[Flexradio] New PC components for a 1500?

2012-11-18 Thread Michael Tondee
Hi folks, Been away for awhile but I'm hoping to be getting a new Flex 1500 soon. Problem is that the old HP Duo Core that I have and used to use with my 5K and my first 1500 is showing very erratic behavior lately, taking several tries to boot and rebooting at odd times. It's not reliable

Re: [Flexradio] New PC components for a 1500?

2012-11-18 Thread Ross Stenberg
In general, you would be hard pressed to buy a modern PC today that would not run the 1500 in spite of the naysayers. I would add that the graphics requirements foe PowerSDR are low and I have noticed absolutely no difference between standard on board graphics and a good PCIe card. On

Re: [Flexradio] [IC-7000] Using a SDR As Second Receiver With IC7000

2012-11-18 Thread 3t3
Rene - WA6MJE Thank you for posting your ideas on the IC-7000 reflector I am sending a copy of this email to the Flex Radio SDR reflector in hopes that someone over there is also interested in this idea. Rene, I am in exactly the same boat as you. I love my IC-7000 and I use it as my base

Re: [Flexradio] New PC components for a 1500?

2012-11-18 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Ross Stenberg ross.stenb...@charter.netwrote: In general, you would be hard pressed to buy a modern PC today that would not run the 1500 in spite of the naysayers. I would add that the graphics requirements foe PowerSDR are low and I have noticed absolutely no

Re: [Flexradio] Cannot run 'Demo Mode'

2012-11-18 Thread John Vandenberg
We like to do a club demo without having the hardware there, just some prerecorded stuff on a memory stick. The problem is the computer does not give a demo option in 'Available Radio Interface. We also did the update to PowerSDR2.4.4. but we have the same problem there. Has this option

Re: [Flexradio] New PC components for a 1500?

2012-11-18 Thread Michael Tondee
DPC is the main issue I was worrying about. IIRC graphics cards and their drivers can cause DPC issues. I haven't looked at any of the new processor technology lately and was surprised to see this where there is actually a GPU on the body of the main processing unit. At least, that's how I'm

Re: [Flexradio] New PC components for a 1500?

2012-11-18 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Michael Tondee mat...@charter.net wrote: DPC is the main issue I was worrying about. IIRC graphics cards and their drivers can cause DPC issues. I haven't looked at any of the new processor technology lately and was surprised to see this where there is

Re: [Flexradio] New PC components for a 1500?

2012-11-18 Thread Gordon Beattie Mobile
Mike, I agree with Brian on this. I am currently using a 1500 with Jetway NF9D-2550 dual core ATOM processor machines and they work fine but I not running anything else. When I get a free moment I am going to check the DPCs. These machines are running Windows 7 with all the current Microsoft

Re: [Flexradio] New PC components for a 1500?

2012-11-18 Thread Michael Tondee
This new machine would be running Windows 7 as well. My main operating preferences are digital modes and that an a logging program would be the only other things running besides PowerSDR. Other than that I just surf the web and I don't do that while I'm on the air. I'm not a gamer anymore. I'm

Re: [Flexradio] [IC-7000] Using a SDR As Second Receiver With IC7000

2012-11-18 Thread K8MLM
Terry, The Flex-5000 and/or Flex-3000 generate enough power (100 watts) to drive most amplifiers to full output. The Flex-1500 won't generate enough power for most amplifiers. However, depending on the IC-7000 IF frequency the Flex-1500 as panadapter display as well as a receiver with

Re: [Flexradio] Cannot run 'Demo Mode'

2012-11-18 Thread Ray, K9DUR
John, Go to the %APPDATA%\FlexRadio Systems folder delete the master.xml file. This will remove the list of radios you have used PowerSDR with. Then start PowerSDR with no radios powered on. The demo mode will then be listed. After the demo, simply power up your radio then start PowerSDR.

Re: [Flexradio] [IC-7000] Using a SDR As Second Receiver With IC7000

2012-11-18 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM, k8...@aol.com wrote: Terry, The Flex-5000 and/or Flex-3000 generate enough power (100 watts) to drive most amplifiers to full output. The Flex-1500 won't generate enough power for most amplifiers. However, depending on the IC-7000 IF frequency the

Re: [Flexradio] Images 1500

2012-11-18 Thread David McClain
Just noticed the same thing happening here while viewing a broadcast station at 7275 kHz. Noticed an image that seems to move in the opposite direction as I tune -- almost what you would expect from a first order alias signal. Running PSDR 2.4 and Win7/64. Switching on Spur Reduction made it