Re: [Flexradio] Flex-3000 for sale, in Canada

2016-04-27 Thread Sheldon Hartling
> Price is $1,250 CAD … about $1,000 USD. 73 Sheldon VE1GPY From: FlexRadio <flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz> on behalf of Sheldon Hartling <ve1...@rac.ca> Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 3:48 PM To: 'FlexRadioReflector' <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Subject:

[Flexradio] Flex-3000 for sale, in Canada

2016-04-27 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Lightly used and in excellent condition. Non-smoking environment. This was my backup radio and it was used mostly for field day and a few vacations. Includes: power cable, firewire cable, and mic/PTT adaptor cable. 73 Sheldon, VE1GPY ___ FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] Nice Dell laptop for sale - works well with Flex 3000 and 5000 radios...

2016-01-16 Thread Sheldon Hartling
I've generally had good luck using Apple products with my Flex 3000 and Flex 5000. However, not all macs will make good Flex computers. You can run into the same bad-driver DPV issues you do with some PCs. Two macs that I've had trouble with were: - iMac 27 (Late 2009) running Windows 7;

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 for DX'ing and SDR

2013-09-16 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Hi Craig I have a Flex-5000, Flex-3000 and KPA500/KAT500 and recently added a KX3. I have to agree with Matthew (KJ4TN) that both the F3K and KX3 are fine radios and in real world situations its hard to see any receive difference despite the KX3's better lab performance. As for softwareŠ I run

Re: [Flexradio] Using Flex-3000 with Bootcamp on Older Macs

2013-01-14 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Craig, I've had mixed luck with Macs Š * 13 Black MacBook, early 2008 (Win7-32bit) ­ works great! It's currently the backup PC for my Flex-3000; * 21 iMac, mid 2011 (Win7­32bit) - also works great! I use this with my Flex-3000. Never had issues; * 27 iMac, late 2009 (Win7-32bit) - suffered

Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

2012-06-14 Thread Sheldon Hartling
with Latency Mon are in NDIS and the Nvidia network controller. I tried bumping the nVidia NIC driver back a version but it didn't seem to make any difference. Any advice appreciated! Especially from those who are successfully running PSDR on an iMac. 73, Sheldon VE1GPY From: Sheldon Hartling

Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

2012-06-14 Thread Sheldon Hartling
: Robert Costa, KB6QXM kb6...@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, 14 June, 2012 12:42 PM To: Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca, FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac) Let me understand something. With the inexpensive hardware that is available

Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

2012-06-13 Thread Sheldon Hartling
: Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca Date: Friday, 8 June, 2012 11:40 AM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer for Flex-3000 I¹d like to purchase a Touch-Screen All-in-One computer to use with my FLEX-3000. Any suggestions from the group? There aren't many

Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

2012-06-13 Thread Sheldon Hartling
:00 PM To: Sheldon Hartling hartl...@netpathinc.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac) Hi Sheldon, Run the Apple Software Update in Windows and see if it updates the drivers. ...JMM Justin KB1TFH On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:42

[Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer for Flex-3000

2012-06-08 Thread Sheldon Hartling
I¹d like to purchase a Touch-Screen All-in-One computer to use with my FLEX-3000. Any suggestions from the group? There aren't many with Firewire interfaces anymore. It looks like the Sony Vaio might be the best bet. However they use nVidia graphics processors and this often leads to DPC

Re: [Flexradio] flex pepole please read

2012-06-03 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Elan You can move the Flex Radio logo from the top-right corner of the display to the bottom-right corner by opening a command window and entering these two commands: rename %appdata%\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR\Skins\Default 2012\Console\picDisplay.png WAS_picDisplay.png copy %appdata%\FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] flex pepole please read

2012-06-03 Thread Sheldon Hartling
, VE1GPY From: Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca Date: Sunday, 3 June, 2012 9:55 AM To: paim paimg0...@btinternet.com, Reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] flex pepole please read Elan You can move the Flex Radio logo from the top-right corner of the display to the bottom

[Flexradio] PR-781 with Flex-3000

2012-04-14 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Is it possible to use a Heil PR-781 with a Flex-3000? If so, can anyone provide details (pin out) for the required mike cable? I have a friend who purchased this combination from Radio World along with a cable adaptor which is not doing the trick. Thanks and 73, Sheldon VE1GPY

Re: [Flexradio] Anyone using MacBook with PC dualboot?

2012-03-07 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Hi Mike I use a black 13 MacBook (early 2008) with my Flex-3000. It works great! Much better than the Thinkpad T60p it replaced. The T60p always ran hot and I had to use a laptop cooler. I agree with Brian. If you can, try to pick a MacBook with a Radeon video controller and not nVidia.

Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

2011-09-29 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Thanks Steve The house is new construction and only 11 years old, so a SDR-smitten SK seems unlikely :-) I can confirm the VOX is/was off. 73, Sheldon VE1GPY From: W6SDM Steve dd.maricopa...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:25:40 -0700 To: Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca, flexradio@flex

Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

2011-09-29 Thread Sheldon Hartling
scripts to implement your 'dead man'? 73, Sheldon VE1GPY From: Bill Marvin bmar...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:03:38 -0400 To: Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca, flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting I have been running my Flex-5000A for 3 years and have

Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

2011-09-29 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Hi Steve Have a look at Serial to Ethernet Connector (SEC) from Eltima Software (http://www.eltima.com). For Field Day this year I wanted to set up N1MM logging on a separate computer to eliminate the keyboard-focus problems that arise when two people try to use one PC. This year one person

Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

2011-09-29 Thread Sheldon Hartling
5.0.7.376. Good luck and 73, Sheldon VE1GPY From: W6SDM Steve dd.maricopa...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:03:08 -0700 To: Sheldon Hartling hartl...@netpathinc.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr Thanks, Sheldon. That sounds like it may just do

Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

2011-09-29 Thread Sheldon Hartling
other than they can not conflict with existing real or virtual ports. 73, Sheldon VE1GPY From: Laurie vk...@westnet.com.au Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:37:54 +1000 To: Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca Subject: RE: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr Sheldon, This setup sounds great. But tell me

[Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

2011-09-28 Thread Sheldon Hartling
On 3 occasions I've returned to my shack to find my Flex-5000A transmitting with no one at the controls! Luckily it was SSB and with no modulation the signal was negligible. In each case, I stopped PowerSDR and shut down the F5K and everything started back up normally. The most recent

Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

2011-09-28 Thread Sheldon Hartling
...@hotmail.com, Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca, flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting Butprobably not if the radio was hung up due to some software glitch. Harry -Original Message- From: Harry Williams Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:14 AM

Re: [Flexradio] Flex-3000, no preamp

2011-08-15 Thread Sheldon Hartling
on Thursday and Friday. We'll be operating on 15M, 17M, 20M and 40M and trying to get many of the Girl Guides on the air for the first time. From: N7BCP n7bcp.la...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:25:42 +0200 To: Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex

[Flexradio] Flex-3000, no preamp

2011-08-14 Thread Sheldon Hartling
I've managed to break the pre-amp function on my Flex-3000. When I select the pre-amp now on any band it behaves like an attenuator. All other functions (receive and transmit) seem to be working properly. I am able to use the radio as long as I leave the pre-amp off. This is probably a

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini latency issues): Not for me ...

2011-05-30 Thread Sheldon Hartling
thought I'd ask, do you know if the nVidia 330m GPU bootcamp driver suffers from the same DPC issue? -Larry On May 30, 2011, at 6:35, Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca wrote: Hi Michael There are some latency issues with the Windows nVidia 320M video driver for the 2010 Mac Mini

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini latency issues)

2011-05-30 Thread Sheldon Hartling
From: N7BCP n7bcp.la...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 07:56:54 +0200 To: Sheldon Hartling ve1...@rac.ca Cc: Michael Goins wmgo...@gmail.com, flexra...@yahoogroups.com flexra...@yahoogroups.com, FlexRadio List flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini latency issues)

2011-05-29 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Hi Michael There are some latency issues with the Windows nVidia 320M video driver for the 2010 Mac Mini that make it unsuitable for use as a Flex computer at the moment. This is likely the case for MacBook Pros that use the 320m and 330m GPUs as well. As James (KK6MC) mentioned, the trick to

Re: [Flexradio] Flex Site down?

2010-12-30 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Hi Don Maybe it's a localized DNS problem. Can you access the site using 174.36.134.158 ? 73 Sheldon, VE1GPY -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Don Sachnoff Sent: Thursday, December 30,

Re: [Flexradio] laptops that do work with PSDR

2010-12-14 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
T60 MEMORY UPGRADES I recently looked at updating the memory in some T60s I purchased for our local club. Here are the details. The T60 can take two PC2-5300(*) 667 MHz SO DIMM memory modules. The modules come in 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB sizes and in two speeds: 533 MHz and 667 MHz.

Re: [Flexradio] Question about remote operation

2010-10-20 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Good question Gary. I've been wondering the same thing myself. Here's the scenario... You check into the net, patently wait your turn, press the MOX button, start transmitting and ... The hotel internet connection goes down. It seems like you'd need a watch-dog program to unkey the

Re: [Flexradio] Question about remote operation

2010-10-20 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Hi Dudley No RFI issues in my case. Just concern about the frailty of a remote Internet connection. I'd rather not wait out a timer. I'd like the transmitter to drop immediately if the remote session ends. 73 Sheldon, VE1GPY (in California and my remotely operated Flex-5000 is in Nova

Re: [Flexradio] IARU and Flex 5000, a few small issues but great fun

2010-07-12 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Hi Michael I had trouble getting N1MM to track PowerSDR consistently during field day until I moved it to RCP1 in DDutil. Initially I had it configured as RCP3 along with HRD/DM780 (RCP1) and BobSMeter (RCP2). When I changed the order and moved it from RCP3 to RCP1 all was well. We used it

Re: [Flexradio] Laptop Firewire Card for Flex 5000A

2010-07-07 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Hi Ray I can recommend the SIIG NN-PCM222-S4 dual-port FireWire CardBus card. It works great in my Thinkpad T60p. I can't say the same for the two cards I tried before it. I had no luck with the Dynex or SIIG 3-port CardBus cards. 73 Sheldon, VE1GPY -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flexradio] HRD, VSP Manager and Windows y

2010-06-03 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Hi Richard I'm running a Flex-5000A on Windows7 64bit with VAC, VSP Manager, HRD, DM780, DDUtil, and BobSMeter. I posted a slide from a presentation I gave to my local amateur radio club here, showing my setup: http://s808.photobucket.com/albums/zz3/ve1gpy/Flex-5000A/?action=viewcurren

Re: [Flexradio] How to configure DDUtil and the BobSMeter - KBarticle

2010-05-10 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
It also looks like you can change the S-Meter polling rate using the BobSMeter Setup menu. On the System tab you can set the Timer/CAT Interval to a value in the range 1 to 500 (milliseconds, I assume). The default value is 20. 73 Sheldon VE1GPY -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flexradio] Tune button ghosted out

2010-04-29 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Or download a free trial of UltraCompare http://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultracompare.html 73 Sheldon VE1GPY -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ray - K9DUR Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:15 AM To: 'Mark

Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors

2010-04-28 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Hi Steve Your mirrors2.jpg looks almost identical to the RFI I get from my Linksys wireless router. I had 3 wireless routers in the house and fixed 2 of them by giving them away (hihi). For the remaining router I live with the RFI and just unplug it when one of the spikes lands on something

Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors

2010-04-28 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
- From: Ed Wilson ed.wil...@ymail.com To: Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy) ve1...@rac.ca, Steve Potter steve.pot...@rethink-it.com, flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:38:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors   but it probably would cause a divorce

[Flexradio] MX/VX Revolution mice

2010-04-18 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Hi Simon I use the MX Revolution on my development machine and its little-brother the VX Revolution on my laptop. I like them both, but prefer the VX because it's smaller and fits my hand better. The VX is getting to be hard to find. I liked it enough to buy 3 for my Flex-5000A. One I'm

Re: [Flexradio] Computer off the shelf success story. How about more?

2010-04-12 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
HP m9450f pavilion Elite computer, 8GB memory, 750GB x 2 hard drives (RAID-1 shadow-set) - open-box eBay special. Windows7 64-bit, HRD, DM780, Flex-5000A Works great with both the integral firewire adaptor and a StarTech STA-PCI1394MP firewire card. GeForce 9800 GT graphics board driving dual

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Headsets

2010-04-09 Thread Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)
Same question. I have a FLEX-5000A and the FLEX-5000 Headset Microphone cable from Flex-Radio. Which Heil ProSet style headset should I buy? The choices seem to be: * ProSet with HC-5 element; * ProSet with HC-4 element; * ProSet with iC element; * Proset Plus with HC-4 and HC-5

Re: [Flexradio] What amplified speakers are good- with sub?

2010-04-05 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Hi Joe I use Bose Companion 3 Series-II speakers with my Flex-5000A and really like them! One thing to keep in mind is that you will probably want to feed both the audio-out from your computer and the audio-out from your Flex to the same powered speakers. I use a Y-adaptor to combine

Re: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

2010-02-11 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Thanks, Dave! Setting the RDC options local resources tab Remote computer sound to Leave at remote computer did the trick! I'll set up Skype to bring the audio back. Ron, any luck with your setup? 73! Sheldon VE1GPY -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Odd RFI Problem

2009-12-05 Thread Sheldon Hartling
In my neck of the woods (province of NS Canada), the electrical wiring code requires that the supplementary ground installed for my ham shack be connected to the electrical safety ground at the service entrance with a minimum #6AWG cable. I buried a ground plate just outside the wall of my ham

Re: [Flexradio] New Mouse

2009-11-29 Thread Sheldon Hartling
I too use the smaller Logitech wireless mouse and love it. (VX Revolution). The free wheel option was made for the flex. :-) I just ordered a Logitech wireless laser mouse for lefties for two of my children. It's the first time I've seen one of their advanced mice designed for left-handed use.

Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

2009-11-23 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Hi Leon I just went through the same thing with a HP Pavilion Elite m9450f running Win7 (Asus IPIBL-LB motherboard aka HP Benicia-GL8E). In my case, the solution was to completely remove Norton Internet Security 2010 (NIS). This dropped the DPC latency from 8000usec max to 500usec when using

Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

2009-11-23 Thread Sheldon Hartling
) and no drivers. 73 and good luck Sheldon -Original Message- From: Leon [mailto:l...@brunerweb.net] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:21 PM To: Sheldon Hartling Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued Sheldon- Thanks for the suggestion. I removed

Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

2009-11-23 Thread Sheldon Hartling
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued Have you tried Firefox instead of IE or Chrome?? Also, is it your network software/drivers causing the dpc .. when going on the internet.. not the actual browser software..??? Sheldon Hartling wrote: Hi Leon: Neal

Re: [Flexradio] Flex-Radio in Halifax NS Canada?

2009-10-15 Thread Sheldon Hartling
No luck finding a Flexer in Halifax. Anyone in Atlantic Canada? -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Sheldon Hartling Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:08 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio

[Flexradio] Flex-Radio in Halifax NS Canada?

2009-10-13 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Are there any Flex Radio transceivers in the Halifax NS Canada area? I'm planning to buy a Flex-5000A and would love to see one in operation before I take the plunge :-) Thanks and 73 Sheldon ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] Maxivista

2009-10-12 Thread Sheldon Hartling
Thanks, Joe: I've used Maxivista for many years now and have been very pleased with the way it works. I've used it to: -- extend my desktop to a laptop; -- build a 4-screen desktop using two dual-screen PC's; and -- Perhaps the most unusual, to create a two screen portable desktop using my