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2010-05-17 Thread dan edwards
and at the other end of the spectrum, k8zoa has gone the extra mile.. http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/z1203_dc_power_coupler.htm for those of us who go the 'other way'..some good ideas, even if you dont buy it.. 73, w5xz, listening to the noise on 160m --- On Tue, 5/18/10, Tim Ellison

Re: [Flexradio] V/U module at Dayton?

2010-05-17 Thread Tim Ellison
Interesting reading http://www.ece.vt.edu/swe/lwa/memo/lwa0135.pdf -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bret Mills Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:19 PM To: k...@verizon.net; 'Peter Scheller'; 'flexra...@fl

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] V/U module at Dayton?

2010-05-17 Thread Bret Mills
Look here for idea's on a power inserter, http://www.hamuniverse.com/wx9dxmfj4712.html Even simpler and less expensive you can find a old UHF TV mast mount amplifier which come with a power inserter with 75 ohm connector, just dissemble it and install a BNC in place of the F connector and RG58 pi

Re: [Flexradio] My turn for help

2010-05-17 Thread Dudley Hurry
Steve, Try with your antenna on RX1 In, make sure that you change the Antenna menu to RX1 Input, if the signals are ok there, you will need to send in to Flex for repair. Let me know directly at supp...@flex-radio.com if the results, but if the receiver comes back to life. 73, Dudle

Re: [Flexradio] Flexers on the air?

2010-05-17 Thread Tim Ellison
Sunday afternoons @ 1800 UTC on 14.329 is one time and place. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of racer Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:44 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flexers on the

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] V/U module at Dayton?

2010-05-17 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Tim responded No this is not a feature of the vu5k and the board is feature complete. -Tim Sent from my iPhone On May 16, 2010, at 4:18 PM, "Peter Scheller"mailto:nh...@msn.com>> wrote: Tim et al, Is the Flex 5K with V/U modules installed capable of supplying 12VDC to antenna mounte

[Flexradio] Flexers on the air?

2010-05-17 Thread racer
Are there spots on the HF band where the flex users hang out? I have a 5000A on my wish list and would like to gather as much information as I can. Thanks Marv N0FJP ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/m

[Flexradio] Amp & Tuner Interfacing -?

2010-05-17 Thread NU8Z
I have been using DDUtil to control a THP HL-1.5KFX Amp. I have had the amp in the Kenwood mode and I'm using the DDUtil Passive listener mode and a RS232 cable. All has been working well. DDUtil controls the band switching on the amp with no problem. Now I will be adding a Palstar AT-Auto tun

[Flexradio] My turn for help

2010-05-17 Thread Steve Jones
My flex 5k was operating fine this weekend. Today it seem to be deaf. I have swapped antennas and coax. The icom hears just fine on all the antennas and coax. Both the main RX and RX2 can't hear outside signals. They can hear the icom transmitter without an antenna and with the flex on a dummy load

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Burt
Real open mind --- On Mon, 5/17/10, Richard W. Solomon wrote: > There was a Saturday Morning Network > show wherein one of the > guests talked about the dangers and pitfalls of Facebook. > > It was enough to keep me from trying it > > 73, Dick, W1KSZ > > > -Original Message- > >Fr

Re: [Flexradio] (no subject)

2010-05-17 Thread Dudley Hurry
Hunter, Welcome to the group and to the Flex Club.. Lots to learn and new way of operating a radio, more neat things coming in PowerSDR 2.0 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Hunter Ellington wrote: Well, as an OF who has genetic deficiencies when it comes to all things computers, the FLEX-5000A has b

Re: [Flexradio] flex and it's fatal flaw

2010-05-17 Thread Tim Ellison
HI HI -Tim Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2010, at 7:22 PM, "adam grossmyer" wrote: > Well just having the flex 3000 for a few days I have discovered a > huge FATAL > FLAW!!! And I think it needs to be addressed immediately. I now > notice > every time I operate this radio how v

[Flexradio] flex and it's fatal flaw

2010-05-17 Thread adam grossmyer
Well just having the flex 3000 for a few days I have discovered a huge FATAL FLAW!!! And I think it needs to be addressed immediately. I now notice every time I operate this radio how very awful other people are and how badly they splatter there signals all over the bands HI HI. It's definitel

[Flexradio] (no subject)

2010-05-17 Thread Hunter Ellington
Well, as an OF who has genetic deficiencies when it comes to all things computers, the FLEX-5000A has been a revelation. Once I figured (stumbled) out how to make it work with my computer, I was, and continue to be amazed with this radio. I am doubly blessed in that my XYL allowed me to have b

Re: [Flexradio] Receive Audio Via Remote Station

2010-05-17 Thread Michael Walker
To add to Steve's great comments, make sure you forward 1 port through your firewall for Skype audio. Then, tell Skype which port that is. (no, that won't make you a supernode)... Do that at both ends. Doing that will really reduce your latency to just a normal internet traffic level. You

[Flexradio] re incorrect word

2010-05-17 Thread n2apj
Hi all, ?Iam sorry for using the wrong word (AFFEND) should be 'attend",my sight is not the best at 80 years old hi hi . Jack ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Geep Howell
I'm pretty sure there is a way to make the pix available without becoming a Facebook member, just never have done it. Perhaps Bob will have a little time now that Dayton is over (grin…) to see how that is done, and if I find something to that effect I will pass on. Facebook is like most anythi

[Flexradio] re video on facebook

2010-05-17 Thread n2apj
? Hi ALL, ?the majority of flexers replying,refused to join facebook just to view a very important video taken at Dayton. And so do I,is this the only video taken?could there be someone else that can show video of?their? own taking so we can all enjoy it ?We who did not affend are waiting with b

Re: [Flexradio] The good news is... Here, everything works!

2010-05-17 Thread Dave
Glad you got it working Juan. Dave wo2x -- From: "K4LCD" Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 4:42 PM To: Subject: Re: [Flexradio] The good news is... Here, everything works! Hi! Everything works connected to my Flex 5000A! And I run all these programs

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station

2010-05-17 Thread Dave
I was operating remote on the Flex net yesterday. I had the same issues if monitoring a frequency with no activity. A quick TX then RX restored the receive audio to normal level. I think it may have to do with the auto leveling of the receive audio in Skype. Dave wo2x --

Re: [Flexradio] The good news is... Here, everything works!

2010-05-17 Thread Michael Tondee
Here here Tim! And could someone be so kind as to shoot a free V/U module my way? :-) HI HI! Michael, W4HIJ On 5/17/2010 4:45 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: "What more could this old ham want?" I'd like some sunspots and high solar flux numbers. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun

Re: [Flexradio] Congratulations Brian Lloyd!

2010-05-17 Thread Steven L Hess
So cool Congrats Brian. On 05/17/2010 07:04 AM, Bob McGwier wrote: > http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=179399&id=827451648&saved#!/photo.php?pid=4257177&id=827451648&fbid=411342171648 > -- Regards de KC6KGE Skype flamebait Monitoring at least one of the following Frequencies if the radio

Re: [Flexradio] The good news is... Here, everything works!

2010-05-17 Thread Tim Ellison
"What more could this old ham want?" I'd like some sunspots and high solar flux numbers. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of K4LCD Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 4:43 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject

Re: [Flexradio] The good news is... Here, everything works!

2010-05-17 Thread K4LCD
Hi! Everything works connected to my Flex 5000A! And I run all these programs at the same time. Using my new Quatro computer with the Windows 7 OS, With VAC 4.09 Virtual Cables 1 and 2 VSPManager and only three pair of Virtual Serial Ports Activated; the following programs run perfectly, si

Re: [Flexradio] Man I can't believe some attitudes towards SDR!

2010-05-17 Thread Michael Tondee
You know, I actually thought about cutting and pasting it into a text file at one time when it was going on but then I decided it wasn't worth it to do that anymore than it was worth it for me to keep arguing with the ignorant misinformed people. I just let it go and then I came over here an

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread pierce day
I feel the same way; would like to see pix but not about to join Facebook. Pierce W4ZDI - Original Messge - From: To: Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:28 AM Subject: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner I got a e mail that said I could see the pictures of the flex dinner on sat. W

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Tim (W4TME)
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Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Jim Kunowsky
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Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Richard Clafton
Agreed. And that's fine if you are the person sharing. But if you are a person, like many, who do not wish to share - but would like to view the publicly available content from others who choose only to publish on Facebook - then the article below shows you how to become a member of Facebook w

[Flexradio] Receive Audio Via Remote Station

2010-05-17 Thread Steve Floyd
Rob, I really do not have another option to recommend for robust audio transport with a decent codec other than Skype. There is the free TeamViewer remote desktop software package that also has an audio VOIP connection feature, however I have not tried this out yet.  This may work very well for

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Ross Stenberg
The idea behind Facebook is to publish information that you would not mind others seeing. If one does not want private information seen then I would not put it on Facebook. It's all about making sure that the first thing you do is modify the default privacy settings. Here is a great article

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station

2010-05-17 Thread Ken Danser
Hello Steve, That is correct, I am using Skype for the audio. I will have a look at the settings for the fix level setting and see if this helps. Is there another program that will work instead of Skype? Thank you for this information. Ken K3YI - Original Message - From: Steve Fl

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Richard Clafton
It's all about making sure that the first thing you do is modify the default privacy settings. Here is a great article explaining more about the pitfalls and how to deal with it. http://lifehacker.com/5538697/how-to-quit-facebook-without-actually-quitting-facebook You can also look through sev

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Ross Stenberg
Most of the dangers and pitfalls of Facebook are from how one could haphazardly use it, not from joining it. Bob seems to enjoy it and I'm sure everyone respects his technical abilities. 73 Ross K9COX ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadi

Re: [Flexradio] Remote operations

2010-05-17 Thread Ross Stenberg
Is that why your suffix is MOX? I am just worried about a possible disconnect in the middle of a transmission and the transmitter being stuck in the keyed position. Any thoughts? Adam N8MOX ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.

[Flexradio] Great success in Dayton

2010-05-17 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Dear Flexers, Wow, what a success we had in Dayton this year! It was a tremendous honor for our team to meet so many of you and to hear how much you enjoy your radios. You are our number one sales team because you spread the word to your friends about your enjoyment of our products. We sincerel

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Richard W. Solomon
There was a Saturday Morning Network show wherein one of the guests talked about the dangers and pitfalls of Facebook. It was enough to keep me from trying it 73, Dick, W1KSZ -Original Message- >From: Paul - K6HR >Sent: May 17, 2010 12:39 PM >To: y...@aol.com, FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread Paul - K6HR
Same here. I'd love to see them, but joining Facebook is out of the question. Paul Delaney K6HR -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of y...@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:29 AM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

[Flexradio] Remote operations

2010-05-17 Thread adam grossmyer
Hi guys, once again I have another question for all of you, I hear talk about remote operations and I am curious, has anyone run into a problem with the 3000 on a remote setup getting stuck in transmit mode? What I would like to do is, log into my PC via a little program I like to use called

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station

2010-05-17 Thread Steve Floyd
Are you using Skype for the audio connections? I have noticed this audio level effect when using Skype for the remote audio connection to my PC running PowerSDR. With the recent latest update to the Skype software this effect has become a bit more pronounced. I believe that this is a reaction of

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station

2010-05-17 Thread Tim Ellison
It probably has something to do with the VoIP software you are using since this behavior has never been reported with PowerSDR by itself. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Rob Sent: Monday, May 17, 201

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station

2010-05-17 Thread Rob
Have exactly the same thing here too. So much so it makes remote voice impossible to use. The sound hunts up and down after a few minutes just listening. An OFF/ON resolves itfor a few minutes at least! Looking fwd to the solution. Rob On 17 May 2010 17:32, Stu Phillips wrote: > Ken, > > Di

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station

2010-05-17 Thread Stu Phillips
Ken, Did you have MultiRx enables and Sync VFO selected at the same time? I had a similar issue myself some months back - generates similar symptoms to that you describe below. Took me a while to figure out what I'd done! Stu K6TU -Original Message- From: flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.bi

[Flexradio] pictures from the dinner

2010-05-17 Thread yash
I got a e mail that said I could see the pictures of the flex dinner on sat. Went to look and found out I had to join Face Book. I don't want to do this for various reasons. Is there any way to see the pictures and be able to put faces and names ,before I forget who I sat with. thanks dale wt4t

Re: [Flexradio] Congratulations Brian Lloyd!

2010-05-17 Thread Alan NV8A
On 05/17/10 10:04 am, Bob McGwier wrote: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=179399&id=827451648&saved#!/photo.php?pid=4257177&id=827451648&fbid=411342171648 Is there somewhere these could be made available without having to sign in to Facebook? I don't do Facebook. 73 Alan NV8A

[Flexradio] Flex Radio Banquet album

2010-05-17 Thread Bob McGwier
Open to the public. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=179399&id=827451648&saved#!/album.php?aid=179399&id=827451648&page=2 -- (Co)Author: DttSP, Quiktrak, PowerSDR, GnuRadio Member: ARRL, AMSAT, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. “One must be a fox in order to recognize tra

[Flexradio] Congratulations Brian Lloyd!

2010-05-17 Thread Bob McGwier
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=179399&id=827451648&saved#!/photo.php?pid=4257177&id=827451648&fbid=411342171648 -- (Co)Author: DttSP, Quiktrak, PowerSDR, GnuRadio Member: ARRL, AMSAT, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. “One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and

Re: [Flexradio] Dayton SDR Forum speaker list, times

2010-05-17 Thread TOM BLACKWELL (nt)
We'd like to see a video - - or at least an audio file. Stephen Hicks, N5AC wrote: Bob, the forum was awesome this year -- thanks for organizing it and thanks to all the speakers for their presentations. The room was jam packed, literally standing room only and flowing out into the hallway. My

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Dayton SDR Forum speaker list, times

2010-05-17 Thread Stephen Hicks, N5AC
Bob, the forum was awesome this year -- thanks for organizing it and thanks to all the speakers for their presentations. The room was jam packed, literally standing room only and flowing out into the hallway. My rough count was 225 people. Steve On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 06:09, Robert McGwier wr

Re: [Flexradio] Man I can't believe some attitudes towards SDR!

2010-05-17 Thread Simon HB9DRV
So you're suggesting we cull the old timers? I gave a talk recently about SDR with live demonstrations - they were converted. In my talks I always suggest that every club should have a few SoftRocks to lend to potential SWL's. For me 'real radio' is homebrew, but I do admire the fine contest

Re: [Flexradio] CW 'dead' 'useless' ??

2010-05-17 Thread dan edwards
mark great reference. or how about 'out of the blue clear sky'one of MY favorites.. --- On Mon, 5/17/10, Mark Lunday wrote: From: Mark Lunday Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CW 'dead' 'useless' ?? To: "'Eddie DeYoung'" , flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 3:55 AM Eddie, I'll kee