[Flexradio] Firewire Card Info...this one works

2009-09-28 Thread Glenn McNeil
Hi Guys, This Card works well..." Skymaster Quality Connections " , 1394 PCI Card. Comes with Full and Half Height Mounting Brackets. Three Port, 6 Pin...one Port on the inside of the Computer, presumably to let you take a lead out to the Front. I had no luck with three Toshiba Laptops ( Lat

Re: [Flexradio] Which Firewire card to buy..

2009-09-28 Thread James Fuller (N7VR)
Well Guys, No fun here today. New computers can be a pain. I just received a new HP (Intel 3.2 Gig) Quad Core computer with 8 Gigs of memory & no Firewire card. The operating system is currently Vista 64 Bit Business with an upgrade to Windows 7 shortly. Empty card slots are PCI X 1 (PCI Express)

[Flexradio] Electret Mic on 5000A

2009-09-28 Thread paul
Email to sa...@flex-radio.com is bouncing at the moment. Would someone tell me which of these wirings would work best with the F5K: http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/microphone_powering.html Paul Delaney paul.hamra...@verizon.net k...@k6hr.ampr.org http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 ___

Re: [Flexradio] Front Mic Connector Not Working

2009-09-28 Thread Tim Ellison
The headset adapter is for the Heil traveler headsets. It might work. Heil doesn't publish the schematics for their connectors so it is hard to say. You can drop a note the FlexRadio Sales (sa...@flex-radio.com) and ask them. -Tim -Original Message- From: paul [mailto:paul.hamra...

Re: [Flexradio] Front Mic Connector Not Working

2009-09-28 Thread paul
Unfortunately there are no markings on the headset other than the brand name. The microphone terminates to an 1/8" three conductor male plug. It works with my Icom rig, but the 8pin mic jack for the Icom was sealed with hot glue by the guy that built it so I cannot reverse engineer it. I see a

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Lee A Crocker
Jordan what preselector do you use? 73 W9OY ___ 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/ Kno

Re: [Flexradio] Front Mic Connector Not Working

2009-09-28 Thread Mack
I believe the Logitech headsets use electret microphones and therefore need a bias voltage and isolation capacitor. 73, Mack de WB4MAK www.nfarl.org www.sedxc.org -- From: "Tim Ellison" Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 21:00 To: "paul" ; Subjec

Re: [Flexradio] Front Mic Connector Not Working

2009-09-28 Thread Tim Ellison
What radio are you using? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of paul Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 8:53 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Front Mic Connector Not Working I have the mi

[Flexradio] Front Mic Connector Not Working

2009-09-28 Thread paul
I have the mic enabled in the mixer section and have the mic gain set. I have my Logitech headset mic wired to pin 7 and 8 but no joy. Could there be anything else in PSDR that I could have overlooked? Paul Delaney K6HR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mai

Re: [Flexradio] Typical repair time

2009-09-28 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Robert Jefferis wrote: > ECO (engineering change order) sometimes also means either: (1) doggone it, > that part is no longer available, what do we do now? , or (2) , if we > changed this part, or procedure, we could save X cents per unit in > production cost. ECOs

Re: [Flexradio] Typical repair time

2009-09-28 Thread Robert Jefferis
ECO (engineering change order) sometimes also means either: (1) doggone it, that part is no longer available, what do we do now? , or (2) , if we changed this part, or procedure, we could save X cents per unit in production cost. ECOs can be spawned for many legit reasons, mostly not 9but s

Re: [Flexradio] cant get power sdr to work..

2009-09-28 Thread FireBrick
Welcome to the club. Glad you got your system up and running. No go and get ready to work the FT5GA Remember, there is a contest almost every weekend. On 9/28/2009 5:46:38 PM, Brett Gazdzinski (brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net) wrote: I received my 5000a today, and it fired right up! It took me a

Re: [Flexradio] cant get power sdr to work..

2009-09-28 Thread Brett Gazdzinski
I received my 5000a today, and it fired right up! It took me about 10 minutes out of the box to be using the radio! No issues at all, loads of fun, really nice! It seems to work fine with my old slow sony laptop, with its built in firewire port. I think it runs about 30% cpu usage. I think may

Re: [Flexradio] high spec firewire cable where

2009-09-28 Thread Neal Campbell
Just a reminder that I sell them at a $5 discount from the list price. 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.dxbase.com www.abrohamnealsoftware.com www.sdrsystems.com (540) 242 0911 Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to ca...@dxbase.f

Re: [Flexradio] high spec firewire cable where

2009-09-28 Thread Tim Ellison
I don't know. I am trying to get FlexRadio to carry them. I am almost there :-) -Tim -Original Message- From: Ray Andrews, K9DUR [mailto:k9...@rnacs.com] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 3:33 PM To: Tim Ellison; 'elan paim'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] high spe

Re: [Flexradio] high spec firewire cable where

2009-09-28 Thread Ray Andrews, K9DUR
Tim, They are a couple of bucks cheaper than Granite Digital, also. Granite Digital also ships world wide. However, their shipping charges to Denmark, for example, are $90 or more. I wonder what MacGurus charges 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info

Re: [Flexradio] high spec firewire cable where

2009-09-28 Thread Tim Ellison
Stop the presses! My answer for this was 100% dead wrong. I missed the part about getting Granite Digital cables shipped to the EU. Asleep at the wheel, I was. The company listed below WILL ship granite Digital high quality Firewire cable to the EU. I just confirmed it with their sales dept.

Re: [Flexradio] Fw: PowerSDR problems - old and new/Partial throwing inthe towel

2009-09-28 Thread Neal Campbell
Merci beaucoup! I am down to an order backlog of 2 machines so the delay will not be too bad if you order (2-4 days)! Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.dxbase.com www.abrohamnealsoftware.com www.sdrsystems.com (540) 242 0911 Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Dave Gomberg
At 06:42 AM 9/28/2009, Ray Andrews, K9DUR wrote: If we consider the antenna system to be the source and the RX input circuit to be the load, matching the antenna impedance to the receiver input impedance results in maximum signal transfer, i.e. - maximum signal strength at the receiver. True, b

Re: [Flexradio] Fw: PowerSDR problems - old and new/Partial throwing inthe towel

2009-09-28 Thread Tim Ellison
Or one of Neal's PCs that is made specifically for SDRs. -Tim Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2009, at 1:36 PM, "George Allen" wrote: > My feeling is that it is better to get a "Shuttle" as a dedicated > computer to solve the issues. > > George > > -Original Message- > From: Car

Re: [Flexradio] Fw: PowerSDR problems - old and new/Partial throwing inthe towel

2009-09-28 Thread George Allen
My feeling is that it is better to get a "Shuttle" as a dedicated computer to solve the issues. George -Original Message- From: Carl N9GC [mailto:wc0...@embarqmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:21 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Fw: PowerSDR problems - ol

Re: [Flexradio] high spec firewire cable where

2009-09-28 Thread Tim Ellison
Contact the EU Service Center http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=service -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of elan paim Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:16 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subje

Re: [Flexradio] high spec firewire cable where

2009-09-28 Thread elan paim
the company on flex page will ship only in U.S I am in EU. E&T Paim --- On Mon, 28/9/09, elan paim wrote: From: elan paim Subject: high spec firewire cable where To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Monday, 28 September, 2009, 5:51 PM is any one know where i can get this good cable i n

Re: [Flexradio] A better Idea for warranty work , make an appointment !

2009-09-28 Thread Joe Roth-WC4R
Nice idea Dan but very difficult for any company to handle. Something I and most hams have learned over the years, if your radio is mission critical to you, you best get a back up radio. I bought a 746PRO for that very reason. A nice used FT-101 or TS-520 among others (circa 1970-1980) is cheap an

Re: [Flexradio] high spec firewire cable where

2009-09-28 Thread Sanger, Joseph
http://www.granitedigital.com/firewireproducts.aspx -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of elan paim Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 12:51 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] high spec firewire cab

[Flexradio] high spec firewire cable where

2009-09-28 Thread elan paim
is any one know where i can get this good cable i need x3 ? http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50400.aspx?Keywords=firewire thank you Elan E&T Paim ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailma

[Flexradio] A better Idea for warranty work , make an appointment !

2009-09-28 Thread Dan Eisenman
How about this -You get a RMA and you are told when to send in the unit for the least down time at Flex. In my case I'm told the bride diode is out in my 5000A. Estimated repair time is 3-4 weeks , I operate on a 75 meter net each night so I'm going to be off the air for about a month.Thats a

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Jordan
Using a preselector for receive has allowed me to increase S/N on several bands, and almost all frequencies outside of the ham bands with my Flex5K It also helps in reducing or removing some of the images and spurs found below 8 Mhz.YMMV, but not too much hihi 73...Jordan VE6ZT --

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Tim Ellison wrote: > Second, "antenna tuners" are devices that has been misnamed for years.  They > are not actual tuners in relation to frequency, but impedance matching > devices as you noted below.  There are several impedance matching circuits > used for th

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread TOM BLACKWELL (nt)
I have generally good results with the MFJ 998. There is a free program that provides control and display from the local PC with a serial port. Jim wrote: I wanted to ask the more experienced antenna/flex folks about a thought I had regarding the efficacy of an external antenna tuner instead o

Re: [Flexradio] Typical repair time

2009-09-28 Thread Jordan
And in some cases it means: Jeez...we can get a 1dB lower noise floor without these back to back diodes across the input. OR, Wow... these new transistors have much better IMD specs in our circuit It also can mean things like: "These new devices meet the new OHSA requirements" 73...J

Re: [Flexradio] Typical repair time

2009-09-28 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Greg Jurrens wrote: > Burt: > Sri... 2 mny TLAs!  (Three Letter Acronyms) > ECO stands for Engineering Change Order.  It's the formal process for making > a change on the production line.  It forces us GEEKS to actually document > what we want done and then be

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Ray Andrews, K9DUR
Tim, I would like to take respectful exception to one of your statements: "Some offer, at best, only marginal benefits for RX, because there is no real "tuning" per se going on, just matching the impedance of the transmitter's output to the radiator (antenna and coax) that is attached." It is a w

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Tim Ellison
Jim, First off, you are correct that in the FLEX-5000 family of SDRs, because they are full duplex (separate RX and TX signal paths), the ATU is only in the TX signal path (between the PA and the HRFIO board). Second, "antenna tuners" are devices that has been misnamed for years. They are no

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Mark Lunday
Well, not sure if there is a more relevant discussion board (yahoo ham-antennas?), but regarding SWR...if the tuner can get a match then the biggest concern is: what is the loss of the feedline, and is the feedline radiating unintentionally. Some coax with high SWR can be very lossy, some coax and

[Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Jim
I wanted to ask the more experienced antenna/flex folks about a thought I had regarding the efficacy of an external antenna tuner instead of the internal atu offered for the flex 5000a. I personally did not have great luck with the internal antenna tuner so I finally purchased an external MFJ -

[Flexradio] firewire card link

2009-09-28 Thread elan paim
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160363868852&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123 i just bought one it is the same as syba card that show on flex web page E&T Paim ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.fle

Re: [Flexradio] Which Firewire card to buy..

2009-09-28 Thread elan paim
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160363868852&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123 i just bought one it is the same as syba card that show on flex web page E&T Paim --- On Mon, 28/9/09, Dudley Hurry wrote: From: Dudley Hurry Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Which Firewire card to buy.. To