Re: [Flexradio] Found this for your Flex Station

2010-11-09 Thread Lee A Crocker
You know I've been having a LOT of trouble detecting my ceiling being in motion http://www.futurlec.com/Specials.shtml ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-r

Re: [Flexradio] My first contest experience with FLEX-5000A

2010-06-29 Thread Lee A Crocker
DDUTIL has a memory feature that was added a couple months ago. It memorizes pretty much every thing that can be remembered from the CAT commands. So all you have to do if you bump or click something is just "recal"l what was memorized. The program can memorize up to 5 memories and the memo

Re: [Flexradio] CW Skimmer

2010-06-04 Thread Lee A Crocker
very cool thanks Dave From: Dave AA6YQ To: Lee A Crocker ; Flexradio Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 11:27:18 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] CW Skimmer >>>AA6YQ comments below -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexr

Re: [Flexradio] CW Skimmer

2010-06-03 Thread Lee A Crocker
This is not possible at this time. The code was written by the author of CW skimmer but he decided not to implement it because the set VFO B feature is not supported across all CAT radios. Apparently only radios that can speak Kenwood CAT could respond to a set VFO B command. It is not an iss

[Flexradio] Help with N1MM Log

2010-05-26 Thread Lee A Crocker
Try using the K3 as the interface instead of TS2000 and run N1MM through DDUTIL into the F5K When we were setting up SO2R we had some trouble with the TS2000 interface. We also had trouble with the K3 interface but But K5FR was able to filter things in DDUTIL in such a way as to make it work

Re: [Flexradio] Driving a linear with 20 watt?

2010-05-23 Thread Lee A Crocker
In case this question doesn't make it to flexedge DDUTIL has an autodrive feature that will custom set power output to whatever level you want on a per band basis http://k5fr.com/ddutilwiki/index.php?title=AutoDrive I run several amps with the f5K an Alpha 78 and an ALS 1300 and a LK-800 and a

Re: [Flexradio] need more treble in my voice

2010-05-21 Thread Lee A Crocker
Need more treble? Shrink your shorts 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Kn

[Flexradio] Flex & ALS600

2010-05-20 Thread Lee A Crocker
I'm running a ALS-1300 with my F5K and I didn't do anything about the ALC. I merely set the radio to the correct drive level and have at it. If I overdrive the amp drops off line and I reduce drive and reset The F5K is very consistent about not overdriving whatever peak power output you choos

Re: [Flexradio] Anyone Write SW to Control LDG DTS-4 or -6 Coax Switch?

2010-05-04 Thread Lee A Crocker
Using DDUTIL, a parallel port on your computer and this board http://www.unifiedmicro.com/decoder.html You can drive the Ameritron antenna switches up to 10 positions. the antenna switch will automatically band follow any of the Flex radios. I modified my RCS-4 with this board to band follow

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-1500 to FLEX-1500 QSO Report

2010-03-27 Thread Lee A Crocker
W9OY From: Tim Ellison To: Lee A Crocker ; Flexradio Sent: Sat, March 27, 2010 3:01:28 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] FLEX-1500 to FLEX-1500 QSO Report Just dial up a SFI of 200 and I'll try a 6000 mile QSO :-) -Tim -Original Message- From: flex

[Flexradio] FLEX-1500 to FLEX-1500 QSO Report

2010-03-27 Thread Lee A Crocker
Hell boy just make a RX QSO with the the websdr.org receivers in the Netherlands that ought to be good for at least 6000 miles and you can make a recording of it and put it on the website Or send me one and I'll do it for ya :P http://websdr.org/ 73 W9OY ___

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR, Flex 5000A, Orion II and N4PY software

2010-03-18 Thread Lee A Crocker
I have not done this particular set up, but when I owned an Orion I used Carl's software that slaved either a TT 320 or a Pegasus to the Orion and it worked great. I can highly recommend Carl's software. I have wondered if DDUTIL would be able to speak enough Orion to be able to link the two

Re: [Flexradio] VAC with N1MM?

2010-03-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
why not just make a .wav file from PSDR and then resample that at whatever rate you want? You can use Audacity to do the conversion. You need to use the export function to save the resampled audio http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ 73 W9OY

Re: [Flexradio] reception idea?

2010-02-26 Thread Lee A Crocker
Diversity is actually a bit different. Diversity relates to the idea that if you get antennas far enough apart the signals they receive are no longer coherent with each other. This means that the signal may be fading on one antenna while it is still strong on the other antenna. To have divers

[Flexradio] Ddutil and MFJ tuner

2010-02-21 Thread Lee A Crocker
I do not believe there is any way to pass band data to the MFJ 998. 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.co

[Flexradio] Flex-5000A

2010-02-19 Thread Lee A Crocker
DX lab suite http://www.dxlabsuite.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge

Re: [Flexradio] Spur in PSK31 output even with no rf out into Dummyload.

2010-02-03 Thread Lee A Crocker
Apparently little known fact: If you are 80dB down from a 27 watt signal you are transmitting 0.027 watts BFD 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_f

[Flexradio] SO2R is on the air with the F5K

2010-01-12 Thread Lee A Crocker
http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/2010/01/flex-radio-so2r-is-on-air.html Check out my blog entry regarding our work to date! 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_

Re: [Flexradio] Fully Automated, robotic?

2010-01-11 Thread Lee A Crocker
Mike took the words right out of my mouth Also there is no reason to not explore this avenue of contesting. I do not see it as boring, but as the equivalent of analyzing chess strategies prior to playing chess. For some of us building the contest station is more fun that actually operating th

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexRadio] Flex 5000 has a 2.4 Khz Spur????

2010-01-11 Thread Lee A Crocker
The user interface has had NO work marrying the user interface to the contest software for contesting. The K3 has had plenty of work marrying the radio to the contest software. If you look at N1MM for example there is a K3 SPECIFIC interface between the radio and the contest program, and that

Re: [Flexradio] Anyone get a new Flex for Christmas?

2009-12-29 Thread Lee A Crocker
Well almost a new Flex I got an Ameritron ALS-1300 1200W solid state amp that I married to my F5K, along with a modified Ameritron RCS-4 antenna switch. Both the switch and the amp can band follow the Flex using K5FR's DDUTIL as the interpreter. S that means I have a 1200W F5K that switche

Re: [Flexradio] More Flex in contesting

2009-12-10 Thread Lee A Crocker
SO2R part 2 http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/2009/12/so2r-part-2.html ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%4

Re: [Flexradio] More Flex in contesting

2009-12-10 Thread Lee A Crocker
Perhaps you failed to grasp what I wrote I can most definitely listen to 2 bands at once. In fact I can work 2 pileups at once. I don't need a bunch of fancy filters because I don't have problems with receiver desense. There is a means that you can add such filters into the receiver chain bu

[Flexradio] (no subject)

2009-12-10 Thread Lee A Crocker
I wrote a second part to the SO2R experience describing some of the aspects of frequency management in a triplex radio system http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/2009/12/so2r-part-2.html 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-rad

Re: [Flexradio] More Flex in contesting

2009-12-09 Thread Lee A Crocker
I wrote a blog entry on how my station is set up for SO2R like operation. I don't run much contesting but I do run on 2 bands for DXing quite often which is the equivalent It's still a work in progress and there are a few refinements that I would like to see but this article gives a pretty goo

Re: [Flexradio] More Flex in contesting

2009-12-09 Thread Lee A Crocker
I'm not pushing for a resolution, I'm just exposing the logical complexity of having 3 independent VFO processes all the time active as far as data traffic management from an external program goes. 73 W9OY From: Bob Tracy To: Lee A Crocker ;

Re: [Flexradio] More Flex in contesting

2009-12-09 Thread Lee A Crocker
The other thing that is lacking for external program control of SO2R are a few CAT commands specific to triplex operation In the transceiver environment there is basically a VFOA and a VFOB, but in the triplex environment there is also a VFOC, the TX VFO. What is needed is a CAT command that t

Re: [Flexradio] A little perplexed...

2009-12-01 Thread Lee A Crocker
Hell Bud just tell her to ship you the radio without the missing parts. Then you could have that sucker for Christmas By the way do you think they have an employee just sitting around to answer YOUR email over Thanksgiving weekend or any other time? One thing I can assure you, you are no

Re: [Flexradio] Of all the reasons for buying my Flex-3000. Amp tuning with the Flex-3000?

2009-11-30 Thread Lee A Crocker
One thing you could do is to run a second line from the foot switch to the CW jack. Put a switch in this line to the CW jack. Then when you want to tune, set the radio to CW and close the switch in the CW line and mash the foot pedal. When you don't want to tune open the switch. If you want

Re: [Flexradio] CQWWCW

2009-11-30 Thread Lee A Crocker
I worked some of the contest too. I spent most of my time just listening and playing around with diversity feature since the bands were not that great. Propadex was down almost 200 at one point (http://qsonet.com/propadex.html) Steve K5FR has included propadex in DDUTIL on one of the screens

[Flexradio] USB to LTP

2009-11-22 Thread Lee A Crocker
I recently built a new computer that has absolutely NO LTP, not even a header on the MB. No problem right? Just get a USB to LTP adapter. I purchased one and it does not read out as a LTP but as a "windows printing device" under USB It does not show up in the "ports" list of the machine but

[Flexradio] Fw: Re: keying sidebands

2009-11-09 Thread Lee A Crocker
Check out some of the sidebands on my blog pics on skimmer http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-is-how-bad-it-is.html http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Pe8UxXpb6nI/Stw8pBmiE4I/Apo/5W2U65Xgk40/s1600-h/ScreenShot011.jpg Skimmer has a key click filter built in that you can turn on and off. It

Re: [Flexradio] I²C Possible use?

2009-11-02 Thread Lee A Crocker
Here is a more important link for those interested in Steve's progress on ALC We had this nailed down way before March http://flexwire-adapter.blogspot.com/ 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex

Re: [Flexradio] Dumb question about com0com

2009-10-28 Thread Lee A Crocker
Dave I love my DXlab. I use it in the K3 mode (I know heresy heresy) But I would LOVE a native PSDR mode 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.

Re: [Flexradio] wireles NICs..

2009-10-26 Thread Lee A Crocker
I'm using a DLINK USB airplus G DWL-G122 rev B and never get above 1000 even with multiple email, drudge and and spotcollector which is connected to 4 telnet DXcluster sites windows is running the NIC (i.e.not a dlink program) 73 W9OY ___

Re: [Flexradio] Problem?

2009-10-22 Thread Lee A Crocker
Try checking what program in that set of programs sends audio to your PC audio chain. Skimmer is able to send audio to the PC and I sometimes use that path to send CW audio to my PC speakers while I'm in the shack goofing around. I like to have the CW in the back ground and I can read the mail

Re: [Flexradio] Dual Monitors

2009-10-14 Thread Lee A Crocker
I use a Radeon X1300 512mb card which has 2 outputs and fits in the PCI 16e slot. The advantage of the version of this card I use is it has no fan. I just use the Radeon drivers and use Windows to run the extended desktop and not the bloatware Radeon application Here is a card that is close

[Flexradio] Clean System

2009-10-13 Thread Lee A Crocker
Your best bet is to start from scratch Install the O/S Install all the upgrades Install .NET and all those upgrades Turn off or disconnect everything you are not going to use (like printers or NICS) Install the Flex driver Install PowerSDR 1.18.3 Install Vcom or another virtual com drive

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio SDR-1000, 1500 and 3000

2009-10-06 Thread Lee A Crocker
Actually multiple transverters can be controlled with either the F3K or the F5K using DDUTIL and one of the output options associated with that program 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio SDR-1000, 1500 and 3000

2009-10-06 Thread Lee A Crocker
The short answer is yes its worth the 500 bux The SDR-1000 while an excellent radio is first generation. As such it was the platform the designers learned on. It is missing much of the present day functionality and fine tuning that the F3K possesses. It also takes considerable time to set up

Re: [Flexradio] QST review of the FLEX-3000 available for download

2009-10-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
; the machine. I would much rather hear the opinion of a formula one racer. 73 W9OY ____________ From: Brian Lloyd To: Lee A Crocker Cc: Flexradio Sent: Monday, October 5, 2009 11:44:02 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] QST review of the FLEX-3000 available for download

Re: [Flexradio] QST review of the FLEX-3000 available for download

2009-10-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
WHY WHY WHY does the ARRL continue to ask people who are software defined radio virgins to review SDR's? They don't ask newly licensed hams with no experience to review something like an IC-7800 do they? In fact they don't ask newbie's to review anything except SDR's It is ridiculous! The

Re: [Flexradio] external antenna tuner a better approach?

2009-09-28 Thread Lee A Crocker
Jordan what preselector do you use? 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Kno

Re: [Flexradio] SPAM-LOW: Re: CW Transmit Problem

2009-09-23 Thread Lee A Crocker
sounds like a very nice system How many "things" share the firewire interupt? I ran into trouble twice. Once when I was using a laptop I had a PC card that had both firewire and USB and that was a total disaster as USB firewire and PCcard were trying to own the same interupt. The second t

[Flexradio] CW Transmit Problem

2009-09-23 Thread Lee A Crocker
Sounds to me like you have some external program that is taking over the interrupt every 2 seconds long enough to hose PSDR or something like that Probably windows phoning home to the mother ship or some seti calc program or something like that Try some of the KC info about optimizing windows

[Flexradio] strange happenings

2009-09-23 Thread Lee A Crocker
Try creating a fresh database 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge

Re: [Flexradio] Antenna Selection sdr5000a

2009-09-22 Thread Lee A Crocker
Also it probably can be handled with DDUTIL ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowle

Re: [Flexradio] Antenna Selection sdr5000a

2009-09-22 Thread Lee A Crocker
I haven't played enough with profiles to know, but can this be handled in profiles? 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.

Re: [Flexradio] What external antenna tuners are folks using?

2009-09-17 Thread Lee A Crocker
Make that here: http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/2009/09/43ft-vert.html ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio

Re: [Flexradio] What external antenna tuners are folks using?

2009-09-17 Thread Lee A Crocker
I'm running a 929 in a Ammo can at the antenna you can read about it here http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/2009/09/4w6al.html 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexrad

Re: [Flexradio] Response to Lee (long)

2009-09-14 Thread Lee A Crocker
back to best buy and then do a survey on this list of what people are successfully using and buy one of those lemme guess "No I don't want to do that" 73 ________ From: Michael Walker (VA3MW) To: Lee A Crocker Cc: Flexradio Sent: Monday, September

Re: [Flexradio] Some initial comments

2009-09-13 Thread Lee A Crocker
It would be really nice if the League used reviewers who actually understood the hardware and the software and the interface between the two. 73 W9OY From: Michael Walker (VA3MW) To: Lee A Crocker ; Flexradio Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:37:53 PM S

Re: [Flexradio] Some initial comments

2009-09-13 Thread Lee A Crocker
Have you tried running the F3K on a win XP 32 bit computer? (the O/S that most people are using) If you have not then your presumption that something is wrong with the software has not been proven, and you are wasting everybody's time. I happened to have a diode fail on the firewire port of m

Re: [Flexradio] Interesting eham article

2009-09-11 Thread Lee A Crocker
The adoption of a SDR point of view continues to penetrate the Ham consciousness. In articles past it would be me and N9DG pro everyone else con. There are a LOT more pro's even if it is only mildly pro or begrudgingly pro At least we seem to have gotten beyond the "knob" debate to more meati

Re: [Flexradio] Flex3000- my first contact (& my issue with CW monitor level)

2009-08-28 Thread Lee A Crocker
What part of the manual were you reading? http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50303.aspx?Keywords=sidetone 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex

Re: [Flexradio] ...out of the noise...

2009-08-26 Thread Lee A Crocker
I agree with everything you say 73 From: Brian Lloyd To: Lee A Crocker Cc: Flexradio Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:59:02 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] ...out of the noise... On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Lee A Crocker wrote: > The differe

Re: [Flexradio] ...out of the noise...

2009-08-25 Thread Lee A Crocker
Did you ever try to copy a S-0 signal 500hz from that 10KW transmitter using a 6 or 8khz filter? 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives

Re: [Flexradio] ...out of the noise...

2009-08-25 Thread Lee A Crocker
fing filter" to the signal path and we all know how impressive that is. 73 From: Brian Lloyd To: Lee A Crocker Cc: Flexradio Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:09:40 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] ...out of the noise... On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:29 AM,

Re: [Flexradio] ...out of the noise...

2009-08-25 Thread Lee A Crocker
PSK31 has terrible dynamic range That is why everyone looses their minds when you run more than 20 watts 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz

[Flexradio] Roofing filters, preselectors, oh my!

2009-08-01 Thread Lee A Crocker
I believe the preselector in the flex is already I2C (aka flexwire) aware. Much of the hardware in the flex operates under the I2C protocol. That is one of the amazing things, the computer tells the driver transistors and the finals what their bias is for example, and that can be adjusted from

[Flexradio] Roofing filter

2009-07-31 Thread Lee A Crocker
A legacy radio like a K3 or Orion uses a signal chain that is mostly in hardware. The signal goes [ant-bandpass filter-preamp-mixer-if amp-roofing filter-mixer-more filters-more amplifiers-demodulator-DSP stage-audio amp] Some of these stages may be rearranged or left out but its basically so

Re: [Flexradio] LDG Z-100 Question

2009-07-30 Thread Lee A Crocker
Then all you need is a waterproof box and a push button 73 From: Joe Camilli To: Lee A Crocker Cc: Flexradio Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:26:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] LDG Z-100 Question The injector idea is nice. Wanted to add some additional

Re: [Flexradio] LDG Z-100 Question

2009-07-29 Thread Lee A Crocker
For what you want I would build a couple of power injectors http://www.ad5x.com./images/Articles/RemoteDC%20RevA.pdf I would use the 12V to key a relay that momentarily grounds the ring of the connector on the back of the Z-100 to ground to start a tuning cycle I use a tuner at the base of on

Re: [Flexradio] 40 Meter Net, Great turnout

2009-07-29 Thread Lee A Crocker
Maybe you could have a rolling net start out at 8 eastern, change net controls each hour or so as the sun moves further west With all the interest in the Flex I don't think it would be too hard to keep getting check ins 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] mouse, click tuning, navigator etc.

2009-07-27 Thread Lee A Crocker
I just don't get all this kvetching about knobs. No one really cares. There are at least 5 possibly more knobs you can buy for this radio. I expect in the v2.0 software the ability to use a MIDI surface for control and dozens of knobs will be included. Woodbox puts out a knob that is mult

Re: [Flexradio] sdr-1000 user/5000a buyer

2009-07-21 Thread Lee A Crocker
The F5K has a more complicated tuning algorithm compared to the SDR-1000. It uses one of the channels of the DDS as the signal source, and the radio goes into full duplex mode. There are software routines that automatically tune the radio so the radio is pretty much already "best tuned". When

Re: [Flexradio] RX2 - antenna input questios

2009-07-19 Thread Lee A Crocker
Since there seems to be a never ending vendetta regarding the safety of using the F5K in full duplex mode, I made a blog entry that shows how the radio behaves in full duplex at 1100W. I can run another 5dB but my rig was set up for testing the diversity SVN code with the AL80B in the line and

Re: [Flexradio] Protecting RX2 in SO2R or other operation

2009-07-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
Na I ran full duplex 45 years ago with a S40B and a Viking II From: Jerry Flanders To: Lee A Crocker ; Flexradio Cc: ger...@flex-radio.com Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:20:23 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Protecting RX2 in SO2R or other operation I guess

Re: [Flexradio] Protecting RX2 in SO2R or other operation

2009-07-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
I have also done 1500W using the diversity setup, working 40 and 160M DX. Using 2 separate radios, a F5K and a SDR-1000 to work 40 or 160 DX while rag chewing on 80 I have never had any problem with the SDR-1000 (80M) getting into the F5K on 40 or 160 or with the F5K (160, 40) getting into the S

Re: [Flexradio] Protecting RX2 in SO2R or other operation

2009-07-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
I've also run 1500W of full duplex with no problem ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/

Re: [Flexradio] Protecting RX2 in SO2R or other operation

2009-07-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
I wasn't taking any risk. I had done this with my pair of SDR-1000's in the past without trouble and the F5K is more robust than the SDR-1000. Your presumption that the F5K has a tender front end is just your presumption. Like I said the only thing that has said boo to my radio is a lighteni

Re: [Flexradio] Protecting RX2 in SO2R or other operation

2009-07-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
SO2R is across 2 bands. I routinely ragchew on 80M running 1500W on ant 3 while listening on 40CW or 160 CW on the second RX searching for DX on antenna 1. I have 2 amps one in line with antenna 1 and one in line with antenna 3. To work DX I just switch the transmitter from RX1 to RX2 and tr

Re: [Flexradio] Automatic Gain Control Threshold "AGC-T" versusreality

2009-06-29 Thread Lee A Crocker
lyzes "best AGC-T" for a given freq and filter bandwidth 73 W9OY From: Tayloe Dan-P26412 To: Lee A Crocker ; Flexradio Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 1:34:38 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Automatic Gain Control Threshold "AGC-T" versusreality

Re: [Flexradio] Automatic Gain Control Threshold "AGC-T" versus reality

2009-06-29 Thread Lee A Crocker
The AGC threshold is basically the threshold where the AGC starts to reduce gain. That threshold is in no way set and forget. It is based on the band noise, and it should be set for each band/antenna combination. What AGC does is reduce gain. If you are trying to hear a very weak station at

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters receive on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Lee A Crocker
signal chain that would destroy the proper performance of a properly mounted preamp. You see ICOM got it wrong. 73 From: Ross Stenberg To: Lee A Crocker ; Flexradio Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:00:21 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters receive on 5000 The

Re: [Flexradio] 6 meters receive on 5000

2009-06-27 Thread Lee A Crocker
In addition you will soon be able to do steerable dual diversity with 2 receivers. Quite useful for hearing under the noise I also think is a bit laughable there is kvetching over adding a 10$ CATV amp to the amp loop. http://www.allelectronics.com/index.php?page=search&search_query=catv&x=0

Re: [Flexradio] RX2 direct I/Q output to VAC

2009-06-24 Thread Lee A Crocker
Ed Any thought to being able to open 2 instances of skimmer with 2 VAC channels and 2 COM channels? 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz A

Re: [Flexradio] It Works!! No more RFI*****************

2009-06-22 Thread Lee A Crocker
The fact that you get RF in the shack and on 75 and 40 into any rig is a dead giveaway that RF is coming in on the antenna I tihnk in the end it will prove to be that alpha delta antenna that is the culprit 73 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailin

Re: [Flexradio] More on RFI issues

2009-06-20 Thread Lee A Crocker
RFI issues are generally a common mode issue on the feedline of the antenna. Next your ground should be a star ground not a pipe or strap running around the shack. It doesn't matter if its 6 inches wide if the ground is a high impedance it is not a ground. Actually strap looks pretty but it

[Flexradio] mobile sdr and a complete spectrum display

2009-06-19 Thread Lee A Crocker
SDR show up in your hand? Its called a cell phone 73 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.

[Flexradio] remote control of power on off

2009-06-08 Thread Lee A Crocker
DDUTIL can use the macro control feature to control relays through a parallel port using this card http://www.unifiedmicro.com/decoder.html The macro can be set to one of the keyboard switches like f2 or something and that can control a relay that can turn your F5K off and on http://k5fr.com/d

Re: [Flexradio] Palm Paddle and Code Cube

2009-06-08 Thread Lee A Crocker
Pete I haven't used the sepcific keyer/paddle you are talking about but I have used several outboard keyers of similiar design and they work fine 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/

Re: [Flexradio] "Flex Finger"

2009-06-04 Thread Lee A Crocker
Thank goodness your not a woman, you would have to include makeup in that routine 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.ma

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Lee A Crocker
Heck Dude I'd buy the radio again and 9 more just like it 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio

[Flexradio] Flex 5000A in the WPX contest and 30 day report

2009-06-01 Thread Lee A Crocker
Tim You're a goner 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: ht

[Flexradio] Retry

2009-06-01 Thread Lee A Crocker
try deleting the database and reinitialize the radio. There is a button in the first screen of the setup form down at the bottom that will do this automatically It sounds to me like a relay is not switched to where it should be, even though it works on the dummy load 73 W9OY _

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 vs Flex-3000 is it worth the upgrade?

2009-05-30 Thread Lee A Crocker
The F3K's improved hardware takes full advantage of improvements in the software like WBIR. Whether its worth it depends on what blows your skirt up. http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/2009/05/wbir.html 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] First time user, trying out the demo files

2009-05-30 Thread Lee A Crocker
I don't think demo mode will help you wring out any bugs. It will help you get a feel for the software and maybe move you up the learning curve a little 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-ra

[Flexradio] Unable to Load DttSP.dll

2009-05-25 Thread Lee A Crocker
Luis what is wrong is you have an old version of windows .Net on your computer. If you upgrade to the latest version your troubles should be solved 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.

[Flexradio] PTT and CW key on back of F5K

2009-05-25 Thread Lee A Crocker
Carl Welcome to the Flex fold I do not think the PTT can be used as a strait key input. However you can use the keyer input as a strait key input simply by turning off the keyer on the front panel when in CW mode. If you want both a paddle and a strait key just use a dual input plug at the C

Re: [Flexradio] Amplifier

2009-05-24 Thread Lee A Crocker
I have more amps than sense In current production I have an AL-80B and Acom 2000A, and I just sold a AL-1500 In past production I have Amp Supply LK500C LK500NTC and LK800TNY and a Alpha 78 My recommendation is the AL-80B Best bang for the buck in ham radio. Its instant on and has very repr

Re: [Flexradio] Is it allowed to offer for sale on the Flex List

2009-05-20 Thread Lee A Crocker
Neal that can be your job and for a limited time only we will send you the DX snaffler snaffles DX of any kind AND IT REALLY REALLY WORKS!!! 73 ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/ma

Re: [Flexradio] CW tip for Pretty Betty Console

2009-05-14 Thread Lee A Crocker
One thing to remember is this code resides in an alpha code thread on the SVN server, so it behaves like alpha code. That means it is not completely optimized so making judgments about its ultimate behavior is premature. Until last week I couldn't even get it to load on my machine, so to me th

Re: [Flexradio] Error with Pretty Betty

2009-05-13 Thread Lee A Crocker
Jeff This solution was just figured out a few days ago, and I'm sure all the boys who update the bug tracker are out at Dayton as we speak repeating the mantra: Click Tuning Click Tuning in between grease dogs, bad coffee and pepcid. As far as updating .Net goes, I just let "Windo

Re: [Flexradio] Error with Pretty Betty

2009-05-13 Thread Lee A Crocker
Pretty Betty will not run unless you upgrade to .Net framework V3.51 (the latest) 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.ma

Re: [Flexradio] Sampling rate and buffers for CW operators?

2009-05-12 Thread Lee A Crocker
I work weak signal low band DX on CW I use filters as narrow as 25hz routinely I'm set up at 48khz DSP CW set at 4096 on RX 512 on TX. Audio buffs set at 512 The filters are noticeably steeper to the ear at these settings 73 W9OY ___ FlexR

Re: [Flexradio] Flex5000 set up so far.

2009-05-11 Thread Lee A Crocker
Welcome to the club!! 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: ht

Re: [Flexradio] Recieve gone on 5000A

2009-05-11 Thread Lee A Crocker
Try running the antenna into RX1 and selecting RX1 antenna screen. If RX1 comes back to life you have a blown solid state relay on HFRIO (I think K1 but don't quote me on that). Its not too hard to disassemble HFRIO from the chassis and send it back, or Flex may just do a board swap with you (

[Flexradio] New architecture SVN Alpha code?

2009-05-10 Thread Lee A Crocker
Bob has put in thousands of hours into the development of this software. In fact the reason you have such a nice radio to use is in no small part because it came out of the brain of N4HY. I did not find his response in the least offensive. Before one complains one migh ask precisely how m

Re: [Flexradio] Flex-3000 installation problem

2009-05-10 Thread Lee A Crocker
Also make sure you have the latest version of .Net installed 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexra

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