Re: [Flexradio] Fw: [FlexRadio] Re: Flex-3000 Limited TX Bandwidth

2009-05-11 Thread Chuck Mayfield
I think my reply tops yours, Kirk. I did not reply. Chuck, AA5J Stewart Haag wrote: LET'S SEE ANYONE TOP THIS REPLY - Original Message - From: Kirk K6KAR To: 'Stewart Haag' Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 3:06 PM Subject: FW: [FlexRadio] Re: Flex-3000 Limited TX Bandwidth From:

Re: [Flexradio] USB Port Timeout

2009-03-10 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Pete, I had that same problem over and over until I broke down and bought a parallel port card. Anyone want to buy a USB to parallel cable for the SDR-1000? I will make you a deal. 73 Chuck AA5J n3evl wrote: When running my SDR1000 using the usb-parallel adapter I've noticed the USB

Re: [Flexradio] First look at the FLEX-3000 production units

2009-02-19 Thread Chuck Mayfield
a file here via this reflector - or even if that's OK with Flex. Good luck. Terry WB4JFI -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz]on Behalf Of Chuck Mayfield Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:55 PM Cc: FlexRadio Reflector

Re: [Flexradio] First look at the FLEX-3000 production units

2009-02-18 Thread Chuck Mayfield
I note that FRS is introducing new radios that have an IEEE 1394 interface between the computer and the transceiver. Will Linux drivers be developed? The current IEEE1394 driver situation seems to me to be very difficult, if even possible, to configure. In fact, I have not been able to get

Re: [Flexradio] Gee! Now we are supporting Wonder Radio clones here

2008-12-16 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Duffy wrote: I was wondering why the post from Luis Cupido CT1DMK replied he was using a sdr1000 like hardware when asked if his problem, asked here, was a 1000 or a 5000 radio. Went over to the Yahoo Wonder Radio (sdr1k indian clone) site and guess what. Here is Luis postin about his

[Flexradio] For Sale Sdr-1000

2008-11-07 Thread Chuck Mayfield
SDR-1000, 100W, ATU, USB I/F CABLE, PARPORT CABLE, EDIROL FA-66 $1500 +POSTAGE, OR BEST OFFER SAVE POSTAGE IN DALLAS AREA BY PICKUP. QRZ GOOD. CHUCK AA5J ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

[Flexradio] SDR-1000 PA Calibrate problem

2008-11-04 Thread Chuck Mayfield
For the last few days, had problems with PA calibration first using the test branch version. Not sure which revision. Then today after another svn update I noticed lower than normal power output. Tried an 80m PA Calibration, advanced mode. Seems like same failure as previously with test

[Flexradio] Need help with compiling libfreebob and jackd

2008-11-03 Thread Chuck Mayfield
I have been trying to get my FA-66 working in Ubuntu 8.10. Here is where I get stopped: I am trying to use this procedure: Now let’s compile freebob. Get the sources from the SVN repository (the 1.0 stable branch): svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freebob/trunk/libfreebob

Re: [Flexradio] Manual changes

2008-09-11 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Ken wrote: Is there any place on the flex site that details or lists the differences or pages that changed between the latest release of the manual and the last one? I'd hate to have to print out another copy of the complete manual to stay current with the latest. Thanks, Ken - N8KJG

Re: [Flexradio] Updated FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual v 1.14.0 now available

2008-09-10 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Tim Ellison (W4TME) wrote: QST to all Flexers, The FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual v1.14.0 is now available for download. This version of the manual contains all of the updates for PowerSDR 1.14.0 including updates related to the new Firewire device driver. SDR-1000 users should use this manual

Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer v1.5.1

2008-09-06 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Ray, K9DUR wrote: I have recently issued 2 updates to my SDRDataTransfer.exe utility. v1.5.0 -- Added a check to see if PowerSDR is running. If it is, SDRDataTransfer issues a warning message telling you to close PowerSDR then exits. Thanks, Ray. I appreciate the idiot-proofing Hi

[Flexradio] My CW Setup (SDR1k)

2008-09-05 Thread Chuck Mayfield
FWIW, here is my cw setup: SDR-1000, 100W, ATU, Edirol FA-66, Power SDR v1.14.0 SVN 2425 external keyer, keying key jack on rear, using ring, (tip open) Setup Audio: Buffer Size 512, Sample Rate 96000 Display: Panascope mode, Time 1 DSP: CW RX: 4096, TX: 256 Break In Enabled, Delay 10 ms

Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer -- New Setup Data Available

2008-09-04 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Ray, K9DUR wrote: New setup data for the SDRDataTransfer.exe utility is now available for PowerSDR v1.14.0 for SVN #2428. If you have SDRDataTransfer.exe version 1.4 (highly recommended), all you need to do is select Update Setup Data from the File menu. If not, you can go to

Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer -- New Setup Data Available

2008-09-04 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Ray, K9DUR wrote: Chuck, Simply resize the main PowerSDR window to cover the RX2 controls. With the mouse over the bottom edge of the main PowerSDR window (the cursor will become a vertical double-headed arrow when the mouse is in the correct position), hold down the left mouse button drag

Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer -- New Setup Data Available

2008-09-04 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Lee A Crocker wrote: Grab the bottom of the screen and pull it up until it disappears 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives:

Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer -- New Setup Data Available

2008-09-04 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Ray, K9DUR wrote: Chuck, Simply resize the main PowerSDR window to cover the RX2 controls. With the mouse over the bottom edge of the main PowerSDR window (the cursor will become a vertical double-headed arrow when the mouse is in the correct position), hold down the left mouse button drag

Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer -- New Setup Data Available

2008-09-04 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Chuck Mayfield wrote: Ray, K9DUR wrote: Chuck, Simply resize the main PowerSDR window to cover the RX2 controls. With the mouse over the bottom edge of the main PowerSDR window (the cursor will become a vertical double-headed arrow when the mouse is in the correct position), hold down

[Flexradio] Broken KB links

2008-09-03 Thread Chuck Mayfield
All the links on the reflector to articles in the KB are Broken! Is there a way that you can fix the obvious problem that most previous reflector posts containing links are now essentially worthless? Also, the e-mail address to which these posts are sent and received is not recognized at

Re: [Flexradio] Broken KB links

2008-09-03 Thread Chuck Mayfield
searching for KC articles. And as previous noted, logging on to the KC is not required to access its content. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Mayfield Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 6:30 PM To: FlexRadio List

Re: [Flexradio] Broken KB links

2008-09-03 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Neal Campbell wrote: Hi Guys, Just a few observations: 1. Tim, who manages this, isn't an employee of Flex and I can testify that the boy works many hours a day at his paying job in addition to the time that he donates to us in operating our radios better 2. The new Knowledge Center was a

Re: [Flexradio] Broken KB links

2008-09-03 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Hey, guys I have made a discovery, I had previously tried using an external keyer with the same crappy keying waveform that I get on the dots using the internal keyer. Lo and behold, I moved the keying signal from the dot (tip) to the dash (ring) and the keying waveform is great. Don't have

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 PowerSDR v1.12.1 with dedicated I/Q settings per each band

2008-08-04 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Jim Lux wrote: And.. right now, I believe Flexradio has a no new features sort of policy in place while they try and get to the 2.0 revision. And I, as a happy SDR1k owner/user support that position. The SDR1K is what it is and any changes in PowerSDR that increase its capabilities and

Re: [Flexradio] Editing the database -- a little progress

2008-07-28 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Ray, K9DUR wrote: Chuck, You not only have to add a record for the frequency you want to label, but you also have to split the range of frequencies that the labeled frequency is in into 2 separate records so that they do NOT include the labeled frequency. Thanks, Ray. 73, Chuck AA5J

Re: [Flexradio] Editing the database -- a little progress

2008-07-22 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Tim Ellison wrote: I believe the OO tool is mucking up the Access database. Obviously it is truncating the precision of the field value which is probably why you are receiving the error. The data is there, but OO is not showing it. Maybe if you can provide a detailed band plan for digital

Re: [Flexradio] Fan Noise made Irrelevant

2008-07-20 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Gerald Capodieci wrote: Fan Noise made irrelevant may sound like wishful thinking. But, mine effected me only on transmit since I use head phones. My Heil C5 mic picked up the sound of all fans and any other noise in the house. All seems well after I tinkered with the PA Gain Settings. My

Re: [Flexradio] [www] New FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual available for download

2008-07-15 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Joe - AB1DO wrote: Hi Chuck, I have seriously considered separating the hardware from the software and, as you suggest, producing a hardware manual and a common software manual. However, there are a lot of subtle interactions between the hardware and the software and, in fact, a fair

Re: [Flexradio] [www] New FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual available for download

2008-07-14 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Tim Ellison (W4TME) wrote: The updated FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual is now available for download from the FlexRadio Systems web site. It is aligned with the 1.12.0 version of PowerSDR. You can access it using the following URL: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=183 It is a 3

Re: [Flexradio] SDRiK, PCI Parallel Card address

2008-07-09 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Dudley Hurry wrote: Chuck, The parallel port address on a PCI card should be a 4 digit number, so you will have to manually type it into the Setup menu for the 1K.. To find that address go to Windows Device Manager = Ports (Com LPT) = your new LPT port right click on the new LPT =

[Flexradio] SDRiK, PCI Parallel Card address

2008-07-08 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
This FRS-recommended Dell Dimension E520 has no parallel port and no serial port. That makes it pretty much incompatible with SDR1K IMO. I have gotten tired of the USB disconnects that occur several times per hour of operation. So, I bought a PARALLEL-PCI card from the Web. It is made by Lava

[Flexradio] SDR-1000 frequency error.

2008-06-13 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
All of a sudden, WWV shows up at ~2.511, 5.022, 10.044 MHZ. tried deleting the database and wisdom. restarted 1.12 and same thing. Can not calibrate frequency. Using ver 1.10.4, DDS Offset was 3125. dds offset has been reset to zero. Using ver 1.10.4, DDS Offset was 3125. changing it makes no

[Flexradio] SDR-1000 Manual

2008-04-29 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
I am confused. Perhaps someone here can help straighten me out. On page 12, concerning the parallel cable, I see this statement: These are called RS-232 cables by some manufacturers. Is that correct? RS-232 is a serial protocol and I know that the pin diagram of RS-232 and parallel cables are

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 Manual

2008-04-29 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
://www.cablesnmor.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPRODProdID=123 http://www.infinitecables.com/pop/cb_pr-aa1-6.htm -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Mayfield - AA5J Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:11 PM To: FlexRadio List Subject

[Flexradio] Linux driver(s) for Edirol FA-66 Soundcard

2008-04-28 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Does anyone on this reflector use the FA-66 with Linux? Need help setting up driver. 73 Chuck AA5J ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives:

[Flexradio] Erratic CW keying

2008-03-22 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
If I set the sound card buffer size below 2048 my cw keying becomes erratic. sampling at 192k, edirol fa-66. Does that make any sense to you gurus? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE Chuck AA5J ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Linux

2008-01-02 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Mike, How does 'FREE' work for you? Ubuntu 7.1 is easy to use. Kubuntu is almost the same as Windoze for the user. It comes with Thunderbird, Firefox, Open Office and many more applications. If you have broadband internet you can download Ubuntu 7.1, or if not, the folks at Ubuntu will

Re: [Flexradio] Straight keys don't work with 5000A

2008-01-01 Thread Chuck Mayfield
I had problems keying my SDR1k until I connected tip and ring together. I tried with just tip and ground and ring and ground and both were flaky. Chuck AA5J At 09:15 AM 12/25/2007, Gerald Youngblood \(FlexRadio Systems\) wrote: Hi Mike, I know that customers are using straight keys and

[Flexradio] SVN 1780 observations with SDR1000 by Newbee

2007-12-02 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Have been off the air with SDR for awhile. Today updated to SVN 1780. wizard. calibrate PA all is well had a Qso on lsb, seemed ok. went to CW. dits worked ok. dahs not at all, the no sound and no pwr out. went back to 10.1 and everything works as expected with that release. Chuck AA5J

[Flexradio] Scanning ALE Frequencies

2007-06-10 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Anyone know how to make the SDR-1000 scan the listed ALE frequencies? Will HFALE do it? TIA, Chuck AA5J ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link:

Re: [Flexradio] Help with Power Amp Calibration

2007-01-22 Thread Chuck Mayfield
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Re: [Flexradio] SAM fixed was Re: Air Check of WY3D on SDR1000 AM

2006-12-30 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
Larry wrote: Bob, you're one dummy that we couldn't do without! Thanks The only question I have about it is ... does it follow that the rolloff would get better with a slower sampling rate? It was originally noticed with the Edirol card in the 192 khz sample rate setting and when the sample

[Flexradio] Caution: Mixw 2.17 trial version mixes SSB with digital output.

2006-12-26 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
I downloaded the trial versions of VAC 4.03 and Mixw 2.17. Installed them and got them running with my SDR-1000. Unfortunaltely, without warning, an SSB signal saying Trial every four seconds or so seems to be mixed with the digital output and apparently with the tranmitted output. I was not

Re: [Flexradio] Caution: Mixw 2.17 trial version mixes SSB with digitaloutput.

2006-12-26 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
UH-OH! There I go again, barking up the wrong tree. I am still dissapointed that an apparently unadvertised software trap caused me to transmit SSB on a non-SSB frequency, even if it was for a very short transmission. When I saw the SSB-wide signal in the PowerSDR display along with the

Re: [Flexradio] SSB Voice inversion

2006-12-20 Thread Chuck Mayfield
At 09:59 AM 12/20/2006, A.R.S. - W5AMI wrote: On 12/20/06, Eric Wachsmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After listening to the wave file, I would tend to believe that what you described (swapping subbands around) is exactly what they are doing. I definitely couldn't find any way to make any

Re: [Flexradio] AGC and Other Optomized Receiver Settings

2006-12-18 Thread Chuck Mayfield
I tried searching the TT site using various combinations of the (un-specific) cite you made. For us other dummies, would you mind providing a link? -AA5J At 12:21 AM 12/18/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AGC Optimized (optomized,sic) for what ? Pretty soon I am going to be forced to re-quote

[Flexradio] Using PR-40 with FA-66

2006-12-11 Thread Chuck Mayfield - AA5J
What is the correct cable to plug the PR-40 into the FA-66? TIA and 73, Chuck - AA5J ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link:

Re: [Flexradio] Using PR-40 with FA-66

2006-12-11 Thread Chuck Mayfield
Thank you, John and Tim. 73, Chuck AA5J ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: