[Flexradio] Preamp

2013-01-21 Thread Ray percival
John, It depends on the band you are on, 80M only has Attn and Off 40m has Attn-Off-Pre1 20m has Attn-Off-Pre1=Pre2 Etc... Regards, Ray Ei3GD ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Additional preamp on 40m and 30M...

2013-01-20 Thread Ray percival
Cheers Brian, That's making a lot of sense here. Just one off topic question does the 5K have a T/R relay like the 3K does? Regards, Ray EI3GD From: Brian Lloyd [mailto:br...@lloyd.com] Sent: 20 January 2013 00:40 To: Robert Costa, KB6QXM Cc: Ray percival; flexradio@flex

Re: [Flexradio] Additional preamp on 40m and 30M...

2013-01-19 Thread Ray percival
I should probably this a little better... I’m using a 3K with 2.5.3 When I say there is an extra preamp setting, it’s not visible on the screen, but the radio itself does switch to some other mode. Anyone with a 3K can try this... On 40M band... Reduce AGC-T to something like 70

[Flexradio] Additional preamp on 40m and 30M...

2013-01-18 Thread Ray percival
Has anyone else noticed that there is an additional preamp on 40M and 30M if you use the keyboard CTRL P command? This is especially noticeable when you have the AGC-T set to about 60% or 70%. 40 M only has 3 levels... ATTN-OFF-PRE1 But if you use the Ctrl-P there seems to be an additional level

Re: [Flexradio] Silenx fan Mod on Flex 3000- beware

2013-01-16 Thread Ray percival
Exactly the same findings here Ed, Any digital or prolonged SSB pushed the heat up rapidly and the Silenx fans were unable to regulate it. Actually the original fans are incorrectly rated... my tests show that they are closer to 34CFM using an airflow meter. I've no idea what the dBA

Re: [Flexradio] Silenx fan Mod on Flex 3000- beware

2013-01-16 Thread Ray percival
Part 2... For the heck of it I’ve ordered an audio level meter so I’ll be able to make some actual readings of audio levels when it arrives, probably next week. I ended up using ThermaTake DuraMax6 fans myself, these are rated at 30CFM and 32dBA this cut the noise down a fair bit but not

Re: [Flexradio] Silenx fan Mod on Flex 3000- beware

2013-01-16 Thread Ray percival
Further testing results... Out of the box Duramax 6 fans are 28CFM and 160mA @12v Modified Duramax6 with resistor are 22CFM and 110mA @12v Key down continuous CW testing at 10W reaches 82 Degrees C after about 10 minutes with modified Duramax 6 fans. So I think the standard

[Flexradio] VSPE comand line

2013-01-05 Thread Ray percival
Been basking my head off the wall with this... How do I run VSPE at startup and provide it with command line input such as -minimize etc. I can insert a shortcut into the startup folder alright, and it launches on startup ok. But I can't figure out how to add command line input... just adding

Re: [Flexradio] fan noise on a 3000

2012-12-31 Thread Ray percival
Been there, done that... The Silenx are only 8CFM, the original fans are 23CFM (Cubic Feet per Min). These will not cool the finals enough and may damage the rig. Get yourself a set of ThermalTake Duramax 6 fans. These have a higher output than the original fans but less than half the

Re: [Flexradio] fan noise on a 3000

2012-12-31 Thread Ray percival
Unfortunately the Thermaltake ISGC Fan 8 is too big at 80mm and you need 60mm Regards, Ray EI3GD ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: