Re: [Flexradio] How to make a reliable PowerSDR computer O/S (was Power SDR / Kubuntu)

2009-03-03 Thread Mike Naruta
The Microsoft patch may have a vulnerability. See US-CERT: < http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-020A.html > and PC World: < http://www.pcworld.com/article/160332/ > Dan Scott wrote: Edwin, Because you are transferring files by a flash drive, and you want to remain virus free, then

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Frank Hunter
Burt wrote: How do you know about the Cape and Islands useless traffic net? I think it is gone. Oh don't be coy you little media darling you. I've seen you on the 'tube :) I saw you got some great answers, lots of intellect here, other than I. A very knowledgeable group of people, no doubt

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Burt
How do you know about the Cape and Islands useless traffic net? I think it is gone. I saw you got some great answers, lots of intellect here, other than I. --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Frank Hunter wrote: > From: Frank Hunter > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest > To: > Cc: flexradio@fl

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Rob Sherwood wrote: re: Contest signal reports. RST is subjective and not particularly meaningful anyway. If you think about it, if the signal is strong enough for you to get the information in the exchange without any repeats, that merits a "5" in readabili

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Rob Sherwood
re: Contest signal reports. Every contest where the required exchange includes a signal report has the same issue. No one gives out real reports. But something else is usually required, like a zone, a state, an ARRL section, or a grid square, like in the Stu Perry 160 meter CW contest. Of c

Re: [Flexradio] small, dedicated computer for F5Ka (How about XPe?)

2009-03-03 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Peter G. Viscarola wrote: > Anyone try running PowerSDR (and friends) on a system running > XP-Embedded?  XPe can be tailored-down to a VERY slim image (useful > systems with 256MB of memory and 256MB of disk are common), is typically > run without a paging file, an

Re: [Flexradio] A shameless plug

2009-03-03 Thread Bob McGwier
Keep it up. blogspot has mostly made this trivial. Bob Lee A Crocker wrote: Actually I never did plug this blog before. I never really tried this before and I wasn't sure how hard it would be to master. It has turned out to be not very hard. I know enough HTML to keep me out of the ditch.

Re: [Flexradio] A shameless plug

2009-03-03 Thread Tim Ellison
"Actually I never did plug this blog before..." Well...since you sort of did "announce it" on the Facebook FlexRadio Enthusiasts group, I just assumed it was in the public domain and fair game for all. Never the less, it needs to be "plugged". It is just that darn good! If this was an attempt

Re: [Flexradio] A shameless plug

2009-03-03 Thread Lee A Crocker
Actually I never did plug this blog before. I never really tried this before and I wasn't sure how hard it would be to master. It has turned out to be not very hard. I know enough HTML to keep me out of the ditch. I came up with the idea when I was hanging around the Flex booth at Orlando Ha

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Lee A Crocker
Frank You can make recordings of your audio using PowerSDR's recording feature. just set your power to zero and transmit using post processing. This will generate an audio file. I usually just speak what settings I have lie TX EZ on with high ends accentuate plus compander set to 3 and then

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Frank Hunter
Burt wrote: Ach Burt, it's yourself! I knew I recognised that call sign. How's the Cape Cod net going? The US state/county "score" is important for what reason? Because it's there. This "score" you speak of, do you learn about another place, speak to a ham and learn his likes and dislikes

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Frank Hunter
Tim Ellison wrote: [snip] Wow! A very comprehensive reply Tim, many thanks indeed. 73, Frank GI4NKB -- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-ra

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread W7CE
Why does it matter? If he enjoys it and wants to do it, then he needs no other reason. I know of no requirement that he provide you with justification for his preferences. Personally, I can't stand football. I don't see that it serves any purpose and the scores seem completely meaningless t

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Burt
The US state/county "score" is important for what reason? This "score" you speak of, do you learn about another place, speak to a ham and learn his likes and dislikes or any lessons from him? Typing is good. I have no clue how to answer your question, others are better qualified unless they ar

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Tim Ellison
In all honesty, you should really create your own profile and configure it for your own specific style and ear. You can start with any default setting, but I really like to start from scratch. The only way to really do this is by listening to yourself in a second receiver (not the RX2). Conne

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Frank Hunter
Army Curtis - AE5P wrote: Frank, Hi Army! Your choice of headset/microphone is excellent, rivaled only by your choice of radio ;o)) :-) I have had excellent results using the DX/Contest setting, however I strongly advise first checking and setting your microphone gain using the normal set

[Flexradio] Little OT but.....RE: This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread FireBrick
LOL May be a little exestensial but.. "If a signal report is given (READ: transmitted), it CAN'T be fake." It could be 'inaccurate', It could be 'meaningless', but it COULDN'T be fake. Because it was given, ergo it must be real. Retired firefighter, just donned my old gear...flame away! --

[Flexradio] Firewire Cables

2009-03-03 Thread Dale Sewell W4NBF
A few times recently, the subject of Granite Firewire cables has been brought up. I recently purchased one to head off some issues as I added an amplifier to my Flex 5000A system. I was extremely pleased with the performance of the cable's design and performance. Considering the headache's it ma

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Army Curtis - AE5P
Frank, Your choice of headset/microphone is excellent, rivaled only by your choice of radio ;o)) I have had excellent results using the DX/Contest setting, however I strongly advise first checking and setting your microphone gain using the normal setting, and being certain that your voice peaks s

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Frank Hunter
Burt wrote: Hi Burt! You said in your tag never argue with an idiot. But can you tell me why you want to participate in a contest where signal reports are fake. I can't ask a contester during a contest because they do not want to engage in any meaningful conversation My US state/county score

Re: [Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Burt
You said in your tag never argue with an idiot. But can you tell me why you want to participate in a contest where signal reports are fake. I can't ask a contester during a contest because they do not want to engage in any meaningful conversation --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Frank Hunter wrote: > Fr

[Flexradio] This weekends contest

2009-03-03 Thread Frank Hunter
I don't normally do SSB and certainly not in a contest but I fancy a fling in this weekends ARRL DX event. I plan to use a Heil Proset Plus with the HC-4 element, my question is this... of the many preset microphone configurations which would I be best using? DX/Contest? Default DX? HC4-5+compa

Re: [Flexradio] small, dedicated computer for F5Ka (How about XPe?)

2009-03-03 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Anyone try running PowerSDR (and friends) on a system running XP-Embedded? XPe can be tailored-down to a VERY slim image (useful systems with 256MB of memory and 256MB of disk are common), is typically run without a paging file, and can be easily configured to save no changes made to disk (so risk

Re: [Flexradio] A shameless plug.

2009-03-03 Thread radioart
Very good read Dennis Petrich Amateur Radio Station K0EOO Lakeville Minnesota USA - Original Message - From: "Tim Ellison" To: "FlexRadio List" , flexra...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 8:41:43 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Flexradio] A shameless plug.