[Flexradio] 1.18.3 Noise ?

2009-10-01 Thread Ian Wade G3NRW
From: Dan Scott dscott1...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 Time: 15:14:15 When connected to an antenna, the Noise Floor of v1.18.3 is always 2db to 3db higher than that of v1.18.2. Also another radio was used to verify if the higher noise floor was just a metering difference or a if

[Flexradio] Tmate: new software release

2009-10-01 Thread Giuseppe Campana
Hi, to all interested in Tmate: new software release V1.1 released today and available from woodboxradio website - Some bugs fixed and new COM / CAT engines. - This release adds new functions to the 4 buttons of Tmate, exclusively for PowerSDR, as the easy control of SPLIT operation and

Re: [Flexradio] Tmate: new software release

2009-10-01 Thread Neal Campbell
Can we order for shipment to the US (without the VAT)? Thanks for what looks like a great product! 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

Re: [Flexradio] 1.18.3 Noise ?

2009-10-01 Thread Tim Ellison
Where can I find 1.18.2? The FlexRadio Downloads page. http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?fr=1 -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ian Wade G3NRW Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:35 AM To:

[Flexradio] odd panadapter display on 80m

2009-10-01 Thread Jim
An odd display started yesterday on my panadapter as follows: A swept signal appears on either side of the center red line of the panadapter. If I move to a different frequency the swept signal does not move on the screen and I can never cause the swept signal to be in the green band pass

Re: [Flexradio] odd panadapter display on 80m

2009-10-01 Thread MILLER, Tom
Sometimes I will have images appear above and below the center frequency. A simple exit and reenter the PWRSDR solves the problem. Tom. AC5TM - Original Message - From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz To: Jim technology.mag...@verizon.net Cc:

Re: [Flexradio] odd panadapter display on 80m

2009-10-01 Thread Jim
It must be an actual signal. Disconnecting the antenna removes the signal. And I notice that I can now shift the signal into the passband. Someone/something is generating the odd signal. Thanks, Jim -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com] Sent: Thursday, October

[Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread John Ragle
Jim... I live out in the countryside on a dead-end road (in the middle of a corn field) with 12 houses on it. My panadapter screens on almost every band are filled with spurious signals that go away when I remove the antenna (or connect to a 50-ohm dummy load). I have tried turning off my

Re: [Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread Geep Howell
Are you, by any chance, in an area that is served by BPOL? This sounds suspiciously like just that kind of interference, although it does not normally extend higher than 35 Mhz or so. geep wa4rts On Oct 1, 2009, at 10:23 AM, John Ragle wrote: Jim... I live out in the countryside on a

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 ECO Status Tracker

2009-10-01 Thread Larry da Ponte
I've been getting what look like automated email messages of my F3K ECO status. I didn't sign up for anything but I did give them my email address. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Ray Andrews, K9DUR k9...@rnacs.com wrote: I remember a recent e-mail saying that Flex had set up an on-line

[Flexradio] LinkSys routers...new lamps for old?

2009-10-01 Thread John Ragle
The suggestion that this QRM comes from a LinkSys router has been made before on the reflector, leading me to load up /our/ LinkSys router with ferrite cores and then finally to turn it off, risking a quick death from my XYL who is a software developer and spends much of her time on line.

Re: [Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread Tim Ellison
A, the double edge sword of the Panadapter. It is the best and worst thing about PowerSDR. No need to repeat the accolades of the Panadapter, they are well know to all. The cutting side of the sword is that most people never had a really sensitive RF spectrum analyzer masquerading as a

Re: [Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread Geep Howell
BPOL -- Broadband over Power Lines. An ongoing controversy between the ARRL and the FCC. Most of the BPOL experiments have now failed, due to broadband noise in the HF spectrum. Motorola does make a system that works and is quiet, but I am not sure when and where it is or has been

Re: [Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread John Sweeney
I also live out in the countryside on a dead-end road in the middle of a corn field with 12 houses on it. Anyway, I had the same spurious signals as you describe , mostly on 160 meters and 80 meters. I discovered it was from an underground dog fence nearby. The dog fence owner was understanding

Re: [Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread Bob Tracy
Neat story! The other source to consider, and I suspect but can't prove is true at my location, is my power company's remote meter reading system which is probably very similar to BPL. Bob, K5KDN -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz

[Flexradio] microHAM microKEYER II

2009-10-01 Thread Frank Karnauskas N1UW
Greetings, Flexers: I have a microHAM microKEYER II interface sitting unused next to my MARK V. Is anyone out there using one with their FLEX 5K? I notice their web site lists a cable for interfacing the unit to the 5K, so at least one person must have asked for it and tried it. I am beginning

Re: [Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread herbert3
Yes, indeed, these odd signals! But I was fortunate enough to have a retired power company maintenance surpervisor visit the shack. I showed him the mess on the panadapter and he asked to be allowed to hear it. He then immediately said, yes, that's an MOV or insulator or maybe both and I

Re: [Flexradio] LinkSys routers...new lamps for old?

2009-10-01 Thread radioart
My spurs and broadband noises was caused by a neighbors computer. When ever he would put his computer into the hibernate mode it would generate this 59+20dB noise wiping out 40m and 20m. My antenna was about 100' from his house. Once I showed him the problem was coming from his computer

Re: [Flexradio] LinkSys routers...new lamps for old?

2009-10-01 Thread Mark Lunday
How on earth did you find that as the source? Mark Lunday WD4ELG Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of

Re: [Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread n3wt
Yes,  should had said a high pass filter.  . this is the filter  used, which does eliminate the electric fence RFI.  http://www.iceradioproducts.com/filtersrf.html The Model 402X.    Cuts off below 1.8 Mhz. Intended for BCI. John, N3WT  - Original Message -

Re: [Flexradio] LinkSys routers...new lamps for old?

2009-10-01 Thread Jim Barber
Continuing stories - I replaced a (otherwise excellent) DLINK 802.11N router that was wiping me out on HF with a Netgear router that has compatibility issues and wipes me out on 2 meters. [sigh] 73, Jim, N7CXI radio...@frontiernet.net wrote: My spurs and broadband noises was caused by a

Re: [Flexradio] ...odd signals...

2009-10-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:23 AM, John Ragle tpcj1...@crocker.com wrote: The most common of these spurs is a cluster of 3 narrow signals spaced by 1 or 2 kHz and occurring every 90-95 kHz or so. They do not appear to be a carrier and sidebands. Some of the spurs wander slowly across the spectrum

Re: [Flexradio] Various things...

2009-10-01 Thread Dudley Hurry
Brett, You have to be kidding.. Right? I can view a AM signal, even tell the audio response on each sideband, exactly if I move the cursor over the signal and read the frequency response in the lower left of the panadapter. You can monitor your AM signal in the Flex 5000 with the RX2

Re: [Flexradio] Various things...

2009-10-01 Thread n3evl
Very curious...I think for most PowerSDR users (I have the SDR-1000 and HPSDR kit) the resolution available via the panadapter is a joy to behold. Never had a problem differentiating different types of sigs - AM, SSB, FM, RTTY, etc via their appearance on the display. Something must not be

[Flexradio] Victory!!! I think.....

2009-10-01 Thread Dave Gomberg
After a multi-month struggle involving hundreds of $$$ in ferrites, rewiring, etc. I MAY have licked my RFI problem. My headset is set up like this: Yamaha CM500 headset phones - F3K front panel mic V mic electret power supply V 1/8 phone jack V RJ-45 jack V RJ-45 cable V

[Flexradio] VFO B with mouse wheel?

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Jones
Helo all, Is there any way to control which VFO gets tuned by the mouse wheel when in MultiRX mode? As near as I can tell by experimenting is when in multiRX mode the mouse wheel moves VFO A, and moves the Panadapter display, but VFO B actually stays put and does not move. I'm wondering if

Re: [Flexradio] Various things...

2009-10-01 Thread Brett Gazdzinski
No I am not kidding. The Icom had a smaller display but showed more information it seemed. Maybe something is not right with my setup, as I could not begin to tell the bandwidth of an AM signal. It shows a sharp spike (carrier) and very little modulation. The waterfall display seems ok. SSB

[Flexradio] ARRL Flex3K revision to review in November QST

2009-10-01 Thread Mike Penkas
ARRL members can see the revision to the 3K review in the November issue on the ARRL website. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives:

Re: [Flexradio] ARRL Flex3K revision to review in November QST

2009-10-01 Thread Dave Gomberg
At 06:35 PM 10/1/2009, Mike Penkas wrote: ARRL members can see the revision to the 3K review in the November issue on the ARRL website. www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/pr0911.pdf page 8/9 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] Various things...

2009-10-01 Thread Dudley Hurry
Brett, All I can say is you must have the display really messed up.. I would suggest a database reset to get back to the defaults. Start with 96K or 48 K sample rate and then go to 4X in the panadapter, change the panadapter to AVG, and then go to display tab of Setup and increase the

Re: [Flexradio] Various things...

2009-10-01 Thread Jerry Flanders
I operate RTTY primarily. I can distinctly see both the mark and space tones cleanly separated on the panadaptor, and they are only 170 Hz apart. I routinely click on the panadaptor to tune rtty signals and rarely have to tune more than 40 Hz with the mouse wheel to fine-tune after the rough

Re: [Flexradio] Various things...

2009-10-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Brett Gazdzinski brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net wrote: If you change from 1db per division, to 10 db per division, the signal should not stay the same size. What is the point of being able to adjust it? Ah, you need to change the lower (Min:) and upper (Max:)

Re: [Flexradio] VFO B with mouse wheel?

2009-10-01 Thread Dave Kiefer
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Re: [Flexradio] VFO B with mouse wheel?

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Jones
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[Flexradio] (no subject)

2009-10-01 Thread Joseph White
I am looking for someone that has set up MMTTY and running it on the FLEX. I understand that the latest version will work. It has been over 5 years since I used MMTTY and would like to use it again. Also I would be interested in what most folks are using for RTTY with the Flex. Since we just