Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 17, Issue 26

2006-09-27 Thread Chris Gerber
Hi Programmers With great pleasure am I using every new update on the SVN server. I love the Dual Reception. But now one question. Since years I am using Dual RX Transceivers, like FT1000D or others. They have only one slider (Control Knob) to choose either RX 1 or RX 2 audio. On the SVN

Re: [Flexradio] Dual Receiver Slider Control

2006-09-27 Thread Charles Greene
Chris, I am using a set of stereo headphones, and each ear has its own volume control. If I tune in a CW signal in Sub receiver, it comes in full volume in the right ear, but I can also hear it in the left ear. Turning down the gain control on the right ear it is apparent that there is very

Re: [Flexradio] Dual Receiver Slider Control

2006-09-27 Thread Jeff Anderson
Hi Charles, Do you have BIN On or Off when using the sub-receiver? In my testing, it seemed to me that the PAN controls seemed to work fine when BIN was Off (admittedly, I was listening on speakers and not headphones), but when BIN was On I lost the left/right seperation of the two receivers. -

[Flexradio] SVN 692 zip download

2006-09-27 Thread A.R.S. - W5AMI
I have uploaded a zip file of SVN 692 for those who prefer not to use Tortoise. http://w5ami.net/692.zip ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link:

Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression

2006-09-27 Thread Robert McGwier
I love Willi's practical approach to things. I mean it is not as if we are attempting to preserve the beauty of this black box! I did exactly this on a radio I was having trouble with doing a demo. I do suspect that there are some who would feel uncomfortable removing the stack to drill

Re: [Flexradio] USB Interface on the Horizon?

2006-09-27 Thread Robert McGwier
The technology used in the USB based device coming from HPSDR is identical to that provided by the extremely expensive sound cards (Lynx L22, One, Two) and the Creative Emu1212M and greater cards. If you can hang on to what you have for the time being, I would definitely wait to see how

Re: [Flexradio] Another great night on 80 meters - recording of W2ZM

2006-09-27 Thread K6JEK
W2ZM runs an EDZ beam -- a pair or is it three extended double zepps configured as a wire beam all lit up by a broadcast transmitter. Now that's a transmitting station. Jon no EDZ here K On Sep 26, 2006, at 9:57 PM, A.R.S. - W5AMI wrote: I see the URL I posted was not interpreted well in

Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression

2006-09-27 Thread K6JEK
I started this thread about poor sideband suppression. Just so you all know, this is not a case of poor cable connections, an avenue I diligently explored. I do believe the stereo mini jacks leave something to be desired but they are not the source of my opposite sideband grunk Jon, K6EK

Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression

2006-09-27 Thread Barry VE4MA
Good Morning All, Just home for a minute. I suspect I have the same problem but need to retest. I had carrier level of only -30 dB and TX CW LSB of -40, Right after setting up the TX rejection with the built-in tone on an Agilent Spectrum Analyzer of recent vintage . I have to repeat it all

Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression

2006-09-27 Thread Jeff Anderson
If there's a Radio Shack nearby, they also sell ground-loop isolators: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062214 - Jeff, K6jca --- A.R.S. - W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon, Do you have any stereo 1:1 audio isolation xfmrs laying around? If so, try inserting one

Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression

2006-09-27 Thread A.R.S. - W5AMI
Jon, Do you have any stereo 1:1 audio isolation xfmrs laying around? If so, try inserting one between your presonus connections and the line-in jack of the SDR-1000. Make sure whatever xfmr you use, it has a good flat audio curve. I use a Scosche car audio device:

Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression

2006-09-27 Thread Mel Whitten
Here is a little blurb on these isolators if you prefer to build your own. They are simple, but some care should be taken when choosing the transformer(s): http://www.tkk.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/audio_isolator.html and http://www.solorb.com/elect/musiccirc/stereoiso/index.html and if you

Re: [Flexradio] Calibrate sound card

2006-09-27 Thread Eric Wachsmann
Mike, Excellent questions. :) Let me answer inline below. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:52 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Calibrate sound card In the

[Flexradio] Delta-44 sound card resources?

2006-09-27 Thread Jerry Flanders
In a standard SDR-1000 install using the Delta-44 card, how many of the Delta-44's 4 input and 4 output channels are left over for other applications? Inputs? Outputs? Thanks Jerry W4UK ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression

2006-09-27 Thread Tim Ellison
Mel, The real Cadillac is Jensen http://www.jensen-transformers.com/iso_aud.html -Tim --- Integrated Technical Services Too much of everything is just enough. -Rob Barlow -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mel Whitten Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression

2006-09-27 Thread Cecilio Bayona
Tim Ellison wrote: Mel, The real Cadillac is Jensen http://www.jensen-transformers.com/iso_aud.html -Tim --- Integrated Technical Services Too much of everything is just enough. -Rob Barlow -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [Flexradio] Delta-44 sound card resources?

2006-09-27 Thread Tim Ellison
One mono channel input (the other half of the mic input). -Tim --- Integrated Technical Services Too much of everything is just enough. -Rob Barlow -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Re: [Flexradio] Edirol Firewire box

2006-09-27 Thread KD5NWA
Do you own Edirol stock? You are trying hard to get us to part with our money and succeeding. I assume it's a 2.66GHz Pentium 4, I'm amaze with that kind of speed you are having choppy audio but then only you knows what it's loaded on your PC. I setup a 1000MHz Pentium III PC with 500MB of ram

[Flexradio] FA-66 Quick Start guide now on Download page

2006-09-27 Thread John Basilotto
The Quick Start Guide for the Edirol FA-66 is now available on the FlexRadio website download page. http://www.flex-radio.com/download_files/PowerSDR/Docs/Edirol_FA-66_Quick_S tart_Guide.pdf The first order of FA-66s have already been sold. We expect a new shipment to arrive early next week. The

Re: [Flexradio] Edirol Firewire box

2006-09-27 Thread Mark Amos
One of the list readers asked me for any tips on hooking up the Edirol. Here's what I told him. (This is certainly not official by any means - just what I did to set it up. Seemed to work OK for me.) W8XR Mark Here's the process I used: - Load the CD and run Setup - There are a couple of

Re: [Flexradio] Another great night on 80 meters - recording of W2ZM

2006-09-27 Thread A.R.S. - W5AMI
Yeah, he said they were a pair of wire beams, each with two elements beaming west. His tx is a McMartin 2.5KW BC running on a low tap with a pair of 4-1000's in the final loafing at 500 watts carrier. On 9/27/06, K6JEK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: W2ZM runs an EDZ beam -- a pair or is it three

Re: [Flexradio] Edirol Firewire box

2006-09-27 Thread Eric Wachsmann
Thanks for posting that Mark. We also put up an official FA-66 Quick Start Guide on our download page at www.flex-radio.com today. As always, if you have comments or suggested improvements, please send them our way. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Flexradio] Edirol Firewire box

2006-09-27 Thread Mark Amos
Hah! No, just an early adopter I haven't done a lot of tuning (seems like some little things like turning off the network adapter...) really help. I started putting a separate profile together, but with the minor tweaks I've done providing some relief, I just haven't been able to justify the

Re: [Flexradio] Edirol Firewire box

2006-09-27 Thread Mark Amos
Cool - you guys are quick! I'll check it out (mostly to see what I SHOULD have done!) Thanks! Mark -Original Message- From: Eric Wachsmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:33 PM To: 'Mark Amos'; 'Reflector' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Edirol Firewire box

[Flexradio] SWR on SVN versions 683, 692 not correct

2006-09-27 Thread Jim, W4ATK
I just noticed a problem with the PowerSDR SVN 692 SWR reading. The SWR reading is 1.0:1 when using TUNE read on the PowerSDR multi-function meter. However key down reading with the DRIVE slider set to 25W yields 21W forward power with 4W reflected power again measured on the PowerSDR

Re: [Flexradio] FA-66 Quick Start guide now on Download page

2006-09-27 Thread Cecilio Bayona
Bad link, see below; http://www.flex-radio.com/download_files/PowerSDR/Docs/Edirol_FA-66_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf This other one is the same just trying something out. URL:http://www.flex-radio.com/download_files/PowerSDR/Docs/Edirol_FA-66_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf John Basilotto wrote: The

[Flexradio] Better link to FA-66 Quick Start Guide.

2006-09-27 Thread John Basilotto
http://www.flex-radio.com/download_files/PowerSDR/Docs/Edirol_FA-66_Quick_St art_Guide.pdf John P. Basilotto W5GI Marketing and Product Manager FlexRadio Systems Office 512-250-8595 Mobile 512-663-6727 ___ FlexRadio mailing list

Re: [Flexradio] Better link to FA-66 Quick Start Guide.

2006-09-27 Thread John Basilotto
So much for a better link...it works before going out over the reflector. Here it is posted differently. URL:http://www.flex-radio.com/download_files/PowerSDR/Docs/Edirol_FA-66_Qui ck_Start_Guide.pdf John P. Basilotto W5GI Marketing and Product Manager FlexRadio Systems Office 512-250-8595

Re: [Flexradio] Dual Receiver Slider Control

2006-09-27 Thread Charles Greene
Jeff, I noticed that the headphone gain of the FireBox did not have any effect, so I turned the main gain control down and this time when I turned the headphone gain up, it had an worked. Now the pan controls worked fine. I tried turning stereo on and off, and the second time the console

Re: [Flexradio] Better link to FA-66 Quick Start Guide.

2006-09-27 Thread Cecilio Bayona
LOL, A for determination. See below; http://www.flex-radio.com/download_files/PowerSDR/Docs/Edirol_FA-66_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf This other one is the same just trying something out. URL:http://www.flex-radio.com/download_files/PowerSDR/Docs/Edirol_FA-66_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf The angle

[Flexradio] SDR1K use w/external tx

2006-09-27 Thread A.R.S. - W5AMI
Am I imagining this, or did I read somewhere that there is no way to electronically place the SDR1K into a full standby state while using an external tx, such as with a relay or something? I would like to operate some of my heavy metal transmitters this winter and use the SDR1K as an optional rx,

Re: [Flexradio] SWR on SVN versions 683, 692 not correct

2006-09-27 Thread Jeff Anderson
Interesting! I just tried the same test on my svn 692, and it seems fine here. Test was: 25 watts TUNE mode. My SDR Meter reads: 27 watts Forward 5 watts Reflected 2.6:1 SWR I haven't checked the Fwd Ref values against a table, but the SDR1K SWR reading corresponds nicely to

[Flexradio] 692

2006-09-27 Thread k5nu
What happened to my numbers on the side of my panadapter? Only have them on 160, 80, and 40M. Is this just another dumb question? Thanks, Mike K5NU -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060927

Re: [Flexradio] 692

2006-09-27 Thread Ken - N9VV
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Re: [Flexradio] 692

2006-09-27 Thread Ken - N9VV
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Re: [Flexradio] USB Interface on the Horizon?

2006-09-27 Thread Guy Olinger, K2AV
Shaping and delaying the CW waveform in the PC or a slave device is clearly the way to go. It is not a stretch of coding possibilities, when using an SDR1000/amp combination, to (pre)shape the CW waveform to cancel out whatever distortion is in the SDR1000/amp and transmit a pristine CW signal

[Flexradio] When do we get to Join the Flexers Club so we can pay some dues?

2006-09-27 Thread Gerald Capodieci
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Re: [Flexradio] When do we get to Join the Flexers Club so we can paysome dues?

2006-09-27 Thread Tim Ellison
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Re: [Flexradio] When do we get to Join the Flexers Club so we can pay some dues?

2006-09-27 Thread Cecil Bayona
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Re: [Flexradio] Better link to FA-66 Quick Start Guide.

2006-09-27 Thread Tim Ellison
The FA-66 Quick Start Guide is also on the Knowledge Base (and the URL is shorter) http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10251 -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cecilio Bayona Sent:

Re: [Flexradio] SDR1K use w/external tx

2006-09-27 Thread Wallace Watson
Brian, There is an input on the SDR-1000 X-2 auxiliary connector which is for muting the receiver while transmitting with another transmitter or other such optional operation. I am using this input to mute the receiver when I use my foot switch to key another transceiver. This is not designed