[Flexradio] rx signal versus preamp setting

2006-01-26 Thread Bill Nagle
I get the following "s" meter upper scale readings with the rx preamp and am wondering why they are backwards (the higher the gain the lower the reading). This is with no input signal to the receiver. off -95db low -102 med -119 high -124 Bill Nagle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flexradio] wav file playback level

2006-01-25 Thread Bill Nagle
Be very careful with version 12 when you go to play back a wav file with the flex recorder. The level is about 10 times the needed level and it may pop your amp if you dont get to the mox button fast enough. Bill Nagle http://home.ptd.net/~w3duq

[Flexradio] LINEAR LOADING ?

2006-01-25 Thread Bill Nagle
A followup to the ALC question. I am wondering if perhaps the 100 watt pa is improperly loaded into a 52 ohn dummy load? If the impedence of the pa is say 25 ohms, it wil not operate with the proper peak to peak output no matter what you do to the driver. Bill Nagle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flexradio] ALC-LINEAR PROBLEM

2006-01-25 Thread Bill Nagle
er and alc level sets? Bill Nagle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Flexradio] DATABASE OVERWRITE

2006-01-23 Thread Bill Nagle
If I have installed version 12 then make some changes to it and recompile, when I deploy it from the compiler will it install on top of the originally installed version 12? If it does than is it smart enough to see that there is already a database in there and not overwrite it? Bill Nagle

[Flexradio] mute version 12

2006-01-22 Thread Bill Nagle
The problem with mute in version 12 is that it WILL activate yellow when the software is in STANDBY mode. When you switch the software to ON it will not go yellow on pushing the mute button. Bill Nagle http://home.ptd.net/~w3duq

[Flexradio] Mute / Squelch / Eq

2006-01-22 Thread Bill Nagle
The MUTE button has ceased working on preview 12 Also, how does the squelch button work? I dont get any effect in any mode including fmn. The new EQ's are amazing,considering that they are only 3 channels. Behringer could take a lesson for their vx2000 processor. Bill Nagle [EMAIL PROT

[Flexradio] Preview 12 Source

2006-01-20 Thread Bill Tracey
As reported on Teamspeak this evening -- it looks like the Preview 12 source code did not make it to the web site -- link on the site brings down preview 12. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] ARRL FMT: one more win for the SDR-1000

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Tracey
- respectable I think. Info on my '03 setup is at: http://ewjt.com/kd5tfd/fmt2003.html Will have to see how the SDR 1000 does once we get one of these frequency correction schemes up and running. Cheers, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Resvisiting an old request for changes

2006-01-12 Thread Bill Tracey
tree gets going. Cheers, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Artificial ground

2006-01-10 Thread Bill Guyger
ck copper ground buss that runs down the wall behind the desk. All equipment is bonded to the ground bar with either 1" or 3/8" wide braid. Seems to work. Bill AD5OL >>> "Bob Tracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/10/06 04:42PM >>> Hi, Anyone have any experien

Re: [Flexradio] A question on Frequency stability vs. Temperature

2006-01-01 Thread Bill Guyger
over the oscillator be a quick and dirty (there's that word again) fix? It sure wouldn't be as stable as the more complex hardware and software tricks that have been tossed out for consideration lately, but it might be a KISS attack plan. Bill AD5OL >Almost true -- what you reall

Re: [Flexradio] FW: A bit of light entertainment

2005-12-30 Thread Bill Guyger
I think my Geneva Convention rights were just violated. 73's anyway for the new year.... Bill AD5OL And Mr Lang was very old, so they called it --- "Old Lang's Sign" HNY -- Tom

[Flexradio] Software taming the wandering oscillator - a thought

2005-12-26 Thread Bill Tracey
bably have to be tapped with a shielded tap (RG174 coax?) to prevent it from radiating excessively, but seems to doable (at least to this novice). Regards, Bill (kd5fd)

Re: [Flexradio] on filtering in general

2005-12-24 Thread Bill Guyger
ou feel good to lay out all sorts of money for high quality mics and hotshot processors by all means knock yourself out. It's all about the fun you derive from the effort. But for my $0.02 you'd be better off dropping the same amount on a new antenna or a tuner or your mistress (oops was

Re: [Flexradio] Confession

2005-12-20 Thread Bill Guyger
just learn the basic rules. But hey, you have to do that to play poker or basketball. Hang in there bro! Bill AD5OL > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:47 PM > To: FlexRadio@

Re: [Flexradio] fftw_wisdom.exe question

2005-12-19 Thread Bill Tracey
I believe you only need to run it once, it saves some data so the FFTW3 runtime code can pick optimal bits of code for your machine. Don't think it matters what sound card is setup/configured. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 06:15 PM 12/19/2005, Michael Blake wrote: Is it necessary to run

Re: [Flexradio] Spurs on 10 meters

2005-12-12 Thread Bill Tracey
the spurs with a cleverer tuning algorithm -- 'Better Radio thru Software". Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Spurs on 10 meters

2005-12-11 Thread Bill Tracey
tter Radio thru Software" Regards, Bill

Re: [Flexradio] SSB vs CW transmit paths

2005-12-06 Thread Bill Tracey
ed and sidetone buffers. Also have to think a bit about transmit IQ correction. Think it is more likely to be needed in an SR style transmitter in that it's quadrature generation may not be as close to perfect as that provided by the quadrature DDS in the SDR 1000. Cheers, Bill At 12:03

[Flexradio] SSB vs CW transmit paths

2005-12-05 Thread Bill Tracey
tter performer would be to change the freq of the CWToneGen osc, or run two of them if two buffers need to be returned to handle sidetone. Also, it would appear IQ correction does not happen in the transmit path for CW - probably want to figure out how to put that in the CW chain as well.

[Flexradio] OT: Xylo 24.576 Mhz Oscillators - quick replies needed

2005-12-04 Thread Bill Tracey
e interested send me an email (no need to clutter the forum). I'll be submitting the order at 2pm CST Monday Dec 5. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] wireless MIC for use with Delta 44/SDR

2005-11-27 Thread Bill Guyger
o had been around a while could get away with something like that, where as a newbie like Lectrosonics (who is now very big time) wouldn't bend the rules nearly as much. A lot were on un-used TV channels. I have seen Comtek cue systems in the 88 MHZ area. Bill >>> Jim Lux <[EM

Re: [Flexradio] wireless MIC for use with Delta 44/SDR

2005-11-27 Thread Bill Guyger
excellent IF stages for the audio companding (or decompanding I should say) stages and output driver amps. Hurt like hell, but they were totally useless because they were VHF and not frequency agile. AG! Bill AD5OL >>> "Bill Guyger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/27/05 05:5

Re: [Flexradio] wireless MIC for use with Delta 44/SDR

2005-11-27 Thread Bill Guyger
el receiver that is wired into the play and shot clock system to stop the clock when one of the refs blows his whistle. Bill AD5OL >>> Don AE5K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/27/05 04:04PM >>> Does anyone know what frequency (FM radio broadcast band, 49 MHz. etc?) that this wireless

Re: [Flexradio] Feature request - white noise generator for receive EQ

2005-11-15 Thread Bill Guyger
ltered to yield equal energy per octive or a flat frequency response. If you set up EQ with white noise you will have a "hotter" high end than you might want. Does the internal generator create pink or white noise? Bill AD5OL >>> "Tim Ellison" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [Flexradio] FlexSDR Software components

2005-11-13 Thread Bill Tracey
FFTW2 - Fast Fourier Transform libaray PortAudio - play with audio in a portable way PortTalk - bit bang the parallel port pthread - threading library Hope this helps. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 10:57 PM 11/13/2005, KD5NWA wrote: I was looking at the source

Re: [Flexradio] SR40 frequency error display corrected but....

2005-11-12 Thread Bill Tracey
) + DttSP.SampleRate/2; I'm assuming Eric Waschman will pick up the change for the next release. Cheers, Bill (kd5tfd) At 12:01 PM 11/12/2005, Bill Tracey wrote: I noticed this as well -- will look into it. Bill (kd5tfd) At 10:43 AM 11/12/2005, Michael Blake wrote: >Thanks for correcting the pa

Re: [Flexradio] SR40 frequency error display corrected but....

2005-11-12 Thread Bill Tracey
I noticed this as well -- will look into it. Bill (kd5tfd) At 10:43 AM 11/12/2005, Michael Blake wrote: Thanks for correcting the panadapter display range when a frequency correction has been applied for the SR40. An interesting by-product is that you can now see signals at least 10 kHz

Re: [Flexradio] Shiny new unstable branch

2005-11-10 Thread Bill Tracey
w unstable' branch to try and take some of the workload of Eric and Flex in managing two branches. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 05:36 PM 11/10/2005, Phil (N8VB) wrote: How about we have at least two branches then - "shiny new unstable code" and "scared hand-wringing old woman code"... LOL... Phil N8VB

Re: [Flexradio] Panadapter center frequency error in the SoftRock 40 mode in Beta 1.4.5 Preview 4

2005-11-08 Thread Bill Tracey
. Cheers, Bill (kd5tfd) At 06:36 PM 11/8/2005, Michael Blake wrote: When selecting the "Soft Rock 40" radio model and then adjusting the Center Frequency option to reflect the exact crystal frequency (7.054200 in my case) I find that the Panadapter display is not re-centered on

Re: [Flexradio] CAT CONTROL CHECK BOX P3 & P4

2005-11-05 Thread Bill Guyger
Hand me down my walking cane. Bill >>> "Philip M. Lanese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/05/05 01:11PM >>> Two very nice posts Bob. Glad to see the responses to my mention of RPN. New engineering graduates I have mentored on recent jobs had never heard the term.

Re: [Flexradio] CAT CONTROL CHECK BOX P3 & P4

2005-11-04 Thread Bill Guyger
I wouldn't trade for mine. Every time I use a non RPN calculator I lapse into RPN half way thru the process ARRG! Bill AD5OL >>> "Philip M. Lanese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/04/05 07:13PM >>> Don't see many HP handheld calculators with RPN around a

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta v1.4.5 Preview 4 has been released.

2005-11-04 Thread Bill Tracey
nt to do a dialog by dialog comparison to sort out what's up with yours. Cheers, Bill (kd5tfd) At 06:51 PM 11/4/2005, Mel Whitten wrote: 1.4.5 preview 4 working FB here... I just can't get CW TYPE to work! :-( Mel k0pfx

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] $1,750 USB audio card with 12AU7 (huh?)

2005-10-28 Thread Bill Guyger
urgence of tubes in applications like mic preamps for studio use because of their clipping characteristics being a litle more "gentle" than treansistors / op-amps. They operate them class A and they do sound really clean. Bill AD5OL >>> Ken - N9VV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/28

Re: [Flexradio] CAT Control

2005-10-27 Thread Bill Tracey
#x27;t know how urgently I'll go looking for the glitch at 4800. I hesitate to change things and potentially break something else if we've got a viable workaround on the SteppIR. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 11:02 PM 10/27/2005, Tom Thompson wrote: Tom Thompson wrote: Bill, I down

Re: [Flexradio] CAT Control

2005-10-27 Thread Bill Tracey
Take a look @ the PowerSDR install archives on the Download page Bill At 09:11 AM 10/27/2005, Tom Thompson wrote: Bill: I'll be glad to try the earlier version with my setup. Eric, how do I get the version that Bill is talking about? 73, Tom W0IVJ Bill Tracey wrote: > I sti

Re: [Flexradio] CAT Control

2005-10-26 Thread Bill Tracey
ged to be event driven.If the older code works then we know it's something in the event driven code that's not quite right. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 10:36 PM 10/26/2005, Tom Thompson wrote: Tom Thompson wrote: Bob and Bill: I built a SteppIR simulator in another computer so I cou

Re: [Flexradio] CAT Control

2005-10-26 Thread Bill Tracey
ke out the flow control. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 11:34 PM 10/25/2005, Tom Thompson wrote: Tom Thompson wrote: Bob and Bill: I have a few more clues on the SteppIR / SDR1000 interface issue. First of all, Bob, the zero fill is ok. I confirmed in my Kenwood TS-450S manual that any fill

Re: [Flexradio] CAT Control

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Tracey
the vicinity of the CAT code would be in order. Regards, Bill At 04:04 PM 10/25/2005, Bob Tracy wrote: Tom, If the SteppIR is looking for spaces as padding for the frequency, then we have a real problem. The Kenwood spec (used to develop the SDR-1000 CAT parser) specifically requires any

Re: [Flexradio] CAT Control

2005-10-24 Thread Bill Tracey
als.com/Utilities/Portmon.html and trace the failing scenario and send me the resulting trace file. That should give me some idea what is going in. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 02:05 PM 10/24/2005, Bob Tracy wrote: Tom, Bill (KD5TFD) knows more about the serial port code than I do, maybe he wi

Re: [Flexradio] Sound Card #2

2005-10-17 Thread Bill Tracey
To feed receive audio to digi mode program so it can decode it. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 08:55 PM 10/17/2005, John Denson wrote: Could someone please refresh my memory? Why is there a connection from Delta-44 output 1/2 to sound card #2 Line In when using a second sound card for digital

Re: [Flexradio] error message on Power SDR startup

2005-10-15 Thread Bill Tracey
Does the error popup have a Details or More button? Usually errors like this have some way to get the exception trace - if you can copy that into the clipboard and post it that would help a lot in running down what it is getting upset about. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 11:00 AM 10/15/2005

Re: [Flexradio] OT: kerchunk

2005-10-14 Thread Bill Guyger
This isn't a true Kerchunk, you identified yourself...:-) Bill AD5OL >>> Bill Tracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/14/05 08:28PM >>> Kerchunk. No traffic seen here since Wed -- wondering if the reflector is alive. Cheers, Bill

[Flexradio] OT: kerchunk

2005-10-14 Thread Bill Tracey
Kerchunk. No traffic seen here since Wed -- wondering if the reflector is alive. Cheers, Bill

[Flexradio] OT: The Mars Rovers - (was Re: development system speed)

2005-10-08 Thread Bill Tracey
rebooting due to a full/corrupted? file system. The fact that the system survived and was recoverable was quite impressive. My hat's off to the folks that designed, built and debugged it Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Eham Review

2005-10-06 Thread Bill Guyger
t Hamcom and via E-Mail with the likes of Bob McGwier, Jim Lux, and the other Software and DSP gurus is a treat. Bill AD5OL >>> "ecellison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/06/05 08:26PM >>> I and others who bought the radio hardware early have MANY times mentioned, perhaps a

Re: [Flexradio] Eham Review

2005-10-06 Thread Bill Guyger
an turn to. I stand in awe of the expertise of some of the guys on this reflector. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Bill AD5OL >>> "Gerald Youngblood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/06/05 10:34AM >>> Hi Tim, I am afraid I must chime in on this topic because of some misperceptions that may arise from the exam review.

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR v1.4.5 Beta

2005-10-02 Thread Bill Tracey
Yes I saw a big power bump from 1.4.4 to .5 on digi modes. I just reset all my levels to keep it reasonable. Bill (kd5tfd) At 09:15 PM 10/2/2005, John Belstner wrote: One thing I've noticed in going from 1.4.4 to 1.4.5 is even after importing the settings from 1.4.4 I'm expe

[Flexradio] MRP 40, PowerSDR, and vComm (was Oooooppsss 1.4.5 Beta 1)

2005-10-02 Thread Bill Tracey
ation. Bill (kd5tfd) At 12:48 AM 9/28/2005, Bill Tracey wrote: Thanks for trying it out Bob -- will dig in an see if I can figure out why it is unhappy. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 12:14 AM 9/28/2005, Robert McGwier wrote: Sorry Bill, no joy. I downloaded and installed MRP40 demo. The pr

Re: [Flexradio] Oooooppsss 1.4.5 Beta 1

2005-09-28 Thread Bill Tracey
Thanks for trying it out Bob -- will dig in an see if I can figure out why it is unhappy. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 12:14 AM 9/28/2005, Robert McGwier wrote: Sorry Bill, no joy. I downloaded and installed MRP40 demo. The program momentarily keys the transmitter and then drops out. I will

Re: [Flexradio] Oooooppsss 1.4.5 Beta 1

2005-09-27 Thread Bill Tracey
Will go back to diagnosing that one some more when the new code comes out. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR: Importing Database vs. Copying Database File

2005-09-20 Thread Bill Tracey
the covers? Just an idea. Cheers, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Windows ME

2005-09-20 Thread Bill Tracey
Phil -- thanks for taking a look at this - this confirms what one of the folks trying to get going with a SoftRock is seeing on ME. It seems ME was one of those Windows evolutionary dead ends. I'll agree VMWare is a wonderful bit of code. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

[Flexradio] Windows ME

2005-09-19 Thread Bill Tracey
why it does not run on ME that would be helpful as well. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Frustration really setting in here!

2005-09-15 Thread Bill Tracey
imply cables having worked loose. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

[Flexradio] Recorded Wave file format

2005-09-12 Thread Bill Tracey
ter IQ fixup? That might explain the recording as floats. Will take a look @ the code and see if I can puzzle it out, but would be interested to hear from anyone that knows off the top of their head. Cheers, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Using vCOM software with MixW digital software

2005-09-11 Thread Bill Tracey
o COM7 and make sure PTT via CAT is enabled. I know PowerSDR, vCOMM and MixW work - I use them all the time. Just a matter of getting the configured correctly. Hope this helps, Bill (kd5tfd) At 08:23 PM 9/10/2005, SERGE BERTUZZO wrote: Hello to the group. Trying to get my SDR to work with

Re: [Flexradio] A plea to SDR software developers - GPL tangent

2005-08-30 Thread Bill Tracey
d say the GPL applies to the DLL plugin. This is clearly an area reasonable people can disagree on - they wording of the GPL is ambiguous in that it does not define what a program is in any meaningful technical way. I will admit my interpretation of it is somewhat conservative. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 enables relaying of good news to family

2005-08-30 Thread Bill Guyger
Way to go Dale! Bill >>> Dale Boresz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/30/05 09:26PM >>> I was on 20m ssb a few minutes ago with the SDR-1000 (of course), and had just signed with a mobile station in Oklahoma, when I heard a very weak station calling me. I was on 14.162 MHz

Re: [Flexradio] A plea to SDR software developers

2005-08-30 Thread Bill Guyger
e. My point exactly. The SDR is a great rig and I'm proud to have it, and proud to be associated (even remotely) with you and your team who creating it. But as you say "a time to every purpose under heaven". Bill AD5OL

Re: [Flexradio] GPL - (was A plea to SDR software developers)

2005-08-30 Thread Bill Tracey
do not know enough about the law to know if they'd have a reasonable chance for success. I am thrilled that Flex-Radio has chosen to license the code under the GPL. I think it is an excellent choice of license to further the development of SDR technology for Amateur Radio and insures that the technology will remain open to people that want to experiment and contribute to it. Regards, Bill

Re: [Flexradio] A plea to SDR software developers

2005-08-30 Thread Bill Guyger
it up the side of a mountain. Bill AD5OL >>> "ecellison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/30/05 07:12PM >>> Sami I am still reading. However, now I would like for you to comment on my purchase of the Yeasu 857 and compare what I bought from Yeasu with what I bought from F

Re: [Flexradio] Behavior of NR and ANF in Binaural mode

2005-08-26 Thread Bill Tracey
I THINK this is a glitch - I think a holdover from when the DSP guys were running complex filters for ANF and NR and then pulled them out because of the CPU usage. I think the BIN was supposed to be disabled if NR or ANF was selected. Bill (kd5tfd) At 09:19 PM 8/26/2005, Kurt Vangsness

Re: [Flexradio] Hardware mods

2005-08-21 Thread Bill Guyger
nsideration) might be used thus replacing the 1/8" to 1/4" cables, the breakout box, and the breakout box to sound card cables in one fell swoop. The only issue I see here is that this would lock us to the D-44 if something better came along or the Delta 44 people folded. 73's de

Re: [Flexradio] Hardware mods

2005-08-21 Thread Bill Guyger
smaller than a normal XLR they're easier to deal with than Lemo's. Just my for what it's worths. Bill AD5OL >>> Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/21/05 01:29PM >>> At 10:19 AM 8/21/2005, Brian wrote: >It sounds like there are some hardware mods coming through.

Re: [Flexradio] Problem "Real" com ports

2005-08-18 Thread Bill Tracey
Hmmm ... I wonder if this could be N1MM not asserting CTS and the PowerSDR waiting for CTS to be asserted before it sends This is starting to smell like a flow control type/control signal type of glitch. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 06:02 PM 8/18/2005, Bob Tracy wrote: < deleted ...

Re: [Flexradio] [Fwd: [amsat-bb] Eagle SDR prototype on the air, SDR and IHU-3 for Phase 3E, ETC.]

2005-08-17 Thread Bill Tracey
f for embedded systems. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Problem "Real" com ports

2005-08-17 Thread Bill Tracey
serial port keying code needs the event driven stuff. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] loss of cat connection

2005-08-16 Thread Bill Tracey
ly use MixW here and have not seen a problem with it dropping out. Regards, Bill At 04:09 PM 8/16/2005, Jerry wrote: Hi All Used the SDR-1K in the TARA PSK and WAE CW contests. Had some problems. The first problem is the continual drop out of the cat connection by the

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] Flexer discovers IBOC in back yard

2005-08-14 Thread Bill Guyger
lmost can't. There's only a couple available.. though I did see that BMW is going to start putting them in their cars. Think anyone could strap a SDR 1K into their wheels??? Bill AD5OL >>> Ken N9VV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/14/05 09:15PM >>> Dear Flexers, Art

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-06 Thread Bill Guyger
asons, and I hate to use four connectors when two will do, so I eliminated all the "middle men". I've had feedback that it helped some other list members, so I guess I've done my good turn for the day. Now if I can just get the parts about being thrifty, courteous, wise, and cheerful down.. 73's de Bill AD5OL

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-06 Thread Bill Guyger
If I understand what you're suggesting, it would take phase inverting the audio to two of the channels to achieve differentially driving or receiving a line. Bill >>> "Paull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/05/05 10:53PM >>> Thinking ouside the box, one could

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Bill Guyger
this idea a go let us know. I don't think it's a real necessary thing, but it might benefit someone. 73's de Bill AD5OL >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/05/05 12:18PM >>> The advantage of going to the sound card Balanced is to eliminate [cancel] undesirable noise

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Bill Guyger
Hi Don I'll get it off to you later today. It's on another machine. Bill >>> "Don Newberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/04/05 11:30PM >>> Hi Bill, thanks for the info. I'm sorry I missed your post, back on the 1st of July. Its amazing how much

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-05 Thread Bill Guyger
and reduce the number of connectors in line. Why use 4 when 2 will do? Bill AD5OL >>> Philip Covington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/05/05 08:07AM >>> Hi All, Does it really matter that the Delta 44 has only pseudo-balanced inputs since the SDR-1000 only has unbalanced inputs an

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-04 Thread Bill Guyger
h the results. Bill AD5OL >>> "ecellison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/04/05 10:43PM >>> Don Yea!!! Thanks for the information! I have Tony * KB9YIG awaiting a word to go ahead with 15 pin connector board kits to interface directly to the Delta 44 with 1/8 inch stereo ca

Re: [Flexradio] Delta 44 Breakout Box and Balanced audio

2005-08-04 Thread Bill Guyger
puter which he had to ground lift because of noise issues. 73's Bill AD5OL >>> "Don Newberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/04/05 10:25PM >>> Hello all, I was considering using a DB 15 connector, appropriate plugs and shielded cable to interface between the S

Re: [Flexradio] Serial keying, virtual and not

2005-08-04 Thread Bill Tracey
think CW Type has the same setup -- Mel , K0PFX could probably confirm for CW Type. Regards, Bill

Re: [Flexradio] New Advice on CW

2005-08-01 Thread Bill Tracey
Bob has confirmed to me in an off list email that the wiring/pin out he gave is correct. Posting here so folks are not wondering. Bill At 08:34 PM 8/1/2005, Bill Tracey wrote: Bob -- are you sure of the pin out. My chart for 9 pin RS232 shows <... incorrect ramblings remo

Re: [Flexradio] New Advice on CW

2005-08-01 Thread Bill Tracey
Bob -- are you sure of the pin out. My chart for 9 pin RS232 shows Pin 4 as DTR, 6 as DSR and 8 as CTS. Ground is pin 5. I'd have thought you want to ground 6 or 8 to generate dit/dash or am I missing something? Regards, Bill At 12:09 PM 8/1/2005, Robert W McGwier wrote: John:

Re: [Flexradio] SoftRock-40 builders: twist T1 secondary?

2005-07-31 Thread Bill Tracey
Most folks have twisted the T1 secondary -- not sure it really matters, I've twisted the secondary on all the ones I've done. Bill At 07:30 AM 7/31/2005, Ken N9VV wrote: Dear SoftRock-40 builders, do you twist the secondary wires together before winding the bi-filar secondary on T1?

Re: [Flexradio] SoftRock-40 builders: LED long lead?

2005-07-31 Thread Bill Tracey
I believe the long lead is the anode -- square pad looks to be grounded, so I'd do long lead in the round hole. I think this is backwards from the polarized caps where square pad is showing positive. Regards, Bill At 07:32 AM 7/31/2005, Ken N9VV wrote: Dear SoftRock-40 builders: Doe

Re: [Flexradio] Teamspeak session recordings?

2005-07-30 Thread Bill Tracey
I posted my recording of last night's forum to: http://www.tracey.org/wjt/temp/forum-0729.mp3 Regards, Bill At 02:31 PM 7/30/2005, Dale Boresz wrote: Unfortunately, I missed the Teamspeak session last night/this morning. Did anyone record it? Dale W

Re: [Flexradio] www.Flex-Radio.com site - what's wrong?

2005-07-29 Thread Bill Tracey
Works for me on 2 different ISPs. Bill At 11:47 PM 7/28/2005, FlexRadio - Eric wrote: No problems for me today. Anyone else having trouble? Eric

Re: [Flexradio] The final nail in the coffin of Morse?

2005-07-21 Thread Bill Guyger
, so I guess I'm a little biased in favor of tradidtion, but I recognize that it may be time to move on and acknowledge "that the times thay are a chagin." Bill AD5OL >>> Mike Naruta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/20/05 10:04PM >>> Why do we want to hurl electromag

Re: [Flexradio] Experimental SDR-1000 project

2005-07-18 Thread Bill Tracey
of the boards you're looking at have an I2S interface? I think he Wolfson chips speak I2S which would make interfacing one of those a little easier. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Round two of the SoftRock40

2005-07-10 Thread Bill Tracey
Edson, Thank you for sharing your experiences with the 29xx. I'd heard rumors of a 1 sample delay between the channels on those chips and will be looking to adjust for it in the software for the SoftRock 40 once we get the USB circuits built and running. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At

Re: [Flexradio] ZERO BEAT GREYED OUT

2005-07-05 Thread Bill Tracey
You need to use one of the display modes with averaging turned on to enable zero beat -- it works off the averaging data. If it's a popular feature will look at maintaining the avg data even when not needed for the display. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 09:31 PM 7/5/2005, Philip M. L

Re: [Flexradio] CW Zero Beat; fixed at 600 Hz?

2005-07-05 Thread Bill Tracey
VFOAFreq -= (double)delta_hz/1e6; } - end code Thanks for pointing out the error in my thinking. Bill (kd5tfd) At 08:13 PM 7/2/2005, Dale Boresz wrote: The CW zero-beat function works great and is much appreciated! However, I suspect the intent was for

Re: [Flexradio] Unable to get PowerSDR 1.3.13 to work with vCOM 222

2005-07-04 Thread Bill Tracey
Wally, What are the symptoms (if any) of it not working?Do you get any error messages? Can you enable CAT control from the setup panel? Are you using USB Parallel port adapter? It works here for me. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 11:31 AM 7/4/2005, Wallace Watson wrote: Phil, I have

Re: [Flexradio] CW Zero Beat; fixed at 600 Hz?

2005-07-02 Thread Bill Tracey
7;s down at 600 (or whatever your CW Pitch is set to). The basic idea is to have the radio 'correctly' tune the signal you've chased with IF shift. Bill (kd5tfd) At 08:34 PM 7/2/2005, Dale Richardson wrote: The CW Zero Beat is greyed out here. How does one activate this? Also,

Re: [Flexradio] Unbalanced to balanced audio?

2005-07-01 Thread Bill Guyger
leeve contacts of all plugs. OR you can eliminate the breakout box entirely. I will be glad to e-mail you a PDF file of a drawing to accomplish this, which is what I have done. E-mail me off the list. Bill AD5OL >>> Joe - AB1DO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/01/05 03:14PM >>> Hi

Re: [Flexradio] Virtual Sound Cards

2005-06-30 Thread Bill Tracey
s and be easier to implement. Put me down as voting for Option 2. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 01:26 PM 6/30/2005, Philip Covington wrote: Hi all, In the notes for June 30, 2005 on my webpage I discuss two possible approaches to writing the virtual sound card driver for use with PowerSDR. Ple

RE: [Flexradio] Console running out of room?

2005-06-26 Thread Bill Guyger
the proper line in code automatically. I say this as a hardware type who is painfully ignorant of the inner workings of C# or any of the C languages and apologize in advance if this is a blatent parading of my stupidity in public. Tnx es 73's Bill AD5OL

Re: [Flexradio] 1.3.12 released and accessible here...

2005-06-24 Thread Bill Tracey
Some folks/browsers seemed to have some issues with the site below, so I've posted an alternate download site: http://www.tracey.org/wjt/temp/PowerSDR_Beta_1.3.12_Setup.zip Bill (kd5tfd) At 08:17 PM 6/24/2005, Ken N9VV wrote: It is my great privilege to host 1.3.12 as an interim locatio

RE: [Flexradio] Console running out of room?

2005-06-24 Thread Bill Tracey
, Bill At 09:40 PM 6/24/2005, Gary Schmidt W5ZL wrote: I don't exactly know what multiple desktops are, but there is always the possibility of opening and closing what I think you're calling tear-offs to do specific things - a la N1MM as a contest logger which allows you to display as ma

Re: [Flexradio] Console running out of room?

2005-06-24 Thread Bill Tracey
Console out of room: what screen resolutions are folks typically running? One of the reasons we're running out of space is a desire to maintain the ability to run on an 800x600 display. Would making the console larger be a viable approach in the short term? Regards, Bill (kd5tfd)

Re: [Flexradio] Announcement: Build 222 of the vCOM Virtual Serial PortDriver now available + new features

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Tracey
additional serial ports. Cheers, Bill (kd5tfd) At 03:31 PM 6/22/2005, Philip Covington wrote: .. Yes, PowerSDR would have to support multiple com ports for this to work. Another way would be adding a TCPListener to PowerSDR that will allow you to connect with a socket and send/rx CAT

Re: [Flexradio] vCom install problems

2005-06-21 Thread Bill Tracey
one of my experimentals (1.3.5, 1.3.7) with the HRD fix, or need to be running Flex 1.3.8 -- 1.3.7 may work, I forget exactly which driver the HRD CAT fix went into. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 08:22 AM 6/21/2005, Larry Loen wrote: I am having trouble getting N8VB's virtual comm device driver going..

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