Re: [Flexradio] 58 Degrees and rising ....
Hi Dudley, Thanks for the reply. Interesting you say the default for the fans is 70c, all the versions of PSDR I have used have had it set to 40c by default. If I start the temperature widget immediately upon starting PSDR the initial temp is normally around 22-26c, if I leave the radio on RX only the temp rises to around 30c very quickly and then hovers there until I start TXing, then it gets hot and the fans kick in. I'll keep an eye on things for future WSPR sessions. Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk On 06/09/11 04:27, FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry wrote: Mike, Pretty well agree with Klaus.. I recently had the engineer comment that the PAs in the 3K were good to 150 C, but PowerSDR at 100 C will cut the power back to 25% of the Driver setting (not sure that is still in effect, have to admit I have not tested this point!) You were well within the temperature range of the radio and the PAs... I have not had a problem leaving the fans set to the default of 70 C.. Sorry Klaus, had to jump in.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 535-4713, Option 2 Email: supp...@flexradio.com mailto:dud...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 logo /Tune In Excitement™/ PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Mike mi...@m0aws.co.uk mailto:mi...@m0aws.co.uk wrote: Hi All, I have a quick question for you all I ran an over night WSPR session on the 40m band last night with just 5w of O/P from my F3K. I was somewhat surprised to see the temperature of the PA being reported to be at 58 degrees C and at times over 60 degrees C. Is this normal when running at such low power levels? The fans were set to come on at 40 degrees C thus they were on a heck of a lot! What is the max working temperature of the PA in the F3K? or put another way, at what temperature do I need to shut things off to stop them going pop!! The F3K was running at 13.8v from my Diamond GSV3000 PSU as always. I had WSPR set to 20% TX and 80% RX. Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz mailto:FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] 58 Degrees and rising ....
Hello Dudley, The default setting for the Flex3000 is 40c. When you install new software or Click factory default, the fan setting goes back to 40c not 70c. 73, Bruce - Original Message - From: Mike mi...@m0aws.co.uk To: supp...@flex-radio.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 4:52 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 58 Degrees and rising Hi Dudley, Thanks for the reply. Interesting you say the default for the fans is 70c, all the versions of PSDR I have used have had it set to 40c by default. If I start the temperature widget immediately upon starting PSDR the initial temp is normally around 22-26c, if I leave the radio on RX only the temp rises to around 30c very quickly and then hovers there until I start TXing, then it gets hot and the fans kick in. I'll keep an eye on things for future WSPR sessions. Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk On 06/09/11 04:27, FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry wrote: Mike, Pretty well agree with Klaus.. I recently had the engineer comment that the PAs in the 3K were good to 150 C, but PowerSDR at 100 C will cut the power back to 25% of the Driver setting (not sure that is still in effect, have to admit I have not tested this point!) You were well within the temperature range of the radio and the PAs... I have not had a problem leaving the fans set to the default of 70 C.. Sorry Klaus, had to jump in.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 535-4713, Option 2 Email: supp...@flexradio.com mailto:dud...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 logo /Tune In Excitement™/ PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Mike mi...@m0aws.co.uk mailto:mi...@m0aws.co.uk wrote: Hi All, I have a quick question for you all I ran an over night WSPR session on the 40m band last night with just 5w of O/P from my F3K. I was somewhat surprised to see the temperature of the PA being reported to be at 58 degrees C and at times over 60 degrees C. Is this normal when running at such low power levels? The fans were set to come on at 40 degrees C thus they were on a heck of a lot! What is the max working temperature of the PA in the F3K? or put another way, at what temperature do I need to shut things off to stop them going pop!! The F3K was running at 13.8v from my Diamond GSV3000 PSU as always. I had WSPR set to 20% TX and 80% RX. Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz mailto:FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] 58 Degrees and rising ....
Hi All Now might be a good time to add some comments regarding having Voltage and Temperature permanently displayed on the GUI - see http://helpdesk.flexradio.com/entries/20399161-voltage-and-temp?page=1#post_20457152 Les VK2DSG On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:52:00 +1000, Mike mi...@m0aws.co.uk wrote: Hi Dudley, Thanks for the reply. Interesting you say the default for the fans is 70c, all the versions of PSDR I have used have had it set to 40c by default. If I start the temperature widget immediately upon starting PSDR the initial temp is normally around 22-26c, if I leave the radio on RX only the temp rises to around 30c very quickly and then hovers there until I start TXing, then it gets hot and the fans kick in. I'll keep an eye on things for future WSPR sessions. Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk On 06/09/11 04:27, FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry wrote: Mike, Pretty well agree with Klaus.. I recently had the engineer comment that the PAs in the 3K were good to 150 C, but PowerSDR at 100 C will cut the power back to 25% of the Driver setting (not sure that is still in effect, have to admit I have not tested this point!) You were well within the temperature range of the radio and the PAs... I have not had a problem leaving the fans set to the default of 70 C.. Sorry Klaus, had to jump in.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 535-4713, Option 2 Email: supp...@flexradio.com mailto:dud...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 logo /Tune In Excitement™/ PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Mike mi...@m0aws.co.uk mailto:mi...@m0aws.co.uk wrote: Hi All, I have a quick question for you all I ran an over night WSPR session on the 40m band last night with just 5w of O/P from my F3K. I was somewhat surprised to see the temperature of the PA being reported to be at 58 degrees C and at times over 60 degrees C. Is this normal when running at such low power levels? The fans were set to come on at 40 degrees C thus they were on a heck of a lot! What is the max working temperature of the PA in the F3K? or put another way, at what temperature do I need to shut things off to stop them going pop!! The F3K was running at 13.8v from my Diamond GSV3000 PSU as always. I had WSPR set to 20% TX and 80% RX. Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz mailto:FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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/ -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] 58 Degrees and rising ....
Les, That feature is not available with the FLEX-1500 (or the SDR-1000), so adding it to an already crowded GUI may not be the best idea. However, a feature request I would like to see is for PowerSDR to remember that you are displaying the voltage/temperature window automatically display it, in the same position, the next time you start PowerSDR. This should be a very easy change to implement. (Tim, oh grand guru of the feature request database, are you listening?) 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 58 Degrees and rising ....
I always have the Voltage and Temperature widget open, it's the first thing I do after starting PSDR!! I prefer it as a separate window as I can put it where I want it then, I have two 32in screens on my Flex-PC on which all my app's are spread :-) Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk On 06/09/11 13:34, Les Keppie wrote: Hi All Now might be a good time to add some comments regarding having Voltage and Temperature permanently displayed on the GUI - see http://helpdesk.flexradio.com/entries/20399161-voltage-and-temp?page=1#post_20457152 Les VK2DSG ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_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] 58 Degrees and rising ....
That's a great idea, gets my vote too! Mike. M0AWS http://www.m0aws.co.uk On 06/09/11 14:10, Ray, K9DUR wrote: However, a feature request I would like to see is for PowerSDR to remember that you are displaying the voltage/temperature window automatically display it, in the same position, the next time you start PowerSDR. This should be a very easy change to implement. (Tim, oh grand guru of the feature request database, are you listening?) 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
