Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Bill Guyger
Don There are some real high dollar sound cards that are really and truly balanced, but they cost as much as the SDR-1K. We use them extensively at work since all our spots (commercials) all the drops (cute sound effects the jocks and talk hosts play) and most of the music we play are on hard

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Don Newberry
Hi Bill, thanks for the info. I'm sorry I missed your post, back on the 1st of July. Its amazing how much more money it takes to set up an op-amp for diff. input vs single (Hi-end vs ours) input, just a couple more resisters! Yes, I agree its a great card for SDR use. Perhaps the reason you

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Lux
At 08:43 PM 8/4/2005, ecellison wrote: Don Yea!!! Thanks for the information! I have Tony – KB9YIG awaiting a word to go ahead with 15 pin connector board kits to interface directly to the Delta 44 with 1/8 inch stereo cables or jacks. without external box etc. I have a mass of wires running

Re: [Flexradio] Only 14 Watts out on CW

2005-08-05 Thread John M. Belstner
Thanks for all your replies. The PWR control on the main console is set to 100. The Tune setting only puts out 1W which is all that is necessary for an automatic antenna tuner. I did notice that the CW keydown power jumped to 25W when I unplugged the speakers (I'm using amplified PC

Re: [Flexradio] Real FSK

2005-08-05 Thread Frank Brickle
As a point of interest, it turns out the FSK generator is a hybrid of the iambic keyer and the keyboard keyer. It uses a version of the iambic hardware interface but a version of the keyboard tone generation and threading. The only really new element is signalling from the outside to turn the

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread ecellison
Jim You make very good points as usual. The concept of internally mountable board is interesting. I did not think of that. This is not a VGA typ HD DB-15. and I am not sure of the availability of std 15 pin cables. They were used extensively in early Ethernet connections. Officenet.

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Mike Naruta
Gentlemen, I was disappointed to learn that the Delta 44 only has pseudo-balanced inputs, but it's good to understand that. The phone jacks on a dongle is a bit of a nuisance, but if want something light to use for travel, at least you have access to the sound card through a readily-available

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Simon Brown \(HB9DRV\)
While wiring things up last week I cam to the conclusion that a 3.5 mm stereo connector on the back is not longer appropriate if the Delta 44 with the 1/4 plugs is the preferred sound card. Sadly FlexRadio can't see into the future. My choice would be a DIN plug but not something as small as

[Flexradio] how to keep the audio digital?

2005-08-05 Thread ajhuddle
Hello everyone, I have asked for help with thisbefore but got no response. I wonder if this means that I am the only one trying this?? I use the SDR as a remote station, mostly ssb. At my home location I use super equipment to process the audio and do the analog to digital conversion and then it

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Philip Covington
Hi All, Does it really matter that the Delta 44 has only pseudo-balanced inputs since the SDR-1000 only has unbalanced inputs and outputs? 73 de Phil N8VB On 8/5/05, Mike Naruta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentlemen, I was disappointed to learn that the Delta 44 only has pseudo-balanced

Re: [Flexradio] how to keep the audio digital?

2005-08-05 Thread Philip Covington
Andrew, You are using Skype whose audio I assume you are playing out the remote computer's sound card. The virtual audio cable will probably not work in your situation unless Skype is sending audio data to the sound card at 48 kSPS. I doubt that it is. The virtual sound card does no data rate

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Lux
At 03:14 AM 8/5/2005, ecellison wrote: Jim You make very good points as usual. The concept of internally mountable board is interesting. I did not think of that. This is not a VGA typ HD DB-15. and I am not sure of the availability of std 15 pin cables. They were used extensively in early

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Bill Guyger
Not really in the great grand scheme of things Phil. I developed my DB-15 to mini adaptor to first, eliminate as many ground issues as I could (it's not perfect, that would take balancing amps or transformers on the SDR end, but it goes a long way) and second, reduce clutter and reduce the

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Bill Guyger
Hi Don I'll get it off to you later today. It's on another machine. Bill Don Newberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/04/05 11:30PM Hi Bill, thanks for the info. I'm sorry I missed your post, back on the 1st of July. Its amazing how much more money it takes to set up an op-amp for diff. input vs

[Flexradio] [OT] operating system on a stick !!

2005-08-05 Thread Ken - N9VV
Cool! http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/Jul/1165988.htm de Ken

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] operating system on a stick !!

2005-08-05 Thread Bob Tracy
Somebody hurry up and buy one! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken - N9VV Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:45 AM To: FlexRadio Systems email reflector Subject: [Flexradio] [OT] operating system on a stick !! Cool!

[Flexradio] ShuttlePro Preferences

2005-08-05 Thread Eric
In an attempt to flesh out the default ShuttlePro settings that are offered on our website, I have modified W5ZLs original template to toggle a few more of the options (some only available in v1.4.5 and forward). Attached is a picture of the layout. I would like suggestions on how to improve

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Bill Guyger
John and the group You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear. The SDR is unbalanced, and that's all there is to it. As per several proceeding exchanges the Delta 44 does not have truly balanced inputs and outputs, so the amount of noise elimination / cancellation / etc. is not as great as

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Charles Greene
John, I have one of the Radio Shack line isolators you mentioned. I use one of the stereo channels for input and the other for output for psk31 and other data modes. It works well up to 4 KHZ which is what I have tested it to but I haven't tried it on the SDR-1000. RS also sells a single

[Flexradio] [OT] Bluetooth headset + USB adapter?

2005-08-05 Thread Ken N9VV
Has anyone tried a bluetooth headset and USB adapter for Skype, Teamspeak, or perhaps SDR-1000 wireless connectivity? TU de Ken

[Flexradio] Austin Summerfest pse send info

2005-08-05 Thread Ken N9VV
Anyone attending the Austin Summerfest, pse send a note here about any news from Gerald and Company. TU de Ken -- Build: 8 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] Bluetooth headset + USB adapter?

2005-08-05 Thread Dave
I've used a Jabra Bluetooth headset with Skype on my IBM Thinkpad, but had to first install a bluetooth driver that supports the headset profile, which IBM's Bluetooth driver did not. I eventually gave up on this driver after it kept generating blue screens. The Belkin Bluetooth dongle's

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Tom Clark
Bill Guyger wrote: You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear. The SDR is unbalanced, and that's all there is to it. As per several proceeding exchanges the Delta 44 does not have truly balanced inputs and outputs, so the amount of noise elimination / cancellation / etc. is not as great as

[Flexradio] Video Noise Issue

2005-08-05 Thread James C Samuels
I am experiencing popping and crackling in the SDR audio stream when I drag/reposition any open windows on the screen. Also I experience the same symptoms when I run the histogram display mode which is obviously video intensive. Any incite as to what is causing this and what could be done to

[Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Paull
Thinking ouside the box, one could view the D44 this way: Not 4, single-ended, in/out ports, But 2 pairs of differentially driven ports. regards, Paull -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.1/64 - Release Date:

Re: [Flexradio] Anyone have the berringer Mixer setup for delta 44?

2005-08-05 Thread W5gi
Get your self a Heil Boom set with the HC5 element. You will not need to take the mixer. Just plug the Heil directly into the D44 MIC position. Set MIC level to 60-70-choose the level that lets you achieve a 0 db on the ALC meter about 85% of the time. Set your transmit filter to Low of 100