Re: [Flexradio] Flex 6300 and N1MM
We are working with the N1MM team to add support. We met briefly with Tom, N1MM, to discuss first steps at Dayton. I'll have more info as we add support. Steve On Tuesday, May 20, 2014, Greg a...@cablespeed.com wrote: I have to select a TS2000 as the radio when using the 6700. It works OK I guess. I think more could be done if N1MM supported the radio directly via API but I don't think that is going to happen. 73 Greg AB7R On 5/20/2014 1:10 PM, Edwin Marzan wrote: Oh Ray! Why would you want them to respond off line? Wouldn't you want others to benefit from this discussion? :) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 07:45:29 -0400 From: ray.fal...@gmail.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 6300 and N1MM Good morning... Purchased a FlexRadio 6300 at Dayton last weekend and it's on the air and working great. But this guy has a lot to learn. Would be interested in hearing from 6500/6700 owners who have used their rigs with N1MM contesting software and MMTTY/2Tone. Please reply off-line. Thanks and 73, Ray - ND8L ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 109, Issue 14
The FLEX-6300 uses the same architecture and the same software. It does use an FPGA (you must use one to do direct sampling today -- or an ASIC) and a TI DSP/ARM processor. Steve On Friday, May 16, 2014, William Owens wtowe...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Ray and James, Thank you for your input. I hope at some point this is specified, because that certainly would be a pretty powerful combination of technology at this price. One must assume it is the same architecture, but you know what they say about the word assume. If this is the same, I may need to start a campaign for getting one with “management”. (XYL) Right now, my Flex 3000 works pretty darn well, but I don’t know how long I can hold out for the 6300! Bill AD5EW On May 16, 2014, at 2:27 PM, James Austin ka2...@gmail.com javascript:; wrote: I suspect it is using a Xilinx FPGA and a TI DSP, which as I recall, is what the other models are using. It would be interesting to know if they are the same parts. It's the combination of the FPGA and DSP processor that gives them their tremendous magic. Jim KA2RVO On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:14 PM, William Owens wtowe...@sbcglobal.netjavascript:; wrote: Ray, Maybe this is obvious, but not to me. Do you know if Flex is also using an FPGA in this model like the other 6000 series? From what I have read, this makes possible the tremendous “magic” these are capable of. I can not find any specs on that. Thanks. Bill AD5EW On May 16, 2014, at 7:05 AM, Ray, K9DUR k9...@rnacs.com javascript:; wrote: Ron, I will not see the 6300 in the flesh until I go to Dayton tomorrow, but here are the differences (to the best of my recollection) that I have seen posted: 1. Only 1 SCU (same as 6500). 2. Limited to 2 panadapters 2 slices. 3. Panadapters limited to displaying 7 MHz of spectrum at a time instead of 14 MHz. 4. Limited to 2 DAX channels 2 DAX IQ channels. 5. No front panel display. 6. No amateur band pre-selectors, but does have broadcast band rejection filter that is engaged when not tuning BCB. 7. 122.88 Msps RX sampling rate instead of 245.76 Msps for 6500. 8. 122.88 Msps TX sampling rate instead of 491.52 Msps for 6500. 9. Image spurious response rejection 80db rather than 100dB for 6500. 10. Slightly smaller case. The performance figures were gleaned from the specification published on the Flex website. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Support for the 137kHz and 474kHz bands - Flex Insider April 2014 Edition
The radio will also transmit on these bands, but not through the PA. The radio will transmit out the XVTR port (exciter) which you can then take to an outboard PA. Steve On Friday, May 16, 2014, vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: In the The Flex Insider April 2014 Edition it is stated Support for the 137kHz and 474kHz bands for amateurs that are licensed for those bands is part ot SmartSDR v1.2. What exactly does that mean? I would just assume that the new 6000 series rigs can receive those bands. Does this mean that they can transmit too if you are licensed for those bands? Zack N8FNR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz -- Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 6300 radio. Can it run Duplex?
Tom, Of course the FLEX-6300 only goes up to 54MHz so I assume you are talking about using 28-144, 28-432 transverters. Generally you would use a exciter port and a RX only port for this type of thing. The exciter port would go to the transmit band and then the RX port would go to the receive only port. The FLEX-6300 has two antenna ports (which go through the PA) and a XVTR port which is an XVTR/common port meaning it is intended for both the receive and transmit to be on the same port. The XVTR port provides exciter output (up to something like +7dBm or so -- I'd have to look at the specs). You could technically transmit out of ANT1 or ANT2 and then pad the output, but it will run through the PA so I wouldn't recommend this. I just think it's a bad way to do it. The other way would be to use XVTR as the exciter and then listen on ANT1 or 2, but if you accidentally transmitted with the PA on, you would fry your RX transverter. The final technical hurdle is that, today, on the FLEX-6300 we mute the receiver when in transmit as I recall. This could be changed, but I think that the real problem are the lack of ports to do full duplex that you want. Both the 6500 and 6700 are better setup to do this since they have the XVTR port along with a dedicated RX port. They also have the mute enabled for USB, but when we do transverter implementation we are likely to revisit this and remove this for transverted operation if it makes sense. This is probably not the answer you were looking for, but I believe this is the state of things currently. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Tom Gentry t.gen...@verizon.net wrote: The 6300 is a really nice nice nice radio. I am glad I lived long enough to see it. Question: If I had one could I run the Flex 6300 on cross band full duplex mode while using transverters for VHF/UHF operations? 73, Tom K5VOU ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Update on FlexRadio 6700 on air experience
Latency is the reason we have not yet enabled working over a VPN, but not the reason it doesn't work. We use a protocol that generally does not cross a VPN (on purpose). If you know what you are doing with networks, it can be made to work, but unless you have a low latency network (most home networking VPN would not fall in this category), you won't be pleased with the results. Plus there is no audio, so you could see but not hear yet. We will tackle remote in the future which necessarily includes latency compensation and remote audio. Steve On Thursday, June 13, 2013, Gregory Zenger [N2GZ] wrote: Steve, Im curious as to why, shouldn't the VPN be transparent between the radio and controlling computer? Is it a latency issue? -Greg -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] Update on FlexRadio 6700 on air experience
Steve, it will not run over a VPN today, by design. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.comhttps://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/732/?hr=1source=nahl=en Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Saturday, June 8, 2013, Steve Potter wrote: Even if it’s a LAN connection only at present, I suspect creating a VPN between your LAN and the remote LAN, will give you said effect and be no more insecure than having using it locally. (assuming you have an internet connection to your LAN via a decent firewall). This is always assuming the software will allow you to enter a different IP subnet from the gateways subnet Steve G6HOQ -Original Message- From: Flexedge [mailto:flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Richard Clafton Sent: 05 June 2013 13:48 To: Bob Kay; k8...@aol.com Cc: flexe...@flex-radio.biz; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] [Flexradio] Update on FlexRadio 6700 on air experience I understood this usage in the article to be LAN based with his shack on the other part of his property, not WAN and over the internet. But everything I read previously says internet remote usage will be coming in a later release when firewall and security has been nailed down. -Original Message- From: Bob Kay wa2...@gmail.com Sent: 6/5/2013 8:30 AM To: k8...@aol.com k8...@aol.com Cc: flexe...@flex-radio.biz flexe...@flex-radio.biz; flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Update on FlexRadio 6700 on air experience From what I'm reading, this describes a wired remote operation. Can the new flex radios be accessed truly remotely, via an Internet connection? On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, wrote: Stu, Happy to see I made your blog. You sounded great with your FLEX 6700 and KW. I was running barefoot with my FLEX 5000. It appears you didn't have to work too hard to hear me. Next time I'll put the big AMP on. 73, Bob K8MLM In a message dated 6/4/2013 1:51:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, s...@ridgelift.com javascript:; writes: Folks, Updated my blog this am with my latest on-air experiences with the FlexRadio 6700. http://bit.ly/18LFNl4 73 and enjoy! Stu K6TU ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz javascript:; http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. -- *Best 73 de WA2SQQ Elmwood Park, NJ The only dumb questions are those we don't ask* ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] Update on FlexRadio 6700 on air experience
Remote operation to be released in the future will include both audio and streaming panadapter. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.comhttps://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/732/?source=nahr=1hl=en Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, wrote: Don't see why not. Ten-Tec has been doing it with their Omni VII for years now. 73 Wayne K4ELO On Wed, Jun 5, 2013, at 02:27 PM, Jim Barber wrote: And to be perfectly clear, that IP remote operation will include the audio streams? I can't imagine it being otherwise, but I've been surprised before. Thanks, Jim N7CXI Sent from mobile wireless Original message From: Stu Phillips s...@ridgelift.com Date: 06/05/2013 11:34 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Bob Kay wa2...@gmail.com,k8...@aol.com Cc: flexe...@flex-radio.biz,flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Update on FlexRadio 6700 on air experience This is indeed a wired remote operation. As Tim has already follow up, Internet operation is both possible and a future enhancement for SmartSDR and the 6000 series. NOTE: I do operate this lot remotely using Skype or RemAud for audio. I use UltraVNC for remote control of the computer running either PowerSDR or SmartSDR. Stu K6TU From: Bob Kay wa2...@gmail.commailto:wa2...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 5:29 AM To: k8...@aol.commailto:k8...@aol.com k8...@aol.commailto:k8...@aol.com Cc: STU PHILLIPS s...@ridgelift.commailto:s...@ridgelift.com, Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.bizmailto:flexradio@flex-radio.biz, Flex Edge flexe...@flex-radio.bizmailto:flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Update on FlexRadio 6700 on air experience From what I'm reading, this describes a wired remote operation. Can the new flex radios be accessed truly remotely, via an Internet connection? On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, wrote: Stu, Happy to see I made your blog. You sounded great with your FLEX 6700 and KW. I was running barefoot with my FLEX 5000. It appears you didn't have to work too hard to hear me. Next time I'll put the big AMP on. 73, Bob K8MLM In a message dated 6/4/2013 1:51:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, s...@ridgelift.comjavascript:; writes: Folks, Updated my blog this am with my latest on-air experiences with the FlexRadio 6700. http://bit.ly/18LFNl4 73 and enjoy! Stu K6TU ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.bizjavascript:; http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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 Flex Insider
Tim, See below -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Tim Samaras tsama...@ecentral.com wrote: Tim (and folks at Flex:) I'm thrilled that a video has been posted about the operation of the new radio. I do have a question regarding the maximum bandwidth: The video demo suggested a 15 MHz coverage. Can it do more than 15 MHz? If so, what is the maximum frequency that it can cover? Will it cover 6 meters and beyond? When we announced the FLEX-6000 Signature Series radios, we promised double what we had under PowerSDR -- so 384kHz of bandwidth in the spectrum display. What we'll be delivering is a lot more -- something around 7MHz to either side of the center of the panadapter. You can slide the center of the panadapter anywhere the radio will tune and still see this bandwidth if you choose. We will also have a full bandwidth display that will show around 70MHz of bandwidth at once. The engineering team has worked hard to get the ~14MHz of bandwidth available for every receiver. We suspect that most will want to watch a full bandwidth display and a series of displays that are stretched to the width of the ham band they are centered on. Since the widest ham band is 4MHz (4m and below) we feel most will not stretch the display that wide for the most part, but the capability is there if you need it. Also, I'd like to point out that there is no penalty in client performance for wider bandwidths. This is a subtlety, but it is an important feature of the architecture we designed. The data sent to the client and the load on the client are the same regardless if you are looking at 15kHz or 15MHz of bandwidth in the panadapter. More typically, wide-band architectures must send more data to the client the wider the bandwidth and then the data is processed into the display. This has very negative performance implications for both local and especially remote operation. Instead of doing this (bombarding the client), we use the considerable processing power we built into the platform to use the extra data to build a cleaner display when more data is available. With this, we can achieve 30+ frames per second of display data across the entire 15kHz-15MHz range of bandwidth without burdening the client. Also, will there be a way to save each scan in a datafile to load to a spreadsheet, etc., so one can create 3d plots (amplitude vs frequency vs time)? It would be great to see/record the MUF change on a daily basis. Although possible, I'm guessing this option won't come out with the first release. The data to do this is available, of course. We recognize that there will be a number of great applications that our customers come up with as time progresses -- this is certainly one. Some of these will be so compelling for a large group that we will want to make them available to everyone in a software update. Others will appeal to niches of users and we expect that the API which we will make available will be a good way to get access to the data and to build displays like this. :) Tim Samaras WJ0G On 12/29/12 6:15 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: Greg, A keen observation. What you are observing is the different band specific preselectors automatically engaging and disengaging as the HD spectrum view (panadapter) and slice RX are manipulated within the sampled RF spectrum. In the video shown, there is only one frame rate (averaging) being shown no mater the width of the panadapter, so it isn't an effect of FFT averaging. You will be able to select different frame rates to smooth out or make the spectrum display less real time if you want a less busy display. Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln, Suite 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 12/29/2012 1:31 AM, Greg wrote: Ditto Ernest's remarks. I did wonder what setting is different between the hi-res snapshot and the video with regard to the noise floor. In the pic the floor is almost smooth as described in the text but the video shows a much more active NF. Is this simply due to different averaging settings? Really looking forward to getting this marvel in the shack. 73 and HNY Greg On Dec 28, 2012 9:24 PM, Ernest Garciaw...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank you Gerald for keeping us abreast of the current work on the Signature Series radio. And at the same time thanking Tim for his detail explanation on the working of the radio hook-up. But saving the best for last; the First
Re: [Flexradio] has the Flex contingent to Dayton selected a hotel?
It will be in the Dayton Grand just like last year and we will have a banquet festivities on Saturday night (May 18th). More info as we get closer to Dayton. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Click Here for PGP Public Keyhttps://sites.google.com/a/flex-radio.com/pgp-public-keys/n5ac *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.comwrote: I am sure there will be one on Saturday evening. Tim Ellison On 12/26/2012 9:26 AM, bill wrote: And will there be any evening meet and greet events? I'm trying to get there. __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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] Virtual RF recordings with the 6000?
There will be a way to do this, but it will come after the radio has shipped. In other words, this is not a day 1 deliverable in the software. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Jerry Flanders jefland...@comcast.netwrote: Will we be able to makeVirtual RF recordings with SmartSDR and a 6000 radio? I mean like the I/Q recordings we can make now with PowerSDR and the current hardware? Jerry W4UK __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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] 6000 series GPSDXO and active antenna
Yes. Is supports both 3.3v and 5v active antennas. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.comhttps://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/732/?source=naver=1.3hr=1hl=en Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Friday, August 17, 2012, Andrew Russell wrote: Hi to all.Does the GPS option for the 6000 series support active antennas?Andrew ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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 ?
OK, let's hold on a sec here guys. There's all kinds of concepts and language that do not match the architecture of the radio being bandied about. Here are the facts: 1. In the architecture a slice receiver is a complete full functioning receiver. 2. There are no concepts in the architecture such as sub receiver or multi watch. These terms are appropriate for receiver systems where the additional receiver is not an equal partner in the architecture. For example, if there is a restriction that is be on the same band or within so many kHz of the original receiver. Again, each slice receiver is a full receiver and an equal partner with other slice receivers in the architecture. In SmartSDR, you just create another slice receiver when you need one. 3. A slice receiver may be used to produce some combination of demodulated audio stream, a panadapter and an I/Q data stream out of the radio. There is a limit on how much I/Q data we can send out and you can ingest in your computer, but the basic capability exists in the radio. 4. We do not have plans to further sub-divide slice receivers. This is important for several reasons: the main one is that the architecture needs stability and today's client programmers need to write something that will be compatible with tomorrow's radio without major changes. The slice receiver has been defined as the atomic receiver element in the architecture. 5. Each SCU is a complete set of filters, preamplifier/attenuator and ADC. Slice receivers are mapped to SCUs and they inherit the capabilities of that SCU. Demodulation and final filtering (the passband you see in the display of the panadapter) are done inside the slice receiver and each slice receiver is totally independent in this regard. 6. An SCU must be connected to one and only one antenna port. So if you have two SCUs (FLEX-6700) you can place slice receivers on two antennas 7. Slice receivers may be placed on any SCU. This means that you may have all eight slice receivers on a single SCU (and therefore antenna) if you desire. 8. We have done basic performance testing on the data side of the house. We like what we see, but it will be a couple of months before we can state definitively what data rates in and out of the radio we will be supporting. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Tim Ellison, W4TME t...@flex-radio.comwrote: Yes, they will be totally independent receivers' Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln, Suite 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 5/24/2012 6:00 PM, David Painter wrote: Will each of the 8/4 slices in the 6700/6500 be capable of supporting multiwatch/mutireceivers with independent mode/filters etc??? __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Frequency coverage of 6000 rxvr?
30kHz... 0.03MHz. Thanks for catching this. Steve On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Jerry Flanders wrote: The 6000 brochure states freq coverage of rxvr as 0.03 MHz to 77 MHz on page 3 but from 0.3 MHz to 77 MHz on page 6. Which is it? Thanks Jerry W4UK __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] 6000 Series SOFTWARE Questions
The guys at Mono wanted 10% of our profits to license it for use. I literally laughed at them. I've written a lot of Java. To say that I'm not fond of Java would be a tremendous understatement. Steve On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:37 AM, N7BCP n7bcp.la...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: Regarding the question about language used to develop the win client, there is a well supported .Net runtime for Linux (FreeBSD OSX too I think) called Mono so some modules written in C# could run on multiple platforms. Although there are several languages that target .Net, the tools support for C# is the best. Don't know if there is a Mono equivalent for WPF. Also, since the console is not doing any processing of the signal, it would be quite easy to craft a universal console display in Java. That would run equally well on Windows, Linux, MacOS, and the other Unix variants. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com javascript:; +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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 GPSDO option in the 6000
The GPSDO is a TCXO that is disciplined by a GPS receiver. The radio switches to the GPSDO when it is present. The GPSDO remains on in the radio even when the main power is turned off to maintain the high stability oscillator and the GPS lock (unless overridden by the user). Steve On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jerry Flanders jefland...@comcast.netjavascript:; wrote: From page 5 of the 6000 brochure: When the GPSDO option is not installed, the FLEX-6700 and FLEX- 6700R come standard with a ±0.02ppm Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) and the FLEX-6500 comes with at ±0.5ppm Temperature Controlled Crystal Oscillator (TCXO). So if I buy the GPSDO option, I lose the OXCO/TCXO Does the GPSDO take up the space otherwise occupied by the OXCO/TCXO? I would assume that the GPS receiver is disciplining the OCXO, not replacing it. If you replace that nice oscillator you would probably reduce the phase noise performance. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com javascript:; +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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 GPSDO option in the 6000
1. The OCXO or TCXO (depending on your radio, FLEX-6700 or FLEX-6500, respectively) are soldered to the board and do not go away with the GPSDO. They are just not used. 2. Phase noise of the oscillator is not particularly important as it goes through a jitter cleaner. It is a reference, not a base oscillator. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste x-apple-data-detectors://0 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 x-apple-data-detectors://1/0 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Jerry Flanders wrote: Read your ad copy - it seems to say that the OXCO is not included when one orders the GPSDO option. Is the OXCO/TCXO included irregardless of the option order? Jerry W4UK At 05:44 PM 5/20/2012, you wrote: The GPSDO is a TCXO that is disciplined by a GPS receiver. The radio switches to the GPSDO when it is present. The GPSDO remains on in the radio even when the main power is turned off to maintain the high stability oscillator and the GPS lock (unless overridden by the user). Steve On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jerry Flanders jefland...@comcast.net wrote: From page 5 of the 6000 brochure: When the GPSDO option is not installed, the FLEX-6700 and FLEX- 6700R come standard with a ±0.02ppm Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) and the FLEX-6500 comes with at ±0.5ppm Temperature Controlled Crystal Oscillator (TCXO). So if I buy the GPSDO option, I lose the OXCO/TCXO Does the GPSDO take up the space otherwise occupied by the OXCO/TCXO? I would assume that the GPS receiver is disciplining the OCXO, not replacing it. If you replace that nice oscillator you would probably reduce the phase noise performance. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz http://mail.**flex-radio.biz/mailman/**listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.** bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ ht**tp://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/http**://kc.flexradio.com/http://kc.flexradio.com/Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/htt**p://www.flexradio.com/http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: mailto:st...@flexradio.comst...@flexradio.com Web: http://www.flexradio.com/www**.flexradio.comhttp://www.flexradio.com [] Tune In Excitement™ PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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 GPSDO option in the 6000
Perhaps we are not asking about the same thing. I've not seen a GPSDO on a single IC. Steve On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Jay Grizzard wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 07:08:27PM -0500, Stephen Hicks, N5AC wrote: 1. The OCXO or TCXO (depending on your radio, FLEX-6700 or FLEX-6500, respectively) are soldered to the board and do not go away with the GPSDO. They are just not used. Given that a pretty decent GPSDO IC w/ 10MHz out can be hand for (well) under $100, and requires very little extra circuitry to use... what are you doing extra with your board that makes it cost so much more? Those chips are cheaper than a OCXO, even. Just curious. -jay -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] Gps
The on-board optional GPS serves two key purposes: 1) Long-term short-term frequency stability (GPSDO) 2) Capability for unique time-sensitive applications The first is obvious -- the 10 MHz out of the GPS is used as a reference for the master 983.04MHz oscillator which determines the frequency stability of the radio. The second is more subtle. The GPS' 1PPS and serial are used together to obtain a high accuracy time correlation for RF data across multiple FLEX-6000 Signature Series radios. Initially, only number one above will be realized in software. But future software will have the capability of RF data with high-precision time correlation at its disposal. Imagine what is possible ;-) Order of operations is: 1) make it work, 2) do something cool. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.comhttps://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/732/?source=nahl=en Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: Is there going to be nmea and pps out from the gps to the main board. I am asking because if pps was sent to a hardware pin and nmea was sent serial to the mainboaed it woul also make a great high precision ntp server. SMOP! (Small matter of programming.) They have to have a channel from the housekeeping processor to configure and initialize the GPS receiver so you know that channel exists. OTOH, they might not use the 1PPS. But if they are at all like me, they would have routed it to the housekeeping processor somehow just-in-case. So far, they seem to think a lot like I do. (Probably because we all tend to want the same things.) So ... -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com javascript:; +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] Gps
You may use an external GPSDO for the #1 capability I listed. You may not use one for the #2 capability for several reasons. Does this help? Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Jerry Flanders jefland...@comcast.netwrote: Many of us already have GPSDO capability - can we use our external GPSDO 10 MHz source with the 6000 like we presently do with the 5000 and 1500? Does the internal one provide any additional functions that our external one does not? Jerry W4UK At 04:09 PM 5/19/2012, Stephen Hicks, N5AC wrote: The on-board optional GPS serves two key purposes: 1) Long-term short-term frequency stability (GPSDO) 2) Capability for unique time-sensitive applications The first is obvious -- the 10 MHz out of the GPS is used as a reference for the master 983.04MHz oscillator which determines the frequency stability of the radio. The second is more subtle. The GPS' 1PPS and serial are used together to obtain a high accuracy time correlation for RF data across multiple FLEX-6000 Signature Series radios. Initially, only number one above will be realized in software. But future software will have the capability of RF data with high-precision time correlation at its disposal. Imagine what is possible ;-) Order of operations is: 1) make it work, 2) do something cool. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.comhttps://**mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/** 732/?source=nahl=enhttps://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/732/?source=nahl=en Web: www.flexradio.com __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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] Gps
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Jerry Flanders wrote: Photos of the 6000 backside show an RCA jack labelled ALC. Is this a conventional hardware ALC line that allows an external amp to cut the 6000's drive power back if the amp detects an overdrive situation? Yes What is the polarity of the ALC voltage required (I think negative-going to cut back is conventional)? Negative What range of ALC voltage is it designed for (I think most rigs operate in the range of 0 to aprx -10)? I believe 0 to -4V Steve Thanks Jerry W4UK -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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 6000 Family Dynamic Range
Clay, Just in rough numbers, you get a 1/2-bit for every divide-by-two decimation you do. If you are looking at dynamic range in a 500Hz bandwidth (this is what we typically do). The math I generally use to get there is log(f1/f2)/log(2)/2. I just think this way as a programmer (do everything in base 2). So if you take log(245.76E6/500)/log(2)/2 you get 9.4 extra bits when added to the 16 gives you 25.5 bits (152.7dB dynamic range). This assumes all 16-bits of the ADC are good which is probably not a good assumption. I'd have to pull out the notes and look at the data sheet again, but this should give you a rough idea. Hopefully I haven't made an additional duh today myself! Bottom line -- there's plenty of dynamic range. Also, if you are interested, we are using Xilinx DSP48E1 blocks which use an 18x25 multiplier and so Xilinx tools generate the on-board DDS as a 25-bit DDS by default --- again to preserve the SFDR of the receiver. We could add extra bits, but 25 are fine for the same reason. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Clay W7CE w...@curtiss.net wrote: Hi Bob, If it's OK with everyone, I'd like to count this as my oh duh moment for today (my target is no more than one per day). I wasn't thinking about decimation. However, assuming a bandwidth of 192 kHz and a sample rate of 245 MHz, doesn't that only give an extra 5 bits or so of effective resolution? That still leaves us 3 bits short of the 5000A ADC, which still means 18 dB less dynamic range. Maybe I missed it in the PDF file, but I didn't see a dynamic range spec. 73, Clay W7CE On 5/18/2012 3:44 PM, Robert McGwier wrote: Clay : The difference is more than made up in the the fact that the new AD operates at 245 MHz and the old AD is 200 kHz and you get huge processing gain in the downsample and filter process greatly increases the dynamic range. Bob On May 18, 2012 4:46 PM, Clay W7CE w...@curtiss.net mailto: w...@curtiss.net wrote: Did anyone else notice that the receivers on the 6500 and 6700 use a 16-bit ADC rather than 24-bit like the 5000A? That reduces the dynamic range by up to 48 dB (same dynamic range as the 1500). That will probably be fine on HF, but I already have occasional problems with ADC saturation on 6M when locals (within 25 miles) running 1500 watts are transmitting in the 96 or 192kHz bandpass of my current frequency. Of course, I can eliminate the saturation by turning off my preamp, but then I can't hear the weak station I was trying to work. 73, Clay W7CE __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz mailto:FlexRadio@flex-radio.**bizFlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_** flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5007 - Release Date: 05/18/12 __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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] Some 6700 questions
Greg, See below Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Greg a...@cablespeed.com wrote: Order is placed but I was thinking about some setup issues and wondering if anyone here has any details. 1. I believe the audio in/out is processed over the network, correct? The radio has mic and speaker connections. When these are used, no audio goes over the network. This is what will be in the software when the radio is first shipped. 2. How much router setup is involved or is it done automatically? Is the setup similar to the remoteRig process? This is still TBD, but we have had many conversation about how to make this very simple. Simplicity is a key design goal for the radio and the software. 3. With all the IO on the radio, how is CW keying accomplished if I want to use a key at the control location? Do I need something like a K1EL USB keyer that connects to the SDR software? When the radio is first shipped, the key will need to be plugged into the radio. Remote will obviously have to be handled differently. 4. How is TX audio handled at the control location? Does it use the soundcard mic input and pass that over the network to the radio? Same as #1. Audio is kept inside the radio for the first release 5. Is the a provision to work with VAC for CW Skimmer or do you think Skimmer will (eventually) talk directly to the 6700 as it does the QS1R to be able to decode multiple bands at a time? We are working on the details of all of this as we speak. More details as they become available. Rest assured, we recognize that digital modes are extremely important for this radio. 6. Software updates - Not too fond of this but I can understand it I guess. BUT I am concerned that I may have to pay for updates to get basic advertised functions that are not implemented yet at the time of initial shipping...such as remote over the internet (not just the LAN). IMO any subscription for updates should commence AFTER all the functionality is implemented and working correctlyTHEN you can pay for new features and updates. We agree with this in principal. This is one reason why those that sign up for the limited edition will receive two years of software updates included instead of just one. 7. CAT compatability with loggers...is this going to use the same FLEX 5K protocol or something totally different where software authors are going to have to add another radio script? CAT is too popular and important to ignore. We are building a CAT interface. However, we would be delighted to see the community realize that CAT is a kludge and needs to be replaced. We will have our own control language for the radio (spoken between the client and the radio). We would also be interested in other well considered standards that emerge to take the place of CAT. Thanks! 73 Greg AB7R ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] Will there be a yearly charge for future PSDR releases for non-6000 owners?
This is probably going to sound counter-intuitive on the surface, but I would like to communicate this message: You WANT us to charge for software updates. Why? When you purchase a radio, it is an investment. It is in your best interest for us to continue to create software innovations that will make your radio more and more capable. If we do this, your radio will stay current with technology (within reason) with new software and it will retain it's value and continue to be a source of enjoyment for years to come. We have shown that this is what we want to do as a company by doing it -- we want to innovate and we want to provide you with the best technology we can. We love hearing our customers thank us for getting to download a new radio. I can't begin to tell you all the ideas that we have and how excited we are about delivering on those ideas. Now if you figure that we can provide 'x' improvement over the years, but with a small investment from most people in the community, there is a multiplicative effect: your dollars are multiplied by all others who also buy and give you leverage in getting more advanced features that make your radio more fun and help it retain value by staying current. In effect, you get '10x' or some multiplier on your investment of a software update. Our objective is for you to say YES, I want that update because if has a lot of new features and is well worth the $200 FlexRadio is charging. If this is not the case, we know you won't buy. There is another effect here -- we know that we have to build what you want or we won't be able to sell it. By charging, it places more control in your hands, albeit indirectly. I believe that you want new, cool, useful, advanced features and I know that we want to give them to you. For us to be able to do more, quicker, takes money to pay more engineers. These engineers will, in turn, develop those new features. While it would be better if we developed and gave away software indefinitely for free, it is not realistic. I believe that you want us to charge for software. 73, Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.comwrote: At this time it is not. We will have to evaluate the business case to see of that is viable. -Tim --- Sent from my mobile phone On May 18, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Ed Wilson ed.wil...@ymail.com wrote: Tim, Are you at liberty to let us know whether SmartSDR will be compatible with the current line of Flex radios or will they continue to be driven by PowerSDR? Ed, K0KC From: Tim Ellison t.m.ellison...@gmail.com To: Alan NV8A n...@charter.net Cc: FlexRadio Reflector FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Will there be a yearly charge for future PSDR releases for non-6000 owners? It is company policy not to speculate or discuss future software and hardware products before their release do I am not at liberty to comment. -Tim --- Sent from my mobile phone On May 18, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Alan NV8A n...@charter.net wrote: interesting wording. What about versions beyond 2.0? 73 Alan NV8A On 05/18/12 09:52 am, Tim Ellison wrote: There is no plan to charge for PowerSDR v2.0 releases Tim Ellison On 5/18/2012 8:18 AM, vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: Since there will be a $200 charge for sofware releases for the 6000 series will there also be a charge for all of the models below them? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] CW Transmitted Waveform on 1500
You should see an FFT of the tone being transmitted. At some point, this was not working for the 1500 and we noticed it recently and fixed the problem. You should only see one tone in the panadapter generally, but you may also see skirts, etc way below the actual signal being transmitted. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 22:28, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: I believe this is a display anomaly and a bug report has been entered for it. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Toal Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:29 PM To: Clark Macaulay Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CW Transmitted Waveform on 1500 I see the same thing with 2.0.16 and a 5000A. Since it looked like it may be transmitting two tones I had two other hams listen to the signal. It was clean, not transmitting what the panadapter displayed. Actually, it would be nice if the panadapter displayed something more useful during transmit in all modes even if it required an outboard sampler. Ed On 12/14/2010 8:29 PM, Clark Macaulay wrote: A recent post indicated that when transmitting CW, the panadapter should show flat line in the transmit mode. Mine doesn't. Before upgrading to 2.0.16 it did show a flat line. Now it shows a distorted signal similar to a spectrum plot. For the life of me I can't determine why; is there a button I should have clicked (or un-clicked)? 72, Clark WU4B ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Questions about external reference oscillators
Dave, Just FYI, When I multiply an oscillator to 10GHz, this problem is significantly exacerbated. When I used a crystal oscillator in my rig I could literally blow on the metal box (10GHz rig) while listening to a tone and hear the radio wander off frequency. 5Hz of wander at 10MHz = 5kHz at 10GHz so you hear signals exit the passband of the radio as the temp changes! From the research I did, I found that the typical specs on TCXOs tend to be very conservative -- what typically happens is that they are more stable in the center of the temp range (less df/dT) than on the ends of it. Locking your LO to a 10MHz reference locked to GPS, Rubidium, etc. fixes this problem. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 06:51, David McClain d...@refined-audiometrics.comwrote: OMG!! I found the cause of the oscillator wander! Just to be absolutely sure that I'm comparing apples with apples, I put all three radio audio outputs into an audio mixer and then fed the resulting mix into one soundcard, feeding SpectrumLab. The radios were all tuned to 9.985 MHz to give a 1500 Hz tone on the main carrier of WWV. The Flex was offset +5 Hz, and the QS1R was offset -5 Hz, with the Icom Pro3 centered. I was watching this slow drift unfold over time, and then a curious coincidence happened... The Icom stayed centered while the Flex and the QS1R nearly simultaneously began a rapid shift (in opposite directions). And after about 15 minutes, they both reached their maximum deviation in frequency and then began a slower drift back toward their originally assigned frequency offsets. Um yeah I watched this occur repeatedly. The QS1R would move a minute or so before the Flex 3K, and it would move farther in frequency, but both moved essentially together. What is happening at 45 minute intervals that would affect both radios at the same time??? I live in Tucson. The radios are on a desktop in a far corner of a rather large living room. Sure enough, whenever the central air conditioning cycled on, blowing cold air from a distant ceiling vent, that is when the radios began their rapid sawtooth rise. And when the central air finished its roughly 5 minute period of blowing, that's when both radios reached their peak departures and then began a slow drift back to their assigned offsets. Dang!!! I guess there is about a 5-10 degree variation. I see about 4 Hz variation in the Flex3K, and about 5-6 Hz in the QS1R. And that is what is causing my weird TCXO sawtooths. I see about 4 Hz variation in the Flex3K, and about 5-6 Hz in the QS1R. The IC756 is so well insulated that it hardly registers any change down inside the case. The QS1R is very small and has a lower thermal mass than the Flex3K, and that's why it begins showing about 1 minutes before the Flex3K. But the QS1R and the Flex3K are absolutely phase locked to the thermal cycling induced by the central air conditioner. Cold air was blowing directly across the radios... Thought you might want to know. - de Dave, N7AIG Dr. David McClain Chief Technical Officer Refined Audiometrics Laboratory 4391 N. Camino Ferreo Tucson, AZ 85750 email: d...@refined-audiometrics.com phone: 1.520.390.3995 web: http://refined-audiometrics.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] 160m 2.4 KHz spur
We have been working this issue the last couple of weeks and we have some more work to do these next couple of weeks. Please shoot me a note in a couple of weeks to check on our status if you haven't heard from me. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 23:06, Ed Stallman n...@airmail.net wrote: 6M season is gone, now it's time to prepare for the 160 m . season which will start about the end of Sept. for us in the south. My question is will the 2.4Khz spur be fixed in the Flex 5000a by that time ? Ed ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Reference clock
We use these (Fury) in our commercial products (CDRX and SERX) and I am extremely familiar with them. I also run all of my transverters off of a 10MHz reference in my rover. The Fury is *way* overkill for what you want to do. You should be able to solve your problem for a couple of hundred dollars tops. I run an HP GPSDO that I paid $100 for and I have two 10MHz references I paid $40 for that are not GPS locked. Steve On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 18:39, Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com wrote: Checking to see how many would be interested in a group buy on a desktop 10 Mhz reference. Fury GPSDO desktop source http://www.jackson-labs.com/products_fury.html I am pretty sure I can get a good price if I get 20+ people to commit. The one off price is like $1500 but i am sure i can get a much much better price. Doc, kx0o Sent from my iPad ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 initial set-up
Bob, VOX is not going to work on the FLEX-1500 and we will be removing it from visibility in PowerSDR at some point (for this radio). The design for this radio has one I/Q channel out and one in for the radio. During receive, the data on the IN channel (radio to computer) is filled with RX data and so there is no path for voice data. When you PTT, everything switches and the IN path becomes mic audio and the OUT path becomes TX IQ data. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement™ PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:10, k9...@comcast.net wrote: I now have ASIO running and it sounds even better than Windows WDM-KS. Don't know what I changed, and Tim did advise that the audio drivers are still a work in progress. Having previously used the SDR-1000, Genesis G40 G3020, G59 (currently), and the Lazy Dog LD-1A (currently), the Flex-1500 has been the easiest set-up and the best one to operate. VOX is still not working but PTT is fine. Cheers, Bob, k9foh. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 Shipping
We dropped another batch of FLEX-1500s in the mail today ... and we'll be doing it again tomorrow ... Steve On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 14:34, Don Sachnoff d...@kx9q.net wrote: Got a recorded message from UPS today letting me know I will be receiving a shipment tomorrow and that someone has to be present to sign for the package. I can only assume it is the 1500 as I also received notification my charge card was charged the amount of the order. Now I have to rush to get my new PC up and running. It has Windows 7 Home (64b) and I prefer to use Win 7 Pro (32b). Don - kx9q ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 Shipping
If you followed FlexRadioSystem on twitter, you could actually see the stacks of boxes go out the door ;-) Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement™ PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 15:33, Tim N9PUZ tim.n9...@gmail.com wrote: There is mention on the Flex 1500 forums that people are receiving emails to authorize billing for their Flex 1500 orders. A couple have mentioned they ordered 12-18 months ago. It would be cool if Flex could periodically comment on the dates orders that are shipping each week were placed. Nothing fancy, just something like shipping orders from August 2009, etc. 73, Tim N9PUZ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Wow, the F3K receiver is HOT on 6 meters
My son Ryan (W5RSH), 13, sat in the back seat of my rover all weekend and worked six on the F3K (I'd send a picture but I don't think it'd make it through the reflector). I don't have the log in front of me, be he worked something like 90 grids and 175 contacts. This was his second time on 6m and the first time working the FlexRadio. I showed him how to adjust the AGC-T where the noise level is easy to listen to and signals just pop out of the radio. It was so much fun to watch him see signals on the waterfall, click on them and work the guys. Those of you that have done this know what I mean when I say: Can you imagine using any other radio to run six meters? Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement™ PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 17:48, Mark Lunday wd4...@triad.rr.com wrote: Me too, looking at averaging mode Mark Lunday, WD4ELG wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com http://wd4elg.net From: Gerald Youngblood [mailto:ger...@flex-radio.com] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM To: Tim Ellison Cc: Mark Lunday; Clay W7CE; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Wow, the F3K receiver is HOT on 6 meters I was watching the panadapter in averaging mode. Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Central States Conf in St Louis/July 22-24
Mine will be ;-) It's typical for the conferences to collect the presentations and make them available online. I will say that the conferences are hard to put on and are done by volunteers so this is not a guarantee, but most presenters will give you a copy if the conference doesn't get around to getting them online. Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: st...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement™ PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 17:30, Jon Maguire w1...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Mel, Will this (and other) presentations be available to the masses after the conference? Thanks. 73... Jon W1MNK On 6/15/2010 2:59 PM, Mel Whitten wrote: CSVHF Society Conference Flex Radio's Steve Hicks, N5AC will be presenting a paper on the Flex1500 as an IF for VHF and Micowave Transverters Mel, K0PFX Technical Program Chairman -- Central States VHF Society Conference, St. Louis, MO July 22nd to 24Th The Central States VHF Society holds a Technical Conference once a year. The goal of the conference is to raise the technical level of amateurs by providing a forum for presenting technical papers relating to VHF, UHF, and Microwave, to provide a focal point for the discussion on operating practices and procedures, on exploration of modes such as EME, MS, Satellite, FAI, E-skip, etc. and other topics that promote operation on Amateur bands above 50MHz. The conference offers Antenna Ranges for testing your VHF thru Microwave Antenna, and also Noise Figure/Gain Measurements for your Preamps and Transverters. Don't miss the Friday Evening Flea Market, where you will find great bargains on goodies for VHF/UHF. You can get all the Details at: http://www.csvhfs.org/conference/index.html Special Room Rates at the Conference Hotel expire on June 26, 2010 Reservations for the Thursday Night River Boat Dinner Cruise expire July 7th, 2010 Mark your calendars and Register Early. Thanks to those of you that have already registered. 73, John WB9PNU Vice President CSVHF Society ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New F3K off to a Great Start
Thanks, Bill. It's comments like this that keep us working on all the new stuff! Steve On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:11, Bill Nicolson k2...@hotmail.com wrote: Working in IT I'm use to the fact that no one calls you up to tell you how great their computer/cell phone/etc is working, all I get is the problems and questions. I just wanted to congratulate everyone at FlexRadio Systems for great product, the Flex-3000! With some help from the Knowledge Center on Firewire cards and interfacing my W2IHY 8-band EQ to the F3K, I'm up and running. I've made a number contacts and can't believe the performance of this fine rig. Thank You, Bill Nicolson - K2rig Fists #2016 NJQRP #068 NAQCC #3729 SKCC #5469 http://mysite.verizon.net/k2rig/ _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Dayton SDR Forum speaker list, times
Bob, the forum was awesome this year -- thanks for organizing it and thanks to all the speakers for their presentations. The room was jam packed, literally standing room only and flowing out into the hallway. My rough count was 225 people. Steve On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 06:09, Robert McGwier rwmcgw...@gmail.com wrote: Dayton SDR Forum is exciting this year. 4/5 of the talks are about HPSDR-related and that is good with a great list of speakers. Friday, 2:30-5 PM Gerald Youngblood, Flex updates 2:30 Lyle Johnson, Embedded Processors for SDR 3:00 John Melton, SDR GUI 3:30 Scott Cowling, HPSDR update 4:00 Jeremy McDermond, MacHPSDR 4:30 Bob McGwier N4HY ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using alpha and beta versions of the software. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Phones
Our phones are down this morning due to an IP address change, unannounced, from our ISP. We are working to correct the problem. Unfortunately, the VoIP provider is returning phones disconnected rather than reorder, etc. Steve ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Phones
We're back up...phone working. Steve On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:06, Stephen Hicks, N5AC st...@flex-radio.comwrote: Our phones are down this morning due to an IP address change, unannounced, from our ISP. We are working to correct the problem. Unfortunately, the VoIP provider is returning phones disconnected rather than reorder, etc. Steve ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] FlexRadio Phone System
As you may know, FlexRadio has been steadily growing over the last few years. One of the items we have outgrown is our existing telephone infrastructure. As part of some upgrades we made late last year, we purchased and installed a VoIP-based phone system to enable better customer service. It went live last week and we are working out some bugs in the system now. Please be patient with us as we try to figure everything out. If you have trouble getting to anyone inside, please try again (or additionally you could shoot me an email so we know what the issue is). We have very detailed call logs and are studying them every day to understand where issues are cropping up and we are tuning the system to make it work better. Ultimately this system allows us to add resources easily to areas where we need help without completely rearranging our phone system and also allows us to quickly reroute calls when personnel are out of the office. It will be a little bumpy for the next week while we work the kinks out, but ultimately this will help us serve you better. Thanks, Steve ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Fwd: Flex-3000 and PACTOR-III?
Attached are some of the instructions ... additionally I was using 96kHz with a 2048 buffer in the driver as I recall ... the 512 was just set for DIGU mode I think (not 100% sure here). I uploaded the cable specs, but it did not make it through the reflector so Tim is going to post these in the knowledge base and they should be up this weekend. Steve, N5AC On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 14:27, Stephen Hicks, N5AC st...@flex-radio.comwrote: Folks, I have successfully run PACTOR III from a PTC-IIpro through my FlexRadio 3000. I was surprised to find that it was easier to get a Speedlevel 6 connection also. Using my other radio (IC-7000), I routinely would get a SL4 (2800) connection, but extremely rare SL6. I suspect this is due to the superior IMD3 capabilities of the FlexRadio 3000 since PACTOR III is a multi-carrier protocol. I've attached the cable information. I have also talked with Farallon and they have made a cable which I will be verifying this week and they should begin stocking them if you would prefer to purchase rather than construct one. HOW TO: Since the modem, itself, has internal DSP and compensates for its own delay, the use of deep PowerSDR buffers is not necessary for PACTOR use (they will also cause unacceptable delay). To reduce the buffers, select Setup in PowerSDR and then the DSP tab. Selection the Options tab inside the DSP window. There are three Buffer Size groups. Reduce the buffer size for Digital down to around 512 for both TX and RX. This configuration has been tested and works well, but depending on your particular operating environment you may want to raise one of these slightly. Now, since the audio from the modem is coming in through the FlexWire connector, you will need to tell PowerSDR to use audio from the FlexWire cable. Select FlexWire In as the input audio. You will also need FlexWire Out selected, but it should be selected by default. This is in the mixer setting in PowerSDR Finally, you will probably want radio software such as AirMail to control the radio. To do this, you will need to download com0com and setup a virtual com-port. com0com can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com/ You will need to setup a port pair such as COM20 -- COM21. Then enable this in PowerSDR by selecting one of these COM ports in the CAT control setup, select 57600 for the baud rate and then check the enable CAT box: In your radio program, be sure to select the other side of the COM port and the correct radio type (as you can see above, I've selected TS-2000 and so in AirMail I would select Kenwood as the radio type). Finally, when you test transmit, you will need to do an adjustment on the mic audio in the mode-specific controls box. You can watch the mic indicator by selecting the TX Meter drop-down and selecting mic. You are shooting for something at or just below 0 dBm. 73, Steve, N5AC On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 14:07, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Ray Andrews, K9DURk9...@rnacs.com wrote: Brian, I apologize. Your are correct. I leapt without looking at the manual. I did not realize that Flex had included the audio in/out lines on the FlexWire connector. Oops! No worries. Now if only they have put PTT there as well ... 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Fwd: Flex-3000 and PACTOR-III?
You can force it by setting the long path in Airmail, but I would try lowering the buffers in the driver (through control panel) Steve Sent from Steve's iPhone On Jun 20, 2009, at 20:35, Gary Strong gwstr...@verizon.net wrote: The mixer setting for FlexWire made the difference, and I got TX as well as RX. TX certainly works since the called PMBO answers me. I can see a nice strong signal on the reply, but no joy in establishment of a connection. I think the latency may be a tad long even with 512 buffers. I tried both DIGU and USB just to be sure. Will try other settings tomorrow, but seems to be just a matter of catching the return data pulse which I'm not doing even though I see the tune lights stabilized on the modem upon receiving the data pulses as I think I should. Gary AI4IN -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Stephen Hicks, N5AC Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 5:40 PM To: Brian Lloyd Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Fwd: Flex-3000 and PACTOR-III? Attached are some of the instructions ... additionally I was using 96kHz with a 2048 buffer in the driver as I recall ... the 512 was just set for DIGU mode I think (not 100% sure here). I uploaded the cable specs, but it did not make it through the reflector so Tim is going to post these in the knowledge base and they should be up this weekend. Steve, N5AC On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 14:27, Stephen Hicks, N5AC st...@flex-radio.comwrote: Folks, I have successfully run PACTOR III from a PTC-IIpro through my FlexRadio 3000. I was surprised to find that it was easier to get a Speedlevel 6 connection also. Using my other radio (IC-7000), I routinely would get a SL4 (2800) connection, but extremely rare SL6. I suspect this is due to the superior IMD3 capabilities of the FlexRadio 3000 since PACTOR III is a multi-carrier protocol. I've attached the cable information. I have also talked with Farallon and they have made a cable which I will be verifying this week and they should begin stocking them if you would prefer to purchase rather than construct one. HOW TO: Since the modem, itself, has internal DSP and compensates for its own delay, the use of deep PowerSDR buffers is not necessary for PACTOR use (they will also cause unacceptable delay). To reduce the buffers, select Setup in PowerSDR and then the DSP tab. Selection the Options tab inside the DSP window. There are three Buffer Size groups. Reduce the buffer size for Digital down to around 512 for both TX and RX. This configuration has been tested and works well, but depending on your particular operating environment you may want to raise one of these slightly. Now, since the audio from the modem is coming in through the FlexWire connector, you will need to tell PowerSDR to use audio from the FlexWire cable. Select FlexWire In as the input audio. You will also need FlexWire Out selected, but it should be selected by default. This is in the mixer setting in PowerSDR Finally, you will probably want radio software such as AirMail to control the radio. To do this, you will need to download com0com and setup a virtual com-port. com0com can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com/ You will need to setup a port pair such as COM20 -- COM21. Then enable this in PowerSDR by selecting one of these COM ports in the CAT control setup, select 57600 for the baud rate and then check the enable CAT box: In your radio program, be sure to select the other side of the COM port and the correct radio type (as you can see above, I've selected TS-2000 and so in AirMail I would select Kenwood as the radio type). Finally, when you test transmit, you will need to do an adjustment on the mic audio in the mode-specific controls box. You can watch the mic indicator by selecting the TX Meter drop-down and selecting mic. You are shooting for something at or just below 0 dBm. 73, Steve, N5AC On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 14:07, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Ray Andrews, K9DURk9...@rnacs.com wrote: Brian, I apologize. Your are correct. I leapt without looking at the manual. I did not realize that Flex had included the audio in/out lines on the FlexWire connector. Oops! No worries. Now if only they have put PTT there as well ... 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex
