Re: [Flexradio] looking for a flex control
Tim, please don't do that, now the rumor mill will be rampant that Flex is going out of business! -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison, W4TME Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 8:02 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] looking for a flex control We have lots of them in stock. Help out your ham radio manufacturer stay in business! http://cart.flexradio.com/KNB-FlexControl-USB-Controlled-Tuning-Knob_p_833.html ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] 2014 FlexRadio Holiday Sale
That is not the way the world works... -Original Message- From: Don Plunkett Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 7:11 PM To: 'Bret Mills' ; t...@flexradio.com Cc: 'Flex Radio' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 2014 FlexRadio Holiday Sale I agree ... it is almost embarrassing ... Don VA6FH -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bret Mills Sent: December-10-14 4:45 PM To: t...@flexradio.com Cc: Flex Radio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 2014 FlexRadio Holiday Sale Wow what a deal on the GPS unit and the 6700, Wonder if they will come up with a special for us OLD time 6700 owners on the GPS unit before Christmas. Bret WX7Y ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] 3000 Power Out
Same thing happened to me. It affects about 50% of us. -Original Message- From: Randy Pence Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 3:39 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] 3000 Power Out Got It It hit me between the eyes. Thanks -- Randy Pence N4JZY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] A deal on a Flex 5000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggNY41Vc5yE -Original Message- From: Burt Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 9:47 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] A deal on a Flex 5000 http://www.ebay.com/itm/FlexRadio-FLEX-5000A-transceiver-with-opt-2nd-receiver-and-ATU-installed-/301079498857?_trksid=p2056016.l4276$1995 and includes 2nd receiver / ATU I am tempted to buy for myself but how many 5000s does one need? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Interfacing VHF/UHF and Microwave Transverters to Flex5000
I/m sure other would agree, nicely done and documentation is superb. -Original Message- From: Carol F. Milazzo, KP4MD/W6 Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 7:51 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Interfacing VHF/UHF and Microwave Transverters to Flex5000 Here are diagrams and photos of a FlexWire controlled three transverter selector built into a recycled DB25 serial switch box using a K3TUF FlexWire interface and a homebrew relay logic board. I also incorporated a DEMI 10 MHz frequency reference distribution amplifier for weak signal digital work. https://picasaweb.google.com/114032640816757126398/FlexWireTransverterSelector 73, Carol KP4MD/6 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 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 -Original Message- From: Bill Feldkamp Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 10:06 AM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] S Meter minimum Hi Matthew and Steve, KJ4TN’s message about the S3 noise level minimum on the Flex 3K describes my experience as well. While it varies from band to band a bit, my S Meter never approaches zero, including when the antennas are disconnected or when I am connected directly to the dummy load. Noise level runs around 100. Preamps have a small effect. Sent back to the factory last year for new preamps plus complete checkout and was given assurances every thing was A-OK at that time. Everything else runs perfect! Using PowerSDR v2.7.2. Maybe a calibration or adjustment issue?? Not overly concerned but curious just the same. Thanks! Bill, KI4B ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] How to unsubscribe
I believe he was referring to SmartSDR for his 6700 instead of PowerSDR for the 5000 that he sold. -Original Message- From: Dave Mayfield Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 6:54 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] How to unsubscribe Apparently not smart enough to UN-subscribe from a simple e-mail reflector. Sorry to the list, but this guys comet imply's that we who own and enjoy a SDR are stupid.. On 12/22/2013 6:41 PM, Paul wrote: Click on the mailman link at the bottom of this email to unsubscribe Paul Delaney - K6HR http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ernest Garcia Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 4:33 PM To: flexradio; Tim Ellison, W4TME Subject: [Flexradio] How to unsubscribe How do I unsubscribe from this reflector? I no longer own any PDSR radios... I gotten Smart! Thanks, Ernest - W4EG ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Studio Monitor
I prefer my old model Vandersteen 2Ce's along with the 2W subwoofer. 73 Ross K9COX ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Recommendation for Neal Campbell's computer services
I'm not sure that you understand the architecture of the 6500/6700 radios. All of the heavy computational functions are performed in the internal DSP of the radio. The computer is little more than the MMI (man machine interface) for the radio consisting of the display and user interface. You can use the terms thin client or whatever but the bottom line is you need not worry much about the computer as long as it has an Ethernet port, display and input devices. Just about any computer sold today for home use will be fine assuming of course that it has those basic functions. That is one of the driving reasons behind the Flex 6000 development. Nothing against Neal, but I would rather not see people waste their money. The only other concern would be the ancillary programs one would use in conjunction with the radio and some of that may be changing in the future. 73 Ross K9COX -Original Message- From: n...@1dx.com Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 4:00 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Recommendation for Neal Campbell's computer services I started with the Flex 5000 in 2007, before Neal I started with the Flex 5000 in 2007, before Neal started his Flex computer business. I wasted a lot of time and stumbling around getting my computers going. Then I ordered one of Neal's computers and it was a big improvement over what I had. It was so good I ordered a second one. They come plug-and-play. I never recommend the Flex transceivers without also recommending Neal. I will continue to look to his computers foe use with the 6000 series also. 73 Sig 5Z4EE (NV7E) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A for sale - SF Bay Area and beyond!
Stu, I'm jealous, how many Flex-6700's does one need!!! 73 Ross K9COX -Original Message- From: Stu Phillips Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 12:51 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A for sale - SF Bay Area and beyond! Good morning! For Sale – FlexRadio 5000A * clean, non-smoking environment * Original packaging * Upgraded Firewire cable (Granite double shielded) * Up to date with all factory installed ECO's * ATU and 2nd receiver – factory installed at time of purchase Works flawlessly! Selling to part fund buying a second 6700. $2400.00 plus shipping. Please contact me via email off the reflector. Thanks Stu K6TU ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Why not a best guess on ship dates?
I think that it perfectly reasonable to expect a shipping date for something that you ordered more than a year ago. I've been looking at all the comments from people, some saying their radios are going to ship, others just wondering if they ever will. I fall into the second category. I had hoped my 6700 would be here in time for FD, but in looking at the order numbers received so far, I am at least 150 away, despite having gotten on the signature list on May 22, 2012. My number is 3790. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Owners Manual
I believe most of the 5K manual was compiled by a contributor AB1DO about six years ago. They gave him a plaque in 2007. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 5000 no more
I'm sure that it will be added. SMOP The waterfall/panafall display is one of the best parts of the flex. As I understand, the 6000 GUI CURRENTLY as demonstrated does not have waterfall. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] The Dirty Little Secret of Firmware
When the radio is available without the signatures, that will be a good sign (no pun intended). -Original Message- From: Neal Campbell Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:53 PM To: l...@highnoonfilm.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] The Dirty Little Secret of Firmware There are different strategies in introducing new technology. One is to introduce new technology on the low priced tier of your products knowing that the top tier segment is quite conservative and resistant to change. One the technology migrates from low price to high price products, its proven and acceptable. You could say that the current style of SDRs came in this manner. The SDR1000 was a low-cost product that proved the hypothesis that an SDR transceiver was viable as a ham transceiver. The 5000, 3000 and 1500 then established the product tiers, all the while using the technology introduced by the SDR1000. This time, Flex is using a more traditional (to the hobby market) strategy of introducing new technology on the high priced tier. This is done by companies that have established their brand trustworthiness with their customers and that trust means that high priced technology is safe enough to try. Granted, the technology being exploited by the Signature line of radios isn't radically new but new in the ham world (or maybe the commercial ham world). As the upper tiers are accepted, this strategy then has the company migrating the technology downward to its lower priced products. This is because experience gained in producing the higher-priced products provides the information needed to make things cheaper and ideas to apply it to lower priced products. Its a safe bet that Flex will migrate the Signature line down to all the price points over time. Just let them fly at the cost is no object level of product for a while. Its coming! 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC HUGE DAYTON CELEBRATION SALE!! Time to get the guaranteed setup for your SDR! Now until end-May ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Flex 5000 EOL
RIP ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] [Flex radio] Newbie Follow-up
Yesterday the FlexRadio store showed the 5000 series on the list but Not For Sale if added to the cart. Today they have been taken off the list altogetherseems to be more than hearsay. http://cart.flexradio.com/FlexSeries-Radios_c_1.html ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Help with latency
Use Thunderbird, Windows Live, or one of the many web based Email programs. On 3/4/2013 4:07 AM, Nick Pugh wrote: Hi all Outlook is causing latency issues with the flex running XP Pro. Outlook causes the flex to go nuts. What has the community found out how to make flex and outlook to run together Thanks ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Video interview with Greg K5JG on SDR technology and the new FLEX-6000
WHAT? On 2/22/2013 4:33 AM, Burt wrote: I have no problem being heard. Who are the big three? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] education/information
One nice thing about ham radio is the extensive variety of interests available. For example, many like to use AM for not only its nostalgic aspects but also the aspects of technical experimentation with home brew rigs, Class E transmitters, SDR radios, audiophile chains, etc. Others simply operate AM because they never changed! -Original Message- From: Michael Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:37 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] education/information I have to say that I'm surprised by the hostility that still exist from some folks with the mere mention of SDR. A lot of folks are just resistant to change even if it's change for the better as in the case of SDR. I cannot imagine ever owning a so called conventional radio ever again. I still will never forget the time I was in an online chat during a live broadcast of the Dayton Hamvention and mentioned the fact that I owned a Flex and a guy responded back to me that using the internet to operate was not real radio as if I was using CQ 100 or something. It's amazing the misconceptions that some people have. Good luck Lee! 73, Michael, W4HIJ On 2/2/2013 10:45 PM, Lee Mushel wrote: 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 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] why tha volume on headphone so poor ?
WHAT?sorry, I could not resist. On 1/10/2013 5:23 PM, paim wrote: since min require for the 5000a is 30 ohm i use the sony mdr 7506 65 ohm i use other headphone as well i do not thing the volume even on full on the mixer and on the front are strong at all however to other it may be okay vy 73 E.P g0uut ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Noise floor on 15 meters 20 db above all other bands
http://www.radiosky.com/rjcentral.html On my 5000a, I compare my noise floor on 15 meters compared with all other bands. The15 meters noise floor is about 20 db higher than all other bands. Any clues? Calibration issue? It is probably Jupiter. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Auto Defrag from Microsoft
I prefer Coke Zero and Crunchy Cheddar Jalapeno Cheetos In it's perpetual effort to add useless, unneeded features while leaving ones out that may actually do someone some good, the Coke-drinking, Cheeto-munching programmers at Microsoft have added a utility that automatically defragments your hard drive at a predetermined interval. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New PC components for a 1500?
In general, you would be hard pressed to buy a modern PC today that would not run the 1500 in spite of the naysayers. I would add that the graphics requirements foe PowerSDR are low and I have noticed absolutely no difference between standard on board graphics and a good PCIe card. On 11/18/2012 11:39 AM, Michael Tondee wrote: Hi folks, Been away for awhile but I'm hoping to be getting a new Flex 1500 soon. Problem is that the old HP Duo Core that I have and used to use with my 5K and my first 1500 is showing very erratic behavior lately, taking several tries to boot and rebooting at odd times. It's not reliable anymore. I've tried as much trouble shooting as I can but it's about time for me to upgrade on the PC front anyway. As usual though, I'm going to be on a very tight budget so I've been looking at options like this one here. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4809450Sku=M69-0801 This deal has an GPU built right onto the main processor and the board already has dual video output for my two monitors although there is an option to add a more powerful PCIe video card at a later time. Any obvious or not so obvious gothchas on a setup like this for a 1500? Michael, W4HIJ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] unsubscribe
OK On 11/2/2012 12:44 PM, Justin M. Mayrand wrote: unsubscribe ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] ICOM 7800?
Just sex appeal. On 9/10/2012 4:35 PM, Darryl Wagoner 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 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Lots of lightly used Flex Radios for sale.
I have taken up pool because of Prince Harry. Some of us will be able to operate our Flex 5000 (and other models) long after the naysayers are pushing up daisys. Old tech isn't bad tech if it meets the requirements. I didn't give up swimming because I'm not up there with the most recent incarnation of Mark Spitz or give up running because Prince Harry and Usain Bolt are both faster than me. I swim well enough and run fast enough for my purposes and suggest that the Flex 5000 will meet the requirements for a lot of us for decades. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Pecker anyone ?
There you go again using words that I have to look up. Is a single entendres half bad? On 8/23/2012 8:26 PM, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: OK. I think that is enough with the double entendres, folks. Lets keep it G rated, please. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FOR SALE: FLEX-5000A (with RX2, ATU FlexControl Knob) and Desktop PC
Many of the flex owners tend to like new technology so in my opinion you are just seeing those that like the bleeding edge. I would not read too much into it given the nature of the beast. The 3000 and 5000 are great radios, however technology marches on. -Original Message- From: paim Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:35 PM To: Anthony Hackenberg ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FOR SALE: FLEX-5000A (with RX2,ATU FlexControl Knob) and Desktop PC Why so many sale the flxex 3000 5000 ? what is going on i love it and i will never sale it ,it cost me so much money since i have two of them i just wonder why this going on ? vy 73 E.P g0uut ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 88, Issue 9
No, they have all sold their legacy flex radios. On 8/9/2012 5:48 PM, vk...@bigpond.com wrote: What's happened to all the activity? Have people moved to another reflector? Sent from my HTC ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Power Button
It is a momentary contact switch and the panel clearance hole is very close. I had to slightly loosen the front panel and shift it a small amount to prevent it from sticking. -Original Message- From: Mike - KM0T Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 8:46 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Power Button Hi all, just got my flex-5000 going again here and the power switch does not appear to work. I noticed it a few months ago that the flex was on when it should not have been. I have tried to turn off with the blue front button, but it won't go off. So I have been pulling the DC plug. Plugging the DC back in directly, the flex waits a few seconds and turns on without touching the front panel on switch. Seems to be working fine other than that. Any ideas to reset the switch, or is it just a bad switch - failed in the on position. Note that the switch does light up with the blue color when the DC power is applied. Thanks and 73 Mike - KM0T ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] EMF/ RFI from Electric Radiant Undertile heaters
Must be nice to have indoor plumbing and a warm seat. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Audio question...
One would hope that all of the default parameters would be such that a simple mic gain adjustment to allow for different microphones and voice levels would be sufficient. On 6/6/2012 6:30 PM, amsct...@comcast.net wrote: I wish I would have seen this before I spent all the time I did experimenting... Mike Alexander amsct...@comcast.net - Original Message - From: Brian Lloydbrian-wb6...@lloyd.com To: b...@wjschmidt.com Cc: FlexRadio Reflectorflexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 7:15:31 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Audio question... On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II b...@wjschmidt.com wrote: While operating here on PJ4, I've been getting reports of bad audio. and that is something I didn't work through before I left. I've no idea what the controls at the bottom of the right center do. other than, I suppose the mic gain and the vox. I'm using my Heil Proset II that I've used on every one of my other dozen plus radios with great success (unless it got busted in transport?). I'm really open to suggestions.. You need to go through the audio chain setup sequence. It is described in the KB library. In a nutshell: 1. Turn off all options, e.g. DX, CPDR, VOX, DEXP in the mic window on the front console. 2. Set mic gain to mid scale (35). 3. Open the Mixer menu. 4. Select your mic input. 5. Set TX power to 0 (so you don't actually transmit or you can use a dummy load). 6. Select mic input level display on the TX meter. 7. Key the rig, talk normally, and adjust the slider in the MIXER for not more than 0dB on meter. 8. Set TX meter to read EQ level. 9. Open the Equalizer menu. 10. Set the TX EQ the way you want it. 11. Key the rig, talk normally, and adjust the TX Preamp gain control for not more than 0dB on meter. 12. Open the SetupDSPAGC/ALC window. 13. Enable the leveler (check the box). 14. Set Leveler Max Gain to 0dB. 15. Set TX meter to read ALC. 16. Key the rig, talk normally, and adjust the mic gain (front of console) for not more than 0dB on the TX meter. 17. Turn on DX and DEXP if you want. 18. Key the rig, talk normally, and verify ALC stays below 0dB. 19. Turn TX power back up and transmit. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Question while waiting
Prior to responding we need to know how to reach you :^) -Original Message- From: Lester Veenstra Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 2:33 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Question while waiting Question while waiting in a new Flex 5000 What provisions does it have to control the frequency of an HPA, specifically a Tokyo HL-1.5KFX? Lester B Veenstra MØYCM K1YCM/8 mailto:les...@veenstras.com les...@veenstras.com mailto:m0...@veenstras.com m0...@veenstras.com mailto:k1...@veenstras.com k1...@veenstras.com US Postal Address: PSC 45 Box 781 APO AE 09468 USA After 18 June 2012: 5 Shrine Club Drive HC84 Box 89C Keyser WV 26726 UK Postal Address: Dawn Cottage Norwood, Harrogate HG3 1SD, UK Telephones: Office: +44-(0)1423-846-385 Home: +44-(0)1943-880-963 Guam Cell: +1-671-788-5654 UK Cell: +44-(0)7716-298-224 Jamaica: +1-876-352-7504 USA: +1-304-289-6057 This e-mail and any documents attached hereto contain confidential or privileged information. The information is intended to be for use only by the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this e-mail or any documents attached hereto is prohibited. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Mailing List Down?
It's down and so is my phone...will give you a call. On 5/29/2012 7:26 AM, TM wrote: Just wondering if the list is down? Or, did we use up all the known FlexTrons in the universe discussing the new radios? :) 73, Tom K1FR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Differences between the 5K 6K ?
I would expect the PC requirements for the 6K platform to be extremely modest since all of the radio processing is done by the ARM processor in the radio and the PC is simply the client for the GUI much like a Web browser. I believe Flex has speculated that even a netbook type computer will suffice. Just about any computer available with a Ethernet port today should be just fine since it will be primarily just used as a display interface and for secondary accessory processing. On 5/23/2012 5:58 PM, W1JCW wrote: What are the BIG differences between the two platforms ? I think the 6K has the entire platform in one unit with a PC portion ?? I never had issues with the 5K as I build my own high end PC so that's not a concern. 73- W1JCW John ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Game changing
On the bright side that is lower than the on sale price listed on their store which I don't understand. On 5/23/2012 6:52 AM, bearcreekcatt...@juno.com wrote: Let's see it this post makes it, or winds up on the cutting room floor. My dealings with Flex Radio's Tim Ellison have come to a screaming halt! He quoted me a firm price for a new 5000A with ATU and second receiver option, $2998. I asked Tim Ellison 3 times to check his numbers and he led me to believe that this price was firm. Well, yesterday, I received an email from him saying that he had made a mistake and the transceiver package price was $3499! He said that he made an honest mistake! Where I come from, if a supplier or individual quotes a price and the buyer accepts it, that's a contract. The arrogance of Flex has turned me off for their gear. This is a real disappointment, as I just sold/traded my IC756 Pro III and my Yaesu FT-897D package to amass funds to finance the new Flex. Bottom linebe careful with companies who zoom up to the top, as sometimes they move too fast causing customer service to suffer. If I should buy another Flex, it would be a used one from an individual, not from Flex Radio. I have waisted much time and I am very frustrated. Jim Broaddus de nx4e ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Apology
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. /quote/26870.html In my own defense, I work with big cats professionally, and I have become hardened. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Is the 6700 full duplex
Dolby Surround 7.1 Will there be easy shortcuts to manage audio routing to any of the audio outputs (spkr, either side of the phones or both and if i have 6 panadapters showing how does one select which two are providing the audio? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a for sale
Isn't technology great! Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a for sale My Flex 5000a + RX2 + ATU is for sale. $3100. Perfect condition. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Power On\Off Issue
Perhaps not related, but my switch power switch does not always make good contact. The button used to stick and I had to reposition the front panel ever so slightly and it still acts up at times. Sometimes I can see the LED sputtering from poor contact. It is not the most reliable switch. On 5/13/2012 6:50 AM, rcole...@twcny.rr.com wrote: Greetings. Lately when I attempt to turn on the Flex 5000 nothing happens...repeated attempts will eventually result in the power coming on. Then when I attempt to turn off the 5000 I have the same issue...won’t turn off without repeated attempts. Press and hold, press quickly and release, whatever, it always takes at least 5 or 6 tries. Suggestions! Thanks. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Real Radios
Memories, my first network experience was with coax based Ethernet cards from Artisoft using Lantastic before Microsoft even offered networking in Win 3.1. Worked very well at the time except when someone would unplug one of the cables or the terminator. A world with SDN informed by an AI making it a Cognitive DN is doomed to be as useful as coaxial based 10BaseT ethernet card is today. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Are these Microsoft Net framework updates ok to do?
For what it is worth (nothing) I have let every Microsoft update install automatically for the last decade for every operating system up to Win7 64bit without any issues whatsoever in spite of common wisdom. The only change I ever made was to revert to the legacy firewire driver. On 4/25/2012 8:26 AM, Bill wrote: Microsoft was kind enough to inform me that some updates are available for my system. Among them are some Net updates. Has anyone experienced problems with these? My system is running so well, but as they are Security fixes, I thought I'd ask first. pse and tu W9OL Bill ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] What is causing this? RESOLVED
What was the anti-malware software? -Original Message- From: Justin M. Mayrand Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:21 AM Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] What is causing this? RESOLVED Forget it, I fixed it. Must have been anti-malware software - I removed it and PSDR is back to normal. Yay, what fun that was. ...JMM Justin KB1TFH ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and CW Get settings
Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Hi, I'd like to buy some fish. Can someone tell me where the supermarket is located? No, it would be better for you to pick up a rod and reel, go out there and then you can fish for yourself. Actually I'd rather just go to the supermarket. Can you help me? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Heros
http://www.herostechnology.co.uk/pages/tiny_SCR_preselector.html Can someone explain the HEROS tab which showed up in PSDR 2.3.5.. I have no clue what it does. Thanks ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Query to the user group
.Or to make me a margarita and cheeseburger on a warm calm sunny day. And/or an option to park the antenna and then activate external relays to lower a telescoping tower if the average wind speed exceeds, say, 30 (or x) MPH? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Damage control - designed for AM ?
SMOP Of course. And I'm not interested in making it into any kind of issue, either. It just goes to show how sensitive people can be to the way things are phrased, and how statements get repeated down the chain. (even out of context) I agree completely and will repeat that Flex rigs work very well on AM. It's currently a fair part of the operating I do, and the 5000A works far better than my Japanese rigs or my otherwise excellent TenTec Omni VII. My regional AM group has grown from one 5000A 18 months ago (mine) to at least a dozen Flex rigs of various models today. It's probably not coincidence. :-) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Issue
Lest not forget about those of use that use their SDR computer for a multitude of uses including internet access and allow every automatic update that do not experience any problems. I believe that we are the silent majority. 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! ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New Release
I like this. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New 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. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New release
FlexRadio Systems press releases and other related comments may contain forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in connection with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based upon FlexRadio Systems management's current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions and projections about FlexRadio Systems business and industry. Words such as anticipates, expects, intends, plans, predicts, believes, seeks, estimates, may, will, should, would, potential, continue, goals, targets and variations of these words (or negatives of these words) or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various risk factors. FlexRadio Systems does not adopt and is not responsible for any forward-looking statements and projections made by others. On 2/23/2012 12:49 PM, knesbitt wrote: Ywn ..ok, time to liven things up. Whats happening down there in Austin? Any rumours as to a release update?? Its been all too quiet of late. Kirb - VE6IV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band
Perhaps the intention is more along these lines http://doodlelabs.com/products-and-services/militaryfederal-bands/440-510-mhz-dl475.html On 2/15/2012 2:55 PM, Robert Costa, KB6QXM wrote: 1 watt maximum EIRP. Big deal. Not too exciting news. I am glad to hear that we have some Medium Frequency spectrum, but 1 watt output and the size of the antenna is almost not worth the effort. The requirements remind me of the lowfer band (160-190 khz) limitations. This is almost part 15 output. How about giving back the lower portion of the 220 band. 73, Robert KB6QXM Ham Radio Open Conversation Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: Stephen Victorvicto...@yahoo.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.bizflexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band Date: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 12:22 pm Will it be possible to make the Flex 5000a work on the new 472-479 khz band by a PowerSDR revision? Thanks and 73 Steve WA2DTW ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] How can I put a RX only antenna with a preamp on RX1?
Use RX2 In and then you can receive on both simultaneously if you also have a transmit antenna on your main receiver via ANT 1,2 or 3.. On 2/13/2012 6:54 PM, vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: It does work if I put the loop on Receiver 1 and pick RX1 IN but if I have an antenna on ANT1 I get no signal at all when I pick ANT1 in Receiver 2 which is very weird. - Original Message - From: Brian Lloydbrian-wb6...@lloyd.com To: vtnn...@comcast.net Cc: Flex Radioflexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:35:12 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] How can I put a RX only antenna with a preamp on RX1? On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:32 PM, vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: I would like use a Pixel RX only loop that has a preamp in it a s a RX only antenna in RX1. Is there a way that I could this be assured that I would not TX into it and blow up the preamp? Plug it into the RX1 input and then select that for your receive antenna on RX1. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New Flex-1500 Owner
What is a few kHz among friends, most of us are not perfectly balanced anyway. All you have to do is change the DDS IF in Setup to a lower value than the default of 9kHz. For the FLEX-1500, 4.5 kHz works well. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Small cheap mono amp to drive speakers?
http://ordercaraudio.com/Pyle-Home-PCA1-30Watt-Stereo-Mini/A/B0012KZNP4.htm Can anyone suggest an small cheap mono (or stereo) amp to drive the audio out from a 5000? if you have a suggestion please provide the link too! Zack N8FNR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FlexMemory v2.0.1 ??
Google is your friend: http://rnaconsultingservices.com/downloads/FlexMemory/FlexMemoryUserManual.pdf On 1/17/2012 9:29 AM, W1JCW wrote: What is FlexMemory v2.0.1 ?? This is my 2nd email as I didn't receive any replies with my first query ?? John ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex-5000 Power Output
Interesting results Ed. Were the power readings taken with the PowerSDR meter? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Normal Mode, Safe Mode 1
You are normal with normal. On 1/9/2012 3:38 PM, Steven Hess wrote: Is Safe Mode 1 still the recommended mode of operation? I have been running in the Normal mode for months with apparently no ill effects. I don't remember if I set it to this mode or if it was automatically selected. PSDR v2.3.3 3.2 Ghz Phenom II 6X cool and quiet turned off in BIOS 8 gigs of memory Windows 7 64 Steven ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Popping sound
Could be the ugly return of The Grunge On 1/8/2012 1:03 PM, k4...@fastmail.fm wrote: I'm getting a popping sound on ssb receive. It only happens on the peaks with strong signals. Tried different agc settings and different phone rx buffer sizes - no effect. Running 2.2.3 on a Neal Windows 7/64 super computer. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks and 73 Wayne ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexRadio] Re: Transmit spikes - continuing problem
Noisy PTT button on the hand mic? Keep the wife, cancel the K3, enjoy the Flex. On 1/4/2012 7:37 AM, W2BLC wrote: I have found something that stops the spike: I have set the transmit delay to 70. There does not appear to be a spike using that setting. Comments? Thanks, Bill W2BLC ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Read This Please!
If you have not enabled Cloud Print in Chrome options then you will never have a problem. On 1/4/2012 8:48 AM, Michael Walker wrote: I have used Chrome for years and I have never seen DPCs spike enough for me to go looking for them. In fact I like chrome as it is multi-processor aware and doesn't have the memory leaks that Firefox has (you have to go back to version 3 of Firefox to get rid of the memory leaks). I don't deny that Cloud Print may be contributing, but there is something else going on under the covers. Neal, that is amazing that you got it down to that level. You and I know how much work that takes. If I get a chance, I will see if I can replicate it. We have at least 4 printers in our house, all shared, and I just haven't seen this. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] XMIT spike problem
Divorce her and buy a K3. Return the Flex. On 1/3/2012 6:42 PM, W2BLC wrote: I have either already tried the suggestions or have this evening - to no avail. I spent some time in removing the 3000 from its new home on my radio desk an placed it on a stool well away from everything else. Ran only power, FireWire, audio out, and a mic to it. Of course it is grounded. Same results as when it was on my desk. Just wasted another hour or so of time. This was a Christmas present from the XYL - and she is so very sorry she bought it for me. Those are her words. In all my years of hamming, I have never experienced anything as difficult to work with as this radio. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] {SPAM?} Re: Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM
Ever wonder what everyone is talking or texting about when on their cellphones while driving, shopping, eating, walking, checking out or in, and generally every other daily activity even when with others? What is so important? On 1/2/2012 4:57 PM, Steven Hess wrote: I have to add my LOL moment when I read this. I rarely talk to anyone using amateur radio right now but my Flex-3000 is going 24/7 doing something I enjoy. I use my cellular phone (which is a radio) for text messages (ala packet radio 20 years ago.) the same applies to my iPad (also a radio.) I usually talk to my Wife and rarely to any other humans. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones
Hmmm, I wonder??? It's amazing how well the noise cancelling works as the XYL can be talking on the telephone or listening to a radio or TV in the same small room and I don't hear her. The noise cancelling works even without the headphones plugged into the radio :) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Genesis radio software (SDR1000 obsolete?)
Why not squabble...they are in Iowa! Many would say that the SDR-5000 is obsolete since it is not a DDC type with an FPGA , but heck, what hi-tech thing is not after you buy it? -Original Message- From: William H. Fite Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:32 PM To: Edwin Marzan Cc: ve7...@gmail.com ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Genesis radio software (SDR1000 obsolete?) Maybe no-longer-state-of-the-art would be a better choice of words. No squabbling at New Years, guys. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Boise Headsets?
cancelling or canceling? -Original Message- From: Ron Feltman Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 6:57 PM To: jack.nel...@mindspring.com ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Boise Headsets? Bose noise cancelling headsets! If Americans ever allow banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless. -Thomas Jefferson From: jack.nel...@mindspring.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:42:46 -0500 Subject: [Flexradio] Boise Headsets? Good evening all. I thought I had seen some recent emails about the Boise Noise Canceling Headsets and their use with the Flex radios. I can't seem to find them. Here is my question. Does this kind of headset, or speakers, have any negative effect on weak cw type signals. I'd hate to spend that kind of money to only shoot myself in the foot. Thanks and have a safe and Happy New Years 73's Jack K5FSE Treas QRP ARCI jack.nel...@mindspring.com ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip
Bob's Wally world $400 special that he recently mentioned (AMD Athlon II X4 Quad-Core 645 processor 3.1GHz, 2MB Cache) runs nicely for him on a 220 watt PS. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip
I have a similar computer with 8 Gb of memory and when monitored with a Kill A Watt type device never goes over 100 watts even rug full bore. I know that it is only reading average power consumption but it typically sit at about 65 watts. On 12/20/2011 10:21 AM, Neal Campbell wrote: To be honest, Bob's machine is underpowered also and it will be interesting to see if he is still happy with that part of the machine 6 months from now. The original computer I started selling 3 years ago had a 350 watt PSU and that was just the bare minimum and if anyone plugged anything extra into one of its slots or a power drawing USB device, twilight-zone time. Just as an aside, the ASUS power supply calculator says Bob's system needs a minimum of a 350 watt system (and thats a minimum). Try it yourself at http://support.asus.com/powersupply.aspx 73 On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Ross Stenberg ross.stenb...@charter.net mailto:ross.stenb...@charter.net wrote: Bob's Wally world $400 special that he recently mentioned (AMD Athlon II X4 Quad-Core 645 processor 3.1GHz, 2MB Cache) runs nicely for him on a 220 watt PS. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip
Bob's comments about his new computer prompted me to send this Email that I wrote a few weeks ago and never sent. I should note that I have been preaching simple AMD quad core computers since purchasing a $400 machine at Staples over six months ago that has been working flawlessly for me. I was attempting to be subtle and make others think. Being more direct, the current crop of most PCs handle the job fine without resorting to unnecessary tweaking and multiple operating system boot configurations to get the job done for the typical Flex user. A few less CPU cycles when the usage is already so low and perhaps lowering the DPCs from say 150 us to 50 us is not going to make a bit of real world difference. What is under the hood is cheap and effective now a days. Gboost just one of the easy means to prove it to yourself. The only real culprit anymore is high DPCs, and what I mean by high is above 1 ms (I used that intentionally since it reads better than a whopping 1000 us :^) There is a reason that The Flex driver DPC report and DCLAT use that as a breaking point for real time audio drop out issues. I don't like to see people reading the hype and start chasing their tails, unless of course they enjoy tweaking and that is part of their hobby. My experience only relates to the 5000 and 3000. I believe the latency issue with the 1500 is a horse of another color, but don't really know. 73 Ross K9COX ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Touch screen
If you are referring to the HP touchpad then I believe they pulled it off the market because they can't compete with the iPad and it's army of apps. Software rules. I use my iPad remotely with PWRSDR as a touchpad and while being cool...not all that practical. -Original Message- From: Neal Campbell Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 3:31 PM To: Robert Costa, KB6QXM Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Touch screen Hi Bob The question isn't its technical capability, its whether I actually use it. HP had a tough time selling those systems and I think that have pulled that line off the market, which would indicate that either it was not engineered properly for the price, or its not that useful an implementation to the public at large. I honestly didn't think I was going to like the Hercules MP3 controller very much, and it exceeded my expectations by a long way. Lets see if using a touch screen is the same way! ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New toys - was AMD chip
Next thing you someone is going to put in a box with embedded processors and a display in the front full of knobs and switches and name it a K radio. I LOVE THIS THING! I hope Flex can find a way to incorporate it into their future plans - it definitely enhances PowerSDR. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] got it working again...
I would recommend that you sell it or return it if you can and use a radio with good AM detection that does not need a computer. Good luck to you and Merry Christmas. 73 On 12/17/2011 7:51 PM, Brett Gazdzinski wrote: I do not understand why when you remove something, it leaves all kinds of stuff behind. Why? I know most programs do that, making any system slower and slower over time. Some sort of clipping, or bad agc action as turning the agc off stops it, as does turning the agc-t way down. Another odd thing I noticed about the flex 3000, comparing it to my home brew receivers, which are very simple receivers, single conversion superhet, no rf amp, high Q tuned circuit antenna input, 455 KHz IF, a good filter, think an old table top tube receiver like the all American 5 with a good IF filter, and I can hear signals on them with no antenna hooked up, or the wrong antenna selected, and the flex picks up nothing. If on 80 meters and I pick the 40 meter dipole, the homebrew receivers just have the S meter go down to about half. On the flex, I get high noise and no signal unless its REALLY strong. If I put the antenna selector to the homebrew, even the strongest signals do not show up on the flex, if I reverse it, the homebrew picks up most signals and they are good copy. That is with NO rf amp in the homebrew. If I could figure out a way to make a flex like panadaptor for the homebrew receivers, I would not need the flex, but how many tubes would THAT take? I got spoiled and now need the good panadaptor, hard to operate without one after having one Brett N2DTS ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] grunge on rx audio..
Perhaps this controlled carrier modulated transmitter would be a good mate the the SDR-5000. It is limited to 100% modulation. Would not cover all ham HF bands however. http://www.transmitter.be/con-419f2.html ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Is the a Flex counterculture?
I hear many cultured hams late night on 75m. Ham radio itself is a counter culture. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] grunge on rx audio..
Interesting, I was under the impression that most modern AM transmitters for the BCB were class-D and Class-E type but I don't know for sure. On 12/14/2011 9:47 PM, Brett Gazdzinski wrote: I think that is it. I was listening to guys with very strong signals running class E rigs and it was very noticeable, yet on the homebrew receiver they sound fine. It was only under modulation, and I think they push the positive modulation quite high. What as the problem with early versions of psdr and the agc working off the audio? I don't remember having any problems with AM reception on the old version. Brett N2DTS - Original Message - From: manual...@juno.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] grunge on rx audio.. Running here PSDR V 2.2.3 with Flex 5000. The only time I occasionally hear some type of peak distortion or muddy-type distortion on 75 meters is when listening to strong AM signals operating class E type rigs. I don't hear on it on broadcast AM, commercial SW AM, or amateurs running current transceivers or even most boatanchor rigs. I also don't hear when listening to AM transmissions on 40 or 20 meters. 160 antenna is down so no opinion there. On 10 meters AM, I generally shun away from being too judgmental on quality AM reception, since, besides fading and other atmospheric anomalies, many I've heard and/or worked are not using current state of the art type transceivers, but old drifty boatanchors, converted CB rigs and trashy CB linears, modified commercial rigs, modified commercial FM rigs, or cobbled together old electronic car parts. Maybe, since DTS, EMS, AEX, and myself all live in the Northeast, maybe the AM reception problem, at least on 75, is more localized. Pete, wa2cwa http://www.manualman.com On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:48:23 -0500 W1AEX - Rob w1aex.f...@cox.net writes: Which version of PSDR are you using Brett? Version 2.2.3 fixed a very big issue with AM reception (AGC tracking the sideband energy rather than the carrier energy) that was present in all the previous 2.x.x versions and the later 1.x.x versions. That being said, I do notice what sounds like peak distortion on some strong signals when using the AM mode. I do not hear it when listening with other conventional AM receivers that I use. Adjusting the AGC-T slider in PSDR doesn't seem to stop it, but I wonder if adjusting the variables in the DSP AGC/ALC setup tab might address it. The max gain and attack values might be a good starting point for experimentation. Curiously, I never hear that distortion with PSDR when listening to strong signals on the AM broadcast band, so it may have something to do with selective fading and the way PSDR deals with it. As Tim may have been inferring with his question, the peak distortion phenomenon is not present on those signals when listening in SAM mode. Unfortunately, some of the older AM transmitters being used are not perfectly stable and tend to move a few Hz when modulated. The SAM detector warbles now and then with those stations as it tracks them on peaks. It's most notable on 10 meter AM where there's a multiplication factor being applied to the VFO in the older transmitters. So, at this point, I find that I switch back and forth between AM and SAM to see what seems to work best with different stations I run into. I'd be curious what others may have noticed when operating AM or when SW listening in the AM or SAM modes. 73, Rob W1AEX ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New Flex 3000 and firewire card.
I can understand Flex's frustration with this. I have a PCI and PCIe card both purported to not work correctly on their list and have not had problems with either of them. Go figure, there are obviously many variables. After all, what are standards for :^) On 12/13/2011 9:18 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: We are seeing occasional problems like this with known working FW cards and the PCIe bus (including ExpressCard Firewire cards) having a failure to communicate. The cards are recognized by the OS and occasionally with the FLEX Firewire control panel, but they don't initialize properly with PowerSDR. We do not know for certain, but we suspect that there is a bus timing issue that could be associated with over-clocking. Most PC's BIOSes have a default configuration that does auto over-clocking. In my experiences, replacing the PCIe card with the older PCI card resolves the problems in 100% of the cases. My FW card of choice right now is the LaCie card. -Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo On 12/13/2011 5:57 AM, Eric Lowell wrote: Good morning, I'm trying to get my new Flex 3000 going with my shack computer. I have added a Syba SY-PEX30016 card in the PCI-e slot. It has a TI chipset and the Flexradio application says it is supported. However, after I boot the computer, when I power on the Flex 3000, it is not always detected. The Flexradio app says no radio found. Sometimes, if I stop and restart the firewire card in control panel, it will pick up the radio and I can go on, but not always. Not sure where to go next? Thanks, Eric (W1EL) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Troubleshooting
I think that the very first rules of trouble shooting should be: 1) Turn it off...Turn it on (please don't take that literally...a reboot may be in order) 2) Look in the mirror (same applies) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Misinformation about k3 being srd
Clay, Amen! ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Fan noise
I think that Burt wins the award for brevity. On 12/8/2011 11:09 AM, Burt wrote: No keep going, I am one of your greatest fans Burt Brevity is the soul of wit-Shakespeare If you are too big for a small job, you are too small for a big job. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Fan noise
WHAT!! SAY AGAIN!! EXCUSE ME! I too am annoyed by ambient noise, especially fans.. ALL fans make noise, some just less than others.. Once you have your other ambient noise sources quieted down enough in the shack then the 5K's fan is very noticeable. Here's my tale... ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Fan noise
Sounds kind of noisy to me (pun intended) Well I really don't like headphones for one, and more importantly they make it hard to listen to 4 or 5 radios at one time. And a key to listening to that many radios at one time is having the ability to spatially orientate the various audio sources, headphones and audio combiners simply don't allow for that. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Question about multiple OS of the same kind....
GBoost does a nice job of doing most of what you ask for on demand. It will even shut down your browser and Email if it is running when it's enabled. Frankly the the only difference I note on my not so special store bought PC is a a few percentage points of CPU usagesay from 10% usage to 8%. It runs flawlessly either way and the DPCs don't seem to change at all. I think you hit the point of diminishing returns once you start using 4 core and above machines for our typical SDR and ancillary program usage. On 12/5/2011 6:09 PM, Michael Tondee wrote: A little further thought and questions on this. Assuming I do this, what all would you strip from Windows on the radio drive and what kind of other stuff besides the obvious radio programs would you add. I would think there would be no need for any type of E-mail or even a web browser either for that matter. Virus protection? I don't really think it's needed since the only online connections I would make while on that system would be to DX clusters or possibly reverse beacon networks and that type of stuff. I have an Nvidia video card and I'm pretty sure it's drivers are shooting up my DPC's sometime. I would think the most basic Windows generic video and audio drivers would work. The point would be to make as lean and mean an OS as possible on the radio drive just as someone would do with a stand alone Flex dedicated machine so what type of stuff would you remove and/or add? Also, since I only have 3GB of RAM GB, there is no advantage to making the OS 64 bit is there? I'm running 32 right now. Thanks, Michael, W4HIJ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Question about multiple OS of the same kind....
I don't bother with Gboost because as my post noted the PC runs flawlessly either way, and yes I Email and surf while using the radio. On 12/6/2011 9:20 AM, William H. Fite wrote: GBoost will do exactly what it says it will do. The problem is that when you are checking an email while working the radio (as I think most of us probably do) or some guy on the other end mentions a product and you google on it, suddenly GBoost will decide it knows what's best for you and shut your stuff down. I tried it with my previous game-but-lame Gateway and found it totally unsatisfactory just for that reason. I will decide what I want to run and when, thank you VERY much. (A little cranky today; not sure why.) On 12/6/11, Ross Stenbergross.stenb...@charter.net wrote: GBoost does a nice job of doing most of what you ask for on demand. It will even shut down your browser and Email if it is running when it's enabled. Frankly the the only difference I note on my not so special store bought PC is a a few percentage points of CPU usagesay from 10% usage to 8%. It runs flawlessly either way and the DPCs don't seem to change at all. I think you hit the point of diminishing returns once you start using 4 core and above machines for our typical SDR and ancillary program usage. On 12/5/2011 6:09 PM, Michael Tondee wrote: A little further thought and questions on this. Assuming I do this, what all would you strip from Windows on the radio drive and what kind of other stuff besides the obvious radio programs would you add. I would think there would be no need for any type of E-mail or even a web browser either for that matter. Virus protection? I don't really think it's needed since the only online connections I would make while on that system would be to DX clusters or possibly reverse beacon networks and that type of stuff. I have an Nvidia video card and I'm pretty sure it's drivers are shooting up my DPC's sometime. I would think the most basic Windows generic video and audio drivers would work. The point would be to make as lean and mean an OS as possible on the radio drive just as someone would do with a stand alone Flex dedicated machine so what type of stuff would you remove and/or add? Also, since I only have 3GB of RAM GB, there is no advantage to making the OS 64 bit is there? I'm running 32 right now. Thanks, Michael, W4HIJ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Fast PC
A real man's PC does not care how it's booted up. It does not care about no stinking programs! (Blazing Saddles) On 12/5/2011 1:45 PM, Robert Costa, KB6QXM wrote: Anyone with enough knowledge and money can build a fast pc, as described. The only issue is how much ka ching that PC cost you to build. I have subscribed to Maximum PC for years. They outline cutting edge or bleeding edge hardware. Those Pc builds are near 10 grand. Not everyone has 10 grand to drop on a water cooled super machine. What I would like to see is a multiple boot super machine that can be your Video and audio editing machine, your HTPC and your Flex machine based on your boot selection. Multiple boot drives. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Can you explain this twin killing
As Sarah said I'll bring the rope! On 12/5/2011 5:08 PM, Mike Schwendeman wrote: Yes, I see this link. But the VIMEO video has limited availability to the general population. It would be better if a correction or update be offered in the same format as it was originally presented; In this case, YOUTUBE. Also, the VIMEO video does not appear to be a retraction in any way. (You had somewhat alluded to that, in your previous comment on the matter, or at least, this is what I had assumed.) The damage is done by allowing this video to exist as-is. In the YouTube presentation, it is a stand-alone entry or item that does not offer the resolution, nor the fact that you had possibly made a small error. I have a couple of the Flex-5000 units and also a 1500. I have had three other Flex units. I do not recall this as ever being a problem with the Flex radios. On the other hand, I ABSOLUTELY HAVE had an on-going share of mirror images and the like with Softrock and other SDR units. This can be a very hard issue to resolve, but not impossible. In all cases, it was my operator-error. In all of my many cases, the resolution or CAUSE dealt with the SOUND CARD or the SOUND CARD SELECTION and related in PowerSDR, in the SETTINGS menus. I hope that this and other hints will help you to resolve the mirror image issue; -In the meantime, PLEASE do consider modifying or deleting the original video. -Mike- ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex jacket
The most effective word of mouth advertizing of Flex is best done on the radio. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Echo - long story
You need this http://www.ebay.com/itm/DOMINATOR-MODULATOR-GALAXY-929-939-949-959-979-MORE-/320558296768?_trksid=p4340.m444_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DSI%252BUA%252BLM%252BLA%26otn%3D14%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4660074926709925544 On 12/4/2011 11:57 AM, k4...@fastmail.fm wrote: Here's a good one. I have been having trouble with some rfi on a couple of my wire antennas causing a slight echo in my ssb audio transmission. I have no doubt it was the rfi causing it because as soon as I added a coax rf choke right below the balun on the first antenna the echo went away when using that antenna, but remained on the other two antennas. The echo only showed up when I was using my MultiSwitcher which must have been where the rf was causing the problem because if I plugged the mic directly into the Flex, no echo. In addition, I could see the unselected leds on my remote antenna switch control flicker when I talked. All of these effects went away on antenna 1 as soon as the rf choke was added. So I was on a net on 40M the other night testing antenna number 3 (no rf choke there yet at that time) and a station who checked in after me proceeded to inform me that the echo on my signal was not caused by rfi, but it was due to the latency/delay in my computer running the sdr. I'm currently running the Flex on a Neal super computer and the average latency is around 10 microseconds with some peaks up to a little under 50 microseconds - not too shabby. When I informed him that plugging the mic directly into the radio eliminated the problem, he launched into some highly technically suspect explanation about the lack of delay in the MultiSwitcher offsetting the latency in the computer so the echo disappeared. Nothing I said could change his mind. Now I'm wondering which school he got his Phd from so I'll be sure none of my grandchildren go there. The good news is that after I added coax chokes to the other wire antennas the echo and the flickering leds disappeared when using them too. The bad news is that there are still some technically inept hams out there when it comes to sdr who may convince others of their erroneous point of view. 73 Wayne k4ELO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] turboEncabulator interface
It is easy to tell who is bored with football. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] trade for Flex
I was going to ask with all due respect why would anyone have two FTX9000's that is not a contester! I looked you up on QRZ and now I understand. More power to you. I heard Art Bell on the other day with his and he described it as eye candy or radio sexsomething like that. On 12/2/2011 11:19 PM, paul glassman wrote: I have two ftdx9000d's. (will take current model equipment or Flex as partial trade or what have you?...no boat anchors and no homebrew please) One needs to go. I would prefer to not ship the 9000d. Too many horror stories about shipping the 9000s. Please come to my shack for a test drive. 9000d is mint with factory boxes. 9000d is $6900 (negotiable). Non smoking. Light use. I am not a contester. Paul w8jn ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Can you explain this twin killing
Don't forget the first rule of trouble shooting, Turn it off-Turn it on. On 12/3/2011 2:59 PM, Burt wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVBjHTKQRv4 Pardon my extra emotion during the video, but I had a lapse of love for my Flex. Sanity returned once I recalled the panadapter even if it was seeing double ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Can you explain this twin killing
How about the infamous reset data base routine? By the way Burt, been watching some of your videos on YouTube. I really enjoyed the one on the Hy-Tower. Very interesting...keep it up. I would expect the Hy-Tower to do well on 80m DX. On 12/3/2011 3:28 PM, Burt wrote: I turned it off, I turned off the computer as well It has happened in the past when I played a recording but restarting the program on the past fixed it, not this time Burt Brevity is the soul of wit-Shakespeare If you are too big for a small job, you are too small for a big job. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Yeasu microphone
For the mic connector on Heathkit DX-100 I just cut the pin off of a PL259 and put a solder blob in it place and screwed it on. Also works on old VTVM's. There was enough RF on the D-104 that the cat would not touch it. On 12/2/2011 4:47 PM, Lee Mushel wrote: 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 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 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? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Three Years of Fun
The only appliance I have without knobs is the Kinect for my Xbox 360, I wave my hands and talk to it. On 11/27/2011 9:01 AM, Bill Marvin wrote: 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 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Optimized XP or Win7 Configuration
With all due respect, most (not all if you look hard enough) current desktop computers on the market today exceed those requirements. On 11/25/2011 9:27 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: I don't think Passmark scores play such a large role in the decision point. Personally, the minimum system I would consider is 2.6GHz dual core processor with at least 1MB of L2 or L3 cache, 2GB of memory with WIn7 x86 or higher. 73 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Optimized XP or Win7 Configuration
I used to build my own as well, in fact is was a part time business for me (buy a few sub assembly's, plug them together, mount a few things, run a CD that configures everything) but now I find that just buying a PC on sale or one that is not necessarily the latest and greatest is more cost effective. Even the low end machines are super now a days. Building your own sounds impressive but it not nearly as difficult as building a K3 for example, which is nothing. You would be hard pressed to buy a PC today that can't run PowerSDR effectively. Most of those having problems are trying to use older PC's or laptops. It amazes me what you can buy now for not that much money. I spent something like $400 for a computer with a terabyte drive, 8Gbytes of memory, four cores, and the list goes on, six months ago. I think that Windows 7 64bit is probably the most expensive partinside. It does not even sneeze. On 11/25/2011 7:08 PM, Michael Tondee wrote: I know this is not a popular option for some but you can save boatloads of money on PC's by buying the pieces separately and assembling the computer yourself. I did it for years until this current HP computer which is actually a hand me down from the XYL. Back when I got my now departed 5000 (sob sob), she bought a new PC and I got this one which has an AMD 64 duo core . It was perfectly adequate for the 5000 and now works well with my 1500. Anyway, next time I'm in a position to upgrade, I will go the route of buying the pieces and assembling my own again. You get a lot more computer for your money that way and if you follow recommendations from Neal on mobos and peripheral cards, you can custom tailor the machine to give the best overall performance with your Flex. 73, Michael, W4HIJ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Optimized XP or Win7 Configuration
Writer's remorse, a better analogy would have been about as difficult as adding RX2 to my SDR-5000 :^) On 11/26/2011 8:58 AM, Ross Stenberg wrote: I used to build my own as well, in fact is was a part time business for me (buy a few sub assembly's, plug them together, mount a few things, run a CD that configures everything) but now I find that just buying a PC on sale or one that is not necessarily the latest and greatest is more cost effective. Even the low end machines are super now a days. Building your own sounds impressive but it not nearly as difficult as building a K3 for example, which is nothing. You would be hard pressed to buy a PC today that can't run PowerSDR effectively. Most of those having problems are trying to use older PC's or laptops. It amazes me what you can buy now for not that much money. I spent something like $400 for a computer with a terabyte drive, 8Gbytes of memory, four cores, and the list goes on, six months ago. I think that Windows 7 64bit is probably the most expensive partinside. It does not even sneeze. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Worst case scenario
Just another thing to be thankful for. On 11/24/2011 1:31 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: Why is it we always go for the worst outcome first? I have been building and testing a computer today and everything was going smoothly until it just turned off. Would not power up no matter what! So, I unplug everything from the motherboard and bring out the PSU tester, which shows a bad power supply. So, I plug in the bench PSU and try the computer, no luck. So I put the power supply tester on the bench power supply and it shows dead. This is too much stuff dead but my first suspicion is that the PSU tester isn't good so I throw it away and look for my spare one (not found). Then I look down and see the power cord is not fully plugged in. AHA! So I unplug the bench PSU and get the PSU tester out of the trash. Plug the original PSU back in, hit the power button and nothing happens! So I plug the PSU tester into the original PSU and still no reading. Well, maybe the original PSU really did die! So I am looking in inventory for a replacement PSU and see I have none available (the bench PSU is very underpowered for anything but testing). But, I figured, at least confirm the motherboard isn't dead so I plug in the bench PSU and hit the power button, nothing. Usually at this stage its a sign I need to walk away because frustration will start to blind me. So I push back my chair to leave and then see the power cord for the power outlet on my test bench has worked its way out of the power socket. Why didn't I check that at the beginning and save myself an hour of frustration and picking my PSU tester out of trash twice??? At least its up and working normally again! 73 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 and USB 3.0?
Just curious Peter, why are you so against 1394? I know that it will not be around forever, but not much is when it comes to the world of computing. It serves its purpose now, however. 73 Ross K9COX On 11/20/2011 5:41 PM, Peter G. Viscarola wrote: quote Right now we can upgrade the Flex radios at any time with a more powerful procecessor to meet future needs. Although PowerSDR is limited to a single processor today, hopefully there will be a future version that will allow for the possibility to use networked processor to do even more. /quote Exactly. Putting the processing on the host, and not on the radio, opens the radio to limitless possibilities. Now if we could JUST lose the Firewire and USB interfaces, and replace them with Gigabit Ethernet we'd really be in great shape. I'd buy a 5000 in a second if it used GigE. While it has 1394... not a chance. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Overclocking Utilities Warning
You also get the benefit of more heat in the shack on a cold day. I was much into overclocking but, as the years went by, I decided it wasn't worth the effort because all you really get out of it is bragging rights on the forums. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz 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/
