Re: [Flexradio] Lower DSP Buffer for SSB Receiving Weak Sigs

2007-09-26 Thread Dale Boresz
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Re: [Flexradio] Lower DSP Buffer for SSB Receiving Weak Sigs

2007-09-26 Thread Robert McGwier
Dave: I have talked to others who hear better when there is a little white noise outside of the desired range but my tests are conclusive. At 160 through 6 meters, the minimum discernible signal is within .2 dB of a fixed number at 256 point buffers through 4096 buffers. Irrespective of this,

Re: [Flexradio] Lower DSP Buffer for SSB Receiving Weak Sigs

2007-09-26 Thread Robert McGwier
This is an extremely interesting observation and does merit further study. In theory, there should be no more insertion loss at the longer buffer lengths. I will run some tests and help figure this out. Bob Dave & Nancy Ridge wrote: > I work weak signal 6 meters on both SSB and CW. I have fo

Re: [Flexradio] USB/parallel adapterl

2007-09-26 Thread Ed Toal
’m beating down the frustration with the joy of learning something. Ed -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070926/33ced2ac/attachment.html -- next part

[Flexradio] Pre-flexwire station automation implementation

2007-09-26 Thread Neal Campbell
Hi guys With the discussion about flexwire devices controlling antenna switching, etc. just thought I would discuss what I have implemented. Larry Phipps at www.telepostinc.com sells a board called LP-remote which is originally designed for remote operation of your rig. It has: 6 10-bit buffered

[Flexradio] Flexradio and Hamscope

2007-09-26 Thread Doug McCann
Has anyone had a successful experience at getting the SDR to work with Hamscope. I can get the receive to work, but not the transmit. Doug, VA3CR ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio

Re: [Flexradio] Lower DSP Buffer for SSB Receiving Weak Sigs

2007-09-26 Thread Tim Ellison
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[Flexradio] 5K Startup

2007-09-26 Thread w8ikn
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[Flexradio] Lower DSP Buffer for SSB Receiving Weak Sigs

2007-09-26 Thread Dave & Nancy Ridge
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[Flexradio] 5000a sold

2007-09-26 Thread Ken N9VV
the 5000a/ATU has been sold. thank you to all who inquired. de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-ra

[Flexradio] 5000a performance

2007-09-26 Thread Neal Campbell
Whenever you see a 5000a for sale, chill (unless you are excited enough to buy it!) For those who wonder, I do not think that you will have negative surprises with the 5000a. Especially for those who have had a sdr1k. The lack of calibration, the performance of the dsp, stability of frequency cont

Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Ray, K9DUR
A correction to the wording of my last post: Lee, I know Ken's reason for selling the radio. It is personal and it is not an appropriate topic for this forum. His reason has nothing to do with whether he likes the radio or not. He likes it very much, and I would not be surprised if he were to a

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Duane - N9DG
--- Chris Maukonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I prefer manuals written by the people who have actually > used the > product to manuals written by tech writers who have never > used > the product and/or engineers who do not know how to write. > > After over 25 years in computers and electronics

Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Ray, K9DUR
Lee, I know Ken's reason for selling the radio. It is personal and it is not an appropriate topic for this forum. His reason has nothing to do with whether he likes the radio or not. He likes it very much, and I would not be surprised if he were not to acquire another one at a later date. Give

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Chris Maukonen
Philip Covington wrote: > It doesn't hurt to get a F5K for volunteer services also... LOL... > > Phil N8VB I prefer manuals written by the people who have actually used the product to manuals written by tech writers who have never used the product and/or engineers who do not know how to write. A

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Lee Mushel
Rob, I think you are over-simplifying things when you mention only art and thanklessness! A few minutes ago I received the first comments on a several thousand page manual I wrote for a fifty million dollar machine that is in Moscow. I thought I'd completed it last January. Only today have I

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Philip Covington
It doesn't hurt to get a F5K for volunteer services also... LOL... Phil N8VB On 9/26/07, Mike's Joke du Jour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob, one of the reasons we can enjoy > these amazing radios for a fraction > of the cost is due to the unselfish > contributions of the many volunteers. > > >

Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Philip Covington
On 9/26/07, Lee Mushel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken, > > I'm sure you realize you can't be a frequent contributor to the reflector, > be one of the first to get the Flex-5000A and not explain to the world why > you want to sell it! Failure to supply an explanation would fly in the > face of a

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Rob Dennison
Joe, I'll be glad to help as I can. Clear tech writing is an art and pretty much thankless... I wasn't trying so much to complain as pass on some information. Let's chat a bit more off the reflector... Rob ;o))~ AB7CF On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:45:27 -0400 Joe - AB1DO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Rob Dennison
Mike, Bob Thanks for your help. I have the power working right now. I bought my SDR1K on Ebay. The guy who sold it had the gain settings way to low. As a result, when I first tried the drive setting, it over drove the amp almost immediately. Scared the be jabbers out of me! Thanks again.

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Mike's Joke du Jour
Bob, one of the reasons we can enjoy these amazing radios for a fraction of the cost is due to the unselfish contributions of the many volunteers. A big thank you to all who have helped! Mike - AA8K Bob Maser wrote: > I don't understand why Flex Radio uses a "volunteer" labor force to genera

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Lee Mushel
Bob, Your question about the "tech writing staff" leads me to believe that it is possible that you never tried to start a business or if you did it was with unusually large capital backing! I only wish that such "volunteers" had existed that I could have called upon! I doubt very much that any

Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Ken N9VV
Sure I will put the neat (un-worn) T-Shirt in the box as well. Ken Jerry Flanders wrote: > T-Shirt not included? > > Jerry W4UK > > At 08:56 AM 9/26/2007, Ken N9VV wrote: >> *For sale* brand new *FLEX-5000a/ATU* $2,895.00 >> >> In perfect condition, with power cable, Firewire cable, >> orig

Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Lee Mushel
Ken, I'm sure you realize you can't be a frequent contributor to the reflector, be one of the first to get the Flex-5000A and not explain to the world why you want to sell it! Failure to supply an explanation would fly in the face of all natural law! Please! Lee K9WRU - Original Message

[Flexradio] rtty offset problem

2007-09-26 Thread FireBrick
I am using a SDR1K Here is my problem with my rtty implementation. I use various logging/contesting programs and this problem occurs in all of them. In the logging program cluster window, I select a dx station with a spotted frequency of 14085.00 This qsys the PWSDR control where I use DIGL th

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Bob Maser
I don't understand why Flex Radio uses a "volunteer" labor force to generate manuals. Shouldn't this be the job of a group of tech writers that are on the payroll? Bob W6TR - Original Message - From: "Robert McGwier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joe - AB1DO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent:

Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Jerry Flanders
T-Shirt not included? Jerry W4UK At 08:56 AM 9/26/2007, Ken N9VV wrote: >*For sale* brand new *FLEX-5000a/ATU* $2,895.00 > > In perfect condition, with power cable, Firewire cable, >original CD, plus extra CD with current software, drivers, >and documentation. All connectors protected with c

Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Jim, W4ATK
Brings up the question, Why?? Jim, W4ATK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken N9VV Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:57 AM To: Flex-radio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU *For sale* brand new *FLEX-5000a/ATU* $2,89

[Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Ken N9VV
*For sale* brand new *FLEX-5000a/ATU* $2,895.00 In perfect condition, with power cable, Firewire cable, original CD, plus extra CD with current software, drivers, and documentation. All connectors protected with colorful dust caps. Packed with extra bubble wrap and ready to send insured UPS.

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Robert McGwier
Better yet, volunteer to help Joe. ;-). Bob On 9/26/07, Joe - AB1DO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > please, if you find anything on the manual, send it directly to me. I am the > volunteer author of the manuals and I know that the SDR-1K manual is out of > date, but there are only so m

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Joe - AB1DO
Hi Rob, please, if you find anything on the manual, send it directly to me. I am the volunteer author of the manuals and I know that the SDR-1K manual is out of date, but there are only so many hours in a day that I can spend on this project - again as a volunteer. The FLEX-5K manual is pretty