Re: [Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-05 Thread Jim Lux
At 06:30 AM 2/5/2007, Bill Tippett wrote: >Mark Amos wrote: > >The Flex-Radio, on the other hand, was pretty much unuseable when the >transmitter & amp were running. It saw every dit from that transmitter out to >dozens of KHz's away - spurs popping up and drowning out even S9+ stations. > >

[Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-05 Thread Bill Tippett
Mark Amos wrote: >The Flex-Radio, on the other hand, was pretty much unuseable when the transmitter & amp were running. It saw every dit from that transmitter out to dozens of KHz's away - spurs popping up and drowning out even S9+ stations. BDR seems to be the weak point for SDR rigs.

Re: [Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-02 Thread Alfred Green
Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote: >With all the above as a caveat, I would be surprised if the engineers >that designed the FA-66 ever tested it in a high RF environment. It's >an AUDIO box, right? (Those hams are doing WHAT with it?) > > > I went to buy a new microphone today. I didn't like what was

[Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-02 Thread Mark Amos
Just wanted to say thanks for all the suggestions and answers to my contesting question, both on and off the list. I really appreciate the value I get from this list. I hope to be able to contribute more as time goes on. Great radio, great group of people! Mark -- next part --

Re: [Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-02 Thread Ray Andrews
Larry, I should have added in my previous post: While the SDR-1000 will experience some overload interference from nearby transmitters, its excellent hardware design (read "wide dynamic range") makes it less susceptible than many other hardware boxes on the market. 73, Ray, K9DUR __

Re: [Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-02 Thread Ray Andrews
Larry, You are correct, any transceiver has problems when being used simultaneously in close proximity to another. A few years ago our club had a building project where we constructed several filters for use at Field Day. I think we were running 8A (100W) that year with all operating stations

Re: [Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-01 Thread Larry Loen
Mark Amos wrote: >The Flex-Radio, on the other hand, was pretty much unuseable when the >transmitter & amp were running. It saw every dit from that transmitter out to >dozens of KHz's away - spurs popping up and drowning out even S9+ stations. >I've never operated in a high RF environment before

Re: [Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-01 Thread Guy Olinger, K2AV
ngineers that designed the FA-66 ever tested it in a high RF environment. It's an AUDIO box, right? (Those hams are doing WHAT with it?) 73, Guy. - Original Message - From: "Mark Amos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 4:53 PM Subject:

[Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-01 Thread Lee A Crocker
I'm not sure what to make of this either. I have all 3 soundcards, and the FA-66 seems more sensitive to close RF than the other 2 cards. It seems to desense. With the D-44 I have been able to work for example 75 SSB and and do CW DXing on 160, 80M or 40 running >1kw, but I notice I can't do tha

[Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-01 Thread Lee A Crocker
I'm not sure what to make of this either. I have all 3 soundcards, and the FA-66 seems more sensitive to close RF than the other 2 cards. It seems to desense. With the D-44 I have been able to work for example 75 SSB and and do CW DXing on 160, 80M or 40 running >1kw, but I notice I can't do tha

[Flexradio] Contesting question

2007-02-01 Thread Mark Amos
All, I visited a contesting station this past weekend for the 160 contest. I took the SDR-1000 and subsidiary equipment with me - not to operate, just to see how it might work in a future contest. Also, I wanted to show it to the op that was working the contest to show him the quality of the rec