[Flexradio] Release notes for PowerSDR V2.4.4 avaialblefor download
This just popped up. Page 1 C 2012 FlexRadio Systems PowerSDRT v2.4.4 Release Notes September 5, 2012 Looks like if fell through a time warp. :) Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] JT65 Recommendations?
Tom, The JT65-HF implementation is a good one for HF. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of TM Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 4:39 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] JT65 Recommendations? Any flexers out there using JT65? If so, I would appreciate recommendations for software that works well with PowerSDR. Thanks. 73, Tom K1FR ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Win 7 trick
It works on my VISTA-32 bit machine as well. I think I recall reading that
it does not work with VISTA-64 bit, but that may well be in error.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tony Estep
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:17 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Win 7 trick
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Al Waller k3...@qsl.net wrote:
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Al, this is just about the coolest Windows trick I ever saw. Thanks much
for posting. One of the really great pieces of info I've gotten from this
reflector.
73,
Tony KT0NY
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Re: [Flexradio] Digital Mode
HRD, MixW, WSPR, JT-65, etc all work fine. It just takes VAC and some virtual ports to glue them together. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of kc9...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 6:44 AM To: rkola...@neb.rr.com; ke6t...@gmail.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Digital Mode Can we run HRD with the power sdr?? 73, Lee -Original Message- From: Ron Kolarik rkola...@neb.rr.com To: George Rebong ke6t...@gmail.com; flexradio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 2:18 am Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Digital Mode JT65-HF and fldigi for everything else. Ron 0IDT Original Message - rom: George Rebong ke6t...@gmail.com o: flexradio@flex-radio.biz ent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:07 PM ubject: [Flexradio] Digital Mode Ok, I have my Flex1500 running to my 6BTV antenna, I am planning to change my antenna to G5RV. I am a CW guy. So my question is what are Digital software that will work with POWERSDR? I would like to try FSK and JT65. 73 -- George Rebong KE6TE ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ lexRadio Systems Mailing List lexra...@flex-radio.biz ttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz rchives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ nowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] I think I know what it is!
Neal, Based on some rumors from a consistently unreliable source, here are my guesses: It will have a touch screen which can be skinned to emulate any rig ever made. The default will be the KWM-2A, with the SB-101 next choice. (A K3 skin has been developed, but is tied up in court.) By popular demand, the FireWire will be replaced by your choice of a USB 1.0 or RS-232 interface. The power switch will be replaced by a lighted toggle switch, obtainable at Ace Hardware. You will be able to order the LEDs in 5 different colors. The DC cord will come with fuses, like every other rig I own. OK, this last one is clearly absurd. Hope this helps, Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] VU5K With Dual Band Yagi
Paul, I use separate antennas, but have found that setting the AGC-T properly is essential. If set too high, it will amplify the noise, and it wipes out the downlink. By backing off, per the instructions in the manual, RX works very well. If I found the correct antenna on the Gulf Alpha site, the antenna uses separate feeds. For mode-J, it is very common to get noise. You can try this filter. Depending on the rest of the station, the results can be dramatic. http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/Mode-J/ 73s, Alan WA4SCA Is anyone using a 5000/VU5K with a dualband yagi for satellite work with any positive results? I recently put up a Gulf Alpha EZ Sat Dualband Satellite Yagi and it the performance has been very disappointing. The Flex RX downlink is completely 'overwhelmed' during TX on the uplink. The RX panadapter shows a flat line and a 10-20db rise during uplink TX effectively making my downlink signal unusable in trying to find my signal on the transponder. Before I ditch this antenna, I'd like to hear from anyone using a dualband antenna for satellite work, and any suggestions they might have. Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Low DPC PCIe NIC?
Hi, A non-ham friend has been having issues with his computer's Firewire, similar to those which can happen to the Flex. He does video and audio editing for some of the churches and schools here. Applying the techniques and software discussed here, we have found, after updating the drivers, BIOS, system and NIC power options, etc, that it is working much better. However, it still gets hammered when there is network access, though now it seldom fails to recover. That is solution enough. He just disables his internet when editing. However, since the NIC is on the Dell motherboard, we have been wondering if a PCIe card might solve the problem? They are cheap enough to try. Google knows all, and I have looked back through these messages and the KB, but are there any _current_ Ethernet card recommendations? He is using WIN7, 32 bit. Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Low DPC PCIe NIC?
Brian, We did try the non-Dell drivers, and they were probably the most significant factor in improving the issue. Dave does this service on the proverbial shoestring, so one computer has to fit all. My own system, being a Neal Special, works fine from this standpoint. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: br...@lloyd.com [mailto:br...@lloyd.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:59 AM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Low DPC PCIe NIC? On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Alan P. Biddle apbid...@united.net wrote: However, since the NIC is on the Dell motherboard, we have been wondering if a PCIe card might solve the problem? They are cheap enough to try. Google knows all, and I have looked back through these messages and the KB, but are there any _current_ Ethernet card recommendations? He is using WIN7, 32 bit. I too have seen where network access can cause long DPC latency and I have found that updating the NIC drivers often solves the problem. First you should go to the website of the manufacturer of the NIC chip and load their driver rather than the one supplied by Dell. See if that improves things. You can also try another NIC plugged into one of the PCIe slots. I would make sure that I get one that uses a chip from a different manufacturer. But you should also look at what is running and causing network access. Often it is not the network access itself that is causing the problem but rather what is doing the network access. Background tasks that do software update or virus checkers that run to scan data arriving from the network can cause long DPC latency. You may find that disabling your anti-virus software or getting different anti-virus software solves the problem as well. In fact, I have not run any anti-virus software on the computer that runs my radios for several years now and have not been infected. I keep my machine behind a good firewall and I do no surf the web or use email from the radio computer. But I keep the internet connection working even when PowerSDR is running. WSPR automatically updates the central database and my logging program automatically logs to eQSL. So I want to have full-time Internet access. Alan WA4SCA -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] helpmwith mix w
Nick, In the FM mode, the tail of the packet gets truncated. Go into the MixW Mode Settings menu, Parameters, and set the TX Tail to 200 ms. That should get you going. Once you are, you can experiment with smaller values. Depending on sample rate and buffer sizes, you may be able to cut that down to 75 ms or so. You can also reduce the TX Delay, since the rig provides some of that naturally, but probably not reliably zero. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Nick Pugh Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:35 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] helpmwith mix w I am trying to configure mixw to do packet with the Flex 5000 and xp. I have psk31 ant rtty running but having trouble with packet on vhf .I can receive packets but I can not transmit. Any suggestions. Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.11 Install notice
Tim, Shortly after 2.3.5 came out, there were list discussions about taking advantage of the higher VAC sampling rates, and changing the default cable SR to 192 kHz from the 48 kHz in the KB article. There are 16 and 24 bit Studio Quality selections. Is there an official Flex do/don't on going to higher cable rates? Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison, W4TME Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:29 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] VAC 4.11 Install notice When you uninstall the old version of VAC to install the new one, Windows will change the default sampling rate of the VAC cable to 44.1 kHz, so you will need to reconfigure them for 48 kHz See the following KB article for info on how to do it. http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50504.aspx -Tim -- Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln, Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] VU-5K RX-only transverter question
A question about RX-only and transverters. I have my VU-5K set up with an S-band converter, 10 meter IF, which I only use for RX. In setting it up, I ticked the XVTR Setup RX Only box though it is connected to the XVRX connector and effectively does nothing. While trying to figure out how the main Setup|General|Receiver Only box somehow gets ticked occasionally, I found the following. If I select the S-band system, both the 2m and 70cm modes are also disabled for TX when I select them. I can reset it at the main form, or go to HF, then any band, and it will be cleared until I go back to VHF+ and select S-band again. If I remove the RX-only check in the XVTR Setup, the problem goes away. It really isn't a problem, but I am curious about the logic, and whether it is a feature or a bug? Alan WA4SCA PowerSDR 2.3.5, though I have seen this in earlier versions but did not recognize it. ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] VU5K Power Preamps Through Coax?
Paul, No. It does not supply 12 volts DC up the line. I have always powered my preamps, except for the RX-only S-band, with separate cables, so the transition was easy. 73, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Paul Delaney - K6HR Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:36 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] VU5K Power Preamps Through Coax? Will the F5K + VU5K power my satellite preamps through the coax? Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and/or Flex 3000 Audio Issues
One culprit is Carbonite. Whenever it decides to do an update, it trashes the TX and RX audio as described. I always pause it before Flexing. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Guy Harris Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 3:36 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PSDR and/or Flex 3000 Audio Issues Tom, I've not had the problem myself but have heard of others on this list with the issue. As I recall it ends up being some automated service on your computer such as automatic file backup or something else that comes alive after a time... ~~Guy On 1/2/2012 1:06 PM, TM wrote: I am having a problem with my new Flex 3000 and PSDR 2.2.3. After the radio has been turned on for some time the audio becomes very distorted. Sometimes, this takes the form of motor-boating and at other times it is more like a low freq hum on top of signals. This seems to happen after perhaps 30 minutes of on time. As soon as I stop PSDR and restart it via the Start button the problem disappears. I have experimented with all the combinations of buffer size and sample rate but to no avail. My computer is not the latest - about five years old - but seems to work OK in other respects with the radio. The CPU usage runs about 60% while using PSDR along with Explorer and Outlook running. It is a 3GHz dual core Pentium with 3 GB memory and running Windows 7. Probably a new computer in my future soon! Would appreciate any advice/hints as to a fix. Thanks. 73, Tom K1FR ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] 2 meter packet with VU-5K problem
Hi, I am trying to get my VU-5K working on 1200 baud packet for satellite data transmission. The local APRS traffic makes a good signal source. The Flex equipment is: VU-5K PowerSDR V 2.2.3 WIN7 Pro 32 bit VAC 4.09 Packet software MixW 2.20 MixW works fine in the Flex with all the usual SSB modes, such as PSK31. If I switch MixW to the external soundcard, it works fine in packet with my FT-847. The problem is when I try to use it on the Flex in FM. The audio from the Flex speakers sounds OK, as does the audio using the VAC Audio Repeater. However MixW does not decode anything, and the appearance of the MixW waterfall does not show crisp RX audio. MixW is fairly insensitive to audio level. Of course, I have turned VAC on, and run the VAC RX levels up and down inside the PowerSDR Setup. Squelch on or off does is not a factor. This seems to indicate something in the way the Flex/VAC handles FM is the issue. I tried this once a couple of PowerSDR versions back, and it did work, though poorly and I made no effort to optimize it. Any suggestions on what else to check? It is about the last loose end before I can retire the FT-847. Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 2 meter packet with VU-5K problem
Tim, No, Direct I/Q is not checked. Another poster jogged my memory. When I had it working, I was using XP pro. I will add that I use MME for the driver. Windows WDM-KS give me an Audio Subsystem Error: Invalid driver. Don't know if this is relevent or not. No big hurry about this. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison, W4TME Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:49 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 2 meter packet with VU-5K problem One quick thing. You don't have VAC configured for Direct IQ do you? Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo On 12/9/2011 12:21 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Hi, I am trying to get my VU-5K working on 1200 baud packet for satellite data transmission. The local APRS traffic makes a good signal source. The Flex equipment is: VU-5K PowerSDR V 2.2.3 WIN7 Pro 32 bit VAC 4.09 Packet software MixW 2.20 MixW works fine in the Flex with all the usual SSB modes, such as PSK31. If I switch MixW to the external soundcard, it works fine in packet with my FT-847. The problem is when I try to use it on the Flex in FM. The audio from the Flex speakers sounds OK, as does the audio using the VAC Audio Repeater. However MixW does not decode anything, and the appearance of the MixW waterfall does not show crisp RX audio. MixW is fairly insensitive to audio level. Of course, I have turned VAC on, and run the VAC RX levels up and down inside the PowerSDR Setup. Squelch on or off does is not a factor. This seems to indicate something in the way the Flex/VAC handles FM is the issue. I tried this once a couple of PowerSDR versions back, and it did work, though poorly and I made no effort to optimize it. Any suggestions on what else to check? It is about the last loose end before I can retire the FT-847. Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 2 meter packet with VU-5K problem
Tim, OK, got that fixed. I had another problem, a program conflict since resolved, and apparently did not change something back. All the other tweaks in the KB item which I did are still good. Rechecked, and the packet still doesn't work, and everything which was working is still working. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison, W4TME [mailto:t...@flex-radio.com] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 3:22 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: Alan P. Biddle; t...@flexradio.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 2 meter packet with VU-5K problem Make sure you have the Win7 VAC audio device's default SR set to 48K. That may be the WDM-KS problem. http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50504.aspx I use WDM-KS for all digital modes. Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio SystemsT 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com logo On 12/9/2011 4:17 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Tim, No, Direct I/Q is not checked. Another poster jogged my memory. When I had it working, I was using XP pro. I will add that I use MME for the driver. Windows WDM-KS give me an Audio Subsystem Error: Invalid driver. Don't know if this is relevent or not. No big hurry about this. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison, W4TME Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:49 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 2 meter packet with VU-5K problem One quick thing. You don't have VAC configured for Direct IQ do you? Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo On 12/9/2011 12:21 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Hi, I am trying to get my VU-5K working on 1200 baud packet for satellite data transmission. The local APRS traffic makes a good signal source. The Flex equipment is: VU-5K PowerSDR V 2.2.3 WIN7 Pro 32 bit VAC 4.09 Packet software MixW 2.20 MixW works fine in the Flex with all the usual SSB modes, such as PSK31. If I switch MixW to the external soundcard, it works fine in packet with my FT-847. The problem is when I try to use it on the Flex in FM. The audio from the Flex speakers sounds OK, as does the audio using the VAC Audio Repeater. However MixW does not decode anything, and the appearance of the MixW waterfall does not show crisp RX audio. MixW is fairly insensitive to audio level. Of course, I have turned VAC on, and run the VAC RX levels up and down inside the PowerSDR Setup. Squelch on or off does is not a factor. This seems to indicate something in the way the Flex/VAC handles FM is the issue. I tried this once a couple of PowerSDR versions back, and it did work, though poorly and I made no effort to optimize it. Any suggestions on what else to check? It is about the last loose end before I can retire the FT-847. Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com
Re: [Flexradio] 2 meter packet with VU-5K problem
Tim, Found the problem, and as expected, operator error. It turns out that if you have Noise Reduction on, it does a great job of removing the packet noise. I have a bad ambient noise situation, and have just gotten used to leaving it on. It has always been a nearly magical solution rather than a problem, until now. Obvious after the fact. Thanks for the various suggestions, which indirectly got me to the problem. Have a great weekend! 73s, Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Question about submitting a feature request
The VU-5K is proving to be an amazing satellite rig. There are several TS-2000 CAT commands, needed for programs such as SATPC32, which are not fully implemented. For best processing, should I submit a single request giving all the commands and issues which are somewhat interrelated, or a separate request for each feature? 73s, Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] VAC, deviation in FM mode
A question about setting TX deviation using digital modes. In the FM mode, you can manually enable VAC, but the usual gain sliders are absent. Does one use the ones on the VAC setup tab, or is there another way to set the deviation? At one time there was a slider tab, perhaps on the transmit page, calibrated in deviation. Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 and the FUNcube Dongle
Mike, Take a look at this mode-J filter: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/Mode-J/ However, you will almost certainly need a low noise preamp on 70 cm. A few, N8MH and myself included, have does this experiment. The preamp should provide enough selection to protect the FCD, but you may overload the preamp itself, unless it is a high end unit. The SSB Electronics preamps work fine, but are about twice the price of the FCD. There has been some discussion on both filters and preamps on the various Yahoo FCD groups. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mike Ellerson Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 1:51 PM To: Flex Radio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 and the FUNcube Dongle I recently acquired a FUNcube Dongle SDR radio as a SDR buddy for my Flex 1500. If you are not familiar with the FUNcube, it is a VHF / UHF all mode SDR receiver built into an USB dongle. For more details see the overview / review article on my website. One of my intended uses of the FUNcube is as an inexpensive satellite downlink receiver. There is software for the FUNcube that will allow the satellite downlink to be automatically tuned for doppler shift. For the uplink, I will be using a Flex 1500 driving an Elecraft XV144 transverter. The Flex 1500 uplink frequency can be automatically tuned by Ham Radio Deluxe. However, I think I am going to run into big problems with the 2M signal desensing the wide front end of the FUNcube dongle on transmit. Can anybody suggest an inexpensive bandpass filter for 2 meters that you may have used? Thanks KS4JU Chief Editor www.hamradioscience.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Off topic: Hard Drive
I will add a similar recommendation for Acronis, but with a warning about the current 2011 version. It is extremely buggy, and the user interface was improved to the point that even simple tasks are hard to do. From personal experience, even their tech support people are confused. I am a veteran of several versions, and have fallen back to 2009 since my test run with 2011 failed to produce a bootable HD. Some report everything works, but others are having real problems. It seems to depend on the OS version, hardware, etc. If you can. find an earlier version than 2011. Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Remembering ATU setting by band
John, WSPR either transmits or listens on one band, frequency hops to another band, etc, which allows you to contribute to propagation data on multiple bands. Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch
Neal, Everything, OS and all software, is on the C drive in the usual directory structure. I have tried INSTALLING the patch FROM both the C and a USB drive, but no help. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Neal Campbell [mailto:nealk...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:21 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: Justin M. Mayrand; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch Alan, Is it possible you are trying to install on a disk other than the C drive? I have seen this error when there was a problem to install programs on any location other than the C drive/ 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Alan P. Biddle apbid...@united.net wrote: Justin, I am very new at this, but my understanding is that the latest SDR installs checks whether it is needed. 2.0.16 popped up a message saying I should install the patch. Since I posted, I have been able to grab the contents of the upgrade directory before Windows can delete it. Running the UPDATE.EXE file gives a message saying The file is not correct. ?? Don't you just love the clear, unambigous error messages? Do you *need* the patch? Looks as if we are going to find that out. ;) 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Justin M. Mayrand [mailto:jmayr...@metrocast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 8:48 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch Hi Alan, Ah, OK then. Do you *need* the patch? Does your system work without it? I had an issue with installing it too. I finally gave up and tried without it, there have been no issues. On Dec 21, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Justin, I was able to download the patch and unzip it. Thanks, but the problem occurs AFTER it is unzipped, using the included password. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Justin M. Mayrand [mailto:jmayr...@metrocast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 6:03 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch MS Hotfixes require a password to decompress, it should have been emailed to you automatically when you requested the hotfix. If you have the email from MS, read it carefully, the password is there. On Dec 21, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: I received a call that my VU5K was on the way, so I decided to experiment installing the software. During the process, I got a message suggesting that I install the MS Firewire patch. I am running XP Pro, SP3, so that was not unexpected. I was able to download the patch and unzip it. However, it does not install. Running from a full administrator account, if I use the RUN command, it runs, giving me a quick message about unzipping, but then comes up with an error box saying Access Denied. Clearing that, another message, KB9555408 installation did not complete. Clicking on the file, or using the Run As command, I get an error message which says Unable to find a volume for extraction. Please verify that you have proper permissions. If I check with Windows Explorer while the error message is up, I find that there is indeed a directory and subdirectory created with the sort of EXE and DLL files you would expect. However, it is locked, and when I clear the error messages, it is deleted. I have tried using a different admin account, downloading the patch again, booting to safe mode, installing from a USB drive, and of course disabling the antivirus protection, Norton. There is about 250 G of unused disk space. I even rolled back to an image before I installed the SDR software, but no help. Googling on the error message text brings up several sources, usually about installing SP3, but none seem relevant. Any ideas? Alan WA4SCA
Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch
Tim, Ran the test, and unfortunately got the problem message: OS: Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Professional Service Pack 3 [5.1.2600] Looking for OHCI 1394 Host Controllers... 1: Vendor : (11C1) LSI (Agere, Lucent) Chipset: (5811) FW321/FW322/FW323 Revision: 70 Status : Active Details: Subsysten VendorId: 103c Subsystem DeviceId: 2a36 Max # isoch Rx contexts: 8 Max # isoch Tx contexts: 8 Support: Compatible, no known issues. SidSpeed: ** Warning ** SidSpeed registry entry is missing or illegal. 1394 devices may not work, or may have limited channel count. 2: Vendor : (11C1) LSI (Agere, Lucent) Chipset: (5811) FW321/FW322/FW323 Revision: 61 Status : Active Details: Subsysten VendorId: 11c1 Subsystem DeviceId: 5811 Max # isoch Rx contexts: 8 Max # isoch Tx contexts: 8 Support: Compatible, no known issues. SidSpeed: ** Warning ** SidSpeed registry entry is missing or illegal. 1394 devices may not work, or may have limited channel count. Done. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:23 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org; 'Justin M. Mayrand' Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch Do this. Do you get this error... http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50440.aspx When you check the compatibility of your Firewire chipset? http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50456.aspx If so, then your Firewire is running at 100 MB rather than 400 MB and this can result in audio distortion and drop outs. If not, then don't worry about the hotfix. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Alan P. Biddle Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:18 PM To: 'Justin M. Mayrand' Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch Justin, I am very new at this, but my understanding is that the latest SDR installs checks whether it is needed. 2.0.16 popped up a message saying I should install the patch. Since I posted, I have been able to grab the contents of the upgrade directory before Windows can delete it. Running the UPDATE.EXE file gives a message saying The file is not correct. ?? Don't you just love the clear, unambigous error messages? Do you *need* the patch? Looks as if we are going to find that out. ;) 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Justin M. Mayrand [mailto:jmayr...@metrocast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 8:48 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch Hi Alan, Ah, OK then. Do you *need* the patch? Does your system work without it? I had an issue with installing it too. I finally gave up and tried without it, there have been no issues. On Dec 21, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Justin, I was able to download the patch and unzip it. Thanks, but the problem occurs AFTER it is unzipped, using the included password. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Justin M. Mayrand [mailto:jmayr...@metrocast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 6:03 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch MS Hotfixes require a password to decompress, it should have been emailed to you automatically when you requested the hotfix. If you have the email from MS, read it carefully, the password is there. On Dec 21, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: I received a call that my VU5K was on the way, so I decided to experiment installing the software. During the process, I got a message suggesting that I install the MS Firewire patch. I am running XP Pro, SP3, so that was not unexpected. I was able to download the patch and unzip it. However, it does not install. Running from a full administrator account, if I use the RUN command, it runs, giving me a quick message about unzipping, but then comes up with an error box saying Access Denied. Clearing that, another message, KB9555408 installation did not complete. Clicking on the file, or using the Run As command, I get an error message which says Unable to find a volume for extraction. Please verify that you have proper permissions. If I check with Windows Explorer while the error message is up, I find that there is indeed a directory and subdirectory created with the sort of EXE and DLL files you would expect. However, it is locked, and when I clear the error messages, it is deleted. I have tried using a different admin account, downloading the patch again, booting to safe mode, installing from a USB drive, and of course disabling the antivirus protection, Norton. There is about 250 G of unused
Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch SOLVED (?)
Here is what I did. In researching the issue, I checked the earlier hot fix for SP2 on the same issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222 It requires you to go into the registry and add in the SidSpeed parameter. Since it was missing from both my cards, after the usual registry backup, I experimented with entering it. The first card went perfectly, and showed up in the Flex diagnostic as S400. However, the second card kept giving me an error message when I tried to enter a new value. After some head scratching, I checked the permissions for the two branches. Sure enough, they were different. I reset the permissions for that branch, entered the SidSpeed parameter, and then ran the KB955408 hot fix. Worked perfectly. I was choking on the more restrictive permission. I don't know why the permissions were different. One port is on the board, and the other a PCI card which I installed recently. Things seem to be working now, though I will not know for certain until I get the rig. ;) Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch
I received a call that my VU5K was on the way, so I decided to experiment installing the software. During the process, I got a message suggesting that I install the MS Firewire patch. I am running XP Pro, SP3, so that was not unexpected. I was able to download the patch and unzip it. However, it does not install. Running from a full administrator account, if I use the RUN command, it runs, giving me a quick message about unzipping, but then comes up with an error box saying Access Denied. Clearing that, another message, KB9555408 installation did not complete. Clicking on the file, or using the Run As command, I get an error message which says Unable to find a volume for extraction. Please verify that you have proper permissions. If I check with Windows Explorer while the error message is up, I find that there is indeed a directory and subdirectory created with the sort of EXE and DLL files you would expect. However, it is locked, and when I clear the error messages, it is deleted. I have tried using a different admin account, downloading the patch again, booting to safe mode, installing from a USB drive, and of course disabling the antivirus protection, Norton. There is about 250 G of unused disk space. I even rolled back to an image before I installed the SDR software, but no help. Googling on the error message text brings up several sources, usually about installing SP3, but none seem relevant. Any ideas? Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch
Justin, I was able to download the patch and unzip it. Thanks, but the problem occurs AFTER it is unzipped, using the included password. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Justin M. Mayrand [mailto:jmayr...@metrocast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 6:03 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch MS Hotfixes require a password to decompress, it should have been emailed to you automatically when you requested the hotfix. If you have the email from MS, read it carefully, the password is there. On Dec 21, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: I received a call that my VU5K was on the way, so I decided to experiment installing the software. During the process, I got a message suggesting that I install the MS Firewire patch. I am running XP Pro, SP3, so that was not unexpected. I was able to download the patch and unzip it. However, it does not install. Running from a full administrator account, if I use the RUN command, it runs, giving me a quick message about unzipping, but then comes up with an error box saying Access Denied. Clearing that, another message, KB9555408 installation did not complete. Clicking on the file, or using the Run As command, I get an error message which says Unable to find a volume for extraction. Please verify that you have proper permissions. If I check with Windows Explorer while the error message is up, I find that there is indeed a directory and subdirectory created with the sort of EXE and DLL files you would expect. However, it is locked, and when I clear the error messages, it is deleted. I have tried using a different admin account, downloading the patch again, booting to safe mode, installing from a USB drive, and of course disabling the antivirus protection, Norton. There is about 250 G of unused disk space. I even rolled back to an image before I installed the SDR software, but no help. Googling on the error message text brings up several sources, usually about installing SP3, but none seem relevant. Any ideas? Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch
Justin, I am very new at this, but my understanding is that the latest SDR installs checks whether it is needed. 2.0.16 popped up a message saying I should install the patch. Since I posted, I have been able to grab the contents of the upgrade directory before Windows can delete it. Running the UPDATE.EXE file gives a message saying The file is not correct. ?? Don't you just love the clear, unambigous error messages? Do you *need* the patch? Looks as if we are going to find that out. ;) 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Justin M. Mayrand [mailto:jmayr...@metrocast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 8:48 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch Hi Alan, Ah, OK then. Do you *need* the patch? Does your system work without it? I had an issue with installing it too. I finally gave up and tried without it, there have been no issues. On Dec 21, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Justin, I was able to download the patch and unzip it. Thanks, but the problem occurs AFTER it is unzipped, using the included password. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Justin M. Mayrand [mailto:jmayr...@metrocast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 6:03 PM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch MS Hotfixes require a password to decompress, it should have been emailed to you automatically when you requested the hotfix. If you have the email from MS, read it carefully, the password is there. On Dec 21, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: I received a call that my VU5K was on the way, so I decided to experiment installing the software. During the process, I got a message suggesting that I install the MS Firewire patch. I am running XP Pro, SP3, so that was not unexpected. I was able to download the patch and unzip it. However, it does not install. Running from a full administrator account, if I use the RUN command, it runs, giving me a quick message about unzipping, but then comes up with an error box saying Access Denied. Clearing that, another message, KB9555408 installation did not complete. Clicking on the file, or using the Run As command, I get an error message which says Unable to find a volume for extraction. Please verify that you have proper permissions. If I check with Windows Explorer while the error message is up, I find that there is indeed a directory and subdirectory created with the sort of EXE and DLL files you would expect. However, it is locked, and when I clear the error messages, it is deleted. I have tried using a different admin account, downloading the patch again, booting to safe mode, installing from a USB drive, and of course disabling the antivirus protection, Norton. There is about 250 G of unused disk space. I even rolled back to an image before I installed the SDR software, but no help. Googling on the error message text brings up several sources, usually about installing SP3, but none seem relevant. Any ideas? Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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 Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Impressed by Flex 5K with VU5K
NV8A, I ordered one at the AMSAT Symposium. The fact that I also won the discount certificate kindly provided by Flex was just gravy! (the other) Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] satellite locked tuning?
I noticed the remark that PowerSDR 2.1 would have satellite locked tuning supported? Is that AFC tuning to track the downlink, such as Icom satellite rigs and the old DSP-2232 provided? Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [Flexreadio] Flex Radio Update
Gerald, Great news about the transverters. Any info on the frequency coverage range for 70 cm? Alan WA4SCA ___ 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: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] FLEX-5000 support of transverters?
Hi, I have been contemplating using a FLEX-5000 as a satellite rig. (Thanks, Bob!) One obvious question is the support of transverters. Above 2 meters, using an IF of 28-30 MHz requires a lot of crystal switching to get both satellite and terrestrial coverage, which may not be available in the transverter. In looking at available transverters, a good example is the Elecraft XV432, which recommends 28-32 MHz. DEM will do custom work, with wider and lower IF operating widths and output frequencies. According to the FLEX-5000 spec sheets, the TX coverage is for amateur bands. Will it be possible to get a TX function outside those bands to support a wider IF range than 28-30 MHz? Alan WA4SCA --- Before a mad scientist goes mad, there's probably a time when he's only partially mad. And this is the time when he's going to throw his best parties. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
