[Flexradio] SDR 1000 For Sale
For Sale: SDR-1000 with 100 Watt PA, SN 0617-9311 Modified for Kenwood microphone. 73 Maarten, N1DZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] FS: SDR-1000 PA
For sale: 100 Watt PEP Integrated HF Linear Amplifier for SDR1000. Please respond of the list. 73 Maarten N1DZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio SDR-1000, 1500 and 3000.
If you are a VHF/UHF person that uses multiple transverters the SDR1000 is the only way to go. Only the SDR 1000 has an UCB port to easily control multiple transverters. You cannot do this with the 3000 or 5000. With the 5000 you can control one transverter but it is difficult to control multiple. The SDR 3000 has no transverter output at all. (what an omission) The SDR3000 and 5000 have the flexwire port that, as far as I know, has no functionality yet. The soon to be released 1500 only has 48KHz of spectrum view. 73 Maarten N1DZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] 1500
The Flex-1500 would make a great VHF/UHF transverter rig. The only problem I see is the lack of any I/O control. It has the Flexwire port but as of now I do not know of anything working of that port. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 9:44 PM To: Lee A Crocker; Flexradio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 1500 Let me start off with a caveat that this is not done yet, so no promises. The FLEX-3000 and the FLEX-5000 use the same Firewire chipset and should be able to use the same driver (single instance). If so, the hope is to be able to allow multiple hardware devices use the same driver and then allow you to associate the radio's 128-bit unique hardware address with a particular instance of PowerSDR. The FLEX-1500 is slated to use USB so you should be able to run it and a Firewire radio together in the same manner you use a F5K and a SDR1K today. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee A Crocker Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:21 PM To: Flexradio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 1500 I'm hoping too the driver can be modified so you can run multiple instances of PSDR off different radios. You could have for example a pair of F3K's for a SO2R that could also be immediately configured as multi-2, for like 3 thousand bux!! or you could have a F3k for HF plus a F1.5K for microwave on the same computer for a little over 2K what a deal. Frank confirmed that with the new software the only limit on the number of physical radios will be your computing power and your budget. Very exciting. 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 1500
How about adding the X2 connector on the SDR1500. The X2 connector works well on the SDR1000 for many VHF / UHF hams. It is an easy and realiable way of controlling transverters and other external devices. Maybe other VHF/UHF operators can provide some input on this. -Original Message- From: Lux, James P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 2:25 PM To: Maarten; Tim Ellison; Lee A Crocker; Flexradio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 1500 On 10/5/08 10:26 AM, Maarten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Flex-1500 would make a great VHF/UHF transverter rig. The only problem I see is the lack of any I/O control. It has the Flexwire port but as of now I do not know of anything working of that port. I don't think anyone has anything that is a Flexwire peripheral yet.. PowerSDR doesn't have any sort of real way to talk to it yet (aside from modifying the source code) in the vein of some sort of configuration screen. Since FlexWire is basically I2C, I'm not sure how well it would work for something where you needed reliable deterministic timing on a millisecond time scale (if you were planning on timing your PIN diode switch to protect your GaAsFET preamp). I've implemented things with precision using I2C before, but it typically requires a fairly low level software driver. If the interface is exposed through multiple layers of a protocol stack, it might be tricky. OTOH, I would also say that critical timing shouldn't be done in application code running on a PC anyway, so maybe it's not an issue. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] WinXP Pro SP 3
I just updated to SP3. After the update the device manager was empty. Apparently SP3 can corrupt the registry. Google device manager empty SP3. I am not the only one having this problem. It took me about an hour to remove all the (over 2000) corrupted files from the registry. At work I have 5 other machines that updated w/o any problems. The issue might be Norton 2008 that I run on this machine as all the corrupted files were in the Norton registry keys. You be warned. Maarten N1DZ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:47 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] WinXP Pro SP 3 Wow, thanks to everybody for answering my question. I'll go for SP3, it'll save a lot of 'Windows Update' activity. ( I can always go back, ;-) Ted NX6C - Original Message From: Jim R [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:54:24 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] WinXP Pro SP 3 I have been using SP3 since it was released with no problem. Before I installed it I read the multipage notes from Microsoft on what changes were incorporated in the release and was pleased to find that the firewire fix was included. If you remember past posts about the subject, SP2 caused firewire to revert to the lower 100mb/sec speed. According to Microsoft, SP3 includes the fix that allows it to run at the full 400mb/sec. From what I understand, to accomplish that SP2 requires a patch that isn't included in the normal SP2 automatic updates. If I remember correctly, I think that patch requires a registry edit. Jim K5HY Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:07:58 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] WinXP Pro SP 3 any comments about using Service Pack 3 for WinXP Pro? We've got a computer partition dedicated to running the Flex. We're installing WinXP Pro SP2 on the freshly formatted partition. I've had good experiences with SP2, everything works well. I've no experience with SP3. Windows update would like to install SP3. I do have the option of keeping SP2. ?? Ted, NX6C ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Flexwire
I am using the SDR1000 with my transverters for VHF/UHF. I use the X2 port and the open collector switches to control my transverters via a simple homebrew interface. ( Not a UCB but just a couple of relais) With each band selection button I can switch the specific transverter and its associated PA's on. This is great for remote operation. I looked at the SDR5000 manual and noticed that the X2 port is not present anymore. Or am I wrong? I noticed a new port called Flexwire. What is the Flexwire port? What is I2C? The working of the X2 port I could understand without any real advanced knowledge. This Flexwire does not look that easy. Where can I find information on this host of peripheral devices? Does anyone use the flexwire and with what device? 73 Maarten N1DZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire
Oh. That really stinks. I can pretty much forget to homebrew something. This will make it tough to transfer my transverter hardware to a SDR5000. Programming a PIC or Rabbit sounds far more difficult than wiring a couple of relais and is most likely beyond my expertise. I kind of missed the whole digital electronic development. Hi. What was the reason not to include the X2 connector? I can understand to go to a better communication interface but why ditch the legacy port. So far I have not found any interfaces in the knowledge base. On google I found a few ham applications using the I2C protocol. How long did it take to finally get the UCB board developed. 73 Maarten N1DZ -Original Message- From: Jim Lux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:20 PM To: Maarten Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire Quoting Maarten [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Mon 21 Jul 2008 08:10:41 PM PDT: I am using the SDR1000 with my transverters for VHF/UHF. I use the X2 port and the open collector switches to control my transverters via a simple homebrew interface. ( Not a UCB but just a couple of relais) With each band selection button I can switch the specific transverter and its associated PA's on. This is great for remote operation. I looked at the SDR5000 manual and noticed that the X2 port is not present anymore. Or am I wrong? You're right I noticed a new port called Flexwire. What is the Flexwire port? What is I2C? The working of the X2 port I could understand without any real advanced knowledge. This Flexwire does not look that easy. I2C is a simple serial protocol invented by (I think) Philips for things like TV tuners and remotes. Lots of ICs are available that use I2C, and programming a PIC or Rabbit for it is pretty easy. Is there an off the shelf interface that speaks I2C and for which the hooks are in PowerSDR? I don't know... Where can I find information on this host of peripheral devices? Does anyone use the flexwire and with what device? Jim, W6RMK ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please!
What does a comment I can pick out a Flex 5000 audio at least 4 out of 5 times mean. I know people that can distinguish the difference in sound between a Porsche vs a Ferari. For most people both cars sound just like any other car. Lets get real. I doubt anyone can pick out a Flex1000/5000 (or any other rig)when the signal is less than S5. How about when there is QSB or QRM. Do we really want the limited resources of the Flex developers spent on some audio artifact that most of us can not hear or do not care about if we hear it on someones signal. I can come up with a list of 10 more important issues that I would like to see improvements on. 73 Maarten N1DZ BTW is this abnormality in the audio also audible when you use a normal SSB bandwidth. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:18 PM To: FlexRadio Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please! I can pick out a Flex 5000 audio at least 4 out of 5 times. I proved that when K6JCA ran a test. I would have caught the 5th one but conditions deteriorated and it was difficult to hear the signal in its totality. There is something definitely wrong going on with the rig as concerns the audio. I can best describe it as a tearing sound on the high audio frequencies. This is not RF getting into the audio. It is definitely there and it is definitely not a local area thing. John, W5GI has very nice full audio, no one can deny that - But John like all other 5000 users, has that trademark audio tearing. Is this some digital artifact creeping into the audio chain? - I don't know. It is there and it isn't going away. I love my 5000 and I have sold my FTdx9000a because I kept going back to the 5000 as my main rig, even with the abnormality in the audio. I hope that there will be a fix to the problem and I only wish I knew of someway to help other than to describe what I and many many others hear on the signal. de Mike, K6ZSR Jimmy Jones wrote: Thank you Someone else can hear. I was beginning to wonder. On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 12:18 -0700, K6JEK wrote: It not just Jeff. I'm one of the guys who've been listening to the various audio tests. We first noticed something funny in someone else's 5000 before Jeff even got his. We ran experiment after experiment. This guy finally returned his for a refund. Then another fellow (not in the local rag chew group) broke in with his 5000 to say he's just waiting for someone to figure this out. His 5000 had the same problem. We've been listening and recording with a variety of equipment ranging from 1000's to direct conversion home brews. It is subtle. It might be rare. But it is not unique to JCA I think Jeff's nailed it. The audio up through the driver stage is perfect. It gets funky in the final. Why and what to do about it is another matter. Jon On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:52 PM, Jeff Anderson wrote: I agree, it's peculiar. But again - if it's a leveler issue (i.e. software) I'd expect to hear it at the PA driver, too. But I don't (but perhaps others do? Ref: 1st half of 6 July test). By the way, I just checked, and the Leveler has been OFF (box not checked) for all of my tests. The only TX effect I have enabled is TX EQ, which is set to the same EQ values for all of my tests. What I wonder is this: can distortion at RF (rather than at AF) have this same soft compression effect, after the RF is demodulated? - Jeff Frank Brickle wrote: On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Jeff Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, I agree, I'm sure the distortion is not in the ADC/DAC components (nor software, nor input stages) either, because I don't hear it at the 5K PA's *driver stage* output, which is well after the output DAC (ref: 1st half of 6 July recording). The problem only pops up at the output of the *final* stage. What's peculiar about the compression is that it's soft, not clipped. You have to wonder about the leveler settings. 73 Frank AB2KT -- Sapristi nabolis! -- Count Jim Moriarty ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http:// www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems
Re: [Flexradio] Touch Screen Monitor and PowerSDR anyone?
How about knobs? Maarten N1DZ - Original Message - From: Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Touch Screen Monitor and PowerSDR anyone? Quoting Robert Cleve [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Thu 27 Dec 2007 10:14:44 AM PST: I would like to hear from anyone who may be using a touch screen monitor with PowerSDR. Does it work and if so, how well? Here is a link to a web site that offers touch screen add-on devices for monitors up to 22 that people may find interesting. Just apply it to your monitor's screen, plug in the USB cable, install the accompanying mouse driver type software and away you go. Cool! I've used PowerSDR on a tablet PC, which has a stylus that you touch to the screen. It works pretty well, but essentially replaces a mouse, functionally (although you can pop up a handwriting recognition box). Now, if someone were to implement a multitouch interface front end, that would be way cool. Imagine stretching and shrinking your pan display by just using a couple fingers. Having used a variety of touch displays over the years, the one thing I'd wonder about is the resolution. Your finger is a pretty broad stylus, so if the application expects a narrow point to do something useful, it would be tough to do with a finger. (e.g. don't expect to tap scroll up/scroll down buttons) Jim, W6RMK ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 5000A...New Transceiver ...!!
Not sure if I can agree with you. I stopped upgrading as I found a stable version. Most newer versions are buggier for the SDR1000. 73 Maarten N1DZ - Original Message - From: Bill Winkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 5000A...New Transceiver ...!! Thought That Would Get Your Attention ... I've had my 5000 for a couple months and have been very happen with itI have been using the On The CD SVN, etc... So this AM I decided to bring all uptodate .. I installed -The latest SVN via Tortorise Installed the latest drivers, and the latest firmware.. And WOW its a new radio ... a dozen minor issues were cleared up with the stroke of a key!!! So the bottom line is keep your system up todate with the latest releases, Hey...you can thank me later for the hint -Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kc4pe.com/pix.htm ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 5000A...New Transceiver ...!!
v1.10.1 is stable here for the SDR1000. Maarten N1DZ - Original Message - From: Mike Naruta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Maarten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 5000A...New Transceiver ...!! Yeah, they're focusing on the Flex-5000. So, what version did you stop at? Mike - AA8K Maarten wrote: Not sure if I can agree with you. I stopped upgrading as I found a stable version. Most newer versions are buggier for the SDR1000. 73 Maarten N1DZ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Feedback requested
That is a lot of money for a radio without knobs. Oh yes you also need a computer. BTW the elecraft transverter works very well with the sdr1000 and should do fine with the 5000 too. Most transverters with some modification will do well. I would be more interested in a SDR5000 w/o the 100 watt pa. 73 Maarten - Original Message - From: Jim R [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 2:19 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Feedback requested John The thought of having a second receiver board is certainly enticing and in fact, I had planned to purchase one. I have the highest respect for Flex products but for the sake of providing honest feedback, I would just like to say the following. When I inquired about the price at the CSVHFS conference this summer, a ball park figure of roughly half of the price mentioned in this e-mail was estimated. In my opinion it was reasonable, however the price range stated in this e-mail has definitely caused me to rethink whether I can justify spending 25% of what I paid for the entire radio on the second receiver. To me this is disappointing as I had planned to purchase every conceivable accessory as they became available. In my case, the upcoming internal 2 meter transverter will be a priority and if I remember correctly, a pleasingly reasonable estimated price in the mid $200 range was mentioned for it. Now I am wondering if that will also be priced beyond what can be justified. Please don't get me wrong, I love the cutting edge products you are producing and have been wrestling with my conscience about whether or not to send this e-mail, but I'm sure you want an honest opinion from your customers. Perhaps there are others that feel this way and haven't spoken up. Thanks for listening, Jim K5HY From: john [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz CC: 'Sales' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Flexradio] Feedback requested Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:34:50 -0500 Dear Flexers and soon-to-be Flexers: Gerald is busy finishing up the second receiver design; it should be available late January or February. The price is expected to be between $600-700. We would like to know how many units to build. Please let me know if you would like to reserve a 2nd receiver. We are also planning to order t-shirts and hats. Each item will sell for $10 plus shipping. The shirt will be slightly modified, making it generic to both SDR-1K and 5000 radios. The FLEX-5000 banner will be removed and replaced withReal Radios Don't Need Knobs . Open Source Software-User Defined will be moved to below the console. Please let me know if you are interested in a hat and/or shirt or both. Thanks. John P. Basilotto W5GI Chief Operating Officer Marketing and Sales Office 512 535-5266 FAX512 233-5143 www.flex-radio.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071031/47824829/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Passport 2008
The SDR1000 w/o pa would be a great SWL receiver too. I do listen often to international broacast stations and the audio from the SDR1000 is the best. It tops any receiver I have used. The numbers on the 5000 might be better but from a value vs performance it is hard to beat the SDR1000. Great to see so many for sale. Hi. Maarten N1DZ - Original Message - From: Roger Rehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:58 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Passport 2008 Hi, All, The postman brought me my Passport to World Band Radio 2008 today with the review of the Flex-5000A that Bob Sherwood mentioned. So seeing the numbers on his website shouldn't be too far off in the future. The review covered 3 pages, and addressed only the receiver, since PTWBR is an SWL offering. Overall score a very superior 4 and 3/4 out of 5 stars. Review indicated 5 stars might be assigned to a receiver-only version if offered in the future. The Flex-5000 was said to have exceptional overall receiver performance. You can order PTWBR from http://www.passband.com/ I ordered mine on Sunday, 3 days ago, and it arrived today [Wednesday morning] ;) 73, W3SZ Roger Rehr http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz Roger Rehr W3SZ http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New Bandplan effective Jan 2008
What is wrong with 2.7kHz bandwith on SSB? Why would anyone need more for SSB communication? The panadapter shows how excessively wide some hame signals are. Not an effecient or social way of communicating. 73 Maarten N1DZ - Original Message - From: K6JEK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlexRadio Reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:19 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Bandplan effective Jan 2008 That band plan is a really awful thing. Why have a Flex Radio? The plan calls for 2.7 kHz SSB bandwidth and 6 kHz AM (and not much of that). You sure don't need a Flex radio to do that. Perhaps we can derail this thing. Jon On Oct 16, 2007, at 6:35 PM, KQ8RP wrote: Sure glad I own a SDR!! http://www.qrz.com/ib-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=STf=3t=171194 Scott Gordon Phone: (888) 428-6622 Fax (866) 505-7171 http://www.srgproperty.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ attachments/20071016/4bbdb970/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Eham SDR Discussion
I miss the knobs on the Flex radio. On cw I work the key with my right hand but cannot operate the mouse with my left hand. With a traditional radio this is much easier. Very often I find myself bumping a slider or worse the VFO with an inadvertent mouse move. The computer interface with a mouse is very clunky. The RIT adjustment is just awful. Real radio's might need knobs in addition to a computer interface.At least for me. I do like my SDR 1000 but do not want to spent the money on the 5000 because I miss the knobs and do not like the mouse. I make more QSO's on my traditional radio with knobs than on the SDR 1000. I hope someday a radio would come out with the same great receiver as the SDR1000 a powerSDR computer interface and a real world interface with knobs. Wouldn't it be great if it was made by Flexradio. Oh yes it has to be affordable too. 73 Maarten N1DZ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 12:49 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Eham SDR Discussion There is an interesting discussion on eham called The March of the 'Virtual Interface'. http://www.eham.net/articles/17604 It is about SDR rigs in general. Lots of fun to read what non-SDR owners think about the concept. I added my Flex story to the thread. Zack N8FNR -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071012/5e6351c7/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 6 meter revisited
I built a 6m amp based on the design found at the following link. http://www.nr6ca.org/50mhzamp.html It needs 24 V and gives a solid 80 watts. Built it with parts found in the old box. Only had to buy the transistor at RF parts. 73 Maarten N1DZ - Original Message - From: Mark Amos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: [Flexradio] 6 meter revisited Flexers, The recent 10 meter band openings got me thinking again about 6 meters. I've made some 6 meter simplex contacts with a mobile FM 6 meter rig but I would like to use the FlexRadio in the shack to do more - some sideband and/or maybe some CW on 6. I've built a little pre-amp (a DEMI kit) for receiving and it works well. But I still only have a half a watt out and I'd really like to be able to put 10 watts or so into the antenna. I've seen a couple of queries to the list regarding small 6 meter amps, but I don't believe I've ever seen a response to one of them. I'm saving my pennies for a SDR5K and really don't want to shell out $500+ for a 6 meter amp. Anyone know of a low-power kit that's available (a club project or some such) that would fit this, admittedly small, niche need? Other thoughts or recommendations? Mark ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Preselection Noise Blanker
Could the sampling of the Noise Blanker be done with another Sub RX? You could park the Noise Blanker sampling Sub RX in a quiet section of the band. - Original Message - From: KA5MIR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Preselection Noise Blanker At my noisy qth, I have to use the noise blankers. This results in strong signals OUTSIDE the filtered bandwidth, anywhere in the 96kc passband, modulating the noise blanker INSIDE the filtered frequency range. It often causes desired signals in the filtered range to be unreadable. I would gladly trade spectrum display sensitivity outside the filter range for narrow passband filtering pre blanker or detector. It would make the difference between being able to hear stations or not. Of course it would need to be -Optional- and ideally, adjustable. You could probably have a separate detector drive just the spectrum display if you wanted to maintain a full range spectrum display with the pre-filter on. Maybe there is a way to apply the noise blanker to only the filtered audio in DSP? I've tried a range of settings for the blankers, sampling rates and agc, but can't get rid of this problem. 73' -Jeff On Tuesday 10 April 2007 06:02:08 pm Jim Lux wrote: At 03:29 PM 4/10/2007, Toby Deinhardt wrote: Hi, Q35. What changes were made to the internal (non software) bandpass filters on the FLEX-5000? A. First, all filters are low pass instead of band pass. We don't need band pass filters in the FLEX-5000 SDR architecture. Also, the transmitter and both receivers have their own independent filter banks. Nothing is shared in the FLEX-5000. The acid test for any RX here in Europe is its large signal behavior. I know of no RX with a Scheunentor frontend which survives this test. I'm not sure that this is a good idea How this is going to work with numerous 9+40 to 9+60dB signals (I'm not joking) in the MW, 49m and 41m bands, I would like to know. What might be interesting is something like a rapidly tunable preselector that gets commanded by the radio.. on receive, one might be able to do it with some varactors and inductor. Sort of standard practice on things like spectrum analyzers, where they use a YIG preselector, but at HF that YIG sphere would be the size of a bowling ball, or larger. It would be a tricky design so the varactor didn't cause more problems than it solves. One of the mfrs has a little stepper motor driven LC preselector, but that seems a bit archaic.. I've been thinking about this in another connection...but, since it doesn't have to handle Tx power, there's a lot of possibilities.. Would you prefer a bunch of narrow band notches, or a really sharp band limiting to the ham band, or a tunable selective filter (say 3-5 kHz wide?) Jim, W6RMK ___ FlexRadio mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] couple of potential owner questions
My Dell 3.2 mHz machine has one com port (presently used to control my antenna rotor). No printer port (I have a USB printer). Questions: 1: I would need the USB to Parallel Adapter Y/N Page 7 of manual says this adapter is specially designed to control the radio via the computer. USB ON COMPUTER connects to a parallel type interface on SDR radio Y/N? I added a parallel port card to my computer. Works fine and is cheaper. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] XVTR Tune Power
This is a great enhancement for anyone using a transverter with the SDR-1000. It makes transverter use fool proof safe. I just took a peak at the svn waterfall. Absolute fantastic for weak signal work. Congratiulations! Thank you all at Flexradio! This radio and the support keeps amazing me. Last week I retired my TS850 and put a second monitor in its place. Dual monitor together with a dual core processor allows true multitasking without degrading the SDR-1000 receiver. 73 Maarten - Original Message - From: Eric Wachsmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flex-radio Reflector' flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 4:02 PM Subject: [Flexradio] XVTR Tune Power To those of you who are using the XVTR Setup Form in PowerSDR: Recently there has been some confusion about what power level should be used when using the TUN function while inside a defined XVTR band. Some said that you should use the XVTR Power (defined on the XVTR Form) for that band while others thought that the Tune Power setting on the Setup Form - Transmit Tab was more appropriate. Today I added a checkbox on the XVTR Setup Form that allows you to pick which way you want it to work. If you check the Use XVTR Power in TUN checkbox, it will pull the power value from the XVTR form (as the name implies). If the box is unchecked (this is the default), the TUN function will pull the value from the normal Tune Power setting on the Setup Form. Please use caution as you get things setup with your transverters so as not to overdrive them. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070130/e032dcc8/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Memories
I read with interest how other hams use the SDR1000 for contesting. I find the SDR1000 very difficult to use in contests or DXing as it lacks an efficient memory system. To store a frequency into memory one has to go to pull down menu memory, slide the mouse to save and click, click again on the OK button. (3 mouse clicks and 3 mouse movements) To recall a frequency one has to go to pulldown menu memory, slide the mouse to recall, highlight the specific memorized frequency and click recall. Oh do not forget to undo the X on Close on Recall otherwise you will have to open the memory menu again. (4 mouse clicks and 4 mouse movements) This is very inefficient. Most highend transceivers have 5-10 quick memory channels that can be stored and recalled with a single button. How do you flexers run contests with the SDR1000? Am I missing some basic SDR1000 operating skills? 73 Maarten N1DZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070123/db713b00/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] No 1 watt units
I initally bought the 1 watt version for my 6m and up transverters. I did not buy the 100 watt version as I saw the SDR1000 as an experimental radio. I was not sure if the SDR 1000 would be any useful for me. After less than 3 weeks I added the 100 watt PA as I really enjoyed the low band HF receive capabilities too. Soon I modified the SDR 1000 with I relais prior to the PA that redirects the 1 Watt signal to the transverter port. This Relais is activated via a homebrew poor mans UCB interface. I upgraded my stations to Electaft transverters that are switched via the poor mans UCB interface. This gives me 160-70cm with 100 watts on HF. The transverter port also makes a very good 2nd RX for my 80 160m beverages. BTW these are very easy modifications. On this moment the SDR 1000 is my exclusive 160-70cm radio. With the SDR1000 hardware design it is unfortunate that the relais for the DEM transverter is placed prior to the PA and the preamp. If this relais was placed in front of the HF preamp and behind the low power PA it would have made transverter interfacing easier. (More Flexible) I feel Flexradio makes a mistake by discontinuing the 1 watt version. Isn't it called a FLEXradio because of the flexibility in hardware and software? 73 Maarten On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:30:30 -0500, Philip Theis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Regarding the future absence of the 1 watt unit, will there be a QRP port? That is absolutely necessary for transverter work. Perhaps the new unit will have better transverter capabilities. I would think that as many as I encounter doing VHF/UHF work with the SDR, that the qrp unit would be more popular, I know it's the only SDR I own. Perhaps many qrp users also work low bands, hence acquire the 100 watt unit. My plan had been to get one with the high power option in the future. Phil K3TUF ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ --- Text inserted by Platinum 2007: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_3037SPAM=true --- -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] More Strange Frequency Drift Problem
The same drift you described I encountered once in my 2m transverter. I had stabilized the transverter with a thermistor soldered to the crystal. Everytime I transmitted the voltage would sag a little causing a temparature change that caused the oscilator to drift a little. It would only occur in high duty modes. Ultimately I gave the thermistor its own power supply. After that the problem was solved. Good luck and let us know if you are able to solve it. 73 Maarten N1DZ On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:00:57 -0500, Brian Kassel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jim: Thanks for the note. Let's see if I can describe to you what I see. After even a short transmission of, say, 5 seconds, running something like 5W, the frequency of the received PSK-31 signal slowly moves to the left on the waterfall display of my MixW program traveling about the width of a typical PSK-31 signal in about 2-3 seconds. There seems to be no greater frequency shift running 50W for periods up to 1 minute duration. I am not sure if my TX frequency is varying. I can't tell by ear at this point on another receiver. I have a frequency counter, and can measure the TX frequency on CW if that will provide any insight. The PS should have no voltage sag at this low power level. I use it for other projects. It is a commercial switching supply SEC 1223. Since I didn't really suspect the PS, I haven't as yet done any measurements. on it.I certainly appreciate any assistance you can provide. Brian K7RE Jim Lux wrote: At 12:22 PM 12/31/2006, Brian Kassel wrote: Hi Ross: As I had mentioned in 2 messages to Tim: I also got a reply from Ken, N9VV. He basically agrees with you, and I gladly accept the turn on drift, no problem. I stand informed and educated by you both, thanks! What does bother me though is the drift that occurs for about 2 seconds after going from TX to RX. This same amount of drift happens no matter what power level is run, and no matter for what time period the transmission occurs. Makes for tough operating in a digital mode contest, which is my main operation here. I have never seen this mentioned on the Flex reflector. Owing to the fact that the drift amount and time to stabilize remains the same, it doesn't seem like any temperature related phenomena. If this is inherent to normal operation of the SDR-1000, then it would appear that either the K2WS mod, or the GPS mod may be in order. I really want to be sure though before I spend the big bucks, that there is no other alternative. I should have mentioned before that I did indeed test with the AFC on and off in both sound card programs (MixW and Digipan), no difference in the drift was seen in any case, still a few tens of Hz. So even accepting the short initial turn on, I am still saddled with the TX-RX drift. Also, I am not totally sure that going with the K2WS or GPS mod, the TX-RX drift will be cured. Still open for any ideas! Something weird is going on. There shouldn't be that much change in the frequency just changing from Tx to Rx and back. Is your power supply voltage varying (although, I think the XO runs off a regulated 5V)? Is the frequency change a step change or a slow drift to a new steady state (where slow is a couple seconds).. My SDR1000s (old ones, no thermistors) drift on initial power up, but are rock steady shifting between Tx and Rx. James Lux, P.E. Spacecraft Radio Frequency Subsystems Group Flight Communications Systems Section Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109 tel: (818)354-2075 fax: (818)393-6875 ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com --- Text inserted by Platinum 2007: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_2795SPAM=true --- -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Operating System Question
I have Linux (Ubuntu) running on my PC. I can surf the web and use the open office software. The problem I have with Linux is the difficulty of down loading and getting programs that I am intersted in to run. This is surely due to my lack of knowledge however I find it very hard to understand even the most basic linux lingo. Is a working version of powerSDR available for Linux? Is it as good as the windows versions? How can I down load it and make it work. 73 Maarten N1DZ On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:45:13 -0500, Cecilio Bayona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank Brickle wrote: What, an operating system you have to pay money for? How quaint! I assume that it at least comes with complete the development tools, utilities, unlimited free support, all things like that, at those prices... 73 Frank AB2KT Eric Wachsmann wrote: I think the upgrade version of XP Home at newegg is down around $99. Pro upgrade is around $185. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 7:07 PM To: Flex Group Subject: [Flexradio] Operating System Question I have another computer which I am going to move my SDR over too it is a P4 2.66ghz machine so I can get off of the Celeron 2.0ghz I am using today. The machine is going to need me to purchase Windozzze XP, I kept thinking that was around $100-$125 or so. I looked at a few stores and it seems to be about $185 or so. I also seen on Newegg.com tonight Windows Media Center XP they are calling it with a upgrade to Windows Vista. Is this something I should consider or should I just spend the $185 to ge the XP? Any comments? Thanks Scott Or at least has a catchy name like Ubuntu, Red Hat, Suse, or Mandriva. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] 6m Power
I am using an elecraft transverter driving a homebrew Transistor PA With a SD1407 (or MRF422) see http://www.nr6ca.org/50mhzamp.html. This will give me an easy 50 wats to drive my Acom 1000. One could also use a M57735 and a transistor PA. Not difficult to get power on 6m. For receive however you will need a preamp. The stock SDR1000 is deaf on 6m. For VHF DXing the SDR 1000 needs a bunch of quick memories making it easier to hunt DX. On this moment it is really lacking in its memory capabilities. 73 Maarten N1DZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20061203/5a94a95c/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com --- Text inserted by Platinum 2007: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_2226SPAM=true --- -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Is Anyone Using the SDR1000 as Primary Radio
The SDR-1000 is definitely ready for prime time. I have used it in the past months as my primary set and slowly started to appreciate its strong points. I still love my TS850 but it does not improve with time. I am using the K6JCA and newest released console (release 686) and have experienced no software or hardware problems at all. It is rock stable here. The software has never crashed. From the start the SDR1000 was plug and play for me. Are there areas of criticism and improvement? Absolutely. But I have not seen the perfect radio yet. The SDR1000 might become the perfect radio. It is the future for sure. 73 Maarten On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:50:15 -0400, Rick Markey, KN3C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An excellent question. As a lurker and SDR wannabe, I've been following the reflector for some time. Granted, the reflector is for the discussion of problems, but for someone considering the purchase of an SDR, it is easy to draw the conclusion that the software is simply loaded with problems. Is anyone in fact using the SDR-1000 as their primary, every day radio? Is there a release of software that allows the system to be as reliable as an off-the-shelf box, ignoring the performance issue for the moment. It doesn't seem to make sense to have a high performance radio if it doesn't work reliably. de Rick, KN3C -- From: Gerald Capodieci Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 18:10 To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Is Anyone Using the SDR1000 as Primary Radio It has been my only radio for over 2 months. I've connected to an AL-82 and have had glowing signal and audio reports from all over the country on 40 and 75 mtrs. Except for the CPU locking while using Noise Gate, this is the best radio station I have ever used or heard of being used. My concern is that the Reflector only carries questions as to how to make the radio work and none related to improving it's on-the-air performance. Hence the question, is anyone else using the SDR as their primary radio? ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com --- Text inserted by Platinum 2007: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_738SPAM=true --- -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Sensitivity of SDR1K vs TS-850 on 10 Meters
My TS850s has a much higher sensitivity in SSB on 10m than the SDR1000. On 6m the SDR1000 is plain deaf. 73 Maarten N1DZ On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:10:45 -0400, Radio Station W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We tested SSB (USB) and AM last night with the same results, under the exact same test conditions, equipment, and obviously using ground wave on 10 meters at 18.6 mile direct path. An occasional picket fencing would occur about every 30 minutes, however we avoided that condition for the tests. The SDR obtained more readability receiving on SSB over the other modes, however the TS-850 rcvr had the obvious advantage on all modes so far. The comparison tests were done within minutes of each other, and for several minutes at a time to avoid any kind of intermittent anomalies in ground wave propagation. My point in all this is to determine if we might have a bad front end on this particular SDR1K since the 850 is at least 16 or 17 year old technology Tnx - Brian On 8/29/06, Radio Station W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/28/06, Gerald Youngblood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make sure the AGC Max Gain is set to a high value if you are using v1.6.2 release. It is now called RF on the latest SVN version. If this is set too low you will not get maximum sensitivity. On the SVN version set it all the way to the right. Sensitivity should be around -130 dBm in 500 Hz with the preamp set to high. 73, Gerald AGC does not have any effect in FM, at least on my console - SVN 654. Is there something maybe I'm doing wrong? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Spurs and Picket Fences
I have the same problem here with my SDR1000. Maarten N1DZ On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:20:59 -0400, Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to the SDR-1000 and have a question about spurs. I've read the reflector, and understand that right now, spur reduction has more to do with moving the spurs out of the filter passband as opposed to eliminating them. However, on the quiet upper bands with very low noise floor, I see serious spurs on the panadapter as I tune across the band. I can often hit frequencies where the entire spectrum lights up like a picket fence and includes spurs within the filter passband as well as across the rest of the 48 kHz of spectrum. On the lower frequency, noisier bands, I notice similar behavior with no antenna, but don't notice the spurs in normal operation once the antenna is connected and the noise floor comes up. Is this normal, or do I have a problem with my SDR-1000? Short of the brute-force algorithm that has been discussed for taming the DDS, is there anyway to fix this abnormal looking behavior? Thanks. Rich W1EZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060814/a548ca48/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Spurs and Picket Fences
I disagree. With my SDR1000 the spurs are real, audible and numerous within the receivers passband. Maarten N1DZ On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:53:16 -0400, Dudley Hurry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess the key word here is see. Only in the SDR can you see the spurs, even if you can't hear them..Most of the spurs I see, are gone by the time they arrive in my passband. Any radio will have some spurs, but they only worry about the ones that can be heard. I'm sure that the SW can be taylored to eliminate all the spurs, but I am not sure that you could afford to run the computer that would be fast or big enough to run it.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:20:59 -0400, Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to the SDR-1000 and have a question about spurs. I've read the reflector, and understand that right now, spur reduction has more to do with moving the spurs out of the filter passband as opposed to eliminating them. However, on the quiet upper bands with very low noise floor, I see serious spurs on the panadapter as I tune across the band. I can often hit frequencies where the entire spectrum lights up like a picket fence and includes spurs within the filter passband as well as across the rest of the 48 kHz of spectrum. On the lower frequency, noisier bands, I notice similar behavior with no antenna, but don't notice the spurs in normal operation once the antenna is connected and the noise floor comes up. Is this normal, or do I have a problem with my SDR-1000? Short of the brute-force algorithm that has been discussed for taming the DDS, is there anyway to fix this abnormal looking behavior? Thanks. Rich W1EZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060814/a548ca48/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Spurs and Picket Fences
As a follow up. I did a short count of audible birdies on 10m with the SDR1000 receiver terminated in a dummy load. (BTW 10M is the IF for most of my transverters.) A scan from 28.000 to 28.250MHz netted over 40 birdies. These are audible. I only counted the ones that were 20dB above the noise floor. My TS850S that I am currently using for my transverters does not have a single birdy in this spectrum. Is this normal for the SDR1000? 73 Maarten On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:53:16 -0400, Dudley Hurry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess the key word here is see. Only in the SDR can you see the spurs, even if you can't hear them..Most of the spurs I see, are gone by the time they arrive in my passband. Any radio will have some spurs, but they only worry about the ones that can be heard. I'm sure that the SW can be taylored to eliminate all the spurs, but I am not sure that you could afford to run the computer that would be fast or big enough to run it.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:20:59 -0400, Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to the SDR-1000 and have a question about spurs. I've read the reflector, and understand that right now, spur reduction has more to do with moving the spurs out of the filter passband as opposed to eliminating them. However, on the quiet upper bands with very low noise floor, I see serious spurs on the panadapter as I tune across the band. I can often hit frequencies where the entire spectrum lights up like a picket fence and includes spurs within the filter passband as well as across the rest of the 48 kHz of spectrum. On the lower frequency, noisier bands, I notice similar behavior with no antenna, but don't notice the spurs in normal operation once the antenna is connected and the noise floor comes up. Is this normal, or do I have a problem with my SDR-1000? Short of the brute-force algorithm that has been discussed for taming the DDS, is there anyway to fix this abnormal looking behavior? Thanks. Rich W1EZ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060814/a548ca48/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
