Plug Play SDR station – Add a mic and power supply and you are on the air!
: Flex 5000 with ATU and 2nd receiver. It has the latest I/O board that
people are concerned about.
: Dedicated (optimized) PC, (one of Neil’s PC’s) Firewire card and 6 ft
double shielded Granite firewire cable. Note:
I’ve been using my Flex 5K on AM with the Heil PR40. I recently found a
Behringer DEQ2496 at a local pawn shop for $60. Works great and it’s the
latest software / hardware revisions. Been reading the owner’s manual and
I’ve discovered that there are features I’ll probably never use. I’d like
to
Check out the details on w1aex web page about his cheap mic. I use a PR40
and the mic that w1aex describes. As a cheap mic I get many good audio
reports from both.
On Thursday, January 9, 2014, Jim Aspinwall wrote:
Observations: Heil vs. electret...
If you work through the Heil site and a
Just noticed something after recently upgrading to 2.7.2
I have the AM Carrier set to 25
80-10 AM operation is fine, no change from previous version.
25W resting carrier with peaks easily to 100W.
With the same settings, on 160 (AM) the maximum AM carrier I am able to get
is only 12W.
I'm able to
I'm using the Pixel loop and I'm extremely happy with it. Due to local
noise, 160 has always been a challenge. Last year, after installing it I
picked up 5 new countries on 160' just because my other antennas were
receiving so much noise. It also works great for BCB DX'ing! Pricy, but
worth every
This has been my experience from day 1.
Somehow, I'm missing something. I can sometimes find a null, but never any
type of improvement.
On Sunday, September 22, 2013, Mark Lunday wrote:
I read Tim Ellison's article, and I am not sure if I am understanding the
mechanics correctly.
I am
I tried DRM but was never successful.
I'm definitely interested
On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, Michael Logan, KB7IUV wrote:
Anyone have a reliable source for downloading an AAC codec so I can get
Dream DRM to work?
Thanks,
--
73's de Mike, KB7IUV
http://qrz.com/db/KB7IUV
I'd also be interested. Having problems getting PTT to work. Using DDUTIL
and VAC
On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Ronald A Stunden wrote:
Anyone using the WSJT JT9 with a Flex 5K ? for 6 meters
Ron VE7YC
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From what I'm reading, this describes a wired remote operation. Can the new
flex radios be accessed truly remotely, via an Internet connection?
On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, wrote:
Stu,
Happy to see I made your blog. You sounded great with your FLEX 6700 and
KW. I was running barefoot with my
Has anyone considered requesting the source file and updating the manual as
a group project?
On Monday, May 27, 2013, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
Everyone has a personal opinion regarding manuals. That is fine except
where you think your personal preference trumps my needs. I too would like
a
If you own a digital camera, and you've installed firmware updates, has
Canon, Nikon or Olympus rewritten the owners manual? They don't. It just
seems that since Flex announced that the 5k has been discontinued, some
need something to complain about. They need to get over it and discover
life
Working great!
Thanks
On Monday, May 6, 2013, Neal Campbell wrote:
Hi all
The flexradiowiki is back up at its new host and is mostly intact.
The URL gods are awaiting some registry decisions before you can access it
via http://www.flexradiowiki.com so until then you can go to
Tim
What is the accuracy suppose to be?
Assuming I use WWV, should it zero to 15.000.000?
On Tuesday, April 16, 2013, Tim Ellison wrote:
TheZero Beat feature looks for the largest signal in the RX passband and
tunes to it. For it to work, it requires that averaging be turned on so it
can
What happens when you disconnect the antenna?
On Tuesday, April 16, 2013, Mike wrote:
Hi David,
I have seen a similar problem with my Flex3000.
Klaus@Flex EU Support and I have been working on this.
I also have a Clicking sound at regular intervals on all bands which
shows on the
Great news to see a new release.
Just curious if a minor issue the previous version had was fixed with the
new release?
Last week I went through the frequency calibration routine using WWV at 15
mhz, and verifying it with their 5 10 mhz channels.
Using the Phase scope method I was able to
I did read the release notes and didn't see any specific mention about the
zero beat issue. That is why I posted the question. Where was it mentioned?
On Monday, April 15, 2013, Ernest Garcia wrote:
Bob,
Your question is answer on the letter that Tim send. All the updates and
issues that
Tim
Assuming the preamp offers both balanced and unbalanced outputs, is there
any advantage of one vs the other?
If anyone decides to try the preamp idea, and by chance you are using a
ribbon mic, be sure the preamp has the option to disable the phantom 48v
power. Many of the less expensive
Noticing some inconsistent behavior with my 5K. I've recently been running
a lot of 75m AM.
I created a profile, so the transmit settings are consistent.
To achieve 25W of carrier, I normally have the drive set to 70. During this
time, it's easy to achieve more than 25W, and on peaks it will
I too have considered their VLF converter, but after experiencing the
rather broad front end of the 5K in that part of the spectrum, I'm
cautiously not expecting too much. I contacted Heros and they admitted that
you might have issues if you live in areas near broadcast stations.
On Sunday,
OK, I just captured three photos that show how the noise appears on the
display.
Two show the no noise condition with Mic input disabled, and enabled with
level set to 0
The third photo shows what happens when the Mic input is enabled, and the
level is increased. The level reaches the shown
lowers it much more, but that just shows
how clean the Flex transmitter is.
Steve WA7DUH
On 1/8/2013 4:34 PM, Bob Kay wrote:
OK, I just captured three photos that show how the noise appears on the
display.
Two show the no noise condition with Mic input disabled, and enabled
with
level set
on the radio.
73 Patrick AF5CK
-Original Message- From: K0DAN
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 7:56 PM
To: Bob Kay ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Sweeping noise/signal across band
Good point! I got this advice from someone earlier...but it wasnb t the
UPS. Nor
Check your UPS supply. You've described my situation exactly. I contacted
UPC and they had no interest in solving it. Unplugged the UPS and the
problem is gone.
On Saturday, December 1, 2012, K0DAN wrote:
There can be many sources of this. First and easiest thing to do is find
out if you're
I also have same rf proximity situation (770 kHz) and use the ICE filter,
but do not have your problem.
WA2SQQ
On Friday, November 30, 2012, Howard Grams wrote:
Since my QTH is only a quarter mile from the antenna farm of a local AM
station on 1380 kHz, I have been using an ICE 400X BCB filter
Line in? For a mic level signal? Seems strange. How about the large
impedance mismatch?
On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, wrote:
The D-104 that I use is an unamplified mike. However, it's simple enough
to bypass the preamp in the mike stand if you have one. I'm not sure why
you would you even
Same here
WA2Sqq
On Saturday, September 15, 2012, Dave Gomberg wrote:
At 13:34 9/14/2012, Rich - W3ZJ wrote:
Yes. When using MultiRX I have to increase the main firewire buffer from
256 to 512 bytes to prevent the Motoboating. This causes a little
additional latency on CW but we seem to
While all this news about the Flex’s new radios is welcomed news, it’s
dominating the reflector. Might this topic be better served by moving it to
the FlexEdge reflector, for what the news really is?
It makes it much easier for anyone who while might be exited, has no
immediate plans for
I apologize if I’m a bit off topic, but the versatility of Flex Radios is
hard to resist! After recently getting on 60m I’m discovering a lot of
RTTY, presumably military? Over the years I’ve tried copying some of the
commercial RTTY but finding the right shift has always been a challenge.
Can
2.3.5 is playing just fine!
I'd like to pass on a suggestion that WO2X suggested during our drive time
QSO. Now that 2.3.5 saves an expanded transmit profile, wouldn't it be
great if we can assign a specific profile to a band, or better yet, a
frequency range within a band. For example, when you
I’m sure I’m not the only person who is somewhat confused about the
implementation (and configuration) of VAC2 with RX2. I plan on waiting a
few days before upgrading so I can digest all the feedback. For now, I have
these questions:
Ø Do I need to install the VAC software a second time?
Flex 5000
Win XP - One of Neil's PC
Installed the recommended Hot Fix #955408 that was recommended at the
beginning of 2.3.5 installation.
Enabled the new driver and set to 192
Loaded 2.3.5 and everything was going just fine. Selected ESC and
immediately the Pan Adapter went white, with a big X
1.885 is recognized as the AM Window for AM activity
On Friday, January 27, 2012, Ian Wade G3NRW g3nrw-ra...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
Announcing the 160m Band Utilization Chart - 26 Jan 2012, at:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wadei/160m_band_utilization.htm
The 160m Band Utilization Chart is
You probably don't operate that much. Listen on 1.885 3.885 and tell me
that the term AM window does not reply.
On Friday, January 27, 2012, Ian Wade G3NRW g3nrw-ra...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
___Original Message_
From: manual...@juno.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jan
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