Re: [Flexradio] I need advice about hooking up an amp

2010-09-11 Thread FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry
Bill, Do not connect the L4B directly to the 5K, but with the ARB704 buffer should work just fine for the L4B.. It's a good ideal to use a buffer relay if nothing else to help isolate the radio from any RF coming back from the amp. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option

[Flexradio] I need advice about hooking up an amp

2010-09-11 Thread Greathounder
I just got a Drake L4B amp today. Is it safe to run on my F5000A as long as I have a ARB704 in between the radio and amp. I know it works for the 811H, but I have no knowledge of the older amps. Thanks in advanceBill N8VWI ___ FlexRadio System

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Drax Felton
Let end the debate and just start making Flex Radios that use Fibre Channel and require z/OS. Then we could run banks of Flexii simultaneously. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Flexradio] Noise Reduction.

2010-09-11 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Ron, This in in the bug list to be fixed (DE94). Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a t

[Flexradio] Noise Reduction.

2010-09-11 Thread Ronald A. Stunden
I seem to remember an email about the NR Function, I can't seem to find any reply to the problem. My F5K has the problem of the NR having to be re selected after a period of time maybe 1-2 minutes it slowly goes' to nothing and has to be reselected. Any comments ? SDR is 2.06 SVN 3804. Thanks

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Peter G. Viscarola wrote: > > > > It does support isochronous streaming transfers, > > something that Flex is just now trying to get going on USB. I > > > > USB inherently supports isochronous transfers. OK, that is news to me. I thought that USB was a single-m

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: > Neil, sure is funny how many times that dead horse gets resurrected. ;>) > > Just for fun, everyone should go look at http://www.presonus.com/ to see > how > many ports (channels) they have on their single USB recording system > product

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
> > Neil, sure is funny how many times that dead horse gets resurrected. ;>) > Sigh... Even *I'VE* heard this debate enough times that I'm sick of it. When you design a product, you make decisions. The reason the 3000 and 5000 use 1394 is that Flex made that decision back when they were des

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Neil, sure is funny how many times that dead horse gets resurrected. ;>) Just for fun, everyone should go look at http://www.presonus.com/ to see how many ports (channels) they have on their single USB recording system product vs. their many IEEE1394 (FireWire) recording system products. Since t

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Neal Campbell
I think people believe that USB is a better alternative because they believe that its the firewire interface that is giving the sporadic "radio cannot connect" or distorted audio issues. While there are definitely more USB ports on "best buy" computers than firewire, I doubt that even if the 3000

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Ray - K9DUR
Brian, Right on! At the time that the FLEX-5000 was being developed, the design decision was clear: At that stage in the technology, IEE1394 was the better choice. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Lyle Johnson wrote: > > ...it has to do with the data transfer rates required. >> >> --- >> > > This was true of USB 1.0 and 1.1 which were limited to a maximum raw data > rate of 12 megabit/sec, but is not true of USB 2.0 which has a raw data rate > capability o

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Ray - K9DUR
Lyle, This has been discussed extensively on this reflector previously. It does not matter what the THEORETICAL data transfer rate capabilities of USB 2.0 are, the fact remains that in a real-world application, the actual attainable rate is MUCH lower. You must take into account the capability o

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Lyle Johnson
...it has to do with the data transfer rates required. The FLEX-5000 allows a sampling rate of up to 192 kbps for the A/D& D/A converters and the FLEX-3000 allows up to 96 kbps. Add to this the fact that the FLEX-3000& FLEX-5000 are full duplex radios. That is, the TX& RX audio streams acr

Re: [Flexradio] PrettyBetty

2010-09-11 Thread Tim Ellison
Pretty Betty is no more. The "skins" provided for use with PowerSDR 2.x are delivered as a package with the new installer program which is used to install PowerSDR 2.x, the needed drivers and the skins. Just install the latest version of PowerSDR (v2.0.8) and you will have all you need to run

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Ray - K9DUR
Burt, As Tim indicated, it has to do with the data transfer rates required. The FLEX-5000 allows a sampling rate of up to 192 kbps for the A/D & D/A converters and the FLEX-3000 allows up to 96 kbps. Add to this the fact that the FLEX-3000 & FLEX-5000 are full duplex radios. That is, the TX & R

[Flexradio] PrettyBetty

2010-09-11 Thread Michael
Is there a currently available source for acquiring the prettybetty skins ? Can one use them with the current driver etc., of the 5000a.or does one need to revert to earlier files 5000 files? I can't seem to find a source that is current. Thanks. Mike VE3BGE

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Tim Ellison
It is due to sampling rate. The 1500 has a max sampling rate of 48K whereas the 3000 and 5000 are 96K and 192K respectively. Higher sampling rate require higher isochronous throughput between the radio hardware and the PC. USB will not cut it for the higher sampling rates when you have multip

[Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Burt
Why does the 1500 work so well on USB but Firewire is required for the 3000 and 5000A? Burt ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.m

[Flexradio] Any Chance of a progress report on Deep Impact ?

2010-09-11 Thread David R. Wilson
Hello Fellows, I am one of those Flex users that has only had the radio up a few minutes. Although I do support Windows as part of my day job, I have been hoping we would see something working cross platform so I don't have to do so at the house. Is there any info you can give me on what general