I had real good luck with the T4 Radio Works Line Isolators (page 7 of
their catalog http://www.radioworks.com/Catalog2006web.pdf). I am sure
there are others that would work fine too.
de ken n9vv
Jim, W4ATK wrote:
Actually, there is not much in the Flex-Radio SDR-1000 for the rf to get
as a supported card
for the Flex-Radio SDR-1000 PowerSDR console.
Have you looked at the HPSDR Janus board? the A/D chips in that board
might offer just about the highest performance available at a reasonable
price http://hpsdr.org/janus.html
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Andy Smith wrote:
Hi Folks,
Can
, and HPSDR.
Please respond OFF LIST to Bill and work out the details
Bill - KD5TFD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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architecture? what pieces from the old model are going to be carried
forward (Dttsp certainly)?
O.K. how's that for some topics to stimulate a new discussion?
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Douglas Shock wrote:
More research lead me to discover that AMD knew about this issue and has
very quietly released an amd dual core optimization patch After applying
this patch on my xp platform the timing issues have not reared their ugly
head again
Mike, they show up on my PC only if I choose LSB or CWL. They disappear
with USB and CWU. I am sure I must be missing something here
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k5nu wrote:
What happened to my numbers on the side of my panadapter? Only have them on
160, 80, and 40M. Is this just another dumb question
Mike,
It looks like in the SETUP -- DISPLAY -- SPECTRUM GRID section under
the ALIGN: you can fix the DP SCALE on the LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, or
AUTO. I am not sure why it disappears when set to AUTO. Set it to LEFT
and you will be all set for now.
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Ken - N9VV wrote:
Mike, they show
KD5TFD for the PowerSDR software. At first Phil VK6APH and Bill
used the Xylo USB interface, but now I believe it is fully implemented
on the Ozymandias board (http://hpsdr.org/ozy.html) on the Atlas
backplane in an FPGA.
de ken n9vv
Gerald Capodieci wrote:
There has been much discussion
JAMECO Catalog - 9-18VDC in = +/-15VDC out
URL:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1storeId=10001catalogId=10001productId=217066pa=217066PS
Isolated Encapsulated DC-to-DC Converter
DKE10 Series: Dual Output
The Mean Well DKE10 family of regulated DC-to-DC
and Firewire?) and away from the PCI cards.
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Tim Ellison wrote:
Neither is Windows Server 2003. Previous XP drivers used to load. Now
they don't.
-Tim
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that into
TortoiseSVN (repo-browser or update window) and you will receive the
binaries automatically.
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Hi Scott, it is right on the Flex website and the SVN URLs are toward
the bottom of the document:
http://www.flex-radio.com/download_files/PowerSDR/Docs/TortoiseSVN.pdf
and
svn://206.216.146.154/svn/repos_sdr_windows/PowerSDR/trunk/bin/Release
o.k.?
Scott wrote:
Can someone send me the
giving you several different
windows revisions just because each one suits a unique preference?
I agree with Jeff KA5MIR - we sure are lucky to be in Ham Radio at the
right time.
de ken n9vv
KA5MIR wrote:
I'm curious if that since a lot of the console enhancements done by
Jeff/K6JCA are now
Tim, before you leave town...
Have you tried disconnecting *all* your microphone connections and then
monitoring CW on your external RX to see if it is a simple ground loop
on that side of the setup?
BK de ken n9vv
NZ8J wrote:
I just noticed while listening to my SDR1000 TX signal
(free trial)
http://www.sharewareconnection.com/usb-info.htm (free trial)
sourceUSB http://www.sourcequest.com/ (free trial)
http://www.hhdsoftware.com/usbmon.html (free trial)
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I saw this on the Microham website and thought about VAC and Vsound.
I wonder if this has any applicability to the PowerSDR community?
http://www.microham-usa.com/Products/MK/router.html
if it were to work, I wonder if they would be willing to do a deal with
Flex?
de ken n9vv
I know that many of us are afraid of the features that Vista will
bring us. By direct testing I discovered that my M-Audio Delta-44
drivers are *NOT* supported under Vista and none are available at this
time. Here is another nail in the XP coffin:
Shop around :-) I bought two pairs of VS2220s for 18$ each. Now the
price is all the way up to $22 :-)
http://www.directron.com/vs2220.html
de ken n9vv
Ronald Forkner wrote:
I tried the M-Audio DX4's without much success. I came across a review
of the Altec Lansing VS2220 by a Ham
Please forgive the email QRM.
I wanted you to know that Amazon is now taking pre-orders for Vista.
URL:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_1/002-7271722-3440012?ie=UTF8keywords=microsoft%20vistarh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amicrosoft%20vista%2Ci%3Asoftwarepage=1
-- from ARStechnica
David, there is also a nice utility that is sometimes helpful called
dxdiag, on my XP system it is installed in C:\WINDOWS\System32\.
The utility displays everything it can determine about your DirectX
installation.
de ken n9vv
David Ackrill wrote:
Can someone help me out please?
I have
Have you downloaded the latest Console 652 SVN? it looks quite a bit
different and the controls are arranged in an ergonomic new layout.
Get TortoiseSVN (http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads) and give it a try.
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. In addition to receiver testing, the XG2 can be used as a
reference to calibrate other lab instruments.
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Ignacio Cembreros wrote:
I understand that you had calibrated the signal level before this test,
am I rigth?
73 de Ignacio, EB4APL
Scott Gordon wrote:
I am seeing on all bands
Has anyone on the list updated the August 2005 third party
installation document? it covers vCOM, but not VAT. Is there a
corresponding VAT configuration document?
thanks,
Ken n9vv
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http://www.tortoisesvn.net/downloads
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all commands are available directly from the windows explorer.
only commands that make sense for the selected file/folder are
shown. You won't see any commands that you can't use in your situation.
:
http://www.n9vv.com/XP-optimization.html
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YOU DA MAN! good work Chris. your message is very friendly and I bet
you get some great invites. Lets watch the list and see who
introduces themselves :-)
way to go!
ken
Chris Black wrote:
I have been monitoring this list for a few weeks now in anticipation of
purchasing an SDR-1000, but
F.Y.I.
Hot off the press:
http://support.flex-radio.com/NewInformation.aspx
-
FireBox Firmware Disclosure
As some of you have heard, the PreSonus FireBox (one of our two
recommended soundcards for the SDR-1000) will not handle 96kHz
KC7KW Master Radio re-builder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rentreelaudio.com/SHACK.htm
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F.Y.I.
Lots of us are following the interesting development of
{mini,nano}-ITX systems. Here is an interesting announcement from
July 17th
http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=865
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can persuade him to
help us :-) It sounds like a great Teamspeak topic, eh?
all the best,
de ken
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ken, N9VV, is correct. He has done us all a real service with his notes
on XP optimizations on his web site.
Number 15 on the instruction list may be the most helpful
you might want to check out my XP optimization webpage where I have
pointers to some great Load assignment and affinity utilities.
http://www.n9vv.com/XP-optimization.html
de ken n9vv
Rick Markey, KN3C wrote:
John,
No, don't have any idea how the load is split between the cores. My
This is really cool. I bet we can find a JAVA programmer to do
something similar with an SDR-1000 on this side of the pond!
de ken
Original Message
Subject: [kgksdr] Live KGKSDR demo
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:58:17 -
From: Duncan Munro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I received a mail
I am broadcasting what I can hear of the 14.329 net
right now (19:00 - to when it ends) on Teamspeak.
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Thanks Bob for such a cool optimization. To illustrate your method, I prepared
a webpage with screen dumps of the windows that are involved. I hope this is
useful: http://www.n9vv.com/XP-optimization-Custom-Indexing.html
de ken
P.S. try it in a couple of minutes, it has to get into the
(like
dual-core).
Perhaps we could make a new category for XP Optimization on the hamsdr website?
TU de Ken N9VV
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Sounds like your son is a Linux user :-)
Embedded systems with dedicated processing may indeed be better
than a common Windoze desktop, however, with some care and
optimization, XP is proven to be a suitable platform for the
invention and development of the next generation of Ham Radio
Are you (your computer) ready for Vista?
go here and get the Vista Upgrade Advisor
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx
and find out.
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, scientific, or engineering
question to the dttsp yahoo group or perhaps Linrad, but it looks
like you are running Windows?
I would be surprised if Alberto could help you with such an exotic
(and complex) issue on the WinRad group.
BK de ken n9vv
w3sz wrote:
HI, All,
This is a long post and so
From page 21 of the operations manual
-
If the amplifier is installed, it is necessary to uncheck the box
that enables the PA on the Setup Forms General Tab before attempting
to transmit QRP. If the amplifier is disabled in software, the 1W
transmitter will
him, please send him a text message at
the bottom of the channel or an email.
thanks Alan for this opportunity to listen again to Gerald's exciting
announcement about the new SDR-blade.
73's de ken n9vv
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I have listened to that part of the recording again today (now on
teamspeak) and he clearly said that the current problem and
limitation is the SOUNDCARD and not the SDR-1000 hardware. So I
guess that means that the HPSDR Janus board is a LIFE SAVER and may
mean some super CW performance from
Just f.y.i. for those of us staying home :-)
http://www.qrparci.org/WA5KUB in flea market
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Philip Covington wrote:
On 5/19/06, Peter Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From G3PLX:
Thanks for the pointer Phil. I guess hpsdr.org might be an interesting place
to browse anyway, but maybe I didn't make my point clear. I am not
complaining that the Firebox I have is NBG
to investigate.
Please take a few minutes to check out his latest creation:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g3ukb/
Bob's latest message:
http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/2006-May/007778.html
tnx,
de ken n9vv
--- WOW--- WOW WOW ---
Wow! I just read the announcement from John W5GI about Dayton
activities. He said:
Saturday Evening. HOSPITALITY Suite hosted by
FlexRadio Systems Presentation by Gerald [similar
to town hall meeting]. G will
Sure, no problem, look for SO2R gear:
http://www.aytechnologies.com/Products/RAS8x2data.htm
and
http://www.hamation.com/AntSw.htm
de ken n9vv
Mike Naruta wrote:
This is off-topic, but does anyone know of
a device that would allow me to select
different antennae for more than one transceiver
[TNX persons on the list for the email bandwidth]
Dear Craig, I want to express my *most sincere* gratitude to you for
remembering the pioneer spirit poem with the Conestoga wagon! I found
the original (October 2004) I am including the text here for those who
might have missed it.
thanks Doc'
There has been a great deal of interest in the Express version of the
Microsoft tools. Info below.
kch
-
Apr. 21, 2006
Effective April 19th, all express editions of Microsoft Visual Studio
2005 and related tools will remain
-
BK de Ken N9VV
! (holy cow!)
(2)I will now try to find a way to do an upgrade of 5.10 to 6.06
using the 5.10 commands and the 6.06 LiveCD. I think 6.06 will be
fun once I get it installed o.k. :-)
TU for reading this. TU to Flex for allowing me to share my experience.
de ken n9vv
the other way and run
Ubuntu on VMware on top of Windoze? mix and match?
BK de ken n9vv
w2agn wrote:
I see all the Linux discussion, which is interesting. I run both Linux
and Win2000. About the only thing I run Windows for any more is the SDR
Console. What I would like is to be able to run my
perhaps I used the wrong link? should it be their *FREE* server product
instead of the player? http://www.vmware.com/products/gsx/
de ken n9vv
F.Y.I.
The Ubuntu team is proud to present the beta release of Ubuntu 6.06
(Dapper Drake). With Ubuntu 6.06 Beta comes loads of bug fixes, a new
Look-and-Feel, a new Live-CD installer, GNOME 2.14.1 and much
more...
http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2006042002626NWSWRL
kch
Dear Flexers, forgive the same question again,
but I can't search the archive to find the
answer.
There are inexpensive (free?) versions of the
Microsoft compilers. Looks like there is C#,
C++ and VB. Can any of those Express versions
be used to compile the console?
I know Eric has answered
I believe some fellas were curious about the command line interface that
VS2003 seems to generate for it's compiles. Here is an example:
Build Log
--- Build started: Project: PortAudio, Configuration:
.
and so on
de ken n9vv
nuggets of info to enable that kind of a
dual-boot structure:
http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=185301251
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291980
de ken n9vv
Mi Mark,
Super setup there Mark! O.K. you are obviously a seasoned
OP and you have mastered the PC setup for sure. Put a
picture of your shack/setup on your website or in Yahoo so
we can see that monster display :-)
re: dockable windows, have you looked at the WA6AHL
console? Jeff (author)
Thank you for being there Gerald [Eric, John, Ed, Frank, Jerry,
Lynn, Bob, and their XYLs!!]. Your gentle attitude and thoughtful
comments give us hope for the future of Ham radio!
de ken n9vv
Gerald Youngblood wrote:
Hello Harold,
We want this to be a respectful
community and one where
Hi Duane,
For me, the photo realistic S-Meter is an absolute FAVORITE. I
remember when John KD5NRA coded it on his laptop while traveling
home to Austin, TX after an exciting Dayton-05. John was so fired up
from Gerald's presentation that his creative energies overflowed at
S9+60db :-)
to suit your own
operating style.
If this seems unnatural and peculiar to you, call your
grand kids in to help you! (hihihihi)
de ken n9vv
Mark Gang wrote:
Are these things doable?
Looking forward to the new radio.
Mark
N6SF
Dan, did you see the SharpDevelopment activity for C#?
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/
de ken n9vv
Dan Hammill wrote:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce K3CMZ
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:17 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex
works and what doesn't.
all the best,
de ken n9vv
of your CPU?
TU de ken N9VV
F.Y.I.
version 2.7b2 has been released today
http://www.asio4all.com/
de ken n9vv
Yes, I have a similar error Bill. Here is the text from
the bottom of the compile window showing 3 errors. I
cleared out all my bin subdir and I got what looks like a
good version of the Console. It comes up and looks
normal :-) but the bottom compile line is:
Rebuild All: 6 succeeded, 1
O.K. thanks Cecil, I downloaded (updated?) the latest SVN
and the compile works perfectly. There must be something
weird in the distributed source last night.
Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction.
de ken n9vv
KD5NWA wrote:
I compiled SVN 369 which says is release 19
re: has anyone characterized the T/R delay?
Y*E*S, Lee Crocker wrote extensively about the CW performance and
related T/R delays etc. Please read below and then check the
archive for Lee Crocker around March 22nd
===
[Flexradio]
Hi Jeff, sorry, I missed what you were after. I took a brief look
at the ARRL Test Results
http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/bymfg.html#T
and found:
ICOM IC-780017ms
ICOM IC-746pro 18ms
Yaesu MK-V 28ms
Kenwood TS870 18ms
Ten-Tec Orion 24.6ms
SDR-1000 (October 2005)
from transmit mode
to receive mode.
Notes:
1. T/R delay less than or equal to 35 ms is suitable for use on AMTOR.
2. No significant variation in CW mode.
from the ARRL extended report on the IC-7800
de ken n9vv
Jim Lux wrote:
At 10
! - hihihihihi]
de ken n9vv
, all documentation + extra
Included N8ST digi interface and rig control interface
[http://www.icomamerica.com/products/amateur/746pro/]
100% condx updated at ICOM Washington State depot in
January 2006.
Pse contact Ken N9VV [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-
This is an interesting article about NASA software development.
F.Y.I. http://opensource.arc.nasa.gov/
Ken
The use of ASIO has changed over the past year, but I
thought you might be interested in two ASIO software
offerings:
http://www.magma.ca/~gtaylor/ASIOTestSigGen.htm
By popular demand, here I am making publicly available a
little utility I developed and find useful in my audio
work. It
Along with the new Origami project, here is an article about the
Windows XP Embedded revolution - F.Y.I.
The operating system has been componentized, divided into
approximately 12,000 components, 9,000 device drivers, and 3,000
operating system features. Embedded systems developers can choose
Not enough wireless USB QRM in the shack? heck no, Intel
introduces a competing technology to clutter the C-band called
Wi-Media!
http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=181502184
Intel promotes its WiMedia wireless media standard for personal
area networks at
Very interesting. Wireless USB (firewire and bluetooth too) is
about to debut: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6046560.html
Wireless USB runs at full 480mbps speed only when a device is
within about 10 feet of a computer. Beyond that but still within
the maximum 30-foot distance, the
Is someone bootlegging Bob's call? is the same Bob we know
and love?
Original Message
Subject: [QRP-L] Atlanticon speaker Bob McGwire N4HY
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:17:56 -0500
From: Joseph Everhart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Njqrp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gang,
NJQRP is honored to have
There is an interesting article on ZDnet today about why the 64
bit O/S has not taken off as some had hoped:
http://news.zdnet.com/2102-9584_22-6045931.html?tag=printthis
de ken
) and I needed the conditioner.
You might also want to consider the Flex USB to parallel
adapter so that you can bypass your parallel port
altogether. Some fellas have had very good luck with the
USB adapter.
all the best,
de ken n9vv
David Woodhead wrote:
Looking through the Flex Forum I came
If you haven't looked yet, check out a current eHAM
discussion about DSP vs Crystal filters. It is very
interesting to see information and mis-information both
with passionate posters
http://www.eham.net/speakout/opinions/411
de ken
I don't know if this might possibly be useful to the C# community
or not. Just f.y.i.
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/DependencyGraph.asp
de ken
Congrats to Alberto !!
Original Message
Subject: [softrock40] Winrad V0.90
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:12:36 +0100
From: Alberto I2PHD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is a new SDR program in the block. which maybe won't
be of too much appeal to the users of Softrock hardware,
as it
try this thread
http://www.hamsdr.com/hamsdrForum/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=4MessageID=23
with schematic and info
is this what you are after Lee?
Lee A Crocker wrote:
So whats the story on this? Is there somewhere I can
purchase?
Lee W9OY
Lee, how about this from the December 2005
archive online?
[Flexradio] Project update UCB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ecellison at comcast.net
Sat Dec 31 07:58:36 CST 2005
Folks
Many of you have e-mailed me regarding progress on the
Universal
). Microsoft refers to the practice of
using its own technology as eating its own dog food, or dogfooding.
de ken n9vv
my apologies, I put it back for your viewing pleasure.
I had removed it because I thought no one was looking
at it :-) pse try agn.
de ken
http://www.n9vv.com/VK6APH-AGC-discussion-SDR1000.pdf
Golly, maybe one of the C# programmers out there can grab
the source and run a profiler to see where the cycles are
going? is there such a utility in the Visual Studio 2003/2005?
de ken
Wayne Roth wrote:
About double or triple the utilization of release 12 as measured by
task manager.
/Least_mean_squares
de Ken N9VV
Joe - AB1DO wrote:
(drowning?)in an abondance of abreviations these days).
is your favorite soldering equipment for modern
SMT components and why?
o Is life too short for QRP?
BK de Ken N9VV
Richard, for your remote operation, you might want to look
at tightVNC. It has some extra .jpg compression features
that could increase your panadapter response:
http://www.tightvnc.com/
de Ken N9VV
richard allen wrote:
The Skype voip stuff for the audio is pretty low bandwidth and would
version of the
code?
TU de Ken N9VV
KD5NWA wrote:
Too bad Windows is such a pain in the rear about this issue. Some
years back I wrote a piece of software that had drivers for special
hardware, and was not cooperating at all when the PC went to sleep.
{ nudge :-)
full documentation available
http://www.fftw.org/fftw-wisdom.1
and
http://www.fftw.org/fftw3_doc/
and
http://www.fftw.org/
de Ken N9VV
};
Michael Blake wrote:
If instructions are available I was not able to locate them. A nudge in
the right direction would
Don't forget an excellent FPGA article by
John KD6OZH in the Oct/Nov 2004 QEX issue
where he describes the details of his SDR
RX/TX platform.
de Ken N9VV
Anyone find them this morning?
I was trying to use
http://www.dxscape.com/
but no V31??
TU de Ken N9VV
I just had to share this with you Flexy's
URL:http://www.stereophile.com/artdudleylistening/905listen/index.html
seems to appeal to the iPOD crowd and uses words like USB and A/D
and then has a 12AU7 (how bad could that be?)!
Ken N9VV
Pix attached
de Ken
attachment: fireboxfront.jpg
attachment: fireboxangle400.jpg
attachment: fireboxrear.jpg
Looks like it might be sort of beta code?
http://www.savvy.nl/blog/download/
ken
Check out the options that Larry Phillips N8LP offers. He is the
expert on controlling his SteppIR from various resources.
http://www.telepostinc.com/n8lp.html
de Ken
Tom Thompson wrote:
I want to have my SteppIR follow the frequency changes on my SDR-1000.
The SteppIR sends an IF; command
This is an brand new interesting
software repository for Ham software
http://radiolinux.co.uk/
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