 2014, at 8:27 PM, Mike Sonn fatfend...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

Anyone else use earbuds? I've used a set for years with my Flex 3000. I
now have upgraded to a FLEX 5K and when I stuck my earbuds in for the
first time, they were very warm.  I thought I had them leaning against
something warm in the shack, but after sitting on the desk for 10
minutes, they are still warm.  My ear canals won't get cold, but
clearly, there's something strange going on here. Any ideas?
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Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 115, Issue 13

[Lee Mushel]

Greg,

I have a small problem with your system.   My password is mine and I specify 
it.  For this reason  I do not face or twit or yahoo nor do I have any 
intention of joining the community or any other thing you might want to 
define.  If you insist on having some rule for MY password you can keep 
your system.   I do not worry about security of my cell phone.   I don't 
have one.   I used to have several in the early '90's but then I grew up.


To change the topic slightly, this afternoon I unearthed a collection of 
info from John Basilotto that I filed away.   Flex Radio was a far different 
company then.   And, I will say, one that I had no problem sending real cash 
money for a Flex5000A when it was still only an ideaI never regretted 
having to wait for almost a half year before that thing I had paid for 
finally appeared by my back door.   I don't think I'd do the same thing for 
a 6700 today.


73

Lee   K9WRU.
- Original Message - 
From: Greg Jurrens g...@flex-radio.com

To: Alfred Watson w4...@aol.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 115, Issue 13



Al
There are those still lurking on this reflector so fire away I will 
say most of the action is on the Online Community. 
http://community.flexradio.com


73
Greg
FlexRadio Sales

Sent from Greg's iPhone

On Nov 15, 2014, at 13:39, Alfred Watson via FlexRadio 
flexradio@flex-radio.biz wrote:



Is this reflector for the new 6500 series too ?

Tnx
Al
W4ABW
Alabama


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:55:55 -0600 (CST)
From: w...@reagan.com
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] problems with sdr-1000
Message-ID: 1416005755.91585...@webmail.reagan.com
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8

  The 1000 was running fine on 2.5.3. went to use the radio 
today
and once it goes thur its boot and you click the on button on powersdr 
the radio
goes into transmit and have to shut it down. also reads hi swr even 
though a

dummy load is connected.
   what I did, checked all connections on the radio,FA-66 and the 
computer,all

are correct.
 thought maybe the software was corrupted ,so cleaned house and removed 
all the
flex and all the power sdr files and did a clean reinstall of 2.5.3. 
install
went as it should. re booted the system and the same result ,instant 
transmit 

hi swr.
   When power sdr is booting, there is NO relay noise from the 1000 at 
all
,listened twice to be sure,nothing. used to hear relays clicking in or 
out.

 Tried every thing with a older powersdr,same thing.
Any one have any ideas as to what is going on or how to correct it.Iam
stumped.I read the trouble shooting giude,they mentioned a RESET I 
clicked on
the only reset button I found at the bottom right edge of power sir, is 
there

some other button?
   73
dale wt4t




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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:04:34 -0500
From: ke...@3950.net
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] problems with sdr-1000
Message-ID: 54668a82.8020...@3950.net
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed


On 11/14/2014 5:55 PM, w...@reagan.com wrote:
The 1000 was running fine on 2.5.3. went to use the radio today
and once it goes thur its boot and you click the on button on
powersdr the radio goes into transmit and have to shut it down.
also reads hi swr even though a dummy load is connected. what I
did, checked all connections on the radio,FA-66 and the
computer,all are correct. thought maybe the software was
corrupted ,so cleaned house and removed all the flex and all the
power sdr files and did a clean reinstall of 2.5.3. install went
as it should. re booted the system and the same result ,instant
transmit  hi swr. When power sdr is booting, there is NO relay
noise from the 1000 at all ,listened twice to be sure,nothing.
used to hear relays clicking in or out. Tried every thing with a
older powersdr,same thing. Any one have any ideas as to what is
going on or how to 

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 115, Issue 13

[Lee Mushel]

Greg,

I have a small problem with your system.   My password is mine and I specify 
it.  For this reason  I do not face or twit or yahoo nor do I have any 
intention of joining the community or any other thing you might want to 
define.  If you insist on having some rule for MY password you can keep 
your system.   I do not worry about security of my cell phone.   I don't 
have one.   I used to have several in the early '90's but then I grew up.


To change the topic slightly, this afternoon I unearthed a collection of 
info from John Basilotto that I filed away.   Flex Radio was a far different 
company then.   And, I will say, one that I had no problem sending real cash 
money for a Flex5000A when it was still only an ideaI never regretted 
having to wait for almost a half year before that thing I had paid for 
finally appeared by my back door.   I don't think I'd do the same thing for 
a 6700 today.


73

Lee   K9WRU.
- Original Message - 
From: Greg Jurrens g...@flex-radio.com

To: Alfred Watson w4...@aol.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 115, Issue 13



Al
There are those still lurking on this reflector so fire away I will 
say most of the action is on the Online Community. 
http://community.flexradio.com


73
Greg
FlexRadio Sales

Sent from Greg's iPhone

On Nov 15, 2014, at 13:39, Alfred Watson via FlexRadio 
flexradio@flex-radio.biz wrote:



Is this reflector for the new 6500 series too ?

Tnx
Al
W4ABW
Alabama


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  2. Re: problems with sdr-1000 (ke...@3950.net)
  3. Re: problems with sdr-1000 (EB4APL)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:55:55 -0600 (CST)
From: w...@reagan.com
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] problems with sdr-1000
Message-ID: 1416005755.91585...@webmail.reagan.com
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8

  The 1000 was running fine on 2.5.3. went to use the radio 
today
and once it goes thur its boot and you click the on button on powersdr 
the radio
goes into transmit and have to shut it down. also reads hi swr even 
though a

dummy load is connected.
   what I did, checked all connections on the radio,FA-66 and the 
computer,all

are correct.
 thought maybe the software was corrupted ,so cleaned house and removed 
all the
flex and all the power sdr files and did a clean reinstall of 2.5.3. 
install
went as it should. re booted the system and the same result ,instant 
transmit 

hi swr.
   When power sdr is booting, there is NO relay noise from the 1000 at 
all
,listened twice to be sure,nothing. used to hear relays clicking in or 
out.

 Tried every thing with a older powersdr,same thing.
Any one have any ideas as to what is going on or how to correct it.Iam
stumped.I read the trouble shooting giude,they mentioned a RESET I 
clicked on
the only reset button I found at the bottom right edge of power sir, is 
there

some other button?
   73
dale wt4t




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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:04:34 -0500
From: ke...@3950.net
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] problems with sdr-1000
Message-ID: 54668a82.8020...@3950.net
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed


On 11/14/2014 5:55 PM, w...@reagan.com wrote:
The 1000 was running fine on 2.5.3. went to use the radio today
and once it goes thur its boot and you click the on button on
powersdr the radio goes into transmit and have to shut it down.
also reads hi swr even though a dummy load is connected. what I
did, checked all connections on the radio,FA-66 and the
computer,all are correct. thought maybe the software was
corrupted ,so cleaned house and removed all the flex and all the
power sdr files and did a clean reinstall of 2.5.3. install went
as it should. re booted the system and the same result ,instant
transmit  hi swr. When power sdr is booting, there is NO relay
noise from the 1000 at all ,listened twice to be sure,nothing.
used to hear relays clicking in or out. Tried every thing with a
older powersdr,same thing. Any one have any ideas as to what is
going on or how to 

Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community

[Lee Mushel]

I have found that my ideas, generally, lie outside those of others but this 
is one time I have to agree.   Based on the subject, I either read or erase. 
And I deeply miss the close association with other Flexers that the 
Community simply does not supply.


Lee A. Mushel   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: T.H. Bauer thba...@gmail.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community



Gents,

I couldn't agree with you more. I belong to several groups that support
email reflectors and find
them very useful and EASY to use. They make quick work of keeping up with
current happenings.




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Re: [Flexradio] CW jack input on the Flex 5000

[Lee Mushel]

No, I'm not cheating.   I do have a Begali straight key but I got a K1EL for 
use with the 600 meter experiment when I was preparing to set up a beacon. 
Naturally the K1EL wouldn't key either 3000 or 5000 without a mod but that 
may vary with age of the Flex radio.   Still, simple examination of the 
keyer circuits and the radio isn't too difficult.  I would think that any 
keyer could be compatible.   But you have to remember that some knowledge 
and work might be needed.


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Steve Sterling f...@sgsterling.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CW jack input on the Flex 5000


I think they are referring to an external KEY (ex. Bencher), not external 
keyer. If you are using an external paddle key, it goes to the tip, sleeve 
and ring. Straight key, Vibraplex, or external electronic keyer just uses 
tip and sleeve. Gotta fix the settings in Setup for straight key.


I use an external keyer, not the Flex internal iambic keyer, so I just 
hook output of keyer to the tip and sleeve (I think). Writing this from 
memory (I should check to be sure for you).


I haven't liked any of my rig's internal keyers (Kenwood, Icom, Flex) as 
you had to fiddle to much to change speed and such. My trusty HamGadgets 
keyer fits perfect under the video monitor screen, big knob right there 
when I need to slow down or speed up. Using the Flex internal keyer, gotta 
grab the mouse, point click, point click, point click just to slow down 
for a guy. Give me carpal tunnel . all that ...   The Icom, keyer 
speed was down like 3 button menu pushes, hold this for 2 seconds, but not 
1 or 4 seconds, then click this other thing, twist a knob through menus 



Don't want a knob for anything else though. Just give me a good mouse and 
keyboard and my Flex.


Steve WA7DUH


On 3/30/2014 10:36 AM, David Umbaugh wrote:

Guys,

I don’t understand why Flex 5000 manual says that, when t using an 
external keyer, the “ring” connection of the stereo quarter inch plug is 
used, as well as the “tip” and the “sleeve.,” while for a straight key 
the “ring is not connected.  Don’t all external keyers just have two 
conductor outputs, mimicking a straight key?


And, I assume when using an external keyed, “iambic” is NOT checked.

Can someone explain the cabling from an external keyed to the Flex 5000, 
and why it is so?


Thanks,

Dave
WA8JNM
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Re: [Flexradio] What

[Lee Mushel]

Jay,

Your analysis is probably correct but if it will make you feel any better I 
once commented on 40 meters that I used my V/U  upgrade along with an 
Elecraft XV144 to watch both the input and output of repeaters.   I thought 
that was a perfectly normal thing to do but you have no idea how much abuse 
came down on my head because I actually used equipment like that to listen 
to a repeater!   The only time things were worse was when I had admitted, 
one day, that I had owned my flex radio for some time but didn't feel I had 
come anywhere near to mastering it!   Wow!   Those fellows even included 
my mother in what was then dumped on me!


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Jay n...@no5j.org

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] What



Bill

I should have set it RE: Flex 5000A VHF/UHF transceiver option wanted.
Then it might have made more sense.The thread seemed to be getting edgy to 
me

But even still. It makes no sense to me either the morning after.
Guess I was just late to the party!

On 2/27/2014 7:22 AM, William and Susan wrote:

Jay
What was that post all about
Bill





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Re: [Flexradio] Question on buying a used 3000

[Lee Mushel]

Yes, Neal, my 3000 went back for this whatever reason.  I don't think it 
was any Big Thing and I recall that when it got back to me I shook the radio 
and it rattled.   To the credit of Flex they simply told me to open the 
case and identify the rattle source.   It turned out to be a surface mount 
resistor and I was able to identify it with the help of my Smart Tweezers. 
I was then asked to photograph a certain point and from that photo they 
determined that nothing was missing and the resistor must have been 
accidentally overlooked in the modification process.   End of story.   I was 
always pleased because they obviously had enough faith in my technical 
ability to assure that any problem could be identified remotely.


But I would certainly like to add one point for the benefit of the new 
comers to the Flex Community who might not be aware of all of the rumors 
and unsubstantiated fears that something might be wrong with this, that or 
something else.   You can be sure that part of the Flex Owner Culture is the 
occasional rise of the fear that Engineering Change Orders for imagined 
upgrades or repairs of defect might have taken place in the past.   There 
have been an infinite number of postings on the reflectors covering these 
fears.   I don't think we have to go through this again!


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com

To: John Paolucci jpa...@me.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Question on buying a used 3000



John,

I don't think you have anything to worry about.

The only thing I remember is there was a preamp mod done right after the
radio was introduced, I think the preamp was too hot so it had to be
tamed a bit. Bit this was literally months after it was introduced so I
think you are okay!

Besides, if it isn't I am sure Flex will do it for you!





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[Flexradio] Changing the subject slightly

[Lee Mushel]

I want to share an experience I had earlier today.
Some of you know that I have a fully upgraded 5000A.   And one of my major 
ham radio interests is emergency communications.   This morning I had the 
great pleasure of telling a fellow amateur I was talking to on a 2M repeater 
that I was going to go from 2M to 40 meters using the same rig and the same 
antenna!  And you don't need a tuner!  All you do is turn a crank!  I don't 
think he believed me when I described the few minutes of time needed to make 
the change.   And I know he didn't believe the SWR numbers I described!


You know, those boys from Washington have made a really wonderful addition 
to ham radio!


I will admit that I have done all the things that the manual warns about 
including entanglements  a collapsing telescopic tower and not being 
careful about it tipping into a tree.   But I think that's all behind me 
now!  I can hardly wait for the Wisconsin snow to disappear.   Portable 
operation will certainly be different for me!


73

Lee   K9WRU

- Original Message - 
From: Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com

To: John Paolucci jpa...@me.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Question on buying a used 3000



John,

I don't think you have anything to worry about.

The only thing I remember is there was a preamp mod done right after the
radio was introduced, I think the preamp was too hot so it had to be
tamed a bit. Bit this was literally months after it was introduced so I
think you are okay!

Besides, if it isn't I am sure Flex will do it for you!
73

Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC




On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:28 PM, John Paolucci jpa...@me.com wrote:


Is there any difference hardware-wise, or upgradability-wise in acquiring
an older 3000, say, early 2010? Are there any models at a certain date,
that had a hardware upgrade?
John W7SDB
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Re: [Flexradio] S Meter minimum

[Lee Mushel]

Ross,

The present temperature is 8 below zero and at 7 this morning it was minus 
17 and in a few moments I will have to take care of outdoor chores so when I 
saw your comment on adjusting the PowerSDR S meter screw I did choke a 
little and then did feel warmer!


73
Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Ross Stenberg ross.stenb...@charter.net

To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] S Meter minimum


There is a small plastic screw near the bottom of the meter, make sure 
that it is adjusted to zero with the power off.


   73 Ross K9COX






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Re: [Flexradio] Comments on PowerSDR v2.7.2

[Lee Mushel]

Well, Bruce, yes, when we look out the window we see the same thing!   There 
are a lot of good things to be said about 2.7.2 and whatever was done to the 
drivers is really outstanding!   I'm running 2.7.2 for the 1500 and 5000A 
and am well pleased!   The 3000, my workhorse ragchew machine, is still on 
2.3.5 but that's because it's supported by a computer I bought on eBay, 
sawed away metal so I could install a firewire board (recommended by Flex), 
and is now running at about 70% processor load with XP.   It has never been 
connected to the internet since being purchased  for $140 nearly 4 years 
ago.   But it never misses a beat so, as they say, if it ain't broke, don't 
fix it.  Sure, I realize that five minutes from now the screen might go 
blue and I will have to do something.  One of these days, since I have a 
fully upgraded 5000A (with all backpanel connectors occupied)  I might even 
count how many slices are available to me.   I might even add those from 
the couple of non-Flex SDR receivers I have.


The important thing is that I am now accumulating a list of folks who have 
asked me to comment on the basics of  SDR since they are thinking about 
it.   That's quite a change from a year ago when if I wore my Flex cap to a 
ham event I would be lucky if someone didn't throw rocks (or worse) at me!


Merry Christmas!

73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: k...@arrl.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 7:51 AM
Subject: [Flexradio] Comments on PowerSDR v2.7.2


The installation went well for my 3000 and that new application to 
transfer

data is wonderful. Thank you Flex!

73, Bruce K6ZB






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Re: [Flexradio] Comments on PowerSDR v2.7.2

[Lee Mushel]

Robert,

Indeed, my Flex cap is a prized possession!   Of course not as much a one as 
the note I got from Gerald saying that even though I had installed one of the 
classic National turns counting dials on the center front panel of my 5000A he 
still considered me a true Flexer.

That aside, the reason for the cap, I think, was to sort of apologize for the 
fact that I placed the order for the Flex5000A in very early spring (I think it 
was in April and none existed at that time) and the UPS driver didn't hand the 
box to me until very nearly September!   But people really should be more 
patient.  For example, my new, highly anticipated antenna with the boat winch 
handle  from the good folks out west was ordered in an even earlier month this 
year and at the moment I believe it is only now on it's way to me and is 
probably on Highway  80 in South Dakota!  You really have to keep in mind the 
service these little companies perform for our hobby and cut them a little 
slack!

One final comment.   And you have to understand that such a cap has to have 
appropriate adornments.   Like a TAPR membership pin and pins from the ARRL 
indicating that you have been a member for well over 50 years and a life member 
for over 40 !   The stuff people like to ignore as they walk past !

73

Lee   K9WRU   


  - Original Message - 
  From: Robert Costa 
  To:  k...@arrl.net ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz 
  Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 11:26 AM
  Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Comments on PowerSDR v2.7.2


  Lee,

  I just like to be able to obtain a Flex hat or Flex shirt or any type of 
marketing material for Flex Radio Systems. I simply do not understand the 
reason why those products are simply not available. It also has not been stated 
by Flex in the reflector why they do not sell such items. If they have stated 
why they don't do it, I must have simply missed the posting or it was before I 
owned a Flex.

  73 and Happy Holidays.

  Robert
  KB6QXM






  On Monday, December 23, 2013 6:36 AM, Lee Mushel herbe...@centurytel.net 
wrote:

  Well, Bruce, yes, when we look out the window we see the same thing!  There 
  are a lot of good things to be said about 2.7.2 and whatever was done to the 
  drivers is really outstanding!  I'm running 2.7.2 for the 1500 and 5000A 
  and am well pleased!  The 3000, my workhorse ragchew machine, is still on 
  2.3.5 but that's because it's supported by a computer I bought on eBay, 
  sawed away metal so I could install a firewire board (recommended by Flex), 
  and is now running at about 70% processor load with XP.  It has never been 
  connected to the internet since being purchased  for $140 nearly 4 years 
  ago.  But it never misses a beat so, as they say, if it ain't broke, don't 
  fix it.  Sure, I realize that five minutes from now the screen might go 
  blue and I will have to do something.  One of these days, since I have a 
  fully upgraded 5000A (with all backpanel connectors occupied)  I might even 
  count how many slices are available to me.  I might even add those from 
  the couple of non-Flex SDR receivers I have.

  The important thing is that I am now accumulating a list of folks who have 
  asked me to comment on the basics of  SDR since they are thinking about 
  it.  That's quite a change from a year ago when if I wore my Flex cap to a 
  ham event I would be lucky if someone didn't throw rocks (or worse) at me!

  Merry Christmas!

  73

  Lee  K9WRU
  - Original Message - 
  From: k...@arrl.net
  To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
  Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 7:51 AM
  Subject: [Flexradio] Comments on PowerSDR v2.7.2


   The installation went well for my 3000 and that new application to 
   transfer
   data is wonderful. Thank you Flex!
  
   73, Bruce K6ZB
  




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Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer No Longer Available

[Lee Mushel]

Gosh, I would hope that this data transfer thing doesn't prevent anyone from 
enjoying 2.7.2 !   Gerald is giving us something really wonderful and I can 
tell you I am most pleased!   This release is a really super advancement of 
PowerSDR !


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Don kd...@sonic.net

To: [FlexRadio] FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer No Longer Available



Patrick, NJ5G

I would say go for it.  Not everyone is having the problems that
has been listed here.

Good Luck and enjoy.

73
Don, kd6hq





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Re: [Flexradio] Tuner Question for Flex-5000

[Lee Mushel]

I feel that Mr. Lehmann's comments are absolutely sound and, Joe, if I were 
in your position I would do exactly as he says.   Actually, since I run both 
100 watts and internal tuner and external amp with external manual tuner I 
have accidentally stumbled upon Hans-Joachim's thinking and experience no 
problems since I, too, am not a contester and have been able to manually 
tune things since 1959!


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Hans-Joachim Lehmann df...@gmx.de

To: 'Flexradio' flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 5:01 AM
Subject: [Flexradio] Tuner Question for Flex-5000



Dear Joe,
if you are definitely sure you wouldn't ever need any other radio
and any higher power than your 100 W, the internal tuner could be
a good choice.
If you are seeing changes of radio or power even only in the
distant future, an external tuner is first choice.
Decide yourself whether to rely on electronics but save time,
e.g. in contests, or to spend 5 secs more on a manual tuner
(and even this may be the other way around pending on device and 
software).

I have used the good old Heathkit 2060 Tuner with good results
(keep the coil and roller in good condx),
the Tokyo Hi Power 2000 with better results (fixed coil connections,
but all bands tuneable) and the manual Palstar 5K to perhaps better 
results (just new - no experience yet).

The advertising on Palstar is overdoing a bit.
For example the Hi Power 2000 has ball bearings for his axles
but not so on the Palstar (American workmanship I read in advertisings).
Don't go for the old Daiwa 1000 and 2000 semiautomatics.

Hope it helps.
73 de Hans DF5HL

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Re: [Flexradio] Any recommendations on a good foot switch?

[Lee Mushel]

You can go to eBay and search for the general term foot switch but I think 
most of you would be happier with what comes when you ask for safety foot 
switch.   If you have a kinky bent you can even go to the tatoo sources. 
They use foot switches too!   I got mine as a gift that once belonged to a 
silent key!


Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Jim Jerzycke kq...@verizon.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Any recommendations on a good foot switch?



Looks identical to the Linemaster Hercules one I have.

I think you could drive an Abrams tank over it, and *maybe* chip the 
paint.


73, Jim  KQ6EA


On 10/20/2013 02:56 AM, Drax Felton wrote:


These ones are good
http://www.ssccontrols.com/homepage-heavyduty.htm



-Original Message-
From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of 
Duane

- N9DG
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 5:51 PM
To: 'Alan NV8A'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz; Frank Coffey
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Any recommendations on a good foot switch?


The Motorola switches I've seen all seem to be OEM branded Linemaster
Clipper series switches, look to be either dual 632-S (SPDT), or 635-S
(DPDT) models. So no need to look for anything Motorola specific to get 
that
level of ruggedness. And they are rugged, I think you could even drive 
your

car over them if you are so inclined.

The Linemaster Clipper type switches also come in a wide treadle 
versions.
And pretty much any of them can be found easily on that big auction site. 
I

have picked some up over the years and never paid more than about $20 for
any one of them, usually brand new, new condition. For my use I just 
screwed

the various Clipper 63x foot switches I have down to a 16x48 inch wood
platform under the radio bench, so they don't move no matter what. The
clipper series are also quite repairable, as the internal switch is just 
a

generic microswitch which are readily available from many sources.


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Re: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 Overdriving in Some Bands

[Lee Mushel]

You always learn good things from Neal!

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com
To: 'Jerry' wa2...@verizon.net; 'Steve Sterling' 
f...@sgsterling.com; 'Flex-Radio E-Mail Reflector' 
flexradio@flex-radio.biz

Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 Overdriving in Some Bands



You do know that Graham works for Flex, don't you?

73

-Original Message-
From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of 
Jerry

Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:25 PM
To: Steve Sterling; Flex-Radio E-Mail Reflector
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 Overdriving in Some Bands




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Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 102, Issue 15

[Lee Mushel]

I'm much more excited to see a posting my Drax.  I haven't seen one in a 
long time and they were sorely missed at this QTH!


Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com

To: Mike mi...@m0aws.co.uk
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 102, Issue 15


I wonder what happens if he pulls in the transmit filter in PowerSDR what 
effect that has.



On Oct 17, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Mike mi...@m0aws.co.uk wrote:

Hi,

That's a real interesting read, I wonder if anyone at FlexRadio cares to
comment?
I'd like to know how badly my F3K TX is performing too!

Mike.





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Re: [Flexradio] More info: First character getting cut off onCWtransmit when using break-in

[Lee Mushel]

Wonderful comments/observations!   Thank you!

Lee   K9WRU

I made my first foot switch from a rubber door stop and a small pushbutton 
switch---the year was 1959.and I was too young and too dumb to know that 
it wasn't a good idea!


- Original Message - 
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To: 'Mark Lunday' wd4...@triad.rr.com; flexra...@yahoogroups.com; 
'Flexradio' flexradio@flex-radio.biz; 'Dudley Hurry' 
jhu...@austin.rr.com

Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] More info: First character getting cut off 
onCWtransmit when using break-in



I have two suggestions and both cure the problem 100%. I work all speeds up 
to 38 WPM with TOTAL success on all FlexRadios. 




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Re: [Flexradio] TXOut Delay.

[Lee Mushel]

Interesting thread.   I suspect that the topic is simpler than people might 
want it to be.   When I started to use the Flex3000 with a rather heavily 
used SB200 some three years ago I wondered about the possibility of mixing 
tube and solid-state voltages and was told to not worry about it.   But 
being a conservative person I bought a Sunlight isolation relay box (no 
longer available), never adjusted anything and have never had any problems. 
But then I've long felt that people tend to be overly cautious which can 
lead to wanting to be taken care of.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Jim Barber audio...@q.com

Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TXOut Delay.



50ms is probably around the minimum for an SB-200.

It all depends on the relay(s). In the case of the SB-200 it's an old 
open-frame type, very slow. Amps advertised for QSK use often have 
vacuum relays, which can switch many times faster.


If you're running SSB, keep in mind that hotswitching the antenna contacts 
is the major issue, but not the only one. Some amp designs (not the 
SB-200) have a separate relay for the tube bias, which is often buffered 
with a simple R/C network. The point is that you shouldn't put drive on 
the tube(s) before the operating bias has had time to switch from cut-off 
to operate. In the case of the SB-220 for example, the cutoff bias is set 
to a unnecessarily high voltage as a matter of convenience, which makes 
the situation worse.


My .02,

Jim N7CXI


On 9/1/2013 8:22 PM, Steve Sterling wrote:
Steven-- I was kinda waiting to see what others thought, but haven't seen 
any response in 24+ hours.


I have mine set at 50ms.  That's a pretty reasonable time for power and 
antenna relays to pull in and get seated.


I originally started at 100ms, but the delay was noticable-- not long, 
but you could kinda tell it was there. I can't tell 50ms at all, except a 
little on CW. I start getting faults in my amp with less than 20-25ms of 
transmit delay on 80 and 40 meters.  20 meters I could set it at 0ms and 
it never faults. Go figure.


Steve WA7DUH

On 8/31/2013 7:52 AM, Steven Hess wrote:
I've got a SB 200 with a interface for proper keying from a modern rig 
to

the relay installed.
What should I set the TXOut delay for to make sure the relays are 
properly

closed before I pass RF to the amplifier? I've got it set for 7 In the
General Options tab of PowerSDR right now.

Steven




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Re: [Flexradio] Using a 2nd Independent Receiver with the Flex 5000A

[Lee Mushel]

But always remember the tremendous power of the diversity features of the 
5000A which require two reasonably separated antennas.


Lee  K9WRU


- Original Message - 
From: Paul paul.hamra...@verizon.net

To: 'Gary Smith' g...@cinci.rr.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Using a 2nd Independent Receiver with the Flex 
5000A





Yes. After installing RX2 you will be able to choose the antenna on the
antenna menu.
Then just choose RX1 Tap and the second receiver will be listening on 
the

same antenna.
You may want to also check disable RX2 on TX1 transmit so you're not 
TXing

into RX2

Paul Delaney - K6HR
http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080


-Original Message-
From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of 
Gary

Smith
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 5:18 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Using a 2nd Independent Receiver with the Flex 5000A

Is it possible to use a second (independent) receiver with the Flex 5000A 
on

the same antenna that the Flex is using?

If so, how would I configure it.



Any help is very much appreciated.



Gary - WB8BFW



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Re: [Flexradio] Heil Pro-Set

[Lee Mushel]

I don't agree with Fite very often but I certainly concur this time.   And 
your wife's sentiments are surely fully justified.   In a few weeks I should 
have my portable setup using both Tarheel and CrankIR.   I don't see how 
anyone could operate without the Flex diversity features.


But perhaps no one should consider using a fully-connected 5000A for 
portable use.  I don't think anyone bothers to label the cables so you will 
never get it back together properly after the portable application!I 
wouldn't hesitate to double the order and get two 3000's while you're at it.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: William H. Fite omni...@gmail.com

To: Dan Scott dscott1...@comcast.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Heil Pro-Set



The clear answer is obvious:  A new 3000.

I got it for you, dear...




On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Dan Scott dscott1...@comcast.net wrote:


Hi,



I have a couple IC version of the Heil Pro-sets that I use with my 
portable

station(s).  What I want to do is use one of these with the FLEX500.



KB article:


http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50372.aspx?Keywords=icom+heil+pr
o

covers  re-wiring  the pins in the Heil adapter cable.  I assume I can 
use
either the Icom adapter or the Yeasu adapter (which I don't have).  I 
would

like to re-wire one of the Icom adaptor I have and I'm curious if anyone
has
done this as described in the KB, and of course any good/bad reports.



The end goal is to take the FLEX-5000 portable when operating the 
Colorado

QSO party August 31st.  My XYL (W0PRS) really dislikes operating anything
other than the Flex.  Of course I am the same way, but would rather blame
someone else for the work involved getting the fairly well installed
FLEX5000 out of its operating position and portable!



Thanks and 73,

Dan

W0RO

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Re: [Flexradio] 5000 Accessories

[Lee Mushel]

Things are beginning to make sense!  I just measured it and can tell you 
that my AT-1 (but not used and don't know where the crystals are) is 61-1/2 
inches away from my 5000A !  And, yes, both are held in extremely high 
regard around here !


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Bill Marvin bmar...@comcast.net

 Personally, my DX-100 resides only a few feet away from my Flex-5000A. I

plan on using both for a long time to come.

73,
Bill - W1LLY


-Original Message-
From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of 
Burt

Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 5:43 PM
To: a...@aol.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz; K9DURRay
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 5000 Accessories

In your opinion when will the 5000 be gone effectively from the scene?
My DX-40 still useful after 60 years as is my Viking Ranger








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Re: [Flexradio] Constant database corruption

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

After Flex repaired a hardware fault I found that the 1500 was still acting 
very strangely!   After considerable staring and much thought with the 2.6.4 
installation notes in hand and after having done much diddling with the 
recommended adjustments I decided that, indeed, there was a program running 
somewhere under Windows 7-64 that was stealing focus from PowerSDR with no 
pattern that I could recognize.  The comments in this thread are most 
helpful since I had found that checking always on top had more effect than 
anything else I tried.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Constant database corruption



How ironic. The virus checker is the virus ;-)

Tim Ellison
On 5/8/2013 11:39 PM, ke...@3950.net wrote:

On 4/30/2013 3:30 PM, ke...@3950.net wrote:

On 4/30/2013 11:36 AM, Neal Campbell wrote:

Kevin

You might check the memory sticks. I doubt strongly that
reinstalling will help (although its easy to do so feel free). If
you run a disk check and it comes up clean, its not disk so either
the motherboard is wacko (and it would be evident as you would have
things falling apart all over the place) or the memory has a back
stick and when/if PSDR stores data there it gets corrupted.

73
Neal Campbell
Owner
Abroham Neal LLC

[...]

 Further investigation revealed that
the computer was running both Avast and Windows Defender -- always a bad 
idea to have two anti-virus suites running simultaneously. Windows 
defender has been disabled now, and there have been no crashes of 
PowerSDR nor any evidence of database corruption during four days of 
continuous operation.


73,

Kevin, WB4AIO.

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Re: [Flexradio] VAC alternative?

[Lee Mushel]

OK!   It's agreed then!   Brian and Drax will test Jack and report back 
the results!   It would be nice to have competitive products for the 
function although  I just bought VAC 4.12 last week after deciding that my 
venerable 4.08 needed replacing and thus have no immediate need so take your 
time and do a good job!.


Thanks, guys!

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com

To: Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com
Cc: FlexRadio reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VAC alternative?



On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com wrote:


Has anyone tried using JACK as an alternative to VAC?



http://jackaudio.org/



Why don't you and then tell us about it?

--
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL
706 Flightline Drive
Spring Branch, TX 78070
br...@lloyd.com
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Re: [Flexradio] NR Settings

[Lee Mushel]

Well, Terry, I sadly fear that you are doomed to more or less perpetual 
disappointment.

73

Lee   K9WRU
  - Original Message - 
  From: Terry Maurice 
  To: Lee Mushel 
  Cc: flexradio 
  Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 9:01 AM
  Subject: Re: [Flexradio] NR Settings


  Lee

  It is very true that one can encounter many kinds of noise on the various 
bands, but for the most part what I am trying to eliminate, or at least reduce, 
is the background hiss to bring out the signal from the noise.  The hiss is 
relatively constant and can be lowered by using some kind of sampling and 
subtraction algorithm.  The BHI does this successfully and can make weak 
signals much more readable.  I would think that this should be achievable in 
the PowerSDR software as well with a little bit of further refining.  

  I for one have no intention of fiddling with every signal I encounter setting 
taps and leakage, delay, etc.  I work mostly weak signal VHF and UHF and as you 
know, signals can come and go very quickly depending on the changing 
propagation conditions.  There is really not time to be adjusting this and that 
to tune in a signal.  

  My bottom line is, if BHI have been relatively successful in this regard, 
then the Flex should be able to do likewise, especially so, considering all the 
other wonderful things they have done in software defined radio.

  Terry

  VE3XTM EN93un 




  On 22/04/2013 00:02, Lee Mushel wrote:


I just had a very strange thought.   Do you suppose that if there was one 
optimum setting for all the processing controls it would still be necessary 
to have the full console graphic user interface?   I would think we could do 
away with all of that adjustment business and just tune frequency and mode to 
our hearts content! 

I must be wasting a lot of time changing control values trying to,  and 
often successfully at that,  optimize signals under different circumstances. 

73 

Lee   K9WRU 





  -- 
  VE3XTM EN93un 

  May the propagation be with you.
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Re: [Flexradio] NR Settings

[Lee Mushel]

I just had a very strange thought.   Do you suppose that if there was one 
optimum setting for all the processing controls it would still be 
necessary to have the full console graphic user interface?   I would think 
we could do away with all of that adjustment business and just tune 
frequency and mode to our hearts content!


I must be wasting a lot of time changing control values trying to,  and 
often successfully at that,  optimize signals under different circumstances.


73

Lee   K9WRU 




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Re: [Flexradio] Active Loop RX Antenna

[Lee Mushel]

OK!   What a great topic!   I definitely like to see real world questions. 
First, let me give a bit of info on my own setup.  My antenna field is in 
a small cornfield that I bought in 1973 and which happens to be about 350 
ft. from the shack (basement) fed with some Andrew line.  You can see this 
if you QRZ me and scroll about 600 ft. west.   Last summer I installed a 
second Hustler antenna close to the shack with the first Hustler being in 
the cornfield.  This was done in preparation for the stuff that seems to me 
to justify such a setup: dual diversity related features and full duplex. 
I like to monitor my own signal.  I can insert switchable attenuation to 
make this possible.  Indeed, otherwise the RX2 on the second Hustler does 
not like the 600 watts out of Hustler #1.   But I also have to do that when 
I monitor my own signal into and out of a repeater using the V/U upgrade and 
an E--T transverter into RX2.  Indeed, I am neither space nor antenna 
poor.   And to further comment on Gerald's conservative position, I do 
intend to turn back the clock in a few months and install one or more 
antenna relays so that I will have the same isolation situation I had in 
1959 when such things were taken for granted and everyone had more than a 
single box radio!


But at the same time age does work against you and I will admit to having 
dumped the full output of my D-700 into the 2 meter connector of the 
Flex5000A!   Wiping away the tears, I proved to myself that this bit of 
idiocy had not damaged the V/U module!   I did ask for a comment from Gerald 
and he told me that I was just lucky and that such things were not 
recommended.


And by the way, I am about to start experimentation using ordinary fax 
machines to see if the full duplex feature will allow me to do this and if 
anyone has already successfully done this I would sure appreciate a note on 
the subject.   Bill Cross has told me that this should be possible but that 
I have to stay within image allowed band segments.


73

Lee   K9WRU


- Original Message - 
From: Jerry Flanders jefland...@comcast.net

To: Tony d...@optonline.net; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Active Loop RX Antenna


See Gerald's comments about safe RF input levels for the 5000 at 
http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio@flex-radio.biz/msg30171.html .


Jerry W4UK

At 11:39 PM 4/3/2013, Tony wrote:

All:

I have an active loop receiving antenna for 80/160 and was wondering about 
the possibility of receiver damage on the 5000a. The loop is mounted on 
the ground about 30 feet from the transmit (dipole) antenna. I have a 500 
watt amplifier for 80/160.


Thanks

Tony



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[Flexradio] a bit to the side, but....

[Lee Mushel]

Has everyone taken note of the processed cheese national ad that actually 
not only mentions ham radio but does it in a positive way?


73

Lee  K9WRU
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From: Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com

To: Don Plunkett dp...@telus.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Lost Power for Flex 3000




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Re: [Flexradio] a bit to the side, but....

[Lee Mushel]

Yup!   That's it, Tim!

Lee
- Original Message - 
From: Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] a bit to the side, but



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyHDN07-4Dk

Tim Ellison
On 3/30/2013 8:04 PM, Don Plunkett wrote:

Okay . so where is it and who is the manufacturer?  . Don


From: br...@lloyd.com [mailto:br...@lloyd.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd
Sent: March-30-13 5:35 PM
To: Lee Mushel
Cc: Neal Campbell; Don Plunkett; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] a bit to the side, but



On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Lee Mushel herbe...@centurytel.net 
wrote:


Has everyone taken note of the processed cheese national ad that actually
not only mentions ham radio but does it in a positive way?


Wallace and Grommet combine Cheese and Ham Radio in a positive way too!


Cheese Grommet!




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Re: [Flexradio] Eham review - K1EL VLF Converter and its Use with FlexRadios

[Lee Mushel]

Zack,

I certainly wish I had known about the K1EL a few years ago when I first 
applied for membership in the MF Experimental Group.   I had one of the 
first Flex5000As and I thought that with a resource like that plus virtually 
unlimited space for an antenna that I would be able to make a contribution 
to this effort.   And I hurriedly put up a 1,500 ft. beverage and assembled 
a 12 ft. dia. loop as well.   As is indicated in the review you mention, I 
slowly and painfully learned about things like lack of sensitivity at low 
frequencies of the 5000A and what broadcast band images were along with the 
nature of filters and a lot of other stuff as well!  I had put together 
K1ELs keyer but somehow had managed to miss the existence of his converter! 
I do hope that your posting will save a lot of fellows the pain I went 
through since 500 kHz surely isn't anything like 80 meters!


73

Lee  K9WRUWD2XSH-32
- Original Message - 
From: vtnn...@comcast.net

To: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 12:45 PM
Subject: [Flexradio] Eham review - K1EL VLF Converter and its Use with 
FlexRadios



Found an interesting review by K0OD about using the K1EL systems VLF 
converter with a Flex-5000.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5541
K1EL http://www.k1el.com/
73
Zack
N8FNR





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Re: [Flexradio] power vs antenna

[Lee Mushel]

I've been watching this thread and also the one concerning scratching and 
have been struck by fact that no one seems to really appreciate the 
appearance of the back panel of the 5000A and, much worse, no one seems to 
think of the antenna as anything but some awful burden to be carried by 
anyone who wants to be a ham radio operator!


While I don't think I ever considered the antenna as something to be avoided 
if at all possible it was only when I studied the Flex panafall that I 
realized that these creations, typically of wire, rod, stainless steel and 
aluminum were, in fact, something that deserved appreciation.  Really, that 
little rectangle on your monitor contains a wealth of interesting 
information.


And as I struggled today to overcome some of the last blasts of Wisconsin 
winter and thought about the half dozen antenna projects currently in 
planning I realized that these notes on the reflector were by people who 
were missing one of ham radio's more interesting facets.And all of you 
who don't have a cable going to every one of those 5000A connectors  have my 
sincerest sympathy!


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Michael mat...@charter.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] power vs antenna






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[Flexradio] education/information

[Lee Mushel]

Has anyone put together a presentation on the nature of SDR specifically for 
use as a club program where no one is familiar with the topic and all that is 
known is vanilla knob and button audio?   I know how difficult this can be 
and can claim no success.   Has anyone discovered techniques that you can 
honestly say were successful!  My own experience has detected downright 
hostility but then asking for a mental transition from mechanical activity and 
only audio input is a far cry from asking someone for considerable dependence 
on video display.

Maybe the use of a demo only even with the assist of Powerpoint is asking for 
too much.  It seems that suggesting that software extensions   be considered 
something other than soundcard modes.   Doing so seems to  break off teeth in 
the mental gears.

73

Lee   K9WRU
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Re: [Flexradio] Dxlabs software

[Lee Mushel]

Interesting question.  I await answers and I did just download HRD 6 beta 
but haven't found time to play yet--same trouble with N4PY.


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Richard Lawn rjl...@gmail.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 3:09 PM
Subject: [Flexradio] Dxlabs software



Just curious whether there are many flex users out there using this suite
of software including commander (radio control), winwarbler (psk and other
digi modes) and dxkeeper (logbook). Weighing whether to convert to using 
it

instead of HRD.
Happy holidays
Rick
W2JAZ
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Re: [Flexradio] PSDR generated broad noise on 21.076

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen:

This problems or questions, especially related to the 5000A, is one of the 
most enjoyable threads I've read for some time!  I had provided that 
substantial pre-introduction downpayment when the radio was still pretty 
much only an idea and so I think I've been able to experience just about 
everything that has been mentioned this morning!   And I can honestly say 
that purchase of the radio has never been regretted.   If you haven't 
experienced it yet, just wait until you hit commercial power line noise and 
try to use the panadapter display to illustrate to someone  just what's 
going on!  I had a slight advantage in that I had owned a Squires-Sanders 
nice green CRT panadapter so I wasn't starting from scratch but I do feel 
that if you are ever tempted to use the Flex display in ordinary 
conversation with knob and button people don't expect them to understand 
what you are talking about!  You might consider these big drifting noise 
bumps, when they appear, as an indication that perhaps you need to go out to 
inspect your antenna and feed system!


Best Flexing,

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Robert Costa, KB6QXM kb6...@yahoo.com

To: John Sweeney n...@comcast.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR generated broad noise on 21.076




- Reply message -
From: John Sweeney n...@comcast.net
To:
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] PSDR generated broad noise on 21.076
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Re: [Flexradio] D-104 and fax with Flex 5K

[Lee Mushel]

Well, first, let me expand on my initial casual comments on use of the D-104 
and the Flex5000A.   I have set things up so that everything is 
shielded/properly grounded.   I even went so far as to put the 13.8 power 
cable in double density shielding.  I am trying to learn how to use the full 
duplex equipment for fax.   I use teltone phone simulators to fool the fax 
machines.   I use an external audio processor to bring all of the audio 
stuff together and then run a balanced line from the processor to the 5000A. 
But I'm still not sure just where this noise producing capacitor is.  It 
might be something that I'm overlooking.  I certainly don't know how 
bringing a mike into a line in is supposed to work.  I wouldn't be 
surprised to find all levels turned to max with a lot of hum.
- Original Message - 
From: Bob Kay wa2...@gmail.com

To: manual...@juno.com
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] D-104 with Flex 5K



Line in? For a mic level signal? Seems strange. How about the large
impedance mismatch?

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, wrote:


The D-104 that I use is an unamplified mike. However, it's simple enough
to bypass the preamp in the mike stand if you have one. I'm not sure why
you would you even want to use it. No RF-related problems have been
detected in SSB or AM using the Line In jack even when driving some old
linears (Heath SB-200 and Johnson Thunderbolt).

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com

On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:17:10 -0700 Jim Barber 
audio...@q.comjavascript:;

writes:

 I don't believe the original poster was using an amplified D-104,
 but a
 number of us have found that
 there can be issues using the amplified ones with Flex 5K and
 certain
 types of HF amplifiers. The culprit *appears* to be
 a cap that discharges into the audio line when the mic is keyed,
 causing
 a spike in the output.

 In the case where the HF amplifier has a lot of gain and the op is
 driving it with reduced power from the 5K,
 the spike can be very substantial. Maybe not enough to damage
 equipment,
 but certainly enough for the
 spike to go far over the legal limit - even though normal SSB
 modulation
 with the same mic and
 settings wouldn't. Two of my amps will do it . One has a pair of
 GU-74B
 tetrodes, (grid driven) and the
 other is a cathode-driven single 8877. I  haven't tried it with my
 prototype YC156 - I can only imagine.

 No doubt someone could fiddle with the D-104 output amp cap, the
 leaf
 switches or any number of things to come
 up with a fix. Perhaps even swamping the output with a fairly
 low-value
 resistor might work, especially since the amp
 boards in the mics have far more gain than necessary to drive the
 mic
 input of the 5K. My excuse is that I haven't
 gotten A Round Tuit. Considering I've sold off my boat anchors and
 so no
 longer use the D-104's regularly, I
 may not get there.

 My .02,
 73, N7CXI

 On 9/24/2012 2:40 PM, Lee Mushel wrote:
  Gentlemen:
 
  Pete's comments were just a bit too much for me to ignore!   The
  Lafayette lapel mike!   Wow!   I hadn't thought about using my
  Lafayette Throat mike dating from about the same time but maybe
 this
  winter I might get around to it!  It has an interesting gurgly
  sound.   I think we all know that it is easy to pump stray RF into
 our
  5000A's but I want to warn everyone who might want to proceed that

  given the great age of the D-104 (I will ignore the potential
  impedance problem since that is info readily available on the
  web---including kits) we always have to be aware that at some time
 in
  it's life someone might have rewired it and you have to be sure
 that
  the shield is not used for signal and that the shield is properly

  grounded to the 5000.  My personal opinion is that anyone who
 doesn't
  use a D-104 and doesn't use Software Defined Radio is simply nor
  getting maximum enjoyment from his hobby.
 
  73
 
  Lee  K9WRU
  - Original Message - From: manual...@juno.com 
  javascript:;

  To: wa2...@gmail.com javascript:;
  Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:;
  Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 12:33 PM
  Subject: Re: [Flexradio] D-104 with Flex 5K
 
 
  When I use my D-104 with the Flex 5000, mike is connected to the
 Line
  In jack on the back panel. Then you go to the Audio Mixer Form
 and
  click on Line In RCA. You can then use the D-104 pre configured

  choices
  as a starter, and tailor the settings to your own voice
 characteristics.
  The D-104 actually works quite well with the Flex 5000. For fun
 and
  giggles, I even tried my crystal lapel microphone that I bought
 from
  Lafayette Radio in 1961, for $1.95, using the Line In jack and
 tailoring
  the audio with the internal mixer. Good audio reports, punchy
 audio,
  that
  helped make some DX contacts in pileups.
 
  Pete, wa2cwa
  http://www.manualman.com
 
   --
  *Best 73 de WA2SQQ
  Elmwood Park, NJ

Re: [Flexradio] D-104 with Flex 5K

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen:

Pete's comments were just a bit too much for me to ignore!   The Lafayette 
lapel mike!   Wow!   I hadn't thought about using my Lafayette Throat mike 
dating from about the same time but maybe this winter I might get around to 
it!  It has an interesting gurgly sound.   I think we all know that it is 
easy to pump stray RF into our 5000A's but I want to warn everyone who might 
want to proceed that given the great age of the D-104 (I will ignore the 
potential impedance problem since that is info readily available on the 
web---including kits) we always have to be aware that at some time in it's 
life someone might have rewired it and you have to be sure that the shield 
is not used for signal and that the shield is properly grounded to the 
5000.  My personal opinion is that anyone who doesn't use a D-104 and 
doesn't use Software Defined Radio is simply nor getting maximum enjoyment 
from his hobby.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: manual...@juno.com

To: wa2...@gmail.com
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] D-104 with Flex 5K



When I use my D-104 with the Flex 5000, mike is connected to the Line
In jack on the back panel. Then you go to the Audio Mixer Form and
click on Line In RCA. You can then use the D-104 pre configured choices
as a starter, and tailor the settings to your own voice characteristics.
The D-104 actually works quite well with the Flex 5000. For fun and
giggles, I even tried my crystal lapel microphone that I bought from
Lafayette Radio in 1961, for $1.95, using the Line In jack and tailoring
the audio with the internal mixer. Good audio reports, punchy audio, that
helped make some DX contacts in pileups.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com

 -- 

*Best 73 de WA2SQQ
Elmwood Park, NJ


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Re: [Flexradio] U/V sub-audible tone problem

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

Out of respect for Flex Radio's quality I fasten one of my retired Hi Fi 
systems to the 5000A so I can hear below 40 Hz  and any carrier noise is 
quite apparent (which also makes it easier to compensate for my age-related 
hearing decline) and noticed this on one of the local repeaters.   I made 
several nasty comments during QSOs with others and, magically, the problem 
went away.   Of course, that is only my solution to one special problem. 
Is this limited to only one CTCSS tone?   More than one repeater?   I live 
where I have to contend with three tones.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Dave Beumer WØDHB d...@w0dhb.net

To: 'John Vandenberg' jvandenbe...@shaw.ca; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] U/V sub-audible tone problem



John

I've never noticed the issue here, I do a lot of SAT work with SO-50 
which

uses 67Hz.
I'll try listening to some of the repeaters.

Other than RX equalization (which am not sure functions with FM) I know of
no settings.

Dave

-Original Message-
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of John Vandenberg
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 7:05 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] U/V sub-audible tone problem

The newest version here seems to have the same problem with PL tones not
being filtered out on receive.  Did I miss a setting somewhere or is this 
a

bug?  They are annoying on receive.

John, ve3dvv

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Re: [Flexradio] ICOM 7800?

[Lee Mushel]

Just imagine what you have with the Flex5000A !  I know that the new radios 
are a bit beyond my intellect and resources so I don't worry about them !


Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.com

To: Darryl Wagoner dar...@wagoner.me
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] ICOM 7800?


You missed the fact that the 3000 has better IMD DR3 at narrow spacing 
specs.  So does the 1500 ;-)


-Tim
---
Tim Ellison, W4TME
(Sent from my iPad)

On Sep 10, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Darryl Wagoner dar...@wagoner.me wrote:


Greetings,

I got my Flex 3000 about a month ago.  From what I see, the ICOM 7800
doesn't really have any features that the 3000 doesn't have that is
worth $10,000, plus
the 3000 has a lot of features that I didn't see on the 7800.  From what 
I have
seen so far I would not trade my 3000 for the 7800 ( unless of course I 
could

sell it and get a 6000 ;-) )

Am I missing something?

-Darryl DE WA1GON

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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500/Amplifier

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

I would like to point out that there are other English words and perfectly 
legitimate attitudes that cover and perhaps offer better descriptions of 
thing discussed in this thread.   Disaster, for example might be more 
commonly thought of as a jumbled pile found on the ground that had passed 
much previous history while elevated and thus might be discounted by many 
experienced radio amateurs as simply adequately large.  The ALC: would 
be better considered as insurance.   I can distinctly remember the fear I 
experienced a few years back when the Heathkit manual warned to tune 
quickly to avoid damage to the tubes.  Today's inconsiderate nature of 
solid state won't even allow tune quickly to be replaced by instantly 
tune.


We sometimes call this risk taking.   This is something that I highly 
approve of even though I have carelessly connected the two meter connector 
on the back of my 5000A directly to the antenna connector of  the D-700 
after which I pressed the Kenwood PTTI know that life is uncertain and 
often unfair.


A few years ago one of my neighbor took me to task over the 950 feet of 
extension cord I used to illuminate holiday lights.   Lee, you have voltage 
drop.   I asked him if the lights were on.   He admitted they were and I 
explained to him that either he would have to accept the fact that they were 
operating with somewhat less than 100 volts or there would be no lights at 
all.   He was puzzled.


As is often said, Lighten up!

73

Lee   K9WRU


- Original Message - 
From: Ray Fallen ray.fal...@gmail.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:25 AM
Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 1500/Amplifier



Many amps rely on that ALC connection to allow them to cut back on
drive in the event of a malfunction such as an intermittent flaky
antenna feedline. A momentarily open/shorted antenna could be very
bad news for some amps under normal drive.

Some argue that you don't really need ALC. I suspect those guys never
had an antenna disaster.

Not to be rude, but huh?

Roger...I've been QRO since back in the 80s and have never used an
ALC circuit...just watch your levels and you'll be OK without ALC.





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Re: [Flexradio] Lots of lightly used Flex Radios for sale.

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

Good grief! At age 74, do you have any idea how I react  about what's 
going to happen in 50 years?   I ain't alone!  And I don't hold back when 
someone suggests that I buy some sort of extended warranty!  I did almost 
have a fit when I discovered that all of the Hi8 video tapes I had used for 
a period of ten years no longer play thus leaving a huge hole in my family 
history.   For what it's worth, if you haven't checked your octal socket 
vacuum tubes lately you might be surprised to find that the adhesive that 
held the glass to the tube base has failed!   If someone had told me in 1954 
that this was going to happen I might have been excited!


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com

To: FlexRadio List flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Lots of lightly used Flex Radios for sale.



Won't the RohS solder fail in Flex before 50 years?






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Re: [Flexradio] Pecker anyone ?

[Lee Mushel]

You guys have got to work faster!   I think I bought the pecker the same 
summer that the 5000A was being developed.   And all that effort for 
nothing!   Software should be developed in a timely manner and if you need 
help in that regard I suggest you talk to Stephen Hicks.


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: W1JCW w1...@hotmail.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:08 PM
Subject: [Flexradio] Pecker anyone ?



I'll certainly give it a look, sounds cool..

73-
W1JCW
John

--
From: Richard Clafton rclaf...@riroc.com
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:44 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Pecker anyone ?

This may be of interest to a few people.   I created a software version 
of the Pecker

(http://www.3898pecker) for a local new Flex 3000 convert.

I have posted some information and an image in my blog.

http://bit.ly/NLTRAd

I will be making it available as Freeware in the coming days (ok - 
probably next week) - once I am

happy with platform testing.

--
Richard A Clafton | the brITish guy | W5\G7EIX
RIROC - Hosting -  Development - Technology
http://www.riroc.com | rclaf...@riroc.com
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often better than the master 
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Re: [Flexradio] LOW POWER OUTPUT ON 2M

[Lee Mushel]

Yes, there are things that don't work and funny stuff happens sometimes but 
I really like that radio and the bumpy stuff on the back and it rarely 
surprises me anymore.   With a few mouse clicks and, yes, maybe even a 
reboot it does what I've come to expect and I definitely consider it to be 
an aspect of my radio hobby that keeps me interested.


The failures and shortcomings are most likely the result of the incredible 
complexity and unpredictable interactions in software and hardware that are 
unlikely to be ever totally fixed.


Wait until you hear the weeping and wailing and howls of dissatisfaction 
when the first 6000's appear!


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com

To: David Painter david.pain...@ntlworld.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] LOW POWER OUTPUT ON 2M



On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 9:25 AM, David Painter
david.pain...@ntlworld.comwrote:


**
That doesn't mean it isn't discontinued.

 But think about it, why should they? They have no product to replace the

5000a.

--
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL
3191 Western Dr.
Cameron Park, CA 95682
br...@lloyd.com
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[Flexradio] Please help find

[Lee Mushel]

Some time ago a farewell speech by a retiring FCC person was published and I 
think it was on this reflector---I might be wrong that point.  Anyway, it 
contained some speculation about the future of amateur radio and ended with a 
rather long and encouraging assessment of software defined radio.   I thought I 
had saved this but I guess I didn't.   If anyone recognizes the posting from my 
miserable description and still have it I would be really grateful if you would 
send it to me.  Once again I'm trying to explain the value of SDR to someone 
and need some help!

73

Lee  K9WRU
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Re: [Flexradio] Please help find

[Lee Mushel]

Ed,

Thank you so much!   It isn't the one I was looking for but I surely did enjoy 
Riley's comments!   I hope others look at it, too!

73

Lee
  - Original Message - 
  From: Ed Haskell 
  To: Lee Mushel 
  Cc: FlexRadio 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:46 PM
  Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Please help find


  Lee,


  I haven't found the speech you are looking for yet but I stumbled upon this 
and it's wonderful:


  http://www.n8xym.com/2012/01/riley-hollingsworth-one-big-knob-video.html


  73
  Ed W1PN
   
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Re: [Flexradio] Game Changer

[Lee Mushel]

Yes, but you have forgotten the concrete block on top to dampen various 
harmonics.   I listened to a thread on the greenkeys reflector and then 
put a cement block on top of my model 14 typing reperf.  I sent photos of 
this idea and  I then sat back to see how many would comment that they 
didn't see much difference in performance!  I'll bet there are a lot more 
scratches on old teletype machines than there used to be.   And don't forget 
that knob on my 5000A front panel.   I can attest that it has made all the 
difference in the world as far as dirty rotten QRM is concerned.   Gerald 
long ago explained the design of the 3000 box to me:  a block sits on it 
comfortably!


Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Neal Campbell nealk...@me.com

To: 'Bill Hopstetter' w8...@yahoo.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Game Changer



I can throw another idea out, tubes.






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Re: [Flexradio] IQ data files

[Lee Mushel]

Patrick,

If the 5000A is going to be your first real exposure to SDR I respectfully 
suggest that before worrying about playing back files you read every page in 
the manual.   If you've already done that I suggest you go back and re-read 
every page in the manual.  Then, finally, go back and read it a third time 
but this time stop at every unfamiliar word and go to the Flex knowledge 
base and read that!   And then give some thought about exactly where you are 
going to place the greatest radio in the world.   If you are one of the more 
fortunate whose hearing has not been affected by qualification for  the 
U.S. Rifle, Caliber 30, M1, Sir I suggest you not put it in exactly the 
same position as your existing knob and button radio.   Several feet off to 
the side and up or down will do just fine.


If you get 10% of the satisfaction I feel from owning that fascinating 
electrical machine, your on the air comments will attract plenty of 
potential owners and Gerald will be pleased!


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:45 PM
Subject: [Flexradio] IQ data files


I am looking for a source of downloadable IQ data files to play back with 
PSDR pending my back order being filled for the F5K unit.  I would have 
sworn I saw a source but cannot locate it now. I would like to exercise and 
test my PSDR install in advance. Getting a little experience with operation 
in advance wouldn’t hurt and could make for a smooth transition into “The 
Future”, not only for me but plenty of others.  This might be a way to 
attract potential owners and boost sales for FlexRsdio.  If Flex supplied 
download files for people to use they could test drive the FlexRadio, 
become addicted and want to buy.


Some sort of incentive program would encourage Flex owners to “spread the 
word” with even greater enthusiasm than now and downloadable files to 
exercise PSDR would be a useful sales tool. Some of the signals in USB, 
LSB, and AM could be audio sales pitches.  There are other obvious 
positive reinforcing  ideas to numerous to list but I think I have made my 
point.


Now for my reward... I need some downloadsable !Q files for playback with 
PSDR.


TIA for any consideration from any source (hint hint)

146 ( a couple 73) Patrick AF5CK
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Re: [Flexradio] Fan Speed w/VU5K

[Lee Mushel]

good question but mine always has and since I have had the case open and 
when I saw the tremendous open area inside for air circulation it sort of 
seemed reasonable to me.  Actually, I even thought about cutting a nice big 
hole in the top and sitting an aluminum extrusion heat sink with fan there. 
But that would be work and since it doesn't seem to seriously overheat I 
concluded that Gerald, et al. might know what they were doing!


73

Lee   K9WRU
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From: Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 3:30 PM
Subject: [Flexradio] Fan Speed w/VU5K




Is it normal for the fan to come on strong during VHF/UHF tx?


Paul Delaney - K6HR
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[Flexradio] Digital Emergency Communications

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen:

I know that all flexers have been following the development the FCC's interest 
in the dictate that congress gave them by suggesting that ideas be developed 
for better protecting/utilizing ham radio and I think everyone had for the 
public in times of emergency in mind.   I see no way but digital utilization 
for the new 630 meter band.   I have a project underway myself in an attempt to 
contribute in some small way.   

And if you go to QRZ today you will find the digital topic under discussion.   
It was almost a year ago now that a posting on a flex reflector asked if anyone 
was actively using SDR for emergency communications.   I don't think that a two 
meter handheld net for bicycle rides and parades was what he had in mind.   
I've been agitating for a reasonable Resource Type for ham radio for three or 
four years now without much success.   Last year I asked the President of the 
ARRL why the League wasn't taking an active roll in this and she pretended to 
not know what I was talking about.

My mailperson just delivered the two new League publications: The ABCs of 
Software Defined Radio and Get on the Air with HF Digital.   I haven't 
looked at them yet but I have high hopes!

Let's face it.   If we want to protect our spectral rights we will do something 
positive.

73

Lee   K9WRU
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Re: [Flexradio] Chip Margelli on The Tonight Show had a big impact

[Lee Mushel]

Outstanding!  100% intuitive!

73

Lee   K9WRU
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From: Bob McGwier n...@flexradio.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
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Subject: [Flexradio] Chip Margelli on The Tonight Show had a big impact



And Google decided to take advantage of it.

http://www.gmail.com/tap
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Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Issue

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

Over the past three years or so I've read dozens of PC-PowerSDR events and 
I think that at one time or another I've experienced nearly all.  If they 
don't persist I have always assumed that they are the result of infrequent 
interactions between the software, firmware and maybe even the infrequent 
cosmic ray.   I don't let them bother me and I certainly never let them 
detract from the never-ending enjoyment I get from these radios.   I doubt 
that such things will ever disappear entirely and forever.   Especially in 
light of the fact that we expect, and yes, demand that the features and 
capabilities of these radios change and, hopefully, dramatically improve 
constantly.


Since I have chosen to have separate computers for my 5000A, 3000 and SDR-IQ 
I suspect that I have fewer of these problems than most.   And the fact 
that none of these machines are connected to the internet is another factor 
that I don't doubt makes my life more serene!


I do monitor the CPU usage fairly closely and know perfectly well that 
forced upgrades of the machines is not too far away but my habits don't put 
too much pressure on performance in that regard.


But there are times that I worry that our complaints affect decisions of 
folks who are only recently considering the purchase of SDR equipment.   And 
if you are one of those I would hope that you would clearly understand that 
denying yourself of something that Flex calls excitement because of these 
malfunction descriptions would really be a shame.  And that you will be the 
poorer if you take them too seriously!


73

Lee   K9WRU




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Re: [Flexradio] New Release

[Lee Mushel]

Why not a knob option to replace that featureless front panel and by all 
means get rid of that panadapter stuff which does nothing but trigger 
jealousy and bad feelings.


Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Ross Stenberg ross.stenb...@charter.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Release


I would suggest that they adopt the Xbox 360 Kinect interface for motion 
sensing and voice control of all PowerSDR functions.


Support for a new wireless Flex Control device identical to the
Nintendo Wii. Now you can work that 20-meter pileup and take a few inches 
off that gut at the same time.


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Re: [Flexradio] New Release

[Lee Mushel]

I certainly hope we don't  tie Flex-Radio to any of the Social Baloney!

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Chuck ONeal cdon...@comcast.net

To: t...@flexradio.com; Robert Costa, KB6QXM kb6...@yahoo.com
Cc: t...@flexradio.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Release



Why not here as well???  I don't do facebook...


- Original Message - 
From: Tim Ellison, W4TME t...@flex-radio.com

To: Robert Costa, KB6QXM kb6...@yahoo.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz; t...@flexradio.com
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Release






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Re: [Flexradio] This ain't pretty

[Lee Mushel]

Don't get too excited!   Using our 3000's we were able to keep 98% of 
regular skeds between central New Jersey and SW Wisconsin easily on 40 until 
the dumb sun spots brought the QRM up to the point where we don't even try 
to talk to each other on contest weekends!


Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Chuck Oapos;Neal cdon...@comcast.net

To: Ken Alexander k.alexan...@rogers.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] This ain't pretty





There is always E skip, it's independent of the solar sunspot cycle with 
yearly peaks in the Summer and lesser ones in the Winter. Good all the way 
to 2 meters sometimes! A solid E opening on 10 is good, just usually short 
time wise. I've worked multi hop E into VK on 10 and 6 from New England.




Chuck K1KW



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From: Ken Alexander k.alexan...@rogers.com
To: Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com, F Feeney f...@lightlink.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:22:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] This ain't pretty

You just made lemonade! That's the way to look at it!

Heck, I hear many hams in the southern U.S. are working a guy in New 
Caledonia on 6m! How bad can it really be?


73,

Ken
VE3HLS




From: Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com
To: F Feeney f...@lightlink.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:14:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] This ain't pretty

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:59 PM, F Feeney f...@lightlink.com wrote:

...the following cycles may be weaker still.

==
Gee whiz, Kevin, that is grim. And just to add to the thickening
gloom, I might note that there was a spike a couple of months ago that
was as high as the projected top of the error band around the
forecasted cycle peak. So what we had then might be as good as we're
gonna get.

Ah well, when the MUF is 7 mhz 40 meters will be more fun than ever.

Tony KT0NY




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Re: [Flexradio] Audio Rack and the 5000

[Lee Mushel]

Finally!I was beginning to wonder when someone would remember the very 
clear audio importance trail left by John Basilotto (SK)!   I once asked 
John why he was so concerned with audio and he explained that this was a 
special interest for him going back to prehistoric times and that explained 
why he was so concerned with audio quality.   Some early devotees will 
recall that the developing PowerSDR didn't always have the elaborate audio 
processing that it finally appeared with and John was the first to suggest 
that an audio processor might be something that people would want for their 
Flex5000s.   And he also brought True Audio TrueRTA to our attention at 
the same time.  I will admit that I have never used either the processor or 
the Audio software until now when I am going to start to see if I can 
develop the capability for emergency communications where I can walk up to 
the receptionist of the served agency, hand her a pair of cables, one with 
120VAC and the other with a telephone connector and tell her to plug her fax 
system in.   I will feel successful if I can eliminate all need for 
commercial power, the internet, and all telephone systems.  Full duplex is 
just another example of Gerald's incredible insight!


Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Craig Gagner crgag...@charter.net

To: 'mike' m...@k6zsr.com; supp...@flex-radio.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Audio Rack and the 5000



I will say that before we finally got it all straight, I couldn't hear it.
Luckily I have a friend who does a lot of audio work and he was the only 
one

that could hear it out of my usual group. I sent him some audio recordings
that I recorded into a dummy load and he ran his analysis software which
showed flat tops on some of the peaks and some spikes. 




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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

[Lee Mushel]

Indeed, Gary, this is one of the most popular questions on Flex reflectors. 
I would like to give you a general answer based, as always, on my own 
personal experiences.   In the early '50s one of the electronics magazines 
published an article on a speaker system the author called the sweet 
sixteen.   It used sixteen four inch general replacement speakers of the 
type found at that time in table model radios.  As a 14 year old newly 
interested in high fidelity I built one and while at the time I thought it 
was wonderful of course the theory behind it is questionable and the results 
quite horrible.


But to answer your question, I don't know why more people don't simply go 
into their store of retired music reproduction systems and attach to their 
radios.   I did that with my Hammarlund HQ-180 long ago and not so long ago 
took a SONY ES receiver and today Video 1 is the Flex 3000 and Video 2 
is the Flex 5000A.   I even built a take off of the sweet 16 and built a 
sweet 8 using far better drivers!  My point is that nearly any stereo 
components that can be assembled to function as a sound system will be 
overkill as far as speakers suitable for communications receiver use is 
concerned.


Anything more really just an interesting facet of our ham radio hobby. 
Anything that interests and satisfies you is certainly OK.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Gary Franklin franklin6...@att.net

To: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:05 AM
Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers


I am sure this has been asked many times but I am new to Flex Radio. 
Can anyone recommend a set of good speakers I can use on my Flex 5000?


Thanks
Gary ,  K8BKB

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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

I must admit that I don't understand any of this.   With the bands as 
crowded as they are these days I find myself receiving with the filtering 
set at 2.4 kHz.   Readability is very good.   I will have to dig out my 
1950's copies of QST and see just why we decided to use single sideband in 
the first place.  Now we watch movies on a 4 inch screen with often 
non-descript earbuds and wonder if I have wasted my money on these speaker 
systems with close to 200 drivers and with a screen that allows me to see 
Aaron Rogers at much larger than full size.   I think Yul said it best when 
he commented T'is a puzzlement!


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com

To: Bill Marvin bmar...@comcast.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM



On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Bill Marvin bmar...@comcast.net wrote:


Brian,

You are obviously not familiar with the FT-102. A properly modified 
FT-102

can sound excellent on AM. There is nothing wrong with the old tube rigs
you
mention. But, they all need modifications to make them sound good on
AM. The


fact that a transmitter uses high level plate modulation doesn't guarantee

that it sounds good.



That is certainly true but I would assume that anyone thinking of doing
HiFi AM is going to properly treat the low-level audio and modulation
stages anyway. That means getting rid of cathode bias with electrolytic
bypass caps and replacing it with fixed-bias, increasing interstage
coupling caps to improve low-frequency response, changing filters, etc. 
The

key here is that high-level modulation tends to be a better starting point
for a quality AM signal.



In fact, most of the 100W class AM transmitters from
the 50's and 60's sound terrible until they are modified. Most of them 
had

restricted audio bandwidth and horrible things like clippers and high/low
pass audio filters.



Well, that kinda goes without saying. They were definitely not HiFi but
that is easy to rectify.

But maybe I just take that stuff for granted as I spent a significant
portion of my life designing, building, and modifying tube HiFi gear.

--
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3191 Western Dr.
Cameron Park, CA 95682
br...@lloyd.com
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Re: [Flexradio] Genesis radio software (SDR1000 obsolete?)

[Lee Mushel]

- Original Message - 
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com

To: Edwin Marzan edwin_mar...@hotmail.com
Cc: ve7...@gmail.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Genesis radio software (SDR1000 obsolete?)


Now wait a minute.   I'll have you know that at the moment a fine old 160 
meter Dentron transverter with 6146A   (not 6146B) is on my work bench 
waiting for me to get it down to 600 meters!   I have a brand new (I know it 
is because I bought it from Allied Radio in 1961) waiting to be used, if 
required.


Lee   K9WRU

 The point of my posting is that the Genesis, which they are touting as

state-of-the-art, is essentially a copy of a discontinued radio. If I were
going to build a new transceiver today, I would not base the PA on a 6146A
and then try to convince people it was state-of-the-art.



 Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL

3191 Western Dr.
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Re: [Flexradio] Fan noise

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

I think we have enough opinions on the subject of fan noise now so that 
conclusions can be drawn and we can move on to other subjects like 1500 CW 
problems, what microphone to use and several others of your choice.   I will 
admit to being fascinated by some of the comments since I have had no 
ability to hear anything above 14 kHz since qualifying with the U.S. Rifle, 
caliber 30 M-1, Sir some 55 years ago.   I  have always marveled at the 
quietness of the 3000 and 5000A.   I can detect no fan noise whatever.  But 
I am certain that with some 13 fan-containing devices in the shack there 
must be some detectable sound.   But I've decided that the most reasonable 
course of action to take is to ignore the possibility since such worry would 
be as silly and pointless as concentrating on similar noise coming from the 
XYL that I've been married to for some 49 years!


I find this reflector to be most entertaining and informative.

73

Lee K9WRU
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From: William H. Fite omni...@gmail.com

To: Alfred Green n...@cox.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fan noise



As you know, tinnitus bothers the heck of some people while others
(like me) just ignore it. 




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Re: [Flexradio] Configuring PSDR with a RX only loop so that I can't TX into it with my 5000A?

[Lee Mushel]

Normally I can sort of follow what people are saying even with my reduced 
capacity to understand meaning given my age but this time you've got me.


What on earth are you talking about when you say the power switch (button 
with blue lamp) mike jack and headphone jack are on the back of the 5000? 
Of course functions can be accessed from the back but can I suggest that the 
side of the radio with all the bumpy stuff is the back?


73

Lee  K9WRU
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From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com

To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Configuring PSDR with a RX only loop so that I 
can't TX into it with my 5000A?




On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Brian briduff...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:


Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote:

 God knows why Flex put the power switch, mic jack, and headphone jack 
 on

 the back of the 5000.


Yes. No idea why they split it up that way. The 1500 is especially 
confused

as to which is front and back.

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Re: [Flexradio] Configuring PSDR with a RX only loop so that I can't TX into it with my 5000A?

[Lee Mushel]

Ah, Now I see!   Silly me had referred to page 3 of the manual which is 
obviously incorrect!   I think you should enter a suggestion that people can 
easily find the front by looking at the bumpy side.

And I would assume that you can use the red and black wires to charge 
batteries, if convenient.

73

Lee
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  To: Lee Mushel 
  Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz 
  Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:03 PM
  Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Configuring PSDR with a RX only loop so that I can't 
TX into it with my 5000A?





  On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Lee Mushel herbe...@centurytel.net wrote:

Normally I can sort of follow what people are saying even with my reduced 
capacity to understand meaning given my age but this time you've got me.

What on earth are you talking about when you say the power switch (button 
with blue lamp) mike jack and headphone jack are on the back of the 5000? Of 
course functions can be accessed from the back but can I suggest that the side 
of the radio with all the bumpy stuff is the back?



  Easy. The back of the Flex 5000 has the following:


a.. power switch and indicator (Blue Light of Death)
b.. mic jack
c.. headphone jack 
  Conversely, the FRONT of the Flex 5000 has the following:
a.. antenna connectors
b.. power connector
c.. balanced mic jack
d.. line-in and line-out connectors
e.. PTT jack
f.. Flexwire connector 
g.. Pwr-Spkr line out
h.. Ext Ref input
i.. Ground lug
j.. TX[1-3] outputs
k.. key input
l.. Firewire connectors
  Any more questions?


  -- 
  Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL
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  Cameron Park, CA 95682
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Re: [Flexradio] Configuring PSDR with a RX only loop so that Ican't TX into it with my 5000A?

[Lee Mushel]

If anyone questions the fact that Flex Radio reflectors promote the best 
aspects of the ham radio hobby this thread should put that to rest.   I dare 
anyone to find evidence that a good chuckle before bed is bad.  Tomorrow 
I will have one of the local EC's visiting the shack and I don't think he 
has ever seen an SDR radio and certainly has no idea of what he is missing! 
But I will start out slowly and first have him sit down at a Model 28 KSR 
Teletype machine for a whiff of oil and grease.  I do realize that the 
greatest danger is attempting to cover too much material!  But I do promise 
to leave the panafall on!


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT w2...@att.net

To: 'Lee Mushel' herbe...@centurytel.net; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Configuring PSDR with a RX only loop so that Ican't 
TX into it with my 5000A?




Lee,
You could suggest that, but then again, you could probably take less abuse
from a wood chipper!  :-)

In all honesty, I think this is a simple matter of perspective based on
model (1500/3000/5000) and point of view.  I wouldn't worry about it as it
really doesn't matter.  Call it what you will.  I particularly like your
reference to the bumpy stuff and don't really mind what anyone calls it,
as your characterization is clear and colorfull!  :-)

Enjoy the radio and the hobby and above all, don't sweat the small stuff.
The Flex and other SDR-based radios, even the ones with knobs and other
bumpy stuff are all really cool when compared to some of the vintage 
stuff

that we may have used previously.

Thanks  73,
Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
201.314.6964
 




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Re: [Flexradio] Yeasu microphone

[Lee Mushel]

You know, Ross, when I first received my 3000 back in the days when the 
earth was young, I took one look at that mike connector, remembered when a 
mike connector had a single eyelit in the center and a nice spring strain 
relief, shook my head, scratched several times and went to Radio Shack.   I 
bought some of those RJ connectors and their best quality crimper, thirty 
feet of eight conductor cable, a metal box and an eight terminal strip and 
then went home to find the coil of braid that I normally use for grounding 
stuff.   I squeezed the braid open so I could push a suitable length of the 
cable through, saving the rest for future similar applications,  and then 
attached one of those goofy RJ connectors to one end.   I now had a well 
shielded cable that I could ground as wisdom demands.   Then I drilled a few 
holes in that metal box so that all of my existing mike connectors could be 
attached as desired.   I do go from D-104 to Pilots head set and even one of 
those shiny gold things from Heil.  I took a piece of paper and very 
carefully identified each pin and then fastened the now nicely shielded 
cable from the 3000 to the respectively numbered terminals on the strip 
which I had mounted in the metal box. Then I found all the manuals for my 
mikes and wired the appropriate connectors to the desired screws on that 
terminal strip.  Yes, I did leave out the fact that the D-104 and pilots 
head set do require some trivial additional work.  And just in case you've 
forgotten where some of that information might be found I suggest you look 
on page 65 of the April 2010 QST.


Suddenly I realized that perhaps I had made a universal adapter  and never 
again would I have to beg some piece of metal to be nice to me.


This will not solve the most difficult microphone problem that I have 
encountered so far:  how does one keep the cat from chewing off the foam 
thing on the mike?


73

Lee   K9WRU
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rom: Ross Stenberg ross.stenb...@charter.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Yeasu microphone


I believe so. I'm only sure of the Yaesu mic on the more recent models. 
Look at page 4 of the 5000 manual for detailed pin-out information. Just 
looked...it is compatible.


On 12/1/2011 12:12 PM, Robert KB6QXM wrote:
I have an yaesu mh-1 b8 microphone from my 757gx2. Is this microphone 
also plug and play for the 5000a?





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Re: [Flexradio] Yeasu microphone

[Lee Mushel]

You guys have to understand that I felt it important to get the new Wisconsin 
Concealed Carry Permit for one simple reason:  I have received many threats 
because I actually own a soldering iron and these continued even after I told 
them I was harmless and used acid flux!  But then they found out that I still 
had an American Beauty with asbestos insulation.  I expect demonstrations to 
begin soon.

Lee
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  From: Brian Lloyd 
  To: Lee Mushel 
  Cc: Ross Stenberg ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz 
  Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 5:28 PM
  Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Yeasu microphone





  On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Lee Mushel herbe...@centurytel.net wrote:

Suddenly I realized that perhaps I had made a universal adapter  and 
never again would I have to beg some piece of metal to be nice to me.



  What a concept! Actually building something simple to solve a problem! 
Whoever heard of such a thing! You must be one of those subversive communist 
types 'cause what you are advocating is UN-AMERICAN!


  ;-)


  -- 
  Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL
  3191 Western Dr.
  Cameron Park, CA 95682
  br...@lloyd.com
  +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica)
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Re: [Flexradio] Three Years of Fun

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

This is not a unique experience.   I have been called a CB operator, LID, 
etc. and my mother's reputation and my privates have been called into 
question!   I find this reaction to be downright common and I no longer 
routinely discuss Flex or SDR on the air unless I know that the other person 
either has such equipment or knows about it.   Since I have some ideas about 
how my SDR radios can be used in serious emergency situations as well as for 
pure pleasure this is a great disappointment to me.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Bill Marvin bmar...@comcast.net

To: 'Steve Weinert' k...@mac.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Three Years of Fun



Hi Steve.

Good stuff! I've had my 5000A for almost three years. I have operated it
remotely from all over the country. Enjoyed every minute.
I listened in on an interesting QSO on 75M AM last week. A station on Long
Island, NY, who was operating a Yaesu or Kenwood radio, self righteously
called Flex users appliance operators. He went on to say he could never
operate a radio with no knobs.

Here's to many more years of fun!

73,
Bill - W1MPY


-Original Message-
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Weinert
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 12:04 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Three Years of Fun

Just realized I've had the Flex-5000a for three years, and I am still 
having

fun!

Initially I needed some upgrading having been accustomed to knocking off
the rough edges with software to make things work.  My first PC for the
Flex-5000a wasn't much good because I ignored the recommendations and
basically did a poor job of preparing for the SDR software and Firewire
needs.

Once I assembled an appropriate setup all was well.

During the time I have had the radio I have lost track of the number of
software updates and added features.  Each new arrival has been a treat.

I've had a blast using the radio from Topband to 6m, mostly SSB with a 
fair

bit of digital.

Have met some of the nicest people in fellow Flex owners and the Flex 
staff.


Even though the radio really doesn't need it, I egged myself on to whip up 
a

Rb-Frequency Source with help from a Flex-Radio volunteer.

I've slowly expanded the capabilities of the software running, and my 
skill

in using the programs.

You can see my two monitor setup at QRZ or my web blog  website.

It has been like having a wonderful self-upgrading radio - and lots of 
fun!


None of the other radios or gear that I have had have been this much fun!

Kudos to the Flex team and thank you!

73

Steve
K9ZW



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Re: [Flexradio] new 3000 with problems?

[Lee Mushel]

Brett,

I know that a lot of people who are considering the purchase of a Flex SDR 
read the reflector for a time first.  And while it is unfortunate that you 
are having the trouble you describe I would hate to have someone deprive 
himself of the pleasure those radios provide because of your  experience.


As one of those people who seems to repeatedly accidentally shock his 
equipment I can testify that my 3000 and 5000A have tolerated some really 
serious abuse I heaped on them without damage..  For example, I have dumped 
the full output of a D700 into the antenna BNC of the V/U upgrade and the 
radio kept on ticking!And in an equally idiotic stunt put 23 volts of 
DC into the power connector without negative results.


I will admit that some care has to be taken where stray RF is concerned and 
I have had problems but they all disappeared with some additional care in 
grounding, cable routing and a few more common mode ferrite chokes.


And I'm going to say that my Asian radios have gone back to the manufacturer 
several times for repair but not the Flex's and I am one of the earliest 
non-beta test owners of the radios!  My own experience has been that they 
are tough, well made and trouble-free stuff.  I don't think I have to 
comment on their performance on the air!


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Brett Gazdzinski brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net

To: Neal Campbell abrohamn...@gmail.com
Cc: flex-Radio E-Mail Reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] new 3000 with problems?


I have a bucket load of clamp on ferrites from work, and have them all over 
all the cables on the flex and the computer.
The computer seems to be doing fine, but no matter what I do I can not get 
more then 1/2 power out of the 3000.

I had forgotten to ground the computer, but put one on after the glitch.
I reset the database, and changed the option to show the flex icon in the 
system tray, and that pops up when the radio is turned on.


Into a dummy load, on ssb, am, fm, max power out is 50 watts.
Current draw is 10 amps max, so it looks like I lost one of the output 
transistors.


This is the same amp I drove with the flex 5000, the icom 756 pro3, etc.
At first I thought the computer reset because the power kind of sags when 
the amp kicks on, but I am not sure.
Everything still works (even into the amp) but the 3000 output is half 
what it should be.


It looks like I will be contacting flex to send the 3000 back.

I so wanted this to work, as I love the flex receivers, and now I may be 
stuck with something yucky like a pro3

(for the band scope).

Or, I could order output transistors and fix it, but it might just happen 
again.
The amp only takes about 8 watts to drive it, and if the devices blow out 
at that power, its too fragile to use...


What I do not know is exactly what happened, did the computer have issues 
that did something to the output devices, did the brown out cause it, rf?, 
or what...


Brett
N2DTS




 - Original Message - 
 From: Neal Campbell

 To: Brett Gazdzinski
 Cc: flex-Radio E-Mail Reflector
 Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:32 PM
 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] new 3000 with problems?


 Brett


 If the OS is Win7, make sure you are using the legacy 1394 driver instead 
of the TI one.



 If you are reliably seeing 50% utilization, you are really on the edge of 
too little processing power. Make sure you are not running anything else 
when you are playing radio!



 73
 Neal






 On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Brett Gazdzinski 
brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net wrote:

   Well, I got my new 3000 today.
   Installation took about 10 minutes, another 1/2 hour to experiment and 
set up all the settings to where I liked.

   Then it was hooking up the microphone and setting the EQ and levels up.
   I tested the atu, and the power output, and everything was fine.
   Cpu is running around 50%, dpc was 250 us.

   Then, in the process of transmitting into an amplifier, the computer 
did a temporary hiccup, but sort of restarted psdr.

   After that happened, my maximum power output dropped to 50 watts.
   In AM, setting the drive control to about 10 gives 40 watts out, 
modulation makes the power go down, and the alc is sitting at 0 all the 
time, with no audio.


   Shutting everything off and restarting it makes no difference.

   How do I do a database reset?
   That was what they always said to do, no?

   The radio was working well up to when it was not, some delay through it 
as the computer is on the slow side.


   Another thing I noticed is the computer did not see the radio when I 
powered it up a few times after I had turned everything off.
   The speaker icon in the system tray would do something when the radio 
was powered up, then I went into device manager and checked the fire wire 
card, and its there and ok, then the computer sees the radio when its 
powered on.

   The card is a Roswell with the 

Re: [Flexradio] A safe way to connect to a receive only antenna?

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen:

This topic is, of course, of fundamental concern to EME people who need to 
protect their low noise preamps.   You might look at those web sites to see 
how this is done by them.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com

To: n...@fuller.net
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] A safe way to connect to a receive only antenna?


On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Jim fuller - N7VR n...@fuller.net 
wrote:



Hi Gary,

I would use something like a DOW-KEY Transmit-receive relay. Connect the
receive only antenna to the receive side and the transmit antenna to the
transmit side. The antenna connection on the Dow-Key to the output of the
Flex-3000. Use the TX-OUT to key the DOW-Key Relay. My personal choice
would
be one like:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dow-Key-Relay-12-VDC-Coil-TR-Extra-Contacts-Nice-/22
0875136188?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item336d2f1cbc



You will notice that the Dow-Key relay has a separate set of contacts. The
purpose of these contacts is to key the rig AFTER the coax relay has
switched so that the rig doesn't produce RF before the coax relay has
switched. Use your independent PTT circuit to key the relay then use the
extra contacts on the relay to key the rig. That will ensure that the 
relay

has switched BEFORE PTT is asserted to the rig.

--
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL
3191 Western Dr.
Cameron Park, CA 95682
br...@lloyd.com
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Re: [Flexradio] Enhancement Requests

[Lee Mushel]

Leon,

I can honestly say that if SDR and specifically Flex Radio hadn't been 
pushed in front of me I might not have discovered this fascinating stuff! 
Enhancements?   Well, I guess they are nice but I know that every time I 
push that little button on the front of my radios I will be only a few 
seconds away from learning of some feature or capability that I hadn't 
realized was there.   You know, I made the mistake a year or so ago and said 
that even though I had the Flex5000 almost from moment one I still didn't 
feel I had mastered all of it's potential.   At least a half dozen people 
told me that if I had a radio for several years and had not completely 
mastered it I must be a Citizens Band Person.  I can honestly say that the 
potential built into those radios, as they are and not what they might 
become, has kept me interested in the hobby.   I don't remember who first 
said it, maybe it was Gerald, but he described the radio as an electrical 
instrument.   This opens the door to using it in unique ways that can best 
be thought of as experimentation.  If you look at the cubby where my 5000A 
lives you might wonder why elecraft transverters sit on top of it and then 
ask why I didn't buy the V/U upgrade.   Well, I have the V/U upgrade but 
there are other signal aspects that I wanted to examine that made multiple 
receivers desirable.   Should I have put in a request for a dedicated V/U 
RX2?   And I might decide to feed the SDR-IQ with a serial connection from 
the TS-480SAT using SDR-console or a recent variation of SpectraVue.  Of 
course, with a click I may shift to some other interest using N4PY.   Wait 
for an enhancement request to be satisfied?   Not me.  There's a big 
wonderful world out there.


73

Lee   K9WRU


- Original Message - 
From: Leon Bishop n...@cableone.net

To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:11 PM
Subject: [Flexradio] Enhancement Requests



I have been watching this thread from the beginning, and to tell you my 2
cents worth. 




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Re: [Flexradio] Band/ freq changes after shutoff

[Lee Mushel]

Years of both 3000 and 5000A and never had a frequency change with either 
and with all the PowerSDR changes.   I use Paul's procedure which I think 
has been recommended since day one or thereabouts.


Lee  K9WRU

- Original Message - 
From: Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net
To: k8...@aol.com; k...@arrl.net; scott.wa4...@gmail.com; 
flexradio@flex-radio.biz

Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Band/ freq changes after shutoff



That's interesting.
My PSDR always starts up where it left off, the settings do not change as 
the others have described.

I also always shutdown the software before the hardware. (and vice versa)

Paul Delaney - K6HR
http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080
 - Original Message - 
 From: k8...@aol.com

 To: k...@arrl.net ; scott.wa4...@gmail.com ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
 Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 4:16 PM
 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Band/ freq changes after shutoff


 I hope you are shutting down your PowerSDR software first. If you don't 
it

 will revert to the last settings you had when you exited the Setup menu.

 Bob
 K8MLM


 In a message dated 10/14/2011 6:41:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
 rpmar...@comcast.net writes:

 My 5000A  has done that since the day I've owned it.  I have never 
figured
 out  why sometimes it remembers where I left it when it was shut off, 
and

 sometimes it doesn't.  Every version of Power SDR has done  this.  I've
 always assumed it was something I was doing incorrectly,  or some box I
 neglected to check, but darned if I've been able to figure it  out.  I
 always
 stop Power SDR first, and then close the  application

 If there's a simple answer to this, I'd love to hear  it.  I've just 
learned

 to live with it.

 de Rick,  KN3C


 -Original Message-
 From: Scott Simmons - WA4DOS  [mailto:scott.wa4...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011  18:19
 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
 Subject: [Flexradio] Band/ freq  changes after shutoff


 Folks, I noticed after upgrading to V.2.2.3  about a month or so ago, 
that
 the band and frequency changes from the  previous operating session. When 
I

 fire up the next time, the rig is on a  different band and freq...As an
 example, I'm on 14.300 MHz and then shut  down PowerSDR and turn off the
 rig.
 The next day the band and freq is  somewhere else (ie:40 meters). I 
believe

 this behavior is pretty  consistent.

 Any ideas? Would resetting to factory defaults fix the  anomaly?



 Flex 5000A with single RX, V2.2.3, ... ZT Systems PC,  Quad Core 3.2 MHz
 CPU,
 8GB RAM running WIN 7 Premium OS

 Scott S. -  WA4DOS



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Re: [Flexradio] Nice service

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen,

I do want to add my comments on Dudley's performance.   I am fairly well 
convinced that he is independently wealthy since I am sure that Gerald 
doesn't pay him as much as he is worth.   From my experience, I am certain 
that Dudley works full time and probably has a reclining chair somewhat 
different from the usual in that it flushes so he never has to leave his 
desk.   And I don't think he does!   You can ask for help any time of the 
day and he is there!   And what is most amazing is the fact that he knows 
how to help with your problem---no matter what it is!  I hope the rumors are 
true that there will soon be a double life-sized Dudley statue in front of 
the Flex offices.


73

Lee   K9WRU
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From: K1iax k1...@aol.com

To: rkola...@neb.rr.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Nice service




I too, want to thank the Dudley and the others for their fast response. 
It's a pleasure to own a piece of equipment with such support.


Dick, W4DAC







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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3K and 5K software shut down QRO.

[Lee Mushel]

All right, back to history.   In that period before time began and the only 
Flex radio was the 1000 and we still had (but didn't know it) another three 
or four months before the 5000A would begin ordinary shipping there was much 
discussion on the reflector on various topics:  all speculation and mostly 
forgotten today.   For example, at one point the equalizers had not been 
mentioned as a part of PowerSDR but thought to be recommended and thus 
there is now such a separate box in my shack that has never been connected. 
And then there was the discussion on the supply voltage accuracy needed by 
this marvelous rig and since one opinion was given that plus one tenth and 
minus two tenths from 13.8 would be a good idea you will now find a one 
farad capacitor in my system.   Now, when it came to this strange new fire 
wire thing that no one knew anything about the discussion included 
admonishment to avoid cheap cables.   And I think I was among the first to 
find this Granite Digital doubly shielded cable on line and since it also 
cost an arm and a leg I thought it must be good and purchased it---several 
months before the radio arrived at the door and I also told John Basilotto 
that I had found this marvelous product and the next thing I knew it was 
being recommended.   I have used it since day one and have not had any RFI 
but I will say that there is very little distance between the radio and 
computer (two feet).   Of course, by the time the 3000 was in the pipeline 
there had been enough complaints and Flex had started to ship their cable 
with the radio and that is what I use with the 3000.   Again, no RFI 
problems but the computer-radio distance is short and I do believe in 
grounding as best I can.  And I do continue to feel guilty that I have these 
exciting radios that others don't have for reasons of  price or ignorance.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Steven Hess flameb...@gmail.com

To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3K and 5K software shut down QRO.


I had to point out a contrary instance. The kicker is I am using the 
Granite

firewire cable now my SDR computer is not attached to the station ground
system without problems. I don't recommend this practice however. The 
stock

Firewire cable Flex ships with the radio is pretty darned good with only
ferrite at one end.

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Ray, K9DUR k9...@rnacs.com wrote:


Steven,

I probably should have qualified my statement with In my experience
As someone else pointed out, EVERY installation is different  reacts
differently to the various cures for RF feedback.

That being said, I will say that yours is the ONLY occurrence that I have
heard of where the Granite Digital cable actually made the situation 
worse

instead of helping.

73, Ray, K9DUR
http://k9dur.info






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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3K and 5K software shut down QRO.

[Lee Mushel]

Jim's advice is good.   I would add that there are some really good (hundred 
page plus) postings on the web that you should read and also google the 
topic common mode RF chokes or ferrites.   That multitude of cables that 
you undoubtedly hung from the back of the 5000A, while a blessing, can 
easily become a curse!


In my own case I have several hundred dollars worth of those clip on ferrite 
chokes and, at one recent count, 23 standard 8 ft. plated steel ground rods 
and even then, I find that from time to time the cat moves a cable and I can 
see a little RF!


A week ago a fellow I'm elmering asked me a question that I'm sure he 
thought was simple:  Lee, how should I ground my station.   I thought 
about that a couple of days before answering him.   To do a really proper 
job you have to start when you build the house.   Everything else is a 
compromise and experiment!


It's just part of ham radio!

73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: jim jb...@bellsouth.net

To: ma...@sunrise.ch; 'W1JCW' w1...@hotmail.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3K and 5K software shut down QRO.


Key, mike, audio to spkr amp, SPEAKER CABLES!, power cable, etc. etc. 
EVERY

WIRE! To BOTH PC and FLEX.

Then there will be one more that you missed!  
EVERY wire!

Jim
W4YXU


-Original Message-
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-bounces@flex-
radio.biz] On Behalf Of ma...@sunrise.ch
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 8:28 AM
To: W1JCW
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3K and 5K software shut down QRO.

Hello John,

i had the same problem with my PC. I had to change the new USB Keyboard 
to

an older PS2 Keybord and after that i could work with 100 Watts again...
Perhaps it works for you too?
73's
Mathias
HB9DOU



2011/9/12 W1JCW w1...@hotmail.com

 No luck adding the ground or the two chokes on each end of the fire 
 ware

 cable.

 It seems just 20m even when I don't use my Acom 2k. If I turn the drive
up
 to 75w
 the audio cuts in and out and I can hear the relays in the 5K.

 All other bands qro are fine, no issue.

 Must be some harmonic on 20m getting into the box or feeding back into
it.

 Suggestions ??

 73-
 W1JCW
 John


 From: W1JCW
 Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 8:44 AM
 To: Ray, K9DUR
 Subject: Flex 3K and 5K software shut down QRO.


 I don't have a ground on the PC so I'll add that tonight and see how it
 works.

 I did have a choke on each end of the fw cable but that didn't work but
I
 had no ground then.
 I'll put a choke on each end of the fw if adding the ground on the PC
 doesn't work.

 Stay tuned.

 Thanks for the replies.

 73-
 W1JCW
 John


 From: Ray, K9DUR
 Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 8:11 PM
 To: fmeac...@aol.com ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Current Flex 3000 software shuts down when
 runninghigh power.


 Frank,

 That definitely sounds like RF feedback.  The most likely culprit is 
 the
 firewire cable.  I had the same issue running my amp with my 
 FLEX-5000A.


 First, make certain that your PC is connected to the shack ground.
After
 all, it is better than half of the radio.

 If you are using the stock firewire cable that came with the rig,
replace
 it
 with the one by Granite Digital.  Is costs about $40  is availabel 
 from

 Flex.

 Finally, if you still are having problems, add ferrite chokes at each
end
 of
 the firewire cable.

 The above steps eliminated my RF feedback problems entirely.  Now I can
run
 1kW on all bands with no issues.

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Re: [Flexradio] 10 meter 29.950 issue

[Lee Mushel]

Huh?   I've never known him to use anything except his machine gun.   But as 
often as I've seen him on the Military Channel recently I've yet to note any 
mention of his real invention:   the suppressor which we know as the 
silencer and which, I assure you does not make the peeeoww that we all 
have heard on TV.


Lee  K9WRU
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From: William H. Fite omni...@gmail.com

To: Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com
Cc: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 10 meter 29.950 issue


ARHH!!!  You have blasphemed against The Hiram.  Fall 
on

your knees facing W1AW and beg forgiveness or the next time there is a
thunderstorm your antennas will be reduced to heaps of slag and you will
grow hair on your eyeballs.



On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com wrote:

I've been calling CQ on 29.590 with no answers from my ancestors or 
Hiram.

Why is this called by Flex the 10m dead band?






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Re: [Flexradio] Pan Adapter Spectrum Width

[Lee Mushel]

Talk about personal preference !I fall right between you two guys and I 
use the same setting for the 3000 with a 22 inch  screen and the 5000A with 
a 32 inch.   I am quite happy!  Yes, they do look different!


73

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Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Pan Adapter Spectrum Width




Interesting how different flexers use their panadaptors. I like using 192k 
sampling rate on a 24 inch monitor. And I can see all kinds of things!!


Thank the folks at Flex for giving us these choices.

Edwin Marzan AB2VW



Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 00:36:53 -0400
From: abrohamn...@gmail.com
To: t...@flexradio.com
CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz; gshri...@charter.net
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Pan Adapter Spectrum Width

I personally cannot use it if the displayed spectrum is greater than 
40KHz,
things are just too small for any value. Don't know if its just my 
personal

setup but, from a display perspective, any sampling rate over 48KHz is
wasted on me.

73
Neal

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Tim Ellison t...@flexradio.com wrote:

 No, It is always a little less than the sampling rate.

 On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Gary Shriver gshri...@charter.net 
 wrote:


  Pan Adapter Spectrum Width
 
  I own a Flex 3K and I could swear that the pan adapter's spectrum 
  width

 is
  less than before I updated PowerSDR. As I am looking at it now, the 
  far

  left hand border is 3.800 and the far right hand border is 3.880.
  Shouldn't
  it be 3.896? Hummm? If it should, what should I check?
 
 
  Thanx
  Gary
 
 
 
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Re: [Flexradio] Monitor reccomendations

[Lee Mushel]

While I weep and wail about the disadvantages of my nearly 400 ft. feedline 
I must admit that problems like this and noise from the QTH itself are 
minimal.   I am just about ready to listen to the new 600 meter loop and 
will, of course, be forced to use the SDR-IQ and Simon's fine program for 
that.  Not being able to use either the 5000A or the 3000 for that is, of 
course, plain agony for me.


73

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From: Simon HB9DRV si...@hb9drv.ch

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Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Monitor reccomendations



Same here and there doesn't seem to be any way around this although some
massive chokes on both the video  power cords helped a lot. :(

You could always go QRP :)

Simon Brown, HB9DRV
http://sdr-radio.com

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... the Samsung has a touch panel for controls and on 40 meters, my
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Re: [Flexradio] Power Out failure - 3000 W7 64 bit

[Lee Mushel]

Michael, et Al.:

You know, when no one ever pays any attention to  you   (my lifetime 
experience) then you can pretty much say what you will without fear of 
hurting anyone with bad information!  So here goes


I've had my 3000 since shortly after they were available.   Being retired 
and on a fixed income I have few worries about gamer-class computers. 
Since day one, my fire wire card and cable have been the original (selected 
from the lists of Flex Radio) and the computer is a rebuilt eBay $140 
special which has never been connected to the internet and aside from the 
rare universal computer hic cups which require a reboot  I simply don't have 
any of the problems I read about so often on this reflector.


Oh, and I did want to mention that there are five PCs running in the shack. 
5000A, knob and button, etc. each has its own computer.   I don't try to 
push things.  That's the same philosophy I use with the XYL and then things 
usually go smoothly.  And I do realize that when Gerald gives me the new 
software I might have to get a new computer---maybe $160.


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Michael Walker va...@portcredit.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:32 AM
Subject: [Flexradio] Power Out failure - 3000 W7 64 bit



I seem to have this intermittent problem and I have been working directly
with Tim and Gerald on this as well as other areas within the Flex team.




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Re: [Flexradio] No RX Audio in CW modes

[Lee Mushel]

Tim  Dudley,

Would you please ask the programmers to check operation of the 5000A with 
all options installed.   I run 22 on the 3000 so I don't have any 
problems.   I strongly suspect that if I had the new knob and button thing I 
wouldn't have noticed all of these things but I would really like to have 
the audio functions work in a 5000A with RX2 and V/U!  And I'm not 
complaining about having to hit the start button twice to avoid the 
pulsingjust the tremendous difficulty in finding settings that will 
allow me to hear a 2M FM station without having my ear next to a speaker 
cone.


Maybe we could start with being able to button click the squelches on and 
off.


I will say that the new software is easy to install and that process went 
quickly and without a hitch---I think.


As I've told you many times, my 5000A is connected to the exact same Toshiba 
lap top bought at Best Buy running Vista that John Basilotto first used to 
demo the radio when it was first introduced.  Sure hope you didn't throw 
that out with the bathwater.


73

Lee  K9WRU
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From: Kevin Hobbs ve...@cogeco.ca

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 12:16 PM
Subject: [Flexradio] No RX Audio in CW modes



Hi Tim  Dudley

I have described this issue previously.
Flex-5000A WinXP.

I upgraded to RC3 yesterday and the problem was fixed. I restart PSDR 
today
and the problem is back. So something happens after the initial run of 
PSDR

...

After I change from SSB to CWU I don't get sound from the speakers if the
Sidetone box is ticked. Unticking Sidetone brings the RX Audio back?

Thanks, Kevin



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Re: [Flexradio] The 30m Band Utilization Chart -- 2 June 2011

[Lee Mushel]

You might consider the possibility that there is a reason why we continue to 
have FMT's!   Or, maybe that some two-way communication is deliberate.


73

Lee   K9WRU
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Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] The 30m Band Utilization Chart -- 2 June 2011


On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Peter G. Viscarola pete...@osr.com 
wrote:



SRI... this discussion probably isn't that relevant on this list, but...


 Your chart is quite good. Thank you. Regardless, I would suggest losing
the
 dial frequencies altogether.


As a very almost exclusively digi-mode operator, and only being a ham for 
5
years or so, I have never understood the point of specifying dial 
frequency.

  I don't even get what it's supposed to mean.  Honest!




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Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio moving its offices May 27-30

[Lee Mushel]

Five fold Amen!

Lee   K9WRU
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio moving its offices May 27-30




That can only mean one thing. Growth!!

I'm happy to hear you folks are doing well.

Edwin Marzan AB2VW






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Re: [Flexradio] Silence must meant something.

[Lee Mushel]

Guy,

I suppose it was about a year after I got my 5000A that this terrible QRN 
appeared.   Of course, it is your responsibility to show that the source 
isn't actually inside your QTH and I did this by operating the rig from 
battery power and turning off the main breaker.  I didn't get much help from 
the ham community except for a visit by a retired power company maintenance 
foreman who was also a radio amateur.   I started out by showing him what 
the noise looked like on the panadapter and after that I could see I had 
more work to do and he said, Let me listen to it.   After listening for 
about three seconds he announced that it was one of the metal oxide varistor 
lightning arrestors (in rural areas there are a lot of these things) And I 
don't think it's very far away.   My rural electric co-op buys it's power 
from a company headquartered about 70 miles away.   I called the co-op and 
they gave me the number of the engineering department of the supplier and I 
called and told them about the situation.   The engineer  said he'd look 
into it and I was fairly sure that his words were all I would ever get! 
Boy, was I wrong.   A few days later a very large tracked vehicle with 
bucket showed up.   As I soon found out, this was necessary because the 
defective system was located in what was almost a swamp in a valley on my 
property and very hard to access but they did and I've never had any more 
QRN!


I guess what I want to say is that my experience seems counter to that of 
many (but maybe not) and that the power company reacted quickly to fix the 
problem after I was able to assure them that the trouble was, indeed, 
theirs!  They do have equipment to find this sort of thing!


73

Lee   K9WRU
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From: Guy Harris w6...@guysfreehold.com

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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Silence must meant something.



Steven,

When I first set up my F5k I had what I thought was QRN, and still don't 
understand Precisely what is going on, but here's what I did to reduce the 
apparent QRN:






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Re: [Flexradio] CW Touch Key

[Lee Mushel]

Are you using a two circuit phone plug?

Lee   K9WRU
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Subject: [Flexradio] CW Touch Key




Anyone using a CW Touch Key with a Flex 5/3/1.5K ?

Bill Nicolson

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Re: [Flexradio] The Flex 1500 and Field Day, a slightly OT question

[Lee Mushel]

Indeed!   The computers run OK but you do have to do a lot of work to quiet 
those inverter generators!   I tie mine to the shack ground field.  Recall 
that at my age I have no intention of running around.   If we have a local 
emergency there are four dogs, and old woman and a bunch of cats that have 
first call on my services.   So I can take care of problems like these.   I 
know that a lot of public parks etc. have people around who frown when you 
start driving 8 ft. ground rods.


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Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 7:09 PM
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Let me second Bret's comment.  I have a Suzuki and the engine is quiet but
the RF hash is awesome.




On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Bret Mills bmil...@ecso.com wrote:


Just be aware the Little and Big Honda Generators that use Inverters and
say
Inverter on them have a LOT of noise on the HF spectrum using the AC 
Cord

as a Antenna.

We had to build a VERY large filter to even use our 7KW and the little
Honda
2000 on our Field day exercise.

73's
Bret
WX7Y


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Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 6:45 PM
To: w5...@w5jgv.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
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question

It is times such as this when one of those little Honda generators would 
be

great to have. More toys... :) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-Original Message-
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Sender: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 18:17:23
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Reply-To: w5...@w5jgv.com
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] The Flex 1500 and Field Day, a slightly OT
question

 So here's a thought I had today. I have a perfectly good 12 volt
 automobile battery here, why not operate the 1500  off battery power
 during field day? Then I got to thinking, I don't have a lap top and
 the PC the 1500 runs with is connected to the AC mains so I looked up
 the rules.  A class E station is one characterized as a home station
 running off battery power for the transmit and receive gear. So what
 do you think, would I be a Class E station? Or does the fact that
 technically the PC is part of the radio and is running off the mains
 violate the spirit of things?

IMO, using commercial power for any part of the control system for the
radio
takes you out of the Class E category.  If the computer system does not 
eat
too much power, you could use a 12 volt DC to 120 volt AC inverter to 
power
the computer and monitor, or you might be able to borrow a laptop for 
your

FD ops.  Many laptops will operate just fine directly from 12 volts, but
they usually will not charge the battery.  You may need a charged battery
to
boot the laptop, then switch to external power.  Or, just use a small 2
volt
DC to 120 volt AC inverter to run the laptop.

73,

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Re: [Flexradio] Mic

[Lee Mushel]

I do have a suggestion since I haven't bothered to pull the foam out of my 
flightcoms  (the mike is simple, see QST April 2010 page 65)  But it would 
seem that some of those headsets might be stereo already.   If not I see no 
reason why a person couldn't simply simply rewire the headset to suit!   I 
certainly agree that it is desirable to use stereo.   But anyone with some 
cable, a small phillips screwdriver and an American Beauty soldering iron 
should be able to do any rewiring needed.   Of course, if you are one of the 
current generation of hams who can't solder and whose knowledge of 
electronics is limited to what can be found in a license manual you might 
have trouble.


A more serious problem for me is the fact that my cat chewed off the mike 
foam.


73

Lee   K9WRU
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Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Mic


One comment about using aviation-type headsets with the Flex radios.  All 
of
them that I am aware of are mono earphones.  You really do not get the 
full

benefit of the receive signal unless you have stereo headphones.  The
ability to pan the main RX signal to one ear  the MUltiRX (or RX2) signal
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Re: [Flexradio] WHY???

[Lee Mushel]

Gentlemen:

I do wish the habit of posting to both reflectors would stop but I suspect 
that's done because folks simply don't know why there are two!   I, 
personally, perfer the habit that you are objecting to.   When a 
controversial topic arises I scroll to the first appearance of the 
subject, read that, and then go to the most recent opinion of the nature you 
object to and print that.   If I'm not interested or I am already familiar 
with the subject I do use what I suggest you start to employ:  the delete 
key!   Oh, I see that at the moment I have 5,012 unread messages!


73

Lee   K9WRU

P.S. If you want to see more messages and comments take a look at the 
Time-Nuts reflector.   You might even find some familiar names!


L.
- Original Message - 
From: G3VGZ briduff...@yahoo.co.uk

To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] WHY???



Guy WR7K driv...@accima.com wrote:


Why can't everyone remove all except their comment and the subject line
from the reflector?  Read and reread all the information.
WHY?


What a good idea. It would make the list much more readable.

Also, Why post to /both/ the flexradio and the Flexedge reflector?

--
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Re: [Flexradio] PSDR 2.0.22

[Lee Mushel]

I guess some folks wouldn't call me human but I will say that last night, 
after loading 2.0.22, I couldn't believe what I had!   A completely new 
radio!  Stuff that hasn't worked correctly since changes were made in 
PowerSDR at the time the 3000 was introduced (which I also have) and we 
won't even talk about the terrible results after the 1500 appeared--these 
were all gone!   Splendid audio, controls that once again work!  A really 
beautiful console!  The Flex5000A is once again a true marvel of technology 
for the ham!  I can hardly wait for the completion of work for enhancement 
of  RX2 and V/U !


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: David Walker vk...@bigpond.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 3:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR 2.0.22



What do people think of NR on version 2.0.22?

When I turn NR on my rx audio crackles.  I the previous version was much 
better on my PC.  I think its a disaster. Any suggestions before I revert 
back?


(My PC... Asus M4A89TD Pro / USB3 with Athlon II 3Ghz CPU, Win7x64, 4GB 
Ram.  Radio FLX3000)


Dave

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Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems

[Lee Mushel]

Yes, Bill, this is something that I've observed ever since the 3000 arrived 
to keep the 5000A from getting lonesome.   And the fact that the two radios 
are governed by two very different computers and versions of windows led me 
to conclude that your comments are absolutely correct!


Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: William H. Fite omni...@gmail.com

To: Ross Stenberg ross.stenb...@charter.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems



The question here is the extent to which this issue can be blamed on the
release candidate versus some combination of characteristics in the whole
hardware chain.  The number of these kinds of complaints seems to be
vanishingly small (h...that comment may bring others out of the
woodwork, we'll see).  I suspect that part of the reality of SDR-world 
will

always be a certain number of it doesn't work on my machine complaints
that can never be eradicated by any vendor.  We may all just have to learn
to live with that.

That being said, there is scarcely anything more maddening than being the
guy who has troubles and can't figure out why next to no one else is 
having
them.  Everyone is out of step but me, Sarge is never a comfortable 
place

to be.

Good luck with it and keep us posted.




On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Ross Stenberg 
ross.stenb...@charter.netwrote:



He can't help it, he is a teacher :^)


On 3/24/2011 6:48 PM, DALE HANKINS wrote:

Max latency is 40 us I deeply apologize for missing the u key and 
hitting

the m key



From: br...@lloyd.com [mailto:br...@lloyd.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:46 AM
To: DALE HANKINS
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RC2 lelease transmitt audio problems





On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:14 AM, DALE HANKINSdhank...@comcast.net
 wrote:

.16 ran great no problems except the alc over shoot. Latest release has
transmit audio issues and some receive audio issues. On transmit can not
get
the smoth audio as I have on all previous releases. Receive also has a
sharp
sound. Never had this issue before. I am running the Flex 5000, amd Quad
core, Win 7 32 bit. Only use computer for flex. Computer usage is 10 to 
12

%. Latencey is 43ms.



If DPC latency is 43ms then there is your problem. That is WAY too
long.








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Re: [Flexradio] RX2 / HFRIO board

[Lee Mushel]

Tim, et al.,

I must admit to being surprised a few weeks ago when a tremendous crack of 
thunder awoke me from my usual stupor.  Normally, in the months from late 
March to November, all antennas are disconnected unless I am actually 
operating.   And even then  the door is often opened and the sky scanned 
carefully.  The shack has no windows.  Tim's feelings on this subject 
closely parallel those of my own.


In my shack, in addition to that power master disconnect switch, there is a 
one farad capacitor (with additional .01 across that).  If you examine the 
copper lined cubby where the 5000A resides, you will now find a 
value-switched 80 dB attenuator first in line with RX2 thence to a six 
position (I wish I had 12) selector switch to support all the sources I want 
to play with.  This is a recent addition.  I guess I was just getting too 
nervous about separation between my antennas.   While I hate to say it, I do 
believe it is unreasonable to expect  these wonderful Flex radios to take 
unlimited abuse.


That said, when I first got my V/U upgraded radio back from Texas I 
accidentally sent full output from my D-700 into the 2M BNC connector. 
After recovering full mobility when I realized what I'd done I could 
scarcely control myself while I set up to test for damage.   I couldn't find 
any, once again a testament to the ruggedness of the 5000A, but after Gerald 
expressed satisfaction with my good luck he commented that Flex couldn't 
recommend that I repeat that!


If you don't know what is meant by ground field or perimeter ground I 
strongly recommend you browse a bit and download at least one of the several 
really good How to protect papers that are out there!


73

Lee  K9WRU


- Original Message - 
From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com

To: Chris ctsee...@cox.net; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RX2 / HFRIO board


The TSB41AB2 is your 1394 (Firewire) physical controller IC and is not on 
the HRFIO board.  The PE4259 are RF switches.


My first guess would be that your issue is not transmitting 100 watts with 
a beverage nearby, but it is possible.  I would suspect an EMP from a near 
lightning strike or a power surge from another source.






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Re: [Flexradio] Multiple flex general questions

[Lee Mushel]

Brian,

How did you come up with the number 5?   I have it on good authority that 
there is just me!  What I want to know is how come those 1500 people think 
that PowerSDR is written just for them?


You gotta admit this is a great hobby!

73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com

To: Robert Costa kb6...@yahoo.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz


This question may be sensitive. How many flexers are there?



At least three or four that I know of. Maybe even five! ;-)

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Cameron Park, CA 95682
br...@lloyd.com
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Re: [Flexradio] Best Transverters?

[Lee Mushel]

Brian,

Yes, I wondered about the trick question myself.  I have the Elecraft pair 
and definitely feel that the V/U upgrade was one of those smart things I do 
occasionally---maybe second only to getting the 5000 itself.   And I feel 
the V/U  is definitely head and shoulders above the Asian little boxes.


I was going forget about the Elecrafts but then decided that in keeping with 
wanting as many options as possible since I am a listener rather than an 
operator, it would be better to just add the even more expanded features 
possible.


I do hope that Paul doesn't keep us waiting too long for an explanation!

73

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- Original Message - 
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com

To: Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Best Transverters?



On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Paul Delaney - K6HR 
paul.hamra...@verizon.net wrote:



I'm considering purchasing 2m/440 transverters for use with my 5000A.
Can anyone make a recommendation?



The obvious answer would be the Flex VU5K module but perhaps it was a 
trick

question. ;-)

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Re: [Flexradio] Finding Noise

[Lee Mushel]

Frank, et al.:

When the sudden appearance of noise made use of all the HF frequencies 
impossible I naturally did what all able-bodied flexers would do:  I sent 
panadapter photos of the problem to all the sources I thought could help me 
including the ARRL.  I received absolutely no help.  Then I noticed that the 
noise was worst when using antennas closest to the highway---in other words, 
closest to the power line.  I then worked my way into the power company 
and while doing this had a visitor to the shack who was a retired 
maintenance supervisor.  I showed him the noise on the panadapter and I 
could tell he didn't know what to do with this information.   But he asked 
that I let him listen.   He immediately told me that this was noise from 
an MOV and not very far away.  A little later I got a phone call from the 
power company engineering department.  I told him what I had learned and was 
told  it would be looked into.


A few days later a very large tracked vehicle appeared which was used to 
access the steep valley and swampy area.   The trouble was gone!   No 
problem dealing with the utility.   I know that most people complain about a 
lack of interest/activity from power companies but I certainly didn't find 
that to be true.


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Frank N. Haas KB4T k...@arrl.net

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Finding Noise



I work for a large electric utility as an interference investigator. I make
my living finding all sorts of powerline-based and non-powerline based
interference sources. This is the Flex Radio reflector and not an
interference location list so I will try to be brief.



I realize that my comment here won't stop the practice of whacking, 
kicking,
bumping or tampering with utility equipment but I am compelled to say 
this:




Don't tamper with utility equipment. Resist the urge to take baseball 
bats,

sledgehammers, etc to any utility pole. It's both dangerous and illegal.



You do not have the right to do anything to a utility pole. How would you
feel if I, as the utility's interference investigator, came to your house
and whacked your tower with a sledgehammer? I'm sure you wouldn't 
appreciate

that nor is it legal for me to do so.



It's dangerous because one good whack could jar something loose and hit 
you

or, worse, injure you. I work with line crews quite frequently to correct
problems that cause interference. There is only one circumstance where a
hammer is used on a pole. Staples are hammered in to secure the bond
(ground) wire that runs down most poles to ground rods buried under the
pole. When line crew members hammer a pole they do so only after verifying
that nothing will fall on them.  Hydraulic tools are used to tighten nuts
but again only when it is deemed safe to do so.



In my experience, whacking a pole rarely produces any useful result. Real
direction finding yields the fastest results. Transformers are rare
offenders (at least in my area.) Loose hardware, faulty lightning 
arrestors

and broken bond (ground) wires are the most frequent offenders. When the
interference can be heard at VHF frequencies, the source is usually easy 
to

locate. When the source can't be heard above 7 or 8 MHz, it becomes more
challenging and often indicates a faulty transformer. Still none of my
direction finding techniques include kicking, whacking or jarring
equipment.at least not without a hard hat and a qualified eye.



Seek the assistance of the utility. Try to work with them to DF the 
source.

Leave the whacking, shaking, tinkering and other physical effort to
qualified line crews trained in doing such work safely. If the utility is
unresponsive or too sluggish in resolving your issue, contact your state
regulatory agency to motivate them to focus their efforts more
effectively.



Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!



73,



Frank N. Haas KB4T

Utility Interference Investigator

Florida USA

Flex 5Ka Owner



Original message:



Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:29:14 -0600
From: Brad A. Steffler bsteff at comcast.net
http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz 
To: flexradio at flex-radio.biz
http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Waterfall and Power line noise - a secret weapon
Message-ID: 4D0E5D0A.4040700 at comcast.net
http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Thanks to all who have suggested other things to look at for as sources
of noise besides the power line.

Response Two winters ago I had some noise that only occured on very cold
nights. I suspected a bad power transformer atop a pole. The problem was 
how

to identify the pole it was on. I'd like to share the two tricks I used.
You'll need a baseball bat.

I went down the block listening with an AM radio. When the noise increased 
I

Re: [Flexradio] The just around the corner syndrome

[Lee Mushel]

Well, I can quite vividly remember that, while making a sales presentation 
in the Central Engineering building of a very large Twin Cities corporation, 
I was asked a question that I was totally unprepared to answer and admitted 
it.   Everyone (maybe 30 people) stood up and walked out   I think that 
might satisfy the description of something professionally humbling.   I 
know for a fact that it made me much more tolerant of the frailty of others! 
And that does include people who write software!


Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Burt k1...@yahoo.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] The just around the corner syndrome


I can think of one thing more humbling being called in one hour AFTER 
school began to take a 4th grade class and try and figure out lesson plans 
while the kids are watching after have had no teacher for an hour

Burt

--- On Sat, 11/6/10, Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com wrote:



I can say from personal experience that there are fewer
things more humbling
than writing software while people are watching!
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
(540) 645 5394






On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Ron McKean wd5...@bellsouth.net
wrote:

 I am not bothered by the fact that it takes a couple
of months to deliver a
 new beta version of Pwrsdr, what bothers me is that we
are alerted to look
 for some great release that should be available next
week. Next week is
 suddenly a month and then 2 months. I know Flex
is not going to release
 software (or hardware) until it is ready and I don't
want them to. I really
 don't want to be a beta tester either. Just
don't tell me to look for it
 any day, I am really tired of looking. OK flame
me.

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Re: [Flexradio] Found this for your Flex Station

[Lee Mushel]

You have to realize that if you pick on Tim, he puts you on a special list 
and you will never get a switch with a blue light!   But thanks for the 
info, Drax!  I even got one of those compact blue fluorescent lamps to 
illuminate the shack!   Forever Blue!


73

Lee  K9WRU
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From: Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 10:23 AM
Subject: [Flexradio] Found this for your Flex Station



See special #10.  For all your Flex Radio station building projects.



http://www.futurlec.com/Specials.shtml





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Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Flex-1500 external equipment sequencingissue...

[Lee Mushel]

John,

I want to be sure I understand what you are saying because I think what you 
want to happen is something that I made possible because I am fond of the 
little PTT mike that came with my TS-480!   I don't particularly like my 
Heil and since I am in a semi-prone position when operating I don't like 
foot switches, either.  I simply made a breakout box with an eight 
terminal strip in it and mounted separate output jacks on the box  for the 
radios/applications I want to use.   The PTT mike switch can be, and is at 
present, connected to the correct pin on the Flex3000.  If I ever decide to 
implement some plan using a transverter I would simply bring that line out 
of the box separately to the sequencer and take the proper delayed output 
from the sequencer back in to my breakout box and apply it to the mike jack 
on the Flex5000A although I am aware that in that specific case there may be 
more than one way to key the radio.  Like you, I tend to stay away from 
accessory jacks.  Would this work in your case or is there something I 
don't understand.


73

Lee  K9WRU

- Original Message - 
From: John Maetta j.mae...@verizon.net

To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Flex-1500 external equipment 
sequencingissue...




Hi Brian,

Acutally, that exact feature is standard on my TS-790A and I believe many 
other transceivers employ a TX Inhibit input on their accessory jacks as 
well. I don't use it, but it is available.


73

John N6VMO



I think you are complaining that you can't assert the PTT on the radio 
and
have it routed to the sequencer yet the radio doesn't actually key up 
until
the sequencer sends it a separate PTT signal. That is nice and it would 
be

great if Flex did something like that. But it sure isn't standard.

What would you do if you were using a Yaecomwood?



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Re: [Flexradio] New competition?

[Lee Mushel]

Naw, that's Greg.   You can tell because he shaves his legs!

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Larry da Ponte n7bcp.la...@gmail.com

To: Alfred Green n...@cox.net
Cc: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New competition?



That's awesome.


-Larry


On Jul 16, 2010, at 20:31, Alfred Green n...@cox.net wrote:


Guess who the poor sod is, that's been run over by the lawnmower?

It doesn't look like Gerald.

In case this is too cryptic, take a look at our favorite site: 
www.flex-radio.com


g  73,  Alf  NU8I

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Re: [Flexradio] Flex Radio Net

[Lee Mushel]

Well, if you send me a time and frequency I will try to be there.   40 
meters is my favorite band.  But I will warn you that I might not appear 
since we are once again having the threat of thunderstorms.  Last night we 
had a particularly vicious one where the thunder did not boom but produced 
a series of  very loud crackling discharges with the light synchronized with 
the sound so I don't think it was very far away.  My fingers were crossed 
when I fired up the radios this morning!  Of course all antennas were 
disconnected and I do have a main disconnect for power but you never know. 
Old Mother Nature is a very tricky old girl.


73

Lee   K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: mcha...@theriver.com

To: George Allen gal...@townsoft.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Radio Net


There use to be a Flex radio next on 40 meters, in the evening, I think it 
was on a Wed evening.  Not sure what the freq was, but it was kind of 
early in the evening, I think it was around 5:00pm in Arizona time, so the 
propagation wasn't that great that early, in the evening in Arizona.


73's,

Mike
KE7WRJ

--- gal...@townsoft.com wrote:

From: George Allen gal...@townsoft.com
To: James C.Miller cameo...@frontiernet.net, Flexradio 
flexradio@flex-radio.biz

Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Radio Net
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:48:20 -0400

Pick a time/freq and I'll join you.

George
Apalachin, NY
K2CM FN22



From: James C.Miller [mailto:cameo...@frontiernet.net]
Sent: Wed 6/23/2010 6:02 AM
To: Flexradio
Subject: [Flexradio] Flex Radio Net



Is there another Flex Radio net other than he one that is on 14.329 MHZ ?
The band propagation for this band at times is unworkable for me.
Wondering if there is something along the 40 or 75 meter band.
My Grid Square is FN22
Thanks
 KB2RSK






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Re: [Flexradio] update?

[Lee Mushel]

Yes, Michael, and you can add astronomy to model railroading!   If you want 
a large mirror you will order and pay for it and then it might take more 
than a year for something to appear on the doorstep!   And I am ashamed to 
admit that some of these complainers are almost as old as I am.   In 
otherwords, old enough to know better.   But then, perhaps I am expecting 
too much.  It certainly isn't hard to find someone with twenty or thirty 
years of experience---one year repeated twenty or thirty times!


73

Lee  K9WRU
- Original Message - 
From: Michael Tondee mat...@netcommander.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] update?


You know I can understand someone being miffed at how long a preorder 
takes if they were actually charged for the merchandise at the time of 
preorder but Flex doesn't do that. Common sense would tell you that they 
are just as anxious to get the radio to you as you are to have it. All 
those preorders are money in limbo for them. You guys are lucky you don't 
also have model railroading as a hobby. Preordering models is the norm 
there. Most are limited runs so if you don't preorder, you don't get one 
and sometimes it takes over a year or more before you finally see the 
merchandise. Oh, and if enough folks don't preorder, they simply don't 
make the model.

73,
Michael, W4HIJ
On 6/15/2010 9:22 PM, Kevin Hobbs wrote:

Tim ... I know this is the company line now ... BUT

It is kind of difficult to NOT make forward looking statements while 
asking

your potential customers to PREORDER.
Ie: there was a V/U product announcement with lots of details and I got 
an
order confirmation on Oct 29 last year stating I would get an email as 
soon
as it shipped ... that led me to believe that it wouldn't take too long. 
So

let's be reasonable ... if you want pre-orders, isn't it fair that you at
least tell people something ...especially if they have been PREORDERED 
for
nearly 8 months? Telling customers that it'll be ready when its ready 
seems

not only a little bit arrogant, but could possibly hurt Flex's Reputation
and Sales. I don't think anybody wants you to compromise quality ... we
would simply like some factual progress reports.

I worked in the custom automation business for years ... and I know 
stuff

happens ... but if I told any of my customers it'll be ready when its
ready there would have lots of fireworks.

So while I do understand Flex's point of view ... I hope Flex understands
their Customers(emphasis on the customers) point of view.

Kevin






-Original Message-
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:43 PM
To: paul glassman; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] update?

FlexRadio has stopped making forward looking announcements related to 
ship

dates for hardware and software products, so you are not going to hear
anything until products are actually shipping.

When the FLEX-VU5K and the FLEX-1500 become fully available, there will 
be

PLENTY of announcements on the reflectors, web site and you will get a
personal notification or a shipping notice from FlexRadio when your order
ships or is ready for integration.  They will be shouting this from the
rooftops too :-)

I know for a fact that every bit of energy is being applied by the
engineering and software development teams in resolving the gating issues
for delivery of PowerSDR v2, the FLEX-1500 and the FLEX-VU5K.  They are
working as hard and as fast as they can, but they are not going to 
sacrifice

quality for a rushed delivery.


-Tim

-Original Message-
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of paul glassman
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:50 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] update?


Dudley, Anybody?? hihi   Is there an update when we will be shipping back 
to
the factory for the 2 mtr 70 cnt install 
Best 73  Paul w8jn




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[Flexradio] Fw: digital software

[Lee Mushel]

- Original Message - 
From: Lee Mushel 
To: flexra...@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 7:22 AM
Subject: digital software


Gentlepeople,

As a member of the ARRL Experimental 600 meter group I  don't have the luxury 
of using just any software.  One of the specified pieces is Multipsk.  So I 
was especially intrigued by a comment by another Flexer that he was under the 
impression from other contacts that Multipsk has good features but also has a 
steep learning curve.   Steep learning curves are an absolute anathema to me. 
 This is further complicated by the fact that I intensely dislike reading 
instruction manuals and that several-inch-thick pile of these things I've 
downloaded in just the past few months for software alone is discouraging.  
Getting 2.0 beta running on both the 3000 and 5000A with separate computers, 
while challenging, is nothing compared to my trouble with Multipsk.   

It sudden occurred to me to ask members of this marvelous group who might have 
had some experience with MultiPSK if they have any helpful household hints 
that might make my task easier.

73

Lee   K9WRU   WD2XSH/32
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Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 61, Issue 30

[Lee Mushel]

the only answer to this that I know of is on page 66 of the april issue of 
qst.  please excuse this since I am typing with spatula and tongs in 
handmeat almost cooked


Lee k9wru
- Original Message - 
From: William H. Fite omni...@gmail.com

To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 61, Issue 30



When I was flying my choice was David Clark but I know Flightcom is
good--and a lot cheaper.  Did you build a box to match impedance?  Or does
someone make a box?




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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 10:53:22 -0700
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com
To: dan edwards w...@att.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Suggestions for Headsets that are not Heil
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Perhaps not Hi-Fi but I like the mic on the Flightcom headsets. Works
well in a warbird with a 110dB ambient noise level. Excellent
communications quality articulation with background suppression. Seems
to work well in the shack too.

Brian Lloyd
br...@lloyd.com
+1.916.367.2131




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Re: [Flexradio] headset

[Lee Mushel]

From time to time I don't agree 100% with Mr. Winkis but this time I have no 
choice.   The SONY Studio Monitor 7506 headphones are also used at K9WRU. 
I've been told they are an audio industry standard.


73

Lee  K9WRU
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From: Bill Winkis kc...@bellsouth.net

To: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] headset



If I told the story once Ive told it 50 times...

A few years ago I was working on a project with NBC and TPA  The shows 
opening number was a very big production number ... and we decided to do 
it live but sync...So the rhythm track,Piano,Bass, Drums, was laid
down in Atlanta, the tape was sent to NYC and the main vocal was addd'd 
 the tape was sent to London where the back up singers and chorus laid 
down their track, the  tape was then sent to LA where the full orchestra 
was add'd, then back to NYC for rehearsal and finally the show ..The 
producers in order to keep all on the same plane so that apples were 
apples and oranges were oranges ... said the Sony MDR 7506's

headphones were to be used by ALL concerned.
I was on the floor with the Beach Boys a few weeks ago, and with Rain 
(Beatles) last month ...  again the audio guys had 7506's, I could go on 
and on about whose/who ..but the 7506 are light, the sound is true with NO 
COLOR added . Today so many headphones are colored to make them sound 
good...but in essence the 7506's  work very well in a ham application ... 
also when you get Pad Fatigue, you can order replacement pads from 
SonyPad should be changed yearly as the distance from the transducer 
to your canal is important!!
And when your not using them hang them with the pads turned out.so the 
foam can regain its memory 


Just my $.05 cents...

-Bill
kc...@bellsouth.net







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Re: [Flexradio] need more treble in my voice

[Lee Mushel]

Further to a parallel thread, I think it was Tim who said that the delay in 
2.0 release was caused by an increase in Eric's family.   I trust there is 
no problem there.  But I fear the real reason is the lack of space in the 
Downloads box on the left of the home page!   Perhaps Gregg could move the 
horizontal line and Buy Now notes up slightly to eliminate this barrier.


73

Lee  K9WRU
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From: Lee A Crocker lee_croc...@yahoo.com

To: Flexradio FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] need more treble in my voice



Need more treble?

 
73  W9OY




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