Re: [Flexradio] Automatic antenna selection amp keying with the Flex 5000

2013-01-22 Thread Eric Watkins
I'm interested in the same thing for my Flex-1500. Switching between transverters shouldn't require flopping manual switches. Someone was working on a board called the MOASU or mother of all switching units. I think it was someone associated with the grid pirates, but I may be confused. I

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 with 2m transverter

2012-09-11 Thread Eric Watkins
I've used the Flex-1500 with almost every transverter DEMI makes, from 6m to 10G while VHF+ roving in the ARRL VHF+ contests. If there are any negatives, it'd be the same for any other SDR. Dependance on the health of the laptop while roving is a prerequisite that I didn't have with a turnkey

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX 1500 Power Output Observations

2012-06-14 Thread Eric Watkins
You are not alone!! I have noticed this behavior on my 1500 as well. I'm guessing there is an issue with the xverter power levels that isn't getting translated or set back the way it should when switching between xverter port and standard antenna port. My solution was to use the same port for

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 and DEMI transverter questions

2012-04-30 Thread Eric Watkins
Not sure if all of this is RIGHT but here's what I've been doing. I have used the 1500 to power my DEMI transverters using both the xvtr/c and the main antenna. The transverters I ordered directly from DEMI, pre-configured for the flex 1500 xverter/c port ,were setup by them (DEMI) to handle

[Flexradio] 1500 bandscope flatline and no audio

2012-02-02 Thread Eric Watkins
PSDR 2.2.3 or 2.1.5 on a 32 bit windows XP HP laptop. Launch PSDR, it finds the flex-1500 ok, and appears to start ok. When I press the start button, I get a flatlined bandscope and no audio.. Any ideas how to resolve this? I've run repair.bat from the 32bit driver directory without result.

Re: [Flexradio] 222 MHz Optimum Setup

2012-01-19 Thread Eric Watkins
I have the older DEMI 222-28 and the newer unit. I can confirm that the newer unit is quicker to stabilize on frequency and seems to have better sensitivity. I'm driving mine with at 1500 via the xverter port. So far so good. Two more transverters to go and I'll have an all DEMI 10 band rover

[Flexradio] Roving w/ the flex-1500 (likes 1 issue)

2011-09-12 Thread Eric Watkins
Hello all, I went roving this weekend during the September ARRL VHF contest using the flex-1500 and PSDR v2.1.5. First off, the flex1500 is so valuable for spotting adjacent QSOs and locating other off frequency stations. I used the flex1500 on both 6m and 222 using a M2 222 transverter.

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 Transverter Operation

2011-01-23 Thread Eric Watkins
/2011, Tim Ellison wrote: Sounds like a bug. I'll submit the behavior listed below as a bug report. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Eric Watkins Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:13 AM To: Tom

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 Transverter Operation

2011-01-22 Thread Eric Watkins
I have observed this same operation. As a result I had to just use the PA output on the 1500 for 6M during the contest. If I switched to xvtr/com the power out went to zero. Reboot/restart of SDR was the only cure for me as well. Also using 2.0.16 on 64bit win7. SDR worked just fine on 6M as