Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community
Sorry for the delay guys but catching up on mounds of email here. Some days I think that email is all I do in a day. ;) Here is how to set your profile for getting emails from the FlexRadio Community: 1. Log in with your user name and password. 2. On the right hand side of the black bar across the top, you will see your log in name with a down arrow to the right. Click on that spot. 3. Select Profile from the drop down box. 4. At the top of page mine says: Gerald - K5SDR's Profile 5. Under that it says: Activity | Profile Information | Email Notifications 6. Click on Email Notifications 7. Under Email Addresses make sure you enter the email address you wish to use. You can add multiple addresses. 8. You are given four check box options regarding what types of mail you want sent. I copied the list below. 9. You may want to set up a filter in your email system as I do so you can read them at your leisure. - Send me email at *my primary email address* about *new replies* on topics I have posted, replied to, or followed - Send me email at *my primary email address* about *new topics* posted on products that I follow - Send me email at *my primary email address* about *stars* on my replies and comments - Send me email at *my primary email address* about *me toos* on topics I have posted - Hope all this helps. - 73, - Gerald 7 Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flex-radio.com ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Ian Scoble iphoneg0...@googlemail.com wrote: Thanks Gerald ever the gentleman so if it is possible perhaps a quick how too is all that is required for those wanting emails Enjoy the conference Ian Sent from my iPhone On 6 Sep 2014, at 17:41, Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.com wrote: Hey guys, We appreciate all your input. We do want to meet the various needs of our customers as much is humanly possible and practical. We are continuing to grow and that means that we have to change and adapt. I would like to engage further on this conversation but I have to leave right now for the TAPR DCC conference this afternoon here in Austin. Just a note that I have my community profile set to send me an email with every posting on the community. I have gmail set to filter them into a folder where it organizes them by subject. I also have the Community set to automatically log in using my Chrome browser. I will plan to respond further but it will probably be early next week before I can. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flex-radio.com ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Ian Scoble i...@scoble.co.uk wrote: Hi All I have to agree about emails, being a secretary of a club and having to keep an eye on whats gets posted is important, I don¹t want to have to keep logging in every hour to find out what has or has not been posted, fortunately the system that we use allows each member to subscribe to individual topics and get any posts sent to their email inbox, this seem a good way of doing things. If this facility is not available then I prefer getting all emails to my email inbox, I have not got the time to keep logging into forums, in fact all the other forums that I monitor all send out emails to me. Ian On 06/09/2014 03:45, KC2TN kc...@comcast.net wrote: WOW! I thought it was just me or I just never took the time to understand it! Guess Not! Joe - KC2TN Sent from my iPad On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Don Plunkett dp...@telus.net wrote: I am detecting a Schism... === actually the comments that have been posted have been unanimous. But history suggests that they will go unanswered, or if answered, will be rejected. Tony KT0NY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Flex Community
Hey guys, We appreciate all your input. We do want to meet the various needs of our customers as much is humanly possible and practical. We are continuing to grow and that means that we have to change and adapt. I would like to engage further on this conversation but I have to leave right now for the TAPR DCC conference this afternoon here in Austin. Just a note that I have my community profile set to send me an email with every posting on the community. I have gmail set to filter them into a folder where it organizes them by subject. I also have the Community set to automatically log in using my Chrome browser. I will plan to respond further but it will probably be early next week before I can. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flex-radio.com ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Ian Scoble i...@scoble.co.uk wrote: Hi All I have to agree about emails, being a secretary of a club and having to keep an eye on whats gets posted is important, I don¹t want to have to keep logging in every hour to find out what has or has not been posted, fortunately the system that we use allows each member to subscribe to individual topics and get any posts sent to their email inbox, this seem a good way of doing things. If this facility is not available then I prefer getting all emails to my email inbox, I have not got the time to keep logging into forums, in fact all the other forums that I monitor all send out emails to me. Ian On 06/09/2014 03:45, KC2TN kc...@comcast.net wrote: WOW! I thought it was just me or I just never took the time to understand it! Guess Not! Joe - KC2TN Sent from my iPad On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Tony Estep estept...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Don Plunkett dp...@telus.net wrote: I am detecting a Schism... === actually the comments that have been posted have been unanimous. But history suggests that they will go unanswered, or if answered, will be rejected. Tony KT0NY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Flex-5000A ECOs?
Bill, Yes, we are willing to provide the ECO documentation for the FLEX-5000. It will take some engineering work to review and put them in a form suitable for publication on the website support page. This will have to be scheduled in with the other priorities. I don't have a date at the moment as to when this can be scheduled. Note that we continue to service all of our products including those no longer manufactured in both our US and in European service locations. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flex-radio.com ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Bill Bordy, NJ1H n...@comcast.net wrote: I saw this question asked two days ago with no response. The email subject was not changed to reflect the question, but it was asked with no response to the reflector. I like to repair my own equipment. I asked this question of Flex-Radio months ago. I was told ECOs are not available outside the company for the Flex 5000A. I was not happy about this, but I got an answer. Now that the Flex-5000 is no longer manufactured, perhaps the ECOs can be released. Anyone from Flex-Radio have a response? 73, Bill NJ1H __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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] Flex 5000 support
John, That is a patently false statement. We will continue to service all of our radios Al's long as it is practical to do so. We continue to repair the SDR-1000 both in the USA and EU. That radio was designed over 10 years ago and ceased production in 2006. I wonder sometimes what motive some people have in spreading rumors like that. Gerald On Tuesday, August 27, 2013, Jon Hall wrote: Hi, I saw this ad on QRZ. http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?403443-Tech-special-flex-radio-systems-flex-5000a It seems to indicate that Flex will no longer support/repair a 5000. Is this correct? If so that sure isn't my idea of taking care of customers. Jon ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; 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/ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ 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] Will SmartSDR have a panafall in the first release? (seems not)
Jerry, Absolutely, positively you will get waterfall WAY before the end of the free software period. It is high on the priority list but I am sure you would not want us to hold up shipments to add that one feature. After all, this is a software defined radio so it can be completely upgraded with a download. I am 100% confident that you will be more than pleased with what you will get within the free period. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Jerry Flanders jefland...@comcast.netwrote: ** Thanks, Eric. You say I fully expect it to come within the free software period. I would like Flex to _commit_ to providing this feature within the free software period. This is very important to a lot of us who have discovered the importance of the panafall thanks to PowerSDR. Losing it will be a major step in reverse. Can Flex commit to providing it within the free software period? Jerry W4UK At 09:13 AM 5/22/2013, Eric Wachsmann wrote: John, I'm afraid you've gotten bad information. As VP of Software Development at FlexRadio, I can state with authority that not only will SmartSDR have a waterfall display, but that it is high on the priority list for us. This is the same position we have had since SmartSDR was conceived. While it is a high priority, we will not hold shipment of FLEX-6000 series radios for this feature. Thus, the initial release of SmartSDR will not likely include a waterfall mode. We do not have a timeline for release of this feature, but I fully expect it to come within the free software period for everyone that has purchased a 6000 series radio to this point. I hope this clears up any confusion surrounding this feature. Eric Wachsmann VP Software Development FlexRadio Systems *Tune in Excitement™* On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:46 AM, John Kramer jkra...@iafrica.com wrote: I tried to tell my fellow Flexers this a few days ago - I was told in February at the Orlando Hamcation by one of the senior Flex staff (name withheld) that support for a waterfall in SmartSDR was not in their long term plan. It resulted in me getting jumped on by the Flex-huggers when I informed them. AFAIAC No waterfall display = deal breaker The waterfall display in PSDR gives far too much information and usability to consider moving to a GUI that does not have one. Maybe PSDR has spoilt us with this fantastic feature, but there is no going backwards for me. If the decision is changed, and a waterfall and other fine features of PSDR are added to SmartSDR, then I would be interested in a 6000 series radio (If I haven't already committed myself to another radio). I have no doubt the new hardware will perform remarkably well, but the software has a long way to go yet. 73 John ZS5J On 22 May 2013, at 1:19 PM, Randy Pence kd4...@gmail.com wrote: I was told by Greg Jurrens it will not. I just hope it is not a $200 upgrade. Randy Pence N4JZY I had addressed this query to Tim, who speaks for flex. CC'ed to the reflectors. I should have made that clear. Sorry. Tim, what is the Flex answer? Jerry W4UK At 12:00 PM 5/21/2013, w9xc_radio wrote: According to Flex's Steve Hicks at the Dayton Flex banquet, SmartSDR will have a panadapter (spectrum display) in the first release, but no waterfall. Steve explained that there are many parameters and subtleties to the waterfall that they wanted to get right and that would take more time. There was no word about just when the waterfall functionality was projected to appear, but (like native digital modes) Steve stressed it was a priority. - Les, W9XC --- In flexra...@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Flanders jeflanders@... wrote: Please clarify - will we have the panafall in SmartSDR on first release? If not, is Flex committed to add it during our initial (paid-for already) SmaftSDR subscription? Jerry W4UK -- ___ 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] FLEX-6000 Signature Series Update
Dear customers, We are honored by the overwhelming response we have received since the introduction of the new FLEX-6000 Signature Series. Pre-orders for the Limited Edition have significantly exceeded all of our expectations. We appreciate and take very seriously the confidence you have placed in FlexRadio. Everyone at FlexRadio is highly motivated to make this the game changing radio we promised. May and June are the busiest months of the year in ham radio. We show at a ham conference almost every weekend from mid May through the end of June. Much of our crew is in Plano, TX this weekend for Hamcom and I am off to Friedrichshafen, Germany for Hamradio in two weeks. Needless to say, it is easy to get behind on pro-active communications during this period. We have been working in the background on a FLEX-6000 Signature Series FAQ for the general public as well as a newsletter for our pre-order customers. These are nearing completion and should be released before the end of next week. At the same time we will be setting up a mailing list for those of you who pre-ordered so we can communicate directly and easily. We thank you for your patience while we get this set up and get through our busiest season of the year. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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 End of Production Notice Questions
Hi Jerry, See notes below. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Jerry Coufal jerr...@comcast.net wrote: Gerald - Thanks for the response. ** ** I fully understand at some point all products, ham radio or otherwise will cease to be made. My disappointment is the VU5K is on the short end of the cycle which I believe will impact the incentive, and rightfully so, of Flexradio to work out all of the issues with the existing VU5K modules. I do appreciate your commitment to the on- going support of the VU5K but also realize it may not be practical to continue support for long. I am a capitalist down to the core, and understand the good, the bad and the ugly that goes along with it. ** ** With regard to the intermod on the VU5K 2 meter band, I guess I didn’t understand that an external front end filter was required. I failed to glean that information from all the online and offline documentation as well as from the Help Desk support ticket requests I have submitted. There are always trade offs in design. In order to achieve a 1 dB NF for weak signal work on 2m, it is necessary to eliminate band pass filtering on the preamplifier input and to run high gain through the system. This makes the front end more susceptible to overload from out of band signals. A band pass filter on the input will get rid of these problems at the cost of noise figure. ** ** Can we anticipate some fixes in upcoming PSDR releases in 2012 for some of the apparent software issues associated with the VU5K? Can you detail the issues you are referring to? ** ** I am really interested to know specifically which components in the VU5K module are obsolete with no follow on replacements. Is this something that Flexradio can share with us? The sole source helical filters have become extremely difficult to get and we have had yield problems with the ones we have gotten. There is no alternate source. ** ** Thanks very much – it is fun to get to communicate with the top guy. Always glad to talk. 73, Gerald ** ** Jerry ** ** ** ** *From:* ger...@flex-radio.com [mailto:ger...@flex-radio.com] *On Behalf Of *Gerald Youngblood *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2012 6:55 PM *To:* Jerry Coufal *Cc:* flexradio@flex-radio.biz *Subject:* Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions ** ** Jerry, ** ** We will continue to support and repair the VU5K along with all our products so long as it is practical to do so. How long is that? I simply can't predict. We are still repairing the SDR-1000 that started production in 2003 and ended production in 2007. There are some parts in that radio that are no longer available but I am not aware of any we couldn't repair so far. Also, the SDR-1000 was able to benefit from the unique Tracking Notch Filters in PowerSDR that came out last year, which was 4 years after end of manufactuing. That is pretty unusual for a 9 year old radio that is out of production. ** ** Everyone needs to understand that 100% of the products from all amateur radio vendors will cease to be made at some point in time. Some soon and some later. Component life cycles are turning faster than ever and it is utterly immpossible to plan. End of life of a critical component can happen with little more than a few months notice and you are forced to make a lifetime buy if even available. It is simply a fact of life in our business. ** ** On another note. The reason you are hearing public safety is that the VU5K is designed for very weak signal work. It has a 1 dB noise figure on 2m, which is achieved with high gain and a preamp without input preselection. If you put a bandpass filter on the front end it will cost you a little sensitivity but will get rid of the intermod. There are always tradeoffs like these. ** ** 73, Gerald On Saturday, June 2, 2012, Jerry Coufal wrote: Mike: Good explanation - Thank you I agree with you, intuitively this makes sense. The VU5K is now history. A sunk cost for the current owners. I suspect it won't be cost effective to repair if it did fail. It was a gamble that didn't pay out, but it's not the end of the world at $1.2k. You point out an inherent risk, short supply life of components, for newer faster moving technologies. This kind of problem could occur with many products including the follow on series 6000. For this kind of stuff I guess I just expect more of a lifetime than a couple of years. It is disappointing because the VU5K never did work correctly from day one so I haven't really used it much. There are a number of issues, like I hear more public safety channels in the 2 meter
Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice
Terry, We regret that we had to discontinue it as well. Here are answers to your questions. We will continue to support the VU5K in future releases of PowerSDR. External relay switching would be required for use of a preamplifier. Note that the VU5K has a very low noise figure so you might need to disable the internal preamplifier if you use an external one. I am not the expert on this product so I am not the best one to advise you on the details of such a configuration. 73, Gerald Sent from my iPad On Jun 1, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Terry Maurice ve3...@execulink.com wrote: Sorry to hear that you are discontinuing this module. I recently upgraded my Flex 5000A with the VU5K and this announcement leaves me wondering if future versions of PowerSDR will continue to support the module. Additionally, there are a few things about the present software that are not fully integrated with the VU5K module, such as showing that it is connected to Antenna 1 for TX when it is on its own independent antenna. Also, an antenna software bypass loop for the VU5K module would allow the use of a preamplifier to be used with the VU5K. Is that possible or does it need separate relays? Terry On 01/06/2012 13:46, Greg Jurrens wrote: FLEX-5000 Owners: We regret to announce that we've had to make the difficult decision to end production of the VU5K VHF/UHF Module for the FLEX-5000. This decision was driven by continued component (un)availability making deliveries unreliable. One of the component families in the module has gone obsolete and there isn't a viable replacement for our design. We've convinced the component manufacturer to support us with parts for a last time buy so we would like to offer the same Last Call notice to our valued FLEX-5000 customers. The lead time for the modules will be 10-12 weeks so we will work hard to minimize your downtime. If you would like to add the VU5K module to your FLEX-5000, please contact us before June 14 so we can get you on the list. You can order online or call sales at 512-535-4713. The price is $1397.00 plus return shipping. Once we get everything ready, our service team will coordinate with you for an RMA to ship your radio in for the upgrade. We apologize for the short notice on this announcement. Unfortunately it just isn't feasible for us to continue producing the VU5K module. Rest assured we will maintain plenty of repair components to service your VU5K and your FLEX-5000 for years to come. Thanks for your understanding and continued support of FlexRadio Systems. 73, Greg -- *VE3XTM* EN93un ___ 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] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions
Jerry, We will continue to support and repair the VU5K along with all our products so long as it is practical to do so. How long is that? I simply can't predict. We are still repairing the SDR-1000 that started production in 2003 and ended production in 2007. There are some parts in that radio that are no longer available but I am not aware of any we couldn't repair so far. Also, the SDR-1000 was able to benefit from the unique Tracking Notch Filters in PowerSDR that came out last year, which was 4 years after end of manufactuing. That is pretty unusual for a 9 year old radio that is out of production. Everyone needs to understand that 100% of the products from all amateur radio vendors will cease to be made at some point in time. Some soon and some later. Component life cycles are turning faster than ever and it is utterly immpossible to plan. End of life of a critical component can happen with little more than a few months notice and you are forced to make a lifetime buy if even available. It is simply a fact of life in our business. On another note. The reason you are hearing public safety is that the VU5K is designed for very weak signal work. It has a 1 dB noise figure on 2m, which is achieved with high gain and a preamp without input preselection. If you put a bandpass filter on the front end it will cost you a little sensitivity but will get rid of the intermod. There are always tradeoffs like these. 73, Gerald On Saturday, June 2, 2012, Jerry Coufal wrote: Mike: Good explanation - Thank you I agree with you, intuitively this makes sense. The VU5K is now history. A sunk cost for the current owners. I suspect it won't be cost effective to repair if it did fail. It was a gamble that didn't pay out, but it's not the end of the world at $1.2k. You point out an inherent risk, short supply life of components, for newer faster moving technologies. This kind of problem could occur with many products including the follow on series 6000. For this kind of stuff I guess I just expect more of a lifetime than a couple of years. It is disappointing because the VU5K never did work correctly from day one so I haven't really used it much. There are a number of issues, like I hear more public safety channels in the 2 meter band than I hear ham radio operations. I always suspected this is more due to software boogers in the PSDR integration than with the hardware and felt these problems would be resolved with time. Now that it is being discontinued I have a whole lot less confidence of resolutions. I guess I view the VU5k analogous to the Spruce Goose. When these kinds of things occur it is hard to walk away without doing a little PM'ing. Jerry Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions amsctalx Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:55:00 -0700 Large is relative to the number of devices in the field. It's also dependent on the individual parts. It's rare for small-signal devices to fail; high-current devices will fail more often due to junction erosion, insulation failure, etc. And I can't stress enough that it's virtually impossible to design exclusively around the expected supply life of components. Silicon companies provide advisories and roadmaps, but still will discontinue (or substantially change) a component on very short notice. My company had two high-volume components, a USB transceiver and a regulator, discontinued with NO drop-in replacement within the space of a year. And these were popular components that we alone consumed tens of thousands of per year. We had to ration products and almost ran out while redesigning and qualifying replacements. Look...I am not reflexively defending Flex; I'm not a fan-boy and would be the first to call B.S. if I thought it was appropriate. But again...I do this for a living and it's getting harder every day to write and execute a product plan that takes into account the shrinking life-cycle of many critical components . Mike Alexander - N8MSA amsct...@comcast.net javascript:; - Original Message - From: Robert Costa, KB6QXM kb6...@yahoo.com javascript:; To: Jerry Coufal jerr...@comcast.net javascript:;, flexradio@flex-radio.biz javascript:; Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:18:07 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VU5K End of Production Notice Questions A large number of spares depends on how many units have been sold and the MTBF of the identified spare parts, especially the critical parts that have been discontinued. Not a simple remove and replace, the future of the VU5k will take someone to troubleshoot the problems down to the component level. Oh joy! I just wish that Flex would have designed around the long lead time parts. They did not, so the ones that own the VU5k will have to deal with the circumstance and hope that their module does not fail. 73, Robert KB6QXM Ham Radio Open Conversation Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message -
Re: [Flexradio] Flex-6500 antenna port (s)
Dennis, We are working on a diagram but let me try to explain in the interim. Let's start with the FLEX-6500, which has a single SCU. 1. A Spectral Capture Unit (SCU) digitizes the entire spectrum from 30 KHz to 77 MHz in one swallow using a 245.76 Msps A/D converter. 2. The SCU consists of the RF front end (preselectors, RF preamps, Nyquist filter, ADC, FPFA, and DSP) to capture and process that spectrum. 3. This SCU can connect to only one antenna at a time because there is only a single RF to digital path. 4. However, this SCU can connect to any one of ANT1, ANT2, RX IN A, or the XVTR port through a relay switching matrix. 5. The Slice Receivers are full performance digital receivers that do direct digital down conversion to audio with independent demodulation, filtering, AGC, NR, etc. for each receiver. 6. Each of the four Slice Receivers and their respective panadapters on the 6500 can be tuned independently and concurrently to any frequency and mode within the 77 MHz spectrum. All receivers have the exact same high dynamic range performance. Now to the FLEX-6700, which has two identical SCUs in parallel. 1. With two SCUs we now have two independent RF to digital paths that can be connected to two independent antennas or can share one antenna through a RF power splitter. 2. With two SCUs, one can be on ANT1 and the other on ANT2. SCU B can receive on RX IN B while SCU A is transceiving on ANT1. SCU B could alternately transceive on the XVTR port. 3. With two SCUs and two antennas, we can do spatial diversity, beam forming and steering, noise mitigation, etc. that involves phasing the antennas in software. Many customers enjoy this feature (ESC) today on the FLEX-5000 with RX2. 4. With two SCUs, one can be connected to a narrow band StepIR for transceiver while the other is connected to a multi-band antenna watching for band openings or multipliers in a contest. 5. With the additional signal processing on the 6700, you currently get up to a total of 8 Slice Receivers that can be used on a single SCU or allocated across both SCUs. 6. The 6700 adds the option of tuning 135-165 MHz on either SCU. Note that the 30 KHz to 77 MHz and 136-165 MHz ranges are mutually exclusive on a single SCU. It requires two SCUs to use both ranges simultaneously. 7. On the 6700, you might choose to monitor up to seven 2m repeaters on one SCU while working 20m with the other. You could also monitor the 10m, and 6m on one SCU while watching 2m on the second SCU at the same time for weak signal openings. The combinations are endless. 8. You could also monitor the 50.110, 50.125 and six beacons simultaneously on 6m (the magic band). You could even set some of the Slice Receivers to monitor MUF on signals below 6m or any other band for that matter. I realize a diagram will be helpful but I hope that this clears up many of the questions until we are able to publish more. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Dennis Petrich radio...@frontiernet.netwrote: Hello Eric, A friend and are now thoroughly confused on this whole antenna port question…. In a recent email you say only one antenna to an SCU and in a previous question I asked on the 24th you said I can have a receive antenna connected as well as a main antenna ( I assume that means I can switch between antennas like on the 5000A)…. So which is it??? On this whole question regarding antenna inputs could someone at Flex PLEASE draw a diagram!! “6. An SCU must be connected to one and only one antenna port. So if you have two SCUs (FLEX-6700) you can place slice receivers on two antennas 7. Slice receivers may be placed on any SCU. This means that you may have all eight slice receivers on a single SCU (and therefore antenna) if you desire.” “Yes. You can use any of the 4 antenna inputs for reception on the 6500 (ANT 1, ANT 2, RX ANT A-In, and XVTR). Note that on the 6700, each SCU has 4 options for receive antennas (SCU-1 would use RX ANT A-In, SCU-2 would use RX ANT B-In).” Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems 73’s Dennis KØEOO _ From: Eric Wachsmann [mailto:e...@flex-radio.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:59 PM To: radio...@frontiernet.net Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: Flex-6500 antenna port (s) On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:50 PM, radio...@frontiernet.net wrote: I have a question regarding the receive antenna inputs for the 6500. Can I have my transmit antenna connected to one of the ANT1 or ANT2 ports and have a receiving antenna connected to one of the RX ANT IN/OUT ports?? Thats on the 6500 Thanks in advance for any
Re: [Flexradio] New list
I would like to encourage that the discussions around the FLEX-6000 Signature Series move to the FlexEdge reflector, which is intended for new products and software. That will return this reflector to discussions related to the shipping products and PowerSDR. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com wrote: It might be time to consider a separate mailing list for the 6000 series radios since they're completely different. ___ 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] Flex-6500 antenna port (s)
Chuck, See answers below. 73, Gerald Sent from my iPad On May 26, 2012, at 12:07 PM, Chuck ONeal cdon...@comcast.net wrote: In a single SCU with let's say two slice receivers, one set to look at just the 160M band and the other set to look at 6M, how is the front end preselection done? Would two band pass filters be put in parallel to handle the preselection for the two slice receivers' frequency ranges? If so, what would happen if you used four slice receivers on 160, 80, 40, and 20 M? Would the front end being partially open on the lower frequencies affect the 20 M receiver? In simultaneous mode on a single SCU, it will be in wide band receive mode with HFP at 1.8 MHz and LPF at 77 MHz. The BPF topology may actually allow us to run in parallel but this is untested and not guaranteed. Due to the high dynamic range performance of these radios, preselectors will usually only be needed in a multi-multi contest station or field day. Also, have the noisy Peregrine Semi PE 4259's used in the 5000 RFIO board been eliminated in the 6000? Those things and their internal switching -Vcc supply produce an elevated noise floor due to harmonics appearing as unstable broad noise bumps seen across the MF to HF spectrum. It does affect performance on 12 and 10 M to the extent that I use an external high gain preamp, turn off the internal preamp, and use the gain correction in the antenna tab to bring things back to calibration. I'm in a VERY quiet location and am limited by atmospheric noise only. The FLEX-6000 series uses 100% mechanical relays except for the one exception QSK transmitter switch, which is a PIN diode. The receive path uses reed relays for TR. Thanks! Chuck K1KW - Original Message - From: Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.com To: Dennis Petrich radio...@frontiernet.net Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex-6500 antenna port (s) Dennis, We are working on a diagram but let me try to explain in the interim. Let's start with the FLEX-6500, which has a single SCU. 1. A Spectral Capture Unit (SCU) digitizes the entire spectrum from 30 KHz to 77 MHz in one swallow using a 245.76 Msps A/D converter. 2. The SCU consists of the RF front end (preselectors, RF preamps, Nyquist filter, ADC, FPFA, and DSP) to capture and process that spectrum. 3. This SCU can connect to only one antenna at a time because there is only a single RF to digital path. 4. However, this SCU can connect to any one of ANT1, ANT2, RX IN A, or the XVTR port through a relay switching matrix. 5. The Slice Receivers are full performance digital receivers that do direct digital down conversion to audio with independent demodulation, filtering, AGC, NR, etc. for each receiver. 6. Each of the four Slice Receivers and their respective panadapters on the 6500 can be tuned independently and concurrently to any frequency and mode within the 77 MHz spectrum. All receivers have the exact same high dynamic range performance. Now to the FLEX-6700, which has two identical SCUs in parallel. 1. With two SCUs we now have two independent RF to digital paths that can be connected to two independent antennas or can share one antenna through a RF power splitter. 2. With two SCUs, one can be on ANT1 and the other on ANT2. SCU B can receive on RX IN B while SCU A is transceiving on ANT1. SCU B could alternately transceive on the XVTR port. 3. With two SCUs and two antennas, we can do spatial diversity, beam forming and steering, noise mitigation, etc. that involves phasing the antennas in software. Many customers enjoy this feature (ESC) today on the FLEX-5000 with RX2. 4. With two SCUs, one can be connected to a narrow band StepIR for transceiver while the other is connected to a multi-band antenna watching for band openings or multipliers in a contest. 5. With the additional signal processing on the 6700, you currently get up to a total of 8 Slice Receivers that can be used on a single SCU or allocated across both SCUs. 6. The 6700 adds the option of tuning 135-165 MHz on either SCU. Note that the 30 KHz to 77 MHz and 136-165 MHz ranges are mutually exclusive on a single SCU. It requires two SCUs to use both ranges simultaneously. 7. On the 6700, you might choose to monitor up to seven 2m repeaters on one SCU while working 20m with the other. You could also monitor the 10m, and 6m on one SCU while watching 2m on the second SCU at the same time for weak signal openings. The combinations are endless. 8. You could also monitor the 50.110, 50.125 and six beacons simultaneously on 6m (the magic band). You could even set some of the Slice Receivers to monitor MUF on signals below 6m or any other band for that matter. I realize a diagram will be helpful but I hope that this clears up many of the questions until we are able
Re: [Flexradio] 6500 to 6700
Hi Greg, Answers in line below. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:22 PM, greg lopez kg...@hotmail.com wrote: Will there be upgrades for 65K to 67K , ? No. What will the rack handles cost ? You can find the cost of handles and rack mounts in the on line store on our website. Can I get all my upgrades from the USB ? Upgrades will be over the Ethernet port. USB is there for peripherals. Will I be able to link my Cubase Audio for SSB HiFI Audio threw software ,or go to the balanced line ? You can go to the balanced input on the back. It has both XLR and concentric TRS connections. In the days of the 1K I could go threw the software in SDR no wire’s or VAC . Not sure what you are referring to here? Hay will I be able to Analyze signal with the spectroscope maybe copy and put in a file or video file ? 73 Mel Not sure what you mean here either? ___ 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] With all due respect...
Don, You are correct. FlexEdge is the appropriate place for discussions about the FLEX-6000 series radios. I would like to request everyone move those discussions there so that this forum can cover all of the other radios. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Don kd...@sonic.net wrote: I always thought that was what FlexEdge was for? Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Allen Shuff Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:23 AM To: 'Robert Costa, KB6QXM' ; 'Ron Settle' ; t...@flexradio.com ; 'Flex' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] With all due respect... I agree! Allen - W9ON -Original Message- From: flexradio-bounces@flex-radio.**bizflexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-bounces@**flex-radio.bizflexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Robert Costa, KB6QXM Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:12 AM To: Ron Settle; t...@flexradio.com; 'Flex' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] With all due respect... Ron, I also agree that it will be a great radio and I am happy that there is all of this enthusiasm. What I would personally would like to see is a separate group for discussion of these new products. We all still own the now mature legacy radios and it seems a shame to have the forums burying any 5000,3000 or 1500 question, comment or concerns. I agree that the 6xxx discussion should flow, maybe just not on this group. That is my two cents and my vote. My actual suggestion would be to have a group called Flexradio5000a, Flexradio3000 etc. so that you could parse out the email for that specific platform or have live chat on the Flex website for any specific radios. That would keep a few people busy. My two cents. Frustrated but dedicated Flex owner. 73, Robert KB6QXM Ham Radio Open Conversation Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: Ron Settle settle...@comcast.net To: t...@flexradio.com, 'Flex' flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] With all due respect... Date: Wed, May 23, 2012 6:56 am The 6000 will be a great radio. It will be the be all and end all for those that can afford it. It will top the Sherwood list. It will be the envy of the competition. But with all due respect, let's talk about something even more important... When will PowerSDR 2.4 be released? Any sneak peeks? Ron WM9Q __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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] ALC connector on back of 6000
See notes below. Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Jerry Flanders jefland...@comcast.netwrote: Photos of the 6000 backside show an RCA jack labelled ALC. Is this a conventional hardware ALC line that allows an external amp to cut the 6000's drive power back if the amp detects an overdrive situation? Yes. What is the polarity of the ALC voltage required (I think negative-going to cut back is conventional)? Negative polarity. What range of ALC voltage is it designed for (I think most rigs operate in the range of 0 to aprx -10)? 0 to -4V DC Thanks Jerry W4UK __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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] the cost
David, FlexRadio has *no *exclusive dealer agreements within the EU. In fact, in your country we sell through both of the UK's largest ham radio dealers, MLS and WS. They both do a very good job for us. You are also free to buy from dealers in other countries within the EU. http://www.flexradio.com/About.aspx?topic=intldist Many countries within the EU have laws that are more onerous than those of Germany for direct sales so we sell only through dealers in those countries so that they take responsibility for legal compliance. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 1:03 PM, David Painter david.pain...@ntlworld.comwrote: Brian, I don't think it has anything to do with UK or even EU Governments per se. (Institutionalised theft (Taxation) I would agree with you. I believe it stems from the relatively poor sales positioning Flex has in Europe and their lack of clout with their dealer network who lock them into exclusive agreements so that they (the Dealers) can extort higher prices from their customers. If you look on the Flex site under On Line Store you will see that hams in Germany can obtain Flex eqpt direct from the US without restriction and they are, most decidedly, part of the EU. Its called 'restraint of trade' and is something the UK/EU has suffered from for years. Enjoy your new radio. David - G4PNX --- BTW, if you don't like the prices over there, complain to your government. I think that Flex would happily sell you one directly if they could but ... --- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL __**_ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.bizhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/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] Imagine dynamic range so high...
Well, you might just need new test equipment to find out. Midnight EDT tonight at www.flexradio.com. 73 from Dayton, Gerald ___ 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] Game changer - my wish
Hi Jack, Imagine complex things made simple... 73, Gerald, K5SDR Sent from my iPad On May 17, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Jack Haverty j...@3kitty.org wrote: You can see where that DX station is today by using one of the other GUI programs as your main screen, instead of PowerSDR. For example, N1MM, HamRadioDeluxe, and others allow you to display one or more bandmaps which show station callsigns and other information. Instead of the panadaptor display, you look at, click on, and otherwise interact with the bandmaps.Presumably you won't intentionally transmit on top of that rare DX - even if you can't hear him yourself. I'd like to see the PowerSDR panadapter/panafall display integrated with bandmaps/cluster feed types of displays, so you can see all of the information about what is going on, and has been going on recently, over the swath of band that the radio is covering. None of the hype about the imminent Game Changer seems to imply any advancement in the User Interface. If so, that will be disappointing. We'll know soon I guess. 73, /Jack de K3FIV On May 17, 2012 3:25 AM, vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: The feature t hat I would like to see is a rig that knows it is tuned to a DX station and prevents the op from tuning up on top of the DX. Or maybe having PSDR flash LID! LID! in big letters when the op trys to do this. And if he trys to tuneup for over a minute the rig will go into a forced shut down and will not turn on for an hour. Now that would be a big game changer to me. Zack N8FNR ___ 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] Imagine signal processing limited only by your dreams...
I wonder what we could do with that? Off to the airport for Dayton. Two more days to go. 73, Gerald, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...
...and a bit of arithmetic. Imagine with us May 18th. GAME CHANGER AHEAD 73, Gerald, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Imagine networking as forethought, not afterthought...
Our imagination is running wild. Find out why on May 18th. GAME CHANGER AHEAD! 73, Gerald, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Imagine complex things made simple...
Find out how at the Dayton Hamvention or on our website May 18th. Game Changer Ahead! 73, Gerald, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Imagine a transceiver that changes Ham Radio - Forever...
Watch the scrolling banner on our home page (www.flexradio.com) daily to imagine with us. Find out the whole story May 18th at the Dayton Hamvention and on our website. GAME CHANGER AHEAD! 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ 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] Thanks to our customers
Dear Flexers, On this day of Thanksgiving in the US, we at FlexRadio wish to thank all of our loyal customers for your business and support. Without you we would not be here. We want to wish you and your family a wonderful day. Sincerely, Gerald, K5SDR Sent from my iPad ___ 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] FlexControl shipping in volume
Dear FlexRadio customers, We are pleased to inform you that the FlexControl(TM) USB Controlled Tuning Knob is now shipping in volume to US customers and EU dealers. All agency approvals are complete so EU customers can expect availability as soon as our EU dealers receive their stocking orders. EU customers should contact their local FlexRadio dealer for local delivery information. All US pre-order shipments should be completed by Monday June 6. New orders will normally ship within one to two business days. You can place your order right now at: http://cart.flexradio.com/KNB-FlexControl-USB-Controled-Tuning-Knob_p_833.html FlexControl is an ergonomically designed control surface that mates with all FlexRadio transceivers. It is fully integrated with PowerSDR to provide seamless control without the need for application focus. You can even control the radio with PowerSDR minimized on the task bar. While FlexControl was designed by K6TD and K6TU to specifically meet the workflow needs of the serious contester, it also adds value for the DX'er as well as casual user. FlexControl's multifunction tuning knob and three buttons are easily programmed to control a wide range of radio functions including VFOA, VFOB, RIT, XIT, filters, tuning step size, etc. FlexControl is also fully compatible with DDUtil from K5FR to provide even more advanced rig/station control. We hope you will enjoy this new accessory for FlexRadio transceivers. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4616 W Howard Lane Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 73, Issue 26
Al, That might be an option when we get it up and running. That will take a couple of months because we have to get the operations in order first. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4616 W Howard Lane Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:05 PM, w4...@aol.com wrote: Can the new station at Flex be accessed remotely ? Tnx, Al W4ABW ___ 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] Reminder - FlexRadio moving tomorrow
Dear Customers, This is a reminder that we are moving our offices tomorrow. We will be transitioning our VoIP phone system tomorrow and will have to forward phone calls temporarily to another number. We will be taking messages and returning calls as we can tomorrow. We appreciate your patience during the transition. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4161 W. Howard Lane Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Live music capital of the world.
Steve, Yes, Austin is truly the Live Music Capital of the World(TM). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Austin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_AustinMy wife and I were planning to go to the Broken Spoke several years ago to celebrate our anniversary. We decided to go to Antones at the last minute instead to hear blues. My wife read the next morning in the paper that Willie Nelson, Waylin Jennings, and Chris Christopherson showed up unannounced for to jam all evening. Rats! Austin City Limits has been on the air since 2007. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_City_Limits and http://www.acl-live.com/ . South By Southwest has become a huge international event each year http://sxsw.com/. So if you love music, you can always find it in Austin. Oh and you can eat at a different BBQ restaurant every day for a year and still be eating out. Maybe we need to have an open house when we get settled into our new offices. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4161 W. Howard Lane Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Steve Potter steve.pot...@rethink-it.comwrote: Seems Flex-Radio isn't the only famous export from Austin Texas. Just been watching on TV a program made by one of our tv hosts, where she sung at the broken spoke, in Austin... Guys, what have you been hiding... not only fantastic radios, but music too I only hope one day to visit, you guys... and If I do, I expect a must do/see/visit list.. 73 Steve G6HOQ ___ 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] FlexRadio moving its offices May 27-30
Brad, See my answers below to what we know so far. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4161 W. Howard Lane Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Brad A. Steffler bst...@comcast.netwrote: Inquiring minds want to know: What are the specs of the club radio station? Bands to be used, modes? Most likely 40m through 70cm on all modes. We will have to go stealth to go below 40m. ;) Tower: Crank-up or fixed (and who is gonna climb it?) 50 feet of Rohn 55G with a rotor and 10 foot mast above. The tower will be affixed to a 30 foot tilt up concrete wing wall that extends from the back of the building. Antenna(s)? StepIR for 40m through 10m and M2 for 6m, 2m, and 70cm. I am sure we will set up to operate satellites with the FLEX-5000A and FLEX-VU5K. Amplifiers(s) or barefoot (I would rather spend my money on a terrific antenna and tower than on an amp. But to each his own) Mostly barefoot to start but we have 220V already in the shack room for future needs. I prefer to operate barefoot myself. I plane to install a Heights Tower Systems crank-up tower, motorized 52 foot mounted on a 4 foot motorized fold over kit and mount a Steppir DB 18E For HF-6 meters. Haven't decided on bands higher in frequency yet. Digital modes will fill a lot of time as will CW. SSB is not forgoten as is 10 Meters and 6 Meters FM and also weak signal work. Haven't decided on a rotor or rotor controller. Brad A. Steffler KE4XJ ___ 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] FlexRadio moving its offices May 27-30
Edwin, Yes, growth is what it means. We are tripping all over each other in the old offices so everyone is very excited. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4161 W. Howard Lane Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Edwin Marzan edwin_mar...@hotmail.comwrote: That can only mean one thing. Growth!! I'm happy to hear you folks are doing well. Edwin Marzan AB2VW Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 17:14:36 -0500 From: ger...@flexradio.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FlexRadio moving its offices May 27-30 Dear FlexRadio customers, FlexRadio is pleased to announce that we are moving to new larger offices this coming weekend. We are more than doubling our office/lab space and will be able to install a 60 foot tower for our Ham club station, K5FRS. Moving crates are already lining the hallways and our team is starting to get very excited. We will complete packing of our offices and lab on Friday May 27 so we will have limited phone accessibility that day. Our technical support and shipping logistics, which are off site, will operate as normal. We expect to be back in full operation on Tuesday after the Memorial Day weekend. Please note our new address below my signature. We request that you hold any repair or upgrade shipments until May 27 or later and ship to the new address. Thanks for your patience while we make this important transition. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4161 W. Howard Lane Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Silence must meant something.
Steven, You probably did not damage it if it is hearing fine. It has input protection diodes that will prevent damage from normal RF overload. Now if you transmit into it directly or have a nearby lightning strike, it could get damage from that. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4161 W. Howard Lane Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Steven L Hess sh...@bak.rr.com wrote: Well the silence to my query about the Flex-3000 receiver toughness must mean something but I must be too dim to fathom what. The reason I am asking is I had two instances where I transmitted on the same frequency the Flex was sitting on and am wondering if I have damaged my receiver. It appears to me to be working fine but this is something hard to judge. If it was damaged it would be deaf I think and not just degraded but I know nothing of these things. Steven -- Sent from my Linux box. Regards de KC6KGE. A very happy Flex-3000 user. Skype flamebait Gmail flamebait at gmail dot 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] FlexRadio moving its offices May 27-30
Dear FlexRadio customers, FlexRadio is pleased to announce that we are moving to new larger offices this coming weekend. We are more than doubling our office/lab space and will be able to install a 60 foot tower for our Ham club station, K5FRS. Moving crates are already lining the hallways and our team is starting to get very excited. We will complete packing of our offices and lab on Friday May 27 so we will have limited phone accessibility that day. Our technical support and shipping logistics, which are off site, will operate as normal. We expect to be back in full operation on Tuesday after the Memorial Day weekend. Please note our new address below my signature. We request that you hold any repair or upgrade shipments until May 27 or later and ship to the new address. Thanks for your patience while we make this important transition. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 4161 W. Howard Lane Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78723 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Dayton Hamvention
Dear FlexRadio customers, It was great to have eyeball QSOs with so many of you in Dayton this year. We had by far the best Hamvention in all respects. Our booth space this year was increased by 50% and the number of demo stations by 100%. We had 15 people working the booth and we were busy the entire show. Sales were Great! There will be a lot of new Flexers on the air in the next couple of weeks. We had a great new look in the booth this year thanks to Greg Jurrens and Lori Hicks (our new marketing manager). Even though we had large crowds, the flow was so much better this year. Our FlexRadio dinner was attended by over 100 people this year. All of our team enjoyed getting to meet those who came and to share a bit of our story. Thanks to all of you who came to see us this year. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] FINAL CALL: FlexRadio Dayton Hamvention Banquet
Dear Flexers, This is the final call for advanced purchase of FlexRadio Dayton Hamvention Banquet tickets. Online orders will end at the end of business today. We will have a very limited number of tickets available in the booth at Dayton. Please see Greg's original announcement copied below We have the largest crowd ever and we are sincerely looking forward to the eyeball QSOs. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems -- Forwarded message -- From: Greg Jurrens g...@flexradio.com Date: Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:55 PM Subject: [FlexEdge] ANNOUNCEMENT: FlexRadio Dayton Hamvention Banquet To: flexe...@flex-radio.biz *The 2011 FlexRadio Hamvention Banquet * Do you feel it? That 'itch' to trudge through miles of quality Ham Radio junque? That urge to squeeze 30,000 of your closest friends into the Hara Arena? That need to find a dozen of your even-closer-friends to share rides and hotels with? YES... IT'S ALMOST DAYTON TIME! Once again FlexRadio Systems will be hosting our annual Dayton Hamvention Banquet Saturday night of Dayton. We will be hosting a social hour with adult liquid refreshments where you can mingle with the FlexRadio staff and volunteer associates then enjoy a nice buffet dinner. Afterwards, we'll be presenting the latest topics on Software Defined Radio and FlexRadio. We'll also take some time to recognize a few outstanding Flexers with the famous Flexi Award presentations. Of course there will be door prizes to win for those who attend! This year's event will be held on Saturday May 21, 2011 at the Double Tree Dayton Downtown http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel/DAYLTDT-DoubleTree-by-Hilton-Hotel-Dayton-Downtown-Ohio/index.do . We've worked very hard to keep the cost the same as last year so everyone can enjoy the great food, fellowship, and presentations. Just $35 per person! Location: Double Tree Dayton Downtown 11 S. Ludlow Street Dayton, OH 45402 http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel/DAYLTDT-DoubleTree-by-Hilton-Hotel-Dayton-Downtown-Ohio/index.do *Parking: * There is plenty of street parking near the hotel or you can opt for valet parking in the hotel parking garage for the FlexRadio negotiated rate of $6. Banquet Schedule: Start-Time: 6pm Cash Bar Opens: 6pm Dinner: 7pm Last Call: 7:45pm Presentations/Awards begin: 8:00pm Close: 10pm Menu: A Night in Italy Dinner Buffet Includes chilled antipasto display, tossed salad, Caesar salad, pasta salad, shrimp scampi, Chicken Parmesan, meat lasagna, basil potatoes, chef's choice of pastas, Italian bread and dessert. *Have another dinner commitment but want to attend the presentation?* NO PROBLEM! We've arranged for even more open seating in the banquet room so please join us! Just remember the presentation starts at 8:00PM and Last Call for the refreshments is 7:45PM so plan to arrive a bit early to get a good seat. To sign up for the 2011 FlexRadio Hamvention Banquet, just order your meal reservation using the On-Line Store http://flexradio.3dcartstores.com/Dayton-Banquet-Ticket_p_831.html http://cart.flexradio.com/Dayton-Banquet-Dinner_c_13.html We look forward to seeing everyone this year at the 2011 FlexRadio Dayton Hamvention Banquet. Order your banquet tickets now as seating is limited and we've had a huge growth in the Flexer Family since last year! Contact us at sa...@flexradio.com if you have any questions or special requests. See you at Dayton! 73, -- Greg Jurrens - K5GJ VP, Sales and Marketing FlexRadio Systems Inc. T: 512-535-5266 x203 E: g...@flexradio.com SKYPE: WD0ACD “Tune in Excitement” ™ ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. ___ 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] flex-radio.com temporarily off line
Dear customers, Due a problem with DNS changeover, there is a temporary problem when accessing our website through flex-radio.com. Note that flexradio.com (no dash) works fine. The problem should be corrected soon. Email is not affected. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Transmit motorboating with 2nd receiver on during transmit!
Dennis, That certainly sounds like your FireWire driver is not keeping with the higher loading presented by the second receiver. Try different Mode settings in the FlexRadio FireWire driver. Also, try different audio buffer sizes. Make sure you have the Windows IEEE-1394 hotfix for XP. You can find the instructions in the Knowledge Center. Hope that helps. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Dennis Petrich radio...@frontiernet.netwrote: Hello all, I have been experiencing an unusual bug with my 5000A and the 2nd receiver when I transmit in AM, or put out a steady carrier. People on the other end hear very loud motor-boating of my signal at around 400Hz. Same happens when I put a steady carrier out there. The motor-boating stops when I shut off the 2nd receiver. I have a GAP vertical connected to the 2nd receiver via a coax switch so I can disconnect the GAP if needed but that doesn't stop the motor-boating, only shutting off the 2nd receiver does. I'm running XP with core 2 Duo hardware, PSDR 2.0.22, and all the latest firmware and software updates. This also happens on any band from 80m to 6m and I'm only running 25w. By the way, the GAP is 70' from then main tower with the horizontal antennas on it. Also, when I look at my signal from the 5000A on a monitor scope I see the signal switching on and off like it's being keyed on and off so the motor-boating is not a modulation but the carrier being keyed on and off All help and suggestions are welcome except selling my 5000A. Regards, Dennis, k0eoo ___ 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] Fw: V/U module news for EU ?
Dear David, Let me assure you that we are financially motivated to sell our products in the EU so long as we can do so legally. We found out late in the game that two of the key PA components were not RoHS compliant. No company can be obligated to deliver a product that it cannot provide within the laws of the country to which it is delivered. We truly regret that we cannot currently meet the RoHS requirements with the VU5K. We will continue to explore options for meeting compliance and will inform our EU customers if and when such should occur. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:30 AM, David Painter david.pain...@ntlworld.comwrote: - Original Message - From: David Painter david.pain...@ntlworld.com To: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] V/U module news for EU ? And how long has FRS and its dealers known about this...and how long have they continued to sell F5KA to unsuspecting customers in the EU who believed that the V/U module would be available shortly??? Another shambles of epic proportions. G4PNX - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: Frank Goenninger f...@me.com; FlexRadio Reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] V/U module news for EU ? I think the components in question are on the modular RF bricks and not the boards that Flex built. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Frank Goenninger Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 12:00 PM To: FlexRadio Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] V/U module news for EU ? Wow, that's some news. Not ROHS compliant? Whew. I'd really be interested to know why a company such as FRS chooses to develop a product not being ROHS compliant while targeting a global market - it's not that difficult, really. The development costs for changing the product now are humungous compared to factoring in ROHS compliance from the very beginning. I do hope that not providing the V/U module to non-CONUS markets is actually considered to be a viable option... 73, Frank DG1SBG Am 04.04.2011 um 16:44 schrieb Klaus Lohmann: mailto:j...@on6zg.be schrieb: Any news for European customers interested in the V/U upgrade ? 73's Jan ON6ZG. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List mailto: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/ Hello Jan, we appreciate the interest in V/U-upgrade for FLEX-5000A from Europe very much. FlexRadio Systems has been shipping the FLEX-VU5K installed option directly to customers in CONUS and other non-EU countries for several months now. It has been our intention to complete CE compliance testing during this time to allow us to ship the VU5K into the EU countries. Unfortunately, we have determined that it is not feasible for us to meet ROHS requirements at this time. There are several components on the VU5K boards that are not ROHS and a re-design would be required before we could continue the CE testing phase. Based upon component availability, market dynamics, and our limited resources, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue this CE compliance effort for the VU5K option. As you know for sure strict adherence to CE and ROHS is a requirement for shipment of any kit or product into the European Union. FlexRadio Systems can not jeopardise the ability to sell other CE qualified products into this extremely important market. Thank you very much for understanding. Best regards, Klaus, DK7XL ___ Klaus Lohmann FlexRadio Systems Representative for EU Godeke-Michels-Weg 12 D-21762 Otterndorf GERMANY Tune in Excitement! (tm) Tel.: (+49) 4751 900501 Fax.:(+49) 4751 998569 Cell Phone: 0171 2751584 kl...@flex-radio.com flexradio...@t-online.de FlexRadio Systems: www.flex-radio.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
Re: [Flexradio] Fw: V/U module news for EU ?
Jan, Unfortunately, that is not the case. A kit manufacturer is required by law to test and certify that a kit meets all the rules. Small homebrew businesses may be able to get by with it but we won't even try. Note that even the low power version is a complex installation that we only do at the factory. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Jan Engelen j...@on6zg.be wrote: Hi Gerald, If the problem is in the Power bricks ... why did you remove the low power version ? that would have solved most of the EU issues I guess ? I don't know for the rest of EU, but Belgian law states that a CE label isn't necessary on a Homebrew equipment. When you change only one cable inside a radio or make the slightest modification it is considered as homebrew ! 73 Jan. PS : still satisfied of my flex and the support I've received !!! -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] Namens Gerald Youngblood Verzonden: maandag 4 april 2011 19:40 Aan: David Painter CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Onderwerp: Re: [Flexradio] Fw: V/U module news for EU ? Dear David, Let me assure you that we are financially motivated to sell our products in the EU so long as we can do so legally. We found out late in the game that two of the key PA components were not RoHS compliant. No company can be obligated to deliver a product that it cannot provide within the laws of the country to which it is delivered. We truly regret that we cannot currently meet the RoHS requirements with the VU5K. We will continue to explore options for meeting compliance and will inform our EU customers if and when such should occur. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:30 AM, David Painter david.pain...@ntlworld.comwrote: - Original Message - From: David Painter david.pain...@ntlworld.com To: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] V/U module news for EU ? And how long has FRS and its dealers known about this...and how long have they continued to sell F5KA to unsuspecting customers in the EU who believed that the V/U module would be available shortly??? Another shambles of epic proportions. G4PNX - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: Frank Goenninger f...@me.com; FlexRadio Reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] V/U module news for EU ? I think the components in question are on the modular RF bricks and not the boards that Flex built. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Frank Goenninger Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 12:00 PM To: FlexRadio Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] V/U module news for EU ? Wow, that's some news. Not ROHS compliant? Whew. I'd really be interested to know why a company such as FRS chooses to develop a product not being ROHS compliant while targeting a global market - it's not that difficult, really. The development costs for changing the product now are humungous compared to factoring in ROHS compliance from the very beginning. I do hope that not providing the V/U module to non-CONUS markets is actually considered to be a viable option... 73, Frank DG1SBG Am 04.04.2011 um 16:44 schrieb Klaus Lohmann: mailto:j...@on6zg.be schrieb: Any news for European customers interested in the V/U upgrade ? 73's Jan ON6ZG. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List mailto: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/ Hello Jan, we appreciate the interest in V/U-upgrade for FLEX-5000A from Europe very much. FlexRadio Systems has been shipping the FLEX-VU5K installed option directly to customers in CONUS and other non-EU countries for several months now. It has been our intention to complete CE compliance testing during this time to allow us to ship the VU5K into the EU countries
Re: [Flexradio] CPU performance
Hi Jeff, While the Celeron is a little on the light side, I would give it a try before buying a new PC. We have a 2 GHz Celeron in the lab that we have run production tests on for several years. Version 2.0 is a bit more of a graphics load on the Celeron though. Give it a try. Looking forward to having you on board. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Jeffrey Brown n9iz.ra...@yahoo.com wrote: Greetings. I posted this to the Flex Forum the other day by haven't had but one response...so I though I'd try here as well. I'm just about ready to go all in on a new Flex-5000. Will probably be making the purchase around first of May. This will be my first ever new hf radio, and hopefully one that will last a long time. I'm pretty much sold on the fact that the hardware can be upgraded, firmware upgraded, and constant software improvement. Anyway, I'd like to get my computer in shape before I make the purchase so hopefully, there'll be no surprises. I've read up on the recommendations on cpu's, memory, and firewire cards. From Flex's recommendations I'm a little lacking. I'm wondering if my current setup even has a chance of getting on the air without going to the expense upgrading the aforementioned items right off the bat. Here's what I have: Intel Celeron dual core at 2.1ghz (overclocked) 1mb L2 4gb ddr2 800 ram (all the mobo will take) dual dvi video card, 1gb ram M-Aujdio Delta 2496 sound card (24-bit, 96khz) Belkin usb/firewire card (ya, I know it's recommended against the combo, but it's free) Win7 Ultimate x64 This is a dedicated shack computer and serves no other purpose so it's not full of random bloatware or anything. I'd like to be able to run the newest PowerSDR and probably HRD/DM780 at the same time. I'm not adverse to spending the money on a new cpu and a different firewire card in that's what's necessary for satisfactory operation. I just know that in addition to the radio I'll also need to buy a decent mic and I don't know what else so I'd like to limit the initial cash impact if I can. Sorry to go so long on this post. Hoping to hear the results/experiences of some others with similar hardware setups and any suggestions. Thanks. Jeff Ham Radio--The Original Social Network ___ 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] 2.0.20 RC2
Gwyn, I recommend that you turn down AGC-T for best signal to noise. This will give you the most satisfactory experience. I never run AGC-T higher than needed to clearly hear the other station without much band noise in the background. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Gwyn Williams g4...@btinternet.com wrote: Gerald et al, As you know I use CW exclusively and unlike most people I believe, I use the Flex's monitor/sidetone facility. As I've mentioned, ocassionally the outgoing CW (character dot or dash) will sound truncated. I was most worried that the actual outgoing CW would sound the same, so today I analysed the outgoing audio and found that it was perfect, which makes me much happier. There remains the small discrepancy with the CW in the headphones (monitored) but that is nothing to worry about. Of course the incoming CW is normal. Just thought I'd share this with you. Cheers, Gwyn - G4FKH ___ 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] Announcing PowerSDR v2.0 Official Release
Dear FlexRadio customers, FlexRadio is pleased to announce the new Official Release of PowerSDR™ v2.0.22 is now available for immediate download from our website. PowerSDR 2.0 adds significant feature and performance enhancements over the prior official release to all models including the FLEX-5000A, FLEX-5000C, FLEX-VU5K upgrades, FLEX-3000, FLEX-1500, and SDR-1000. While many thousands of customers have been enjoying earlier beta releases of 2.0, we now recommend that all customers upgrade to v2.0.22. The files are available at: PowerSDR v2.0.22 Suite Integrated Installer http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=363 PowerSDR v2.0.22: Release Notes http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=362 While the improvements are too numerous to detail, the following is a list of major changes since the previous official release, PowerSDR v1.18.6. 1. Complete new user interface look and feel with user selectable skins. 2. Support for the FLEX-1500 QRP HF-6m transceiver. 3. Support for integrated FLEX-VU5K 60W high performance VHF/UHF upgrade for the FLEX-5000. 4. Completely redesigned CW keyer for all radio models. 5. Real time Wide Band Image Rejection (WBIR). 6. Improved noise blanking, noise reduction, and automatic notch filtering. 7. Redesigned transmitter audio signal chain with absolute ALC control. 8. New downward expander and DX compander functions. 9. Optimized digital mode filter settings. 10. New FLEX-3000 ATU tuning algorithm increases tuning range to 6:1 SWR. 11. New unlimited memory tuning database for the FLEX-3000 ATU. 12. Increased transmitter bandwidth to 4.5 kHz on the FLEX-3000. 13. Integrated installer for PowerSDR, drivers, and automated firmware updates. 14. Radio chooser allows unique databases in multi-radio installations. 15. Simultaneous operation of the FLEX-1500 with either the FLEX-3000 or FLEX-5000. 16. Database export capability. 17. Hundreds of “under the hood” improvements and bug fixes for enhanced reliability and out-of-box experience. Thanks to so many of you who have provided constructive feedback during the development process. We would like to express our special appreciation to our internal alpha/beta team for their tireless testing of test releases. Enjoy, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] 2.0.20 RC2 - Release transmit Audio Problems
Hi Gwyn, We made a major improvement to ALC to eliminate overshoot in RC2. Here is the text of the email I sent to the reflectors a couple weeks ago. fromGerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.comtoReflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz dateSat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:54 PMsubjectTransmitter level setting change with PowerSDR v2.0.20 RC2mailed-byflex-radio.com hide details Mar 12 To all voice operators: We made two important changes to the transmitter audio chain in RC2 to eliminate ALC overshoot. We moved the transmitter DSP filter ahead of ALC and we adjusted the target gain to 0dB throughout the chain. This will necessitate different audio setting from those you may have been using on previous versions. With the new release, DX and Compander settings will increase the peak levels seen at the ALC input. You should check your microphone gain setting based on the ALC meter when making any change to the audio settings such as DC/CPDR or the Equalizer. After turning on any desired audio processing functions, you should set the microphone gain so that ALC peaks just under 0 dB. This is to provide maximum power output without inducing distortion from ALC compression. ALC is primarily intended to limit the maximum output power but is not intended to be used as a compressor. Compression is the role of the Compander (CPDR DX modes). 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Gwyn Williams g4...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi All, Just thought I'd add my bit because I do not believe this problem to be individual computer related, but rather more software involved. I run a Dell XPS-420 with Vista and - Core 2 Duo Processor 3.16GHz, 6MB RAM, 1333MHz, plus 4GB dual channel DDR2 800MHz memory. My software is fully up-to-date. Up until the above release my audio was fine, in fact I have had to revert to RC1. Kind Rgds, Gwyn Williams - G4FKH ___ 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] S-meter Calibration Question
Hi Tony, This throws some people off but the S meter will be accurate whether the preamp is on or off. The peak signal level on the panadapter will stay at the same level as well. This means that both the panadapter and S meter will give you a very accurate measurement of the RF power at the antenna connector. The panadapter is effectively a real time precision spectrum analyzer calibrated in dBm. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Tony d...@optonline.net wrote: On 3/26/2011 12:55 AM, Clay W7CE wrote: Yes. And my lab tests show that it is very accurate (better than +/- 1 dB). 73, Clay W7CE That's great news Clay. Finally, an S-meter that's calibrated and accurate. Certainly useful. Thank you Flexradio Tony -K2MO On 3/25/2011 9:45 PM, Tony wrote: All, Is the Flex 5000A S-meter calibrated to Collin standard, i.e., S-9 = -73dbm and 6db per s-unit? Thanks, Tony -K2MO ___ 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 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] 2.0.20 RC2 - Release transmit Audio Problems
Mike, DX or CPDR settings are a matter of operating style and preference. I like to run DX at around 3 because it gives me lots of punch without significant distortion. With the new release, I find it is best to monitor ALC instead of MIC. With DX or CPDR on, it can drive ALC into compression and thus cause it to sound mushy. You will want to set up all of your preferences in the audio chain and then finally set the microphone gain so that ALC is peaking about -1 dB. If it is always peaking 0 dB, you may be overdriving it. It will not go above 0 dB because it adds compression to keep it from overshooting. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Mike Schwendeman m...@s3com.net wrote: Please see my comments below... On 3/26/11 12:00 PM, flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz wrote: Message: 19 Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:12:23 -0500 From: Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.com To: Gwyn Williams g4...@btinternet.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 2.0.20 RC2 - Release transmit Audio Problems Hi Gwyn, We made a major improvement to ALC to eliminate overshoot in RC2. Here is the text of the email I sent to the reflectors a couple weeks ago. fromGerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.com date Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:54 PMsubject Transmitter level setting change We made two important changes to the transmitter audio chain in RC2 to eliminate ALC overshoot. We moved the transmitter DSP filter ahead of ALC and we adjusted the target gain to 0dB throughout the chain. This will necessitate different audio setting from those you may have been using on previous versions. With the new release, DX and Compander settings will increase the peak levels seen at the ALC input.You should check your microphone gain setting based on the ALC meter when making any change to the audio settings such as DC/CPDR or the Equalizer. After turning on any desired audio processing functions, you should set the microphone gain so that ALC peaks just under 0 dB. I am trying to understand a correct procedure of setting the various audio levels, per the above. I am not at all sure of what might be considered the Best way to set things up, so I will offer what I have interpreted as follows, complete with my missing info and with some steps that may NOT be needed or suggested: 1. Select the desired PowerSDR ENHANCEMENT mode (CPDR or DX or DEFAULT, or none) 2. Set the selected enhancement (DX or CPDR) level to (_) a. Adjust DX or CPDR settings while watching () 3. Select the ALC display in the PowerSDR's TRANSMIT metering 4. Adjust the MIC GAIN to NOT exceed 0 dB on voice peaks 5. Select (show) the transmit equalizer, and turn it ON 6. Adjust the transmit equalizer GAIN to (_) How does one set the DX and CPDR levels? (What might one look at, or watch for when adjusting these levels? I am used to MAINLY watching the MIC level when transmitting, trying to be close to, but not exceeding 0 dBm. The ALC indication seems to be pretty much right there, at 0 dB, with some either higher or lower amplitude voice inputs. (As seen in the MIC metering.) Has the MIC level indication lost importance to the point that the ALC is the only item I should be fully aware of, and watching? In the pre-RC2 versions of PowerSDR, there was a reason or function that involved the transmit equalizer's GAIN. Is this still valid? (If so where in the above steps might this be correctly applied?) Is there a block diagram that shows this new audio chain? Thank you -Mike- K0JTA This is to provide maximum power output without inducing distortion from ALC compression. ALC is primarily intended to limit the maximum output power but is not intended to be used as a compressor. Compression is the role of the Compander (CPDR DX modes). 73, Gerald ___ 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 have to share
Be sure to use DX and adjust the microphone gain so that you are peaking just under 0 dB on ALC. That will boost your average power just about 1 S unit without going over 5W peak. That makes a huge difference on QRP. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Mickey Baker fishflor...@gmail.com wrote: Worked European Russia last night on 40M CW with a 6BTV and my 1500, 5W out. I can't wait to get the DB-18 up! Already in the LOTW account. You're right, QRP rules! (Galesville, AL?) 73, Mickey N4MB On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Tom Peterson t...@galesvillefiredepartment.org wrote: I haven't been spending much time with my 1500 of late. Tonight while grilling a couple steaks out on the patio I decided to hang a 15M dipole. At about 23:30 UTC (6:30PM Central) I got in to the shack, hooked the dipole up to the 1500 by way of an Elecraft T1 tuner and just for grins tried to load it up on 20M...it tuned. I found a nice strong signal on the display and tuned on to it. 14.300, Maritime Mobile Service Net. I was just in time to hear the net control station call for check ins. I could hear a number of stations calling so I quick like put put my call outguess who was the top of the pile up. My drive is set for 50%. Net control was in CT. QRP Rules. ___ 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/ -- Mickey Baker Fort Lauderdale, FL “Tell me, and I will listen. Show me, and I will understand. Involve me, and I will learn.” Teton Lakota, American Indian Saying. ___ 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] SDR V2.019
Hi Louie, Both CPDR and DX are settings of a Compander, which means compressor/expander. It compresses or expands as needed to increase average power and works somewhat like an RF clipper. It can add close to an S unit of average power. The human voice has an average power of only about 15% of peak power, as I recall. That means for 100W PEP, your voice might average 15W or so. The compander allows you to significantly increase talk power for the same peak output. DX is actually a higher compression version of CPDR. It picks up about where CPDR leaves off. Note that you will need to readjust microphone gain when you turn on eather DX or CPDR. Set the gain so that the ALC meter peaks just under 0 dB for best audio. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Louie Hanson Jr. ah92...@windstream.net wrote: What exactly does the function DX (between mic and cpdr do ? I have mine set at 4, whenever i kick it on everyone gives me better reports. Is it just an increase in Mic gain ? ___ 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] Have any Flex rigs been used in dxpeditions?
Zack, I have a framed QSL and photos at the office from a Belize DXPedition with the FLEX-5000. They placed very high in one of the DX contests at that time with only 100W. Others have used the FLEX-3000. I know that However, the FLEX-3000 is ideally suited for portable operation like a DXPedition. You can fit the radio, laptop, and power supply in a roll on Targa case and slide it under the airplane seat. Also, digital modes would be completely free of the rats nest. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:59 AM, vtnn...@comcast.net wrote: I was wondering if Flex rigs been used in any dxpeditions? Since virtaully all dxpeditions bring PCs for logging and rig control one would think that a 3000 or 5000 would be great for this use. Zack N8FNR ___ 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] Transmitter level setting change with PowerSDR v2.0.20 RC2
To all voice operators: We made two important changes to the transmitter audio chain in RC2 to eliminate ALC overshoot. We moved the transmitter DSP filter ahead of ALC and we adjusted the target gain to 0dB throughout the chain. This will necessitate different audio setting from those you may have been using on previous versions. With the new release, DX and Compander settings will increase the peak levels seen at the ALC input. You should check your microphone gain setting based on the ALC meter when making any change to the audio settings such as DC/CPDR or the Equalizer. After turning on any desired audio processing functions, you should set the microphone gain so that ALC peaks just under 0 dB. This is to provide maximum power output without inducing distortion from ALC compression. ALC is primarily intended to limit the maximum output power but is not intended to be used as a compressor. Compression is the role of the Compander (CPDR DX modes). 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] PowerSDR v2.0.20 RC2 Release Candidate 2 now available for download
Dear FlexRadio customers, The PowerSDR™ v2.0.20 RC2 Release Candidate is now posted on our download page for immediate use. We highly recommend upgrading to this version from the prior v2.0.19 RC1 version, which was posted on February 18, 2011. As we close in on general availability of a PowerSDR 2.0 Official Release, we are shortening the iteration cycles to address a few remaining bugs found in the RC1 release. Please download and read the PowerSDR v2.0.20 RC2 Release Notes associated with this release. *Note that it is not necessary to uninstall v2.0.19 RC1 before installing the new release. * You can go back and forth between the versions with current firmware for comparison. Below is a list of some of the more significant improvements since the prior release: 1. Fixed ALC overshoot and corrected leveler gain target in the transmitter audio signal chain. These changes have been verified by customers on air and in the FlexRadio lab using a digital storage oscilloscope to eliminate overshoot. We want to sincerely thank Jeff Anderson, K6JCA, for pointing out a non-obvious cause of and solution to the ALC overshoot problem. 2. Improved I2C and SPI control firmware on the FLEX-5000 to address lockup issues reported by a small number of customers on v2.0.19 RC1. Some alpha testers report the problems are completely fixed in this release but a small number still see random intermittent problems. This is one of the last issues being worked before the Official Release is finalized. 3. Wide Band Image Reject (WBIR) algorithms now have improved stability at high signal levels. 4. Optimized CWX default settings to improve performance and window size. 5. Fixed CW generation on the SDR-1000. 6. Improved Radio Chooser logic to reduce first time load confusion. 7. Added a reminder that for FLEX-1500 driver installations in Windows XP to be prepared to do up to five driver install cycles. Please consult the FLEX-1500 Installation Guide available for download from the FlexRadio.com home page. 8. See the PowerSDR Change Log in the \Documentation Directory for the full list of bug fixes included with this release. The files may be found at: PowerSDR v2.0.20 RC2 Integrated Installer http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=361 PowerSDR v2.0.20 RC2 Release Notes http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=360 With over 7,000 downloads, PowerSDR v2.0.19 RC1 has been a very big success. We appreciate all the great feedback you gave us on the new CW keyer. Thanks also to all of you who sent personal emails of appreciation to our software team for their hard work. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] 440 MHz band at risk
Dear Flexers, Our 70 cm band is at risk. Please read the following sent to me by W5ROE and respond to the address provided if you would like to help keep our operating privileges on this important ham band. You can also read about the bill at http://www.arrl.org/news/view/spectrum-management-bill-threatens-amateur-frequencies . Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) [TEXT AS FOLLOWS] Attention all Radio Amateurs! A FLASH message from the West Gulf Division Director, David Woolweaver, K5RAV Your assistance to defend one of our amateur bands is urgently requested. Please read and follow through on the requested action described below. This is an important issue for every Amateur Radio Operator in the nation. You may have already heard that our 440 MHz band is being threatened by a bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives. In its current form, HR 607 provides for the creation and maintenance of a nationwide Public Safety broadband network. As a part of that network, the bill proposes to allocate the so-called “D-Block” of frequencies in the 700 MHz range. The “D-Block” consists of two, 5 MHz wide segments of spectrum (758-763 MHz and 788-793 MHz) that became available when the FCC ended analog television broadcasts in June 2009. It was initially expected that the “D-Block” would be auctioned for commercial use. HR 607 provides for the reallocation of other spectrum for auction to commercial users in order to offset the loss of revenue that will occur as the result of the allocation of the “D-Block” to Public Safety instead of commercial auction. Among the bands to be reallocated for commercial auction within ten years of passage of HR 607 are the paired bands of 420-440 MHz and 450-470 MHz. The concept for this proposed network has merit. Everyone wants first responders to have the radio systems they need in order to protect themselves and us. However, there is absolutely no need to reallocate for auction the 440 MHz band to make it happen. We must let our U.S. Representatives know we oppose the current wording of HR 607. What can I do? A web site to automatically prepare a letter opposing HR 607 has been created to assist you. Go to http://www.kd4pyr.net/hamletter.htm. Insert your call sign where indicated and follow the simple instructions. The name and address of your U.S. Representative will automatically be inserted into the letter along with your name and address. The letter will then be displayed ready to be printed and signed. IMPORTANT: Please be certain to observe the following once you have printed your letter: - Be sure to sign it. Letters without a handwritten signature are not effective. - Signed letters can be sent by fax or postal mail to - John Chwat Chwat Co., Suite 103, 625 Slaters Lane, Alexandria, VA 22314 Fax number: (703) 684-7594 - The letter can also be signed and scanned into .pdf format and then E-Mailed as a file attachment to: john.ch...@chwatco.com. Chwat and Co. is the ARRL’s legislative relations firm in Washington, D.C. - Do not send this letter or any letter about HR 607 to your U.S. Senators at this time. The bill has only been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives. . -WHY should the letter be mailed to John Chwat and NOT your Representative? There are two reasons. First, all postal mail addressed to members of the U.S. Congress is delayed 6 to 8 weeks to search for the inclusion of hazardous materials. Remember the Anthrax incident? Second, Mr. Chwat will increase the value of your individual letter by combining it with others. He will then hand carry the stack of letters directly to your Representative's office. This manner of delivery makes a particular impact on members of Congress. Share the web site information with your amateur radio friends. It is not necessary to be an ARRL member to use the site. The more letters sent to Representatives the better. This is your opportunity to make a stand against this legislation. Help save the 70cm band by completing and mailing the opposition letter as requested. ___ 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] PowerSDR 2.0 Release Candidate 1 status
Dear Customers, On February 18th, we posted the PowerSDR v2.0.19 RC1 Release Candidate. Please see the definition of a Release Candidate is provide below for reference. We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from so many customers who were pleased with the new CW keyer and the ease of upgrade. Given that there have been over 6,400 downloads to date, the number of reported bugs are minimal. We have already fixed a number of the more important ones and have two remaining known issues that we plan to fix before going to a general availability (GA) release. The two remaining issues we are working are as follows: 1. Some, but not all FLEX-5000 customers are experiencing random and intermittent TR or tuning receiver drop out. This is a firmware control timing problem that I previously reported on the reflectors. This problem does not exist in the 1.18.6 official release and appears to be timing related on some specific PC/FLEX-5000 combinations. This problem is being actively worked by the engineering team. 2. We have identified a potential cause of ALC overshoot in the DSP software and are working on a solution. This is mainly an issue for customers running legal limit amplifiers that require drive levels below full power (e.g. 50W or so) of the radio. We will keep you informed when we have resolved these remaining issues. Best 73s, Gerald From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle Release candidate The term *release candidate* (*RC*) refers to a version with potential to be a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bug emerge. In this stage of product stabilization, all product features have been designed, coded and tested through one or more beta cycles with no known showstopper-class bug. Apple Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. uses the term golden master http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_master for its release candidates, and the final golden master is used as the general availability release. Other Greek letters, such as *gamma*and *delta*, are sometimes used to indicate versions that are substantially complete, but still undergoing testing, with *omega* or *zenith* used to indicate final testing versions that are believed to be relatively bug-free, ready for production. A release is called *code complete* when the development team agrees that no entirely new source code will be added to this release. There may still be source code changes to fix defects. There may still be changes to documentation and data files, and to the code for test cases or utilities. New code may be added in a future release. Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] FLEX5K Drops Amplifier
Steve, et. al. We significantly decreased TR transition times in firmware in order to deliver the major CW timing improvements in 2.0.19 RC1. It sounds like we need to take another look to see if that speed improvement is causing a transition glitch on voice modes. I will meet with the engineering team to discuss a test and resolution methodology. We will probably want to get a small group of testers to help get to the bottom of the problem without taking up too much reflector bandwidth. If you or others who have good test setups would like to help, please send me a private email. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Steve Tripp (K1IIG-1) stephen.tr...@snet.net wrote: Using my FK5 has frequently causes my Acom2000a to false off. It first occurred when running 1000w in USB but now is happening more frequently with USB carefully adjusted so ALC never peaks 0 dbm and the same with the leveler. I can easily duplicate this problem when in the tune position, whereby the amp ALWAYS drops out when tune drive power is 25w or more and even when tune power is down to 10w. I normally have the tune set to 10w. Please note, I have NEVER dropped the amp using CW driving the ACOM to full 1500w with harsh testing. None of my other transceivers, including my PRO3, have ever caused the amp to drop out in any mode. Because the amp consistently drops out when releasing the tune, I wonder if the Flex is sending a full power spike to the amp causing a drop out. The amp NEVER dropping out in CW confuses the issue. Finally, I have had a 3000 and now the 5000 e/w V/U and never experienced this or other problems while the 3000 was running version 1.18. I am not convinced the Flex 5000 is a reliable radio. This is my first post and do not consider myself a whiner but indeed I have struggled with the Flex 5000. Steve K1IIG ___ 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] FLEX5K Drops Amplifier
Steve et. al. Well, I am going learn not to propose a public hypothesis based on reading an email. ;) After testing in the lab, there is no glitch whatsoever when switching Tune on and off. I set the spectrum analyzer to 0 Hz span, which makes it able to catch the power of real time glitches. There were none at all. It was perfect. Please disregard my earlier speculation as to the faster TR times causing a problem with spikes on the transmitter. I was simply wrong. However, we will definitely look further into the ALC overshoot reports. I did some initial measurements but they are inconclusive so far. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.comwrote: Steve, et. al. We significantly decreased TR transition times in firmware in order to deliver the major CW timing improvements in 2.0.19 RC1. It sounds like we need to take another look to see if that speed improvement is causing a transition glitch on voice modes. I will meet with the engineering team to discuss a test and resolution methodology. We will probably want to get a small group of testers to help get to the bottom of the problem without taking up too much reflector bandwidth. If you or others who have good test setups would like to help, please send me a private email. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Steve Tripp (K1IIG-1) stephen.tr...@snet.net wrote: Using my FK5 has frequently causes my Acom2000a to false off. It first occurred when running 1000w in USB but now is happening more frequently with USB carefully adjusted so ALC never peaks 0 dbm and the same with the leveler. I can easily duplicate this problem when in the tune position, whereby the amp ALWAYS drops out when tune drive power is 25w or more and even when tune power is down to 10w. I normally have the tune set to 10w. Please note, I have NEVER dropped the amp using CW driving the ACOM to full 1500w with harsh testing. None of my other transceivers, including my PRO3, have ever caused the amp to drop out in any mode. Because the amp consistently drops out when releasing the tune, I wonder if the Flex is sending a full power spike to the amp causing a drop out. The amp NEVER dropping out in CW confuses the issue. Finally, I have had a 3000 and now the 5000 e/w V/U and never experienced this or other problems while the 3000 was running version 1.18. I am not convinced the Flex 5000 is a reliable radio. This is my first post and do not consider myself a whiner but indeed I have struggled with the Flex 5000. Steve K1IIG ___ 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] FLEX5K Drops Amplifier
Steve, See below. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Jim pywac...@insightbb.com wrote: Easy Ssb peaks equal never exceed the drive setting. If drive is set to 40 watts Ssb peak setting reaches but never exceeds 40 watts. I am not sure I understand what you are talking about here. What is Easy Ssb Easy experiment in test section set To 40 watts engage two tone it will be above 40. It may surprise you how much. If using Compression note the difference between CPDR DX. This sounds perfectly normal. PEP will be 6 dB above the single tone level on two tone testing. Sent from the land of OZ On Mar 3, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.com wrote: Steve, et. al. We significantly decreased TR transition times in firmware in order to deliver the major CW timing improvements in 2.0.19 RC1. It sounds like we need to take another look to see if that speed improvement is causing a transition glitch on voice modes. I will meet with the engineering team to discuss a test and resolution methodology. We will probably want to get a small group of testers to help get to the bottom of the problem without taking up too much reflector bandwidth. If you or others who have good test setups would like to help, please send me a private email. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Steve Tripp (K1IIG-1) stephen.tr...@snet.net wrote: Using my FK5 has frequently causes my Acom2000a to false off. It first occurred when running 1000w in USB but now is happening more frequently with USB carefully adjusted so ALC never peaks 0 dbm and the same with the leveler. I can easily duplicate this problem when in the tune position, whereby the amp ALWAYS drops out when tune drive power is 25w or more and even when tune power is down to 10w. I normally have the tune set to 10w. Please note, I have NEVER dropped the amp using CW driving the ACOM to full 1500w with harsh testing. None of my other transceivers, including my PRO3, have ever caused the amp to drop out in any mode. Because the amp consistently drops out when releasing the tune, I wonder if the Flex is sending a full power spike to the amp causing a drop out. The amp NEVER dropping out in CW confuses the issue. Finally, I have had a 3000 and now the 5000 e/w V/U and never experienced this or other problems while the 3000 was running version 1.18. I am not convinced the Flex 5000 is a reliable radio. This is my first post and do not consider myself a whiner but indeed I have struggled with the Flex 5000. Steve K1IIG ___ 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] Dayton
We will have a Dayton banquet. Information will be forthcoming but put it in your plan now. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:57 PM, k4...@fastmail.fm wrote: I didn't see anything on the Flex website - is there a banquet at Dayton this year? If so, anybody know when? 73 Wayne K4ELO temporarily in Dayton ___ 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] Firmware bug on FLEX-5000 and FLEX-3000 running PowerSDR v2.0.19 RC1
Ed, This is the final and only issue we are working on to cut a new release. As to time frame, that is unpredictable for intermittent problems but I am sure we can find it fairly soon. The fact that it did not occur in 1.18.6 or prior to 2.0.17 gives us the ability to compare the code. They guys are fully focused on the issue so I am sure they will nail it. We will go through a closed beta cycle to make sure we did not create new bugs before we go to public release. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Ed Stallman n...@airmail.net wrote: Hello Gerald and the group We have received a handful of reports of intermittent and random lock up failures on the FLEX-5000 running PowerSDR v2.0.19 RC1. Using the Flex 5000a , RX2, PSDR 2.0.1.9, quad core I'm having the lockup problem , while sending CW , sometimes it will lock sending a CW tone until I can get PSDR shut down ! I know I can revert back to 2.0.1.6 but being a CW op and 19 doing CW so well , I just hate to go Back. So my question is , will it take much time to fix the I2C control code in the new Firmware Thanks Ed At 01:43 PM 2/26/2011, Gerald Youngblood wrote: Dear FLEX-5000 customers, We have received a handful of reports of intermittent and random lock up failures on the FLEX-5000 running PowerSDR v2.0.19 RC1. The symptoms can be as follows: 1. Failure to return to receive after transmit, which is usually corrected by keying the radio. 2. Intermittent failure to transmit power. 3. Random failure to tune the receiver. This morning we determined that there is a random timing related bug in the I2C control code on the FLEX-5000. We are putting top priority on resolving the issue as soon as possible. This is one of the final few bugs that need to be addressed before PowerSDR 2.0 goes to official release status. Thanks to those of you who reported and helped us to quantify the symptoms. If you are having any the above noted problems, you have the option to go back to v2.0.16 or v1.18.6 until we resolve the problem. If reverting to v2.0.16, you will need to manually reinstall v2.0.7.0 firmware for the FLEX-5000. PowerSDR v1.18.6 requires firmware version 1.3.0.8. Our team sincerely appreciates the overwhelming positive response to v2.0.19 RC1 we have received from so many of you. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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/http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio@flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ http://kc.flexradio.com/%A0Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5910 (20110226) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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] FLEX-5000 160m CW spur ECO
Dear FLEX-5000 customers, There has been some discussion today about an ECO that addresses a potential spur issue on 160m CW on the FLEX-5000. We have developed a hardware modification to the 160m transmit filter section in response to a half dozen customer reports of a spur 2.4 kHz above the CW transmit frequency. This is only an issue if the station is running legal limit power CW on 160m with very large antenna arrays. In the legal limit case the CW spur would still be only on the order of 6 mW (we have measured approximately -53 to -57 dBc), which might be heard by other similar big gun stations with quiet antennas. On 160m SSB or AM it is really a non issue. For new production radios starting around December 2010 with Rev Q or higher HTRX boards, the modification is installed on all new radios. We only install this ECO into existing radios upon specific request because in our opinion it affects so very few people. If you fit this operating criteria, we are happy to install the ECO. The deal is that you pay for shipping both ways and we will do the mod. Contact support at supp...@flexradio.com or 512-535-4713 x210 to request an RMA. Please DO NOT send your radio without an RMA. Please note that turn around could be up to three weeks for the ECO. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Some used Flex-5000s on the market
Jerry, Frankly, I did not know that there was an ECO tab in the Knowledge Base until you just gave me the link. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. That was probably something that was put there as a placeholder a few years ago when the KB was first set up. I will ask that it be removed. Man, there are just not enough hours in a day. ;) Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Jerry Flanders jefland...@comcast.netwrote: The Flex Knowledge Base menu for 5000a ECOs is at http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseCategory22.aspx To maintain a KB that includes a menu for FLEX-5000a ECOs and NOT actually list ECOs there implies that there are none, at least to me. I think Flex should either remove the ECO menu in the KB or else actually list the admitted ECOs there. That is just my opinion, but I would bet many others share it. Jerry W4UK At 10:54 AM 3/1/2011, Ray - K9DUR wrote: Jerry, It is coveted because he was one of the loudest complainers about the spur -- which was well below FCC requirements by-the-way. Flex does not routinely list the ECO's in the KB or elsewhere. For the most part they are considered internal engineering information. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ 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-5000 160m CW spur ECO - Correction
Dear FLEX-5000 customers, I made an error in my earlier post below. I was mistaken in saying that you can use the TRX revision level to tell if this modification has been installed. The first new production TRX boards that include the revision were date coded 1048-, which means the 48th week of 2010. I do not have exact dates but they would have begun going out in radio shipments sometime in January of this year. We have done a total of three retrofits to date, two of which were the prototypes. This is a complicated, expensive, and time consuming retrofit but simple to do in production. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.comwrote: Dear FLEX-5000 customers, There has been some discussion today about an ECO that addresses a potential spur issue on 160m CW on the FLEX-5000. We have developed a hardware modification to the 160m transmit filter section in response to a half dozen customer reports of a spur 2.4 kHz above the CW transmit frequency. This is only an issue if the station is running legal limit power CW on 160m with very large antenna arrays. In the legal limit case the CW spur would still be only on the order of 6 mW (we have measured approximately -53 to -57 dBc), which might be heard by other similar big gun stations with quiet antennas. On 160m SSB or AM it is really a non issue. For new production radios starting around December 2010 with Rev Q or higher HTRX boards, the modification is installed on all new radios. We only install this ECO into existing radios upon specific request because in our opinion it affects so very few people. If you fit this operating criteria, we are happy to install the ECO. The deal is that you pay for shipping both ways and we will do the mod. Contact support at supp...@flexradio.com or 512-535-4713 x210 to request an RMA. Please DO NOT send your radio without an RMA. Please note that turn around could be up to three weeks for the ECO. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] PowerSDR Tools for Operating 60 Meters
Tim is correct that it will simply be a software/firmware upgrade to accommodate new regulations. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: I have no idea how Flex will deal with these planned channel and mode changes which may get final approval suddenly. I suspect that when approved, there will be a software/firmware change to accommodate the new regulations. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jeff Singer Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:21 AM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Tools for Operating 60 Meters First, understand that very few countries allow ham operation on 60-meters and, even then, rules vary wildly. Operation isn't channelized in some countries. Where it is channelized, the frequencies aren't standardized. 5403.5 MHz is the main DX channel because most counties can use it. On American-sold radios, just click the 60 band button and you'll cycle through our five channels. In accordance with U.S. rules, transmit is limited to USB, no LSB, CW or other modes. If you move even one Hz off channel, the radio won't transmit. Flex radios aren't power-limited on 60 which is the way it should be. *** Major changes are coming to the band *** American hams will probably soon get CW and some digital modes on 60. Channel 3, which has been fairly worthless due to shared digital use, is to be moved from 5.366.5 MHz. The band power limit will be doubled to 100 watts ERP as referenced to a dipole. An odd rule has been proposed to require VOX on SSB to increase channel monitoring as American hams are secondary users. Flex has an obscure limitation on all bands that can affect 60 meter DXing (which is quite popular). Hams in some other countries can currently use CW on 60. I don't believe a single-receiver 5000 can work cross mode. CW stations have to be worked with the receiver in the sideband mode. I have no idea how Flex will deal with these planned channel and mode changes which may get final approval suddenly. Jeff K0OD ___ 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] Firmware bug on FLEX-5000 and FLEX-3000 running PowerSDR v2.0.19 RC1
Dear FLEX-5000 customers, We have received a handful of reports of intermittent and random lock up failures on the FLEX-5000 running PowerSDR v2.0.19 RC1. The symptoms can be as follows: 1. Failure to return to receive after transmit, which is usually corrected by keying the radio. 2. Intermittent failure to transmit power. 3. Random failure to tune the receiver. This morning we determined that there is a random timing related bug in the I2C control code on the FLEX-5000. We are putting top priority on resolving the issue as soon as possible. This is one of the final few bugs that need to be addressed before PowerSDR 2.0 goes to official release status. Thanks to those of you who reported and helped us to quantify the symptoms. If you are having any the above noted problems, you have the option to go back to v2.0.16 or v1.18.6 until we resolve the problem. If reverting to v2.0.16, you will need to manually reinstall v2.0.7.0 firmware for the FLEX-5000. PowerSDR v1.18.6 requires firmware version 1.3.0.8. Our team sincerely appreciates the overwhelming positive response to v2.0.19 RC1 we have received from so many of you. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] PowerSDR 2.0.19 RC1
Gary, Please refer to he suggestions in the release notes on this subject. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Gary Strong gwstr...@verizon.net wrote: Folks: 1. Install of PowerSDR 2.0.19 RC1 for use with my Flex 3000 went well. Only one issue I don't understand: when clicking on NR or ANF, the audio becomes very distorted. NB seems to work fine. SR on or off makes no difference. I am using most all defaults except 512 buffers for digital modes. I am using a Dell Pentium 4 w/Windows XP SP3, running at 2.99 GHz on 2 GB memory. 2. Also, I expected to have to reenter my MARS code to allow use on MARS frequencies. Didn't have to do that for this release. Not sure why, but I'm not complaining. Gary AI4IN ___ 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] PowerSDR 2.0.19 RC1
Gary, So glad you found the problem. The audio buffer setting in PowerSDR is designed to automatically set the one in the driver so it is recommended that you continue to set it there. It may be that somehow they just got out of sync when you did the install. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Gary Strong gwstr...@verizon.net wrote: Gerald: Tried it but same result. I didn't expect a difference since I saw that the proper Firewire driver was the only driver beforehand. Did find the problem though. Stupid me. The Flex control panel was set for 48,000 sampling rate, but the PowerSDR default was 96,000 sampling rate. When making them the same (48,000) problems reported below went away. I guess I assumed Flex control panel would set the sample rate in PowerSDR for me. Anyway, problem resolved. Gary AI4IN -Original Message- *From:* ger...@flex-radio.com [mailto:ger...@flex-radio.com] *On Behalf Of *Gerald Youngblood *Sent:* Saturday, February 19, 2011 8:30 AM *To:* Gary Strong *Cc:* FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz *Subject:* Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR 2.0.19 RC1 Gary, Please refer to he suggestions in the release notes on this subject. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Gary Strong gwstr...@verizon.net wrote: Folks: 1. Install of PowerSDR 2.0.19 RC1 for use with my Flex 3000 went well. Only one issue I don't understand: when clicking on NR or ANF, the audio becomes very distorted. NB seems to work fine. SR on or off makes no difference. I am using most all defaults except 512 buffers for digital modes. I am using a Dell Pentium 4 w/Windows XP SP3, running at 2.99 GHz on 2 GB memory. 2. Also, I expected to have to reenter my MARS code to allow use on MARS frequencies. Didn't have to do that for this release. Not sure why, but I'm not complaining. Gary AI4IN ___ 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] Announcing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.19 RC1 Release Candidate
Dear FlexRadio customers: FlexRadio is pleased to announce the availability of PowerSDR v2.0.19 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for public download from our website. This version incorporates a totally new CW keying architecture that was written from the ground up to achieve minimum jitter and latency using both internal and external keyers. To say this is a rewrite is a bit of an understatement. We got out Farnsworth and started from “dit.” Everything is right now in “PARIS.” We have also done significant work since the v2.0.16 beta release to improve installation and overall out of box experience on all radios. We have optimized the USB driver for the FLEX-1500 to perform well on a wide range of PC platforms. We have also incorporated a new FireWire driver with less CPU overhead on Windows 7 systems. The number of little and not so little bug fixes are too numerous to mention here. Check out the change log and release notes. A note about release notes, PLEASE READ the them to get the most from your FlexRadio. The URL for the release notes is: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=359 The URL for the installer software is: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=358 We are very excited about v2.0.19 RC1 as we enter the final steps toward the PowerSDR v2.0.x Official Release. We thank you for your patience and support while we have been preparing this important release. We request you report any bugs found in this release to the bug tracker at http://support.flexradio.com/BugList.aspx?it=b. Be sure to note 2.0.19 RC1 in the Software Product Version field as we will be focusing our attention on those specific reports. We would like to say a special thanks to our beta team for their tireless support in testing a number of interim releases to get here. We are taking the weekend off but 2.1 starts on Monday. In the software world it is never finished. Warmest 73s, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Announcing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.19 RC1 Release Candidate
Dear FlexRadio customers: FlexRadio is pleased to announce the availability of PowerSDR v2.0.19 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for public download from our website. This version incorporates a totally new CW keying architecture that was written from the ground up to achieve minimum jitter and latency using both internal and external keyers. To say this is a rewrite is a bit of an understatement. We got out Farnsworth and started from “dit.” Everything is right now in “PARIS.” We have also done significant work since the v2.0.16 beta release to improve installation and overall out of box experience on all radios. We have optimized the USB driver for the FLEX-1500 to perform well on a wide range of PC platforms. We have also incorporated a new FireWire driver with less CPU overhead on Windows 7 systems. The number of little and not so little bug fixes are too numerous to mention here. Check out the change log and release notes. A note about release notes, PLEASE READ the them to get the most from your FlexRadio. The URL for the release notes is: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=359 The URL for the installer software is: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=358 We are very excited about v2.0.19 RC1 as we enter the final steps toward the PowerSDR v2.0.x Official Release. We thank you for your patience and support while we have been preparing this important release. We request you report any bugs found in this release to the bug tracker at http://support.flexradio.com/BugList.aspx?it=b. Be sure to note 2.0.19 RC1 in the Software Product Version field as we will be focusing our attention on those specific reports. We would like to say a special thanks to our beta team for their tireless support in testing a number of interim releases to get here. We are taking the weekend off but 2.1 starts on Monday. In the software world it is never finished. Warmest 73s, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] [FlexEdge] Announcing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.19 RC1 Release Candidate
Kevin, You are welcome to import the old database but I cannot guarantee that there won't be any issues in doing so. A number of parameters have changed. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Kevin Hobbs ve...@cogeco.ca wrote: Hi Gerald I look forward to trying the update ... but, as I twiddle a million settings trying to get my radio back to the way it was ... can you really not keep any of the user settings between updates? Must I really completely re-enter my Antenna table, CAT settings, VAC settings, CW strings, etc??? These things didn't seem to change ... so I don't understand why they must be continually re-entered manually? 73 Kevin -Original Message- From: flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gerald Youngblood Sent: February-18-11 3:59 PM To: Reflector; flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: [FlexEdge] Announcing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.19 RC1 Release Candidate Dear FlexRadio customers: FlexRadio is pleased to announce the availability of PowerSDR v2.0.19 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for public download from our website. This version incorporates a totally new CW keying architecture that was written from the ground up to achieve minimum jitter and latency using both internal and external keyers. To say this is a rewrite is a bit of an understatement. We got out Farnsworth and started from dit. Everything is right now in PARIS. We have also done significant work since the v2.0.16 beta release to improve installation and overall out of box experience on all radios. We have optimized the USB driver for the FLEX-1500 to perform well on a wide range of PC platforms. We have also incorporated a new FireWire driver with less CPU overhead on Windows 7 systems. The number of little and not so little bug fixes are too numerous to mention here. Check out the change log and release notes. A note about release notes, PLEASE READ the them to get the most from your FlexRadio. The URL for the release notes is: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=359 The URL for the installer software is: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=358 We are very excited about v2.0.19 RC1 as we enter the final steps toward the PowerSDR v2.0.x Official Release. We thank you for your patience and support while we have been preparing this important release. We request you report any bugs found in this release to the bug tracker at http://support.flexradio.com/BugList.aspx?it=b. Be sure to note 2.0.19 RC1 in the Software Product Version field as we will be focusing our attention on those specific reports. We would like to say a special thanks to our beta team for their tireless support in testing a number of interim releases to get here. We are taking the weekend off but 2.1 starts on Monday. In the software world it is never finished. Warmest 73s, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. ___ 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] erased my Flex Radio, help
Lynn, Try uninstalling PowerSDR v2.0.19 RC1 and then reinstall. It will automatically reload the new driver. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Lynn Willoughby ae...@satx.rr.com wrote: Well the old saying if it ain't broke don't fix it, applies here. I successfully downloaded and installed v2.0.19 RC1 to my Flex 5000C. All worked well, no problems. THEN I went too smart by half and decided to remove some of the older versions of PowerSDR from the computer and somewhere in the process lost the Flex Radio firmware. I tried to download the firmware from the Flex site but it fails to install. Can someone tell me what to do next? I promise I'll never remove an old version again. Thanks, Lyndon (Lynn) Willoughby, AE5LK Willoughby Voss, LLC. ___ 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] WBIR PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.19
Gary, WBIR is the same as in 2.0.16. We plan an enhanced version in the fairly near future but it has not been perfected yet. This is new technology that has never been done before so it is a bit of a science project. We are getting close though to an improved version. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Gary Patterson gpatterso...@hotmail.comwrote: Are the wbir improvements in this release?? Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:58:59 -0600 From: ger...@flexradio.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz; flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: [FlexEdge] Announcing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.19 RC1 Release Candidate Dear FlexRadio customers: FlexRadio is pleased to announce the availability of PowerSDR v2.0.19 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for public download from our website. This version incorporates a totally new CW keying architecture that was written from the ground up to achieve minimum jitter and latency using both internal and external keyers. To say this is a rewrite is a bit of an understatement. We got out Farnsworth and started from “dit.” Everything is right now in “PARIS.” We have also done significant work since the v2.0.16 beta release to improve installation and overall out of box experience on all radios. We have optimized the USB driver for the FLEX-1500 to perform well on a wide range of PC platforms. We have also incorporated a new FireWire driver with less CPU overhead on Windows 7 systems. The number of little and not so little bug fixes are too numerous to mention here. Check out the change log and release notes. A note about release notes, PLEASE READ the them to get the most from your FlexRadio. The URL for the release notes is: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=359 The URL for the installer software is: http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=358 We are very excited about v2.0.19 RC1 as we enter the final steps toward the PowerSDR v2.0.x Official Release. We thank you for your patience and support while we have been preparing this important release. We request you report any bugs found in this release to the bug tracker at http://support.flexradio.com/BugList.aspx?it=b. Be sure to note 2.0.19 RC1 in the Software Product Version field as we will be focusing our attention on those specific reports. We would like to say a special thanks to our beta team for their tireless support in testing a number of interim releases to get here. We are taking the weekend off but 2.1 starts on Monday. In the software world it is never finished. Warmest 73s, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. ___ 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] Short staffed today due to icing in Austin
Dear customers, It was 40 degrees and raining around 4am. The temperature then dropped to 20 degrees between 6am and 8am in Austin. A few of us made it to the office but we may be short staffed today. My antilock brakes kicked in twice on the surface streets at 15mph. Please be patient if you try to reach us today by phone. Leave a message and we will get back with you as soon as is practical. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Short staffed today due to icing in Austin
Well the good news here is that everyone made it in safely. There are a lot of accidents around the area but hopefully things will improve through the day. We live in the hill country of Texas and there are also lots of cement mixer overpasses. Ice does not go well with either. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.comwrote: Dear customers, It was 40 degrees and raining around 4am. The temperature then dropped to 20 degrees between 6am and 8am in Austin. A few of us made it to the office but we may be short staffed today. My antilock brakes kicked in twice on the surface streets at 15mph. Please be patient if you try to reach us today by phone. Leave a message and we will get back with you as soon as is practical. Thanks, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] [FlexEdge] Short staffed today due to icing in Austin
Even better, it will be 70 degrees this coming weekend, seriously. Ya gotta love Texas. On January 30th it was 80 degrees. On February 3rd it was 15 degrees and wind chill below zero. We have a saying here, If you don't like the weather, wait until tomorrow. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Larry Otto w...@embarqmail.com wrote: Brian - On the bright side, we don't have Hurricanes, Forest Fires, or EarthQuakes. Gotta live somewhere. And in a few months, this will be all gone. 73 W8LO Larry - Original Message - *From:* Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com *To:* Larry Otto w...@embarqmail.com *Cc:* Kevin Hobbs ve...@cogeco.ca ; Gerald Youngbloodger...@flexradio.com; Reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz ; flexe...@flex-radio.biz *Sent:* Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:53 AM *Subject:* Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Short staffed today due to icing in Austin On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Larry Otto w...@embarqmail.com wrote: Well, in NW Ohio, we have upwards to a foot of snow, and wind chill of -20 degrees F. It ain't the snow or the wind chill that does it. It is the ice. You can get around on snow. There is almost no way to get anywhere on ice. I have come to the conclusion that most of the US is uninhabitable. What is wrong with you people!?! ;-) -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ___ 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] [FlexEdge] 1500 transverter question
Bob, To answer your question, Greg Jurrens, our VP Sales and Marketing uses our radios with transverters. He also is a 10 band microwave rover. I will let him answer the question about why. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Robert delaney ka9...@hotmail.com wrote: Now that is a solid answer! Looks like Flex missed the boat yet again, I wonder if anyone on the Flex team actually uses these radios with transverters? I woud hope that eventually they could write something into the software to allow a transverter display while using the main power output on their rigs. 73, Bob KA9UVY - Original Message - From: Samuel Strongin kf4...@embarqmail.com To: Robert delaney ka9...@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 1500 transverter question NO you can't transverter output is low level out only, I've been through it already with mine. Sam kf4yox -Original Message- From: Robert delaney Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 7:40 PM To: FLEXRADIO Cc: Flexedge Subject: [Flexradio] 1500 transverter question I asked this a long while back but never really got a solid answer so now that the rig has been out for a while I will ask again. Can you use the full 5 watts of RF to drive a transverter and still set the software up to display the transverter frequency? (ie) 144.200,432.100 etc. I know on my 5K you only get to setup the transverter screen to use the split ot common RF Ø DBM ports and cannot drive any transverters that need a few watts. It is a shame that you cannot divert 5 watts of RF out of the transverter port on the 5K. 73, Bob KA9UVY ___ 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/ ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. ___ 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 Austin part of all the winter weather in TX? Voicemail at Flex sales....
Michael, Yes, we had ice and we live in the Texas Hill Country. Those two don't go well together. I slid sideways down only a 20 degree grade and then decided to walk back home. Fortunately the sun came out and several of us made it in for the afternoon. If you did not get through this afternoon, give it a try again on Monday. Sorry for the inconvenience. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Michael Tondee mat...@netcommander.comwrote: Called to order a 1500 today at around 12:40 EST and got voicemail! Then it occurred to me that the Winter weather may have hit them. Anyone know what the deal is? I was told via E-mail about a week ago that they had 1500's in stock and would continue to for the next couple of weeks but I'm reluctant to order online without knowing what's going on. Tnx, Michael, W4HIJ ___ 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] FLEX-1500 CW Settings
Hi Carter, Where do you have the audio buffers set on the SetupAudio tab? You should set them to the lowest size that provides stable audio. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Carter Craigie carter...@verizon.netwrote: Hi FLEXERS, I want to find the appropriate CW settings for my FLEX-1500. I am now running PowerSDR V. 2.0.16. My computer uses Windows XP-pro, Service Pack 3. When I try using my paddles (or my paddles and my external keyer with a foot switch) the sending is erratic, and doesn't send out the usual CW dits and dahs I am accustomed to sending. If I use a memory in the keyer, all goes well, but I can't carry on a decent CW rag-chew conversation. I suspect that I have some value(s) incorrect on PowerSDR. I've been trying to use the FlexRadio Systems Knowledge Center, but I can't figure out the correct wording to put in the search window. On the PowerSDR main screen I have my speed set at 22 WPM, my pitch set at 700Hz, and the delay set at 200. But somehow I think there must be other settings somewhere that I need to set. Something is just not working correctly. Any help would be appreciated. 73, Carter --- Carter Craigie, N3AO 570 Brush Mountain Road Blacksburg, VA 24060 carter...@verizon.net Cell: 540-250-8184 ___ 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] Now this is diplomacy...
The best part is that it is also true. :) Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:52 PM, W6SDM Steve dd.maricopa...@gmail.comwrote: *Both Waters and Stanton and Martin Lynch and Sons are authorized resellers for FlexRadio for the UK. There is no change whatsoever in our relationship with Waters and Stanton. They have done a great job for us in promoting our products over the years. We now believe that our business has grown to the point where we needed two major resellers in the UK and have high regard for both companies. Regards, Gerald* I think when Gerald gets done playing with his radios he should be nominated for Secretary of State. :) -- Steve Miller W6SDM ___ 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] FlexRadio USA appoints new UK Importer?
Both Waters and Stanton and Martin Lynch and Sons are authorized resellers for FlexRadio for the UK. There is no change whatsoever in our relationship with Waters and Stanton. They have done a great job for us in promoting our products over the years. We now believe that our business has grown to the point where we needed two major resellers in the UK and have high regard for both companies. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:10 PM, TheVillageHam thevillage...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Can anyone at FlexRadio confirm that Waters and Stanton are no longer the UK importer and that Martin Lynch and Sons is now the official UK Importer? Martin has a new banner all about them being the distributor here: http://www.mlands.co.uk/ Since I got my F3K from Waters and Stanton, does this mean any problems will now be resolved by Martin Lynch and Sons? Look forward to an official reply! Thanks. ___ 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] John Basilotto, W5GI, funeral arrangements and memorials
This is from the http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnbasilotto Journal posted this morning: Morning Everyone. This is Tammy. Our family wanted to let everyone know dads service information. We will have a Mass of Christian burial Monday morning at 10:00 with a rosary service preceding at 9:30 for those who would like to join. The service will be at Emmaus Catholic Church located at 1718 Lohmans Crossing, Lakeway, TX 78734. An interment will be at Arlington Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Austin http://www.hospiceaustin.org/site/pp.asp?c=bdJPITMyAb=14554 (or hospice of your choice), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network http://www.pancan.org/section_donate/, and Caringbridge http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnbasilotto. We can not begin to express our deepest apprectiation for all of the caring and loving people who have been part of our lives. We are overwhelmed with the generosity of so many. Thank you to everyone for thoughts, prayers, food and all around support which you have provided our entire family. But especially for keeping mom strong and sane. For those of you that may be coming from out of town we have many options for lodging. Thanks again to all of the friends and neighbors here in Lakeway, we have many guest rooms and a guest house offered up for your convenience. If this is something that interest any of you, please contact Karen at 512-261-8401. The obituary will be found soon at www.wcfish.com. God Bless you all. The Basilotto Family Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Our dear friend and colleague, John Basilotto (W5GI), SK
Dear FlexRadio friends and family, We at FlexRadio lost a dear friend and colleague last night to pancreatic cancer, John Basilotto (W5GI). I first met John when he showed up on my doorstep about seven years ago and volunteered to help FlexRadio, then a fledgling company, build its brand and market. John soon became our VP of Sales and Marketing and was a major contributor to our company’s success. Over the subsequent years, John became not only a respected business colleague but also a friend to all of us here at FlexRadio and many of you. He will truly be missed. I had the privilege of spending a few hours with John in mid December. Our conversation ranged from HAM radio, to family, to friends, to theology, to his faith. It has been a true inspiration to experience firsthand his courage and grace while facing terminal cancer. John left FlexRadio in the summer of 2009 due to declining health, which at the time was undiagnosed. When he was finally diagnosed a few months later, his doctors gave him a life expectancy of only three months. That was more than 15 months ago. John was given the miraculous gift of more time with his family and friends than could ever be expected by normal medicine. John left this earth as a man of faith. We are all privileged to have had the opportunity to know and work with him. Our prayers are with his wife, Pat and with their children and families; Tammy, Steve, and Chris. We will let you know about memorial details when we receive them. If you would like to email the family, you can send to *jbasilo...@aol.com*jbasilo...@aol.com . You can also read postings from the family at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnbasilotto/journal. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues
Bradley, I am certainly no expert in the RFI area and I may get in trouble if I try to diagnose your situation. The articles should be of help and there are many people on the reflector with much more knowledge than I. You may want to tap further into the reflector resources. On the microphone wiring, I found the following article that makes a different recommendation from mine. This one says not to connect the shield to the housing but to connect it to pin-5. You may want to give this a try. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Bradley Feldman brad...@bradleyloritheo.com wrote: Gerald: Are you saying that “Alternative 2 - The RF Suppressor Ground System” from this article in Flex Knowledge center would not work in my situation? http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50426.aspx?Keywords=distortion *B KK2QQ *From:* ger...@flex-radio.com [mailto:ger...@flex-radio.com] *On Behalf Of *Gerald Youngblood *Sent:* Sunday, December 05, 2010 3:54 PM *To:* Bradley Feldman *Cc:* Army Curtis - AE5P; flexradio@flex-radio.biz *Subject:* Re: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues Bradley, On the fourth floor, even a connection to earth ground would not be a ground because of the impedance of the ground conductor at RF. This could certainly be one of your issues. With regard to the front panel microphone connection. Be sure shield is connected to the connector housing so that it is connected directly to the chassis. You might want to read about the Pin-1 Problem in XLR circuits. http://www.rane.com/note165.html You may also want to run the PR-781 balanced into the back of the radio. A balanced input can be a big help with RFI. Good luck, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Bradley Feldman brad...@bradleyloritheo.com wrote: Army, et al: At this point, I'm suspecting RF as well. But why with so little power? In the past, with a traditional rig I haven't seen a problem like this, but with the Flex 5000A, with as little as 1W out, I'm having problems. To answer your question, the reason both temporary antennas are 30M antennas so I can tune them for 6-40m and run low power SSB. The MMD antenna is supposed to have a Current-Mode Discriminator which, among other things, is supposed to prevent RF running back down the feedline. The dipole is a textbook dipole fed with coax. If I transmit into a dummy load (a giant 50ohm resistor I bought at a ham fest). I can run full power with no problems whatsoever. No buzzing, no feedback, no distortion. Audio sounds fine in another receiver. Also, I don't have a traditional RF ground yet and the radio is on the 4th story of a building. I do own an artificial ground tuner, which I haven't tried yet at this QTH. As I've said, I'm setting up this QTH new, so I'm trying to minimize what's necessary, rather than hooking everything up at once. By spring time, I'll hook up a RF suppressor Ground system (like the one in the grounding article in the Flex Knowledge center). I'm just trying to operate on a modest setup for the winter. Any ideas on how I can solve this problem and operate under these constraints? *B KK2QQ -Original Message- From: Army Curtis - AE5P [mailto:a...@suddenlink.net] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 1:48 PM To: 'Bradley Feldman' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues Hi Bradley, I've been following your adventures this morning with your new Flex. Everything you have said so far points to RF getting back into the radio/computer/speakers. Your first post seemed to indicate you had transmit audio feedback from either radio speakers that were reproducing transmit audio because the Monitor button was activated in PSDR, or you had a second receiver in the shack to listen to your transmit audio. If you want to listen to your transmit audio, you MUST prevent the audio from getting back into the microphone and creating a big feedback loop. Since the first post, your symptoms now sound like a classic case of RF feedback (different from audio feedback). You speak of a 30M antenna, first an end fed model and then a dipole fed with coax. I'm a little confused here. 30 meters does not permit SSB operation; only CW or digital. Am I understanding you correctly? Also
Re: [Flexradio] crackling noise
Peter, Bring up the Performance tab on the Windows Task Manager and see if you are getting 100% CPU spikes that look like a heartbeat. If so you may need to implement Step 5 in the FLEX-1500 Driver Patch Kit for PowerSDR v2.0.16 Installation Troubleshooting Guide on the download page. It may be that your computer can't handle the 1ms buffer transfer rate of the stock driver. The other users suggestions posted earlier are valid as well. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Peter - VE3HG ve...@cogeco.ca wrote: The 1500 has a crackling noise which is occurring randomly every second to every few seconds or so. Sounds just like a broken speaker cable. Not so noticeable on SSB but on CW it's unacceptable. Changed the headphones; used a dummy load; tried different bands and the only thing that killed the noise was turning off the panoramic display. Noise reappears when display is on. Made working the 160 CW contest a royal pain in the ears which was disappointing as the receiver filters were way beyond anything I've ever used. Actually had audio separation from one signal to the next on a 160 CW contest which was amazingand then there's the crackling noise. Need an answer on this one :( Best regards, Peter - VE3HG VE3HG Blog Follow VE3HG On Twitter ___ 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] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues
Bradley, If I am not mistaken, we currently buy our cables from Heil. Let me check into this on Monday with Greg, who was looking into this recently. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Bradley Feldman brad...@bradleyloritheo.com wrote: Gerald: Since this cable is one I bought from Flex, how should it be wired at the radio? Should pin 7 the shield and the connector housing all be tied together? Currently the connector housing is not connected to anything and the Mic – and the Shield are soldered to pin 7. Thanks, *B KK2QQ *From:* ger...@flex-radio.com [mailto:ger...@flex-radio.com] *On Behalf Of *Gerald Youngblood *Sent:* Sunday, December 05, 2010 3:54 PM *To:* Bradley Feldman *Cc:* Army Curtis - AE5P; flexradio@flex-radio.biz *Subject:* Re: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues Bradley, On the fourth floor, even a connection to earth ground would not be a ground because of the impedance of the ground conductor at RF. This could certainly be one of your issues. With regard to the front panel microphone connection. Be sure shield is connected to the connector housing so that it is connected directly to the chassis. You might want to read about the Pin-1 Problem in XLR circuits. http://www.rane.com/note165.html You may also want to run the PR-781 balanced into the back of the radio. A balanced input can be a big help with RFI. Good luck, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Bradley Feldman brad...@bradleyloritheo.com wrote: Army, et al: At this point, I'm suspecting RF as well. But why with so little power? In the past, with a traditional rig I haven't seen a problem like this, but with the Flex 5000A, with as little as 1W out, I'm having problems. To answer your question, the reason both temporary antennas are 30M antennas so I can tune them for 6-40m and run low power SSB. The MMD antenna is supposed to have a Current-Mode Discriminator which, among other things, is supposed to prevent RF running back down the feedline. The dipole is a textbook dipole fed with coax. If I transmit into a dummy load (a giant 50ohm resistor I bought at a ham fest). I can run full power with no problems whatsoever. No buzzing, no feedback, no distortion. Audio sounds fine in another receiver. Also, I don't have a traditional RF ground yet and the radio is on the 4th story of a building. I do own an artificial ground tuner, which I haven't tried yet at this QTH. As I've said, I'm setting up this QTH new, so I'm trying to minimize what's necessary, rather than hooking everything up at once. By spring time, I'll hook up a RF suppressor Ground system (like the one in the grounding article in the Flex Knowledge center). I'm just trying to operate on a modest setup for the winter. Any ideas on how I can solve this problem and operate under these constraints? *B KK2QQ -Original Message- From: Army Curtis - AE5P [mailto:a...@suddenlink.net] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 1:48 PM To: 'Bradley Feldman' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] New 5000A User - TX Audio (severe distortion) Issues Hi Bradley, I've been following your adventures this morning with your new Flex. Everything you have said so far points to RF getting back into the radio/computer/speakers. Your first post seemed to indicate you had transmit audio feedback from either radio speakers that were reproducing transmit audio because the Monitor button was activated in PSDR, or you had a second receiver in the shack to listen to your transmit audio. If you want to listen to your transmit audio, you MUST prevent the audio from getting back into the microphone and creating a big feedback loop. Since the first post, your symptoms now sound like a classic case of RF feedback (different from audio feedback). You speak of a 30M antenna, first an end fed model and then a dipole fed with coax. I'm a little confused here. 30 meters does not permit SSB operation; only CW or digital. Am I understanding you correctly? Also, a dipole is inherently a balanced antenna, which you are feeding with coax, an unbalanced feed line. Very common practice I grant you, but one that is also very prone to bringing RF back into the shack. Do you have a dummy load? That would be a much better test if you have one. Hook up
Re: [Flexradio] CW Filters
Jim, Go to the SetupDSP form and check the CW RX buffer size. The larger the buffer size, the sharper the filter. Lower sampling rates for a given buffer size will increase filter sharpness at the expense of latency. Hope that helps. Also, I would recommend upgrading to 2.0.16. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:28 PM, jim howard jim_h...@yahoo.com wrote: I seem to have a problem with my filters. On CW using a 25 cycle filter, I can copy signals 400 cycles outside the filter. Also when I use the 400 cycle filter and move a signal just outside the filter on the scope, the sound of the signal does not change as I select filters down to 25 cycles. This seems to have started when I loaded 2.0.8 I'm sure it is something I have done that has caused this problem but have not idea what it was. I like to use the narrow filters. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Jim, K5TC ___ 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] On or Off
I have a friend who works for Dell in their reliability division. His definitive answer is turn it off. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Larry Royetta Otto w...@embarqmail.comwrote: Hello All : I have seen this subject touched on here on the reflector, but have not seen a definitive answer. At the end of each day, I power down the 5Ka, turn off the PS, then turn off the dedicated computer. Is it better to leave the system up and running 24/7 or shut it down, then when needed fire it up again, and take the start up hit to the system? I pretty much do this on a daily basis. So, which is right for longevity, on or off? Tnx W8LO Larry ___ 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] Thankfulness
Dear FlexRadio customers, On behalf of the entire FlexRadio team, we would like to share our thankfulness for your support and business. We have truly great customers and we appreciate the warm emails we often receive. We would not be here without you. We want to extend our sincere best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving. Blessings to you all. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Rx issues with Flex 1500 after upgrading to 2.0.16
See notes in line below. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Bill Diaz william.d...@comcast.net wrote: Stu, See below: -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of yuu...@chartermi.net Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 22:48 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Rx issues with Flex 1500 after upgrading to 2.0.16 I have the exact same crackling rx audio problem. I found that backing of on the AGC-T control helped a lot. If you advance the volume control past 75% or so you will get clicks and crackles in the output. I was using my headset as a speaker which required the high audio output adjustment. Once I installed speakers and reduced the volume setting the problem went away. Bill, you are correct. We have a scaling problem in the audio control. We need to change so that maximum scale on the slider does not distort. As for your second problem, I had that too and resetting the database seems to have fixed that. I have found the receive image problem can sometimes be corrected by shutting down PowerSDR and restarting it. We have an improved version of wide band image rejection (WBIR) in development that will fix this situation. Yes, if you restart PowerSDR, it forces WBIR to its default state and corrects the problem. Bill KC9XG Stu KO8U I am experiencing Rx issues after upgrading the Flex 1500 to PowerSDR 2.0.16. 1. Click and crackles in receive audio on some signals. Click sounds like a relay switching. Intermittant in nature, seems to be more prevalent with stronger signals. Buffer set to max size, 2048. 2. Panadapter shows multiple images of the same signal on 20 meters. As I tune down, the images come closer together and as I tune up they get farther away. Very bizarre. Changing AGC-T has no effect on images. Same results on other bands as well. Have recorded signal if anyone is interested. Bill KC9XG ___ 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] Unusual Signal on Panadaptor
Tim is correct and this will be turned back off in the next release. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: What you are seeing is the TX DDS being let on during RX. This was done to improve the RX/TX/RX switching times. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Robertson Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 7:29 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Unusual Signal on Panadaptor After upgrading to 2.0.16 with no problems, I have noticed a strange signal spike on my panadaptor, especially when I am looking at the spectrum using the panafall capability. On 17, 15, and 10 meters, there is a signal spike exactly aligned with the red Zero Line'. This spike is visible on both the panadaptor and panafall screens. I don't see this spike on 80, 40 or 20 meters, nor is it visible on 12 meters. There seems to be no noise associated with this signal spike that I can discern. As I am viewing 15 meters right now, this signal spike seems to be constant and ranges from about 130dbm up to 100dbm. It is similar on 17 and 10 meters. Other than a visible oddity, it doesn't seem to affect that operation of the Flex-3000. Is anyone else experiencing this behavior? Anyone have a cure for the problem? I didn't notice this issue under 1.18.5 Flex-3000, Windows XP, 2.0.16 Gary Robertson W5SAT groberts...@austin.rr.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 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] Rx issues with Flex 1500 after upgrading to 2.0.16
Bill, I have asked engineering to see if they can reproduce cracking audio. I have not seen this before here. We are working now on increasing the sensitivity of the wide band image rejection (WBIR) algorithm, which should clear up those moving images you are seeing. 73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Bill Diaz william.d...@comcast.net wrote: I am experiencing Rx issues after upgrading the Flex 1500 to PowerSDR 2.0.16. 1. Click and crackles in receive audio on some signals. Click sounds like a relay switching. Intermittant in nature, seems to be more prevalent with stronger signals. Buffer set to max size, 2048. 2. Panadapter shows multiple images of the same signal on 20 meters. As I tune down, the images come closer together and as I tune up they get farther away. Very bizarre. Changing AGC-T has no effect on images. Same results on other bands as well. Have recorded signal if anyone is interested. Bill KC9XG ___ 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] AM AND FM QUSTION ///
It is not possible to record AM because it runs at an offset. We will be working on FM early in 2.1. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:04 PM, paim paimg0...@btinternet.com wrote: i use AM today great i get 118w out no prob however how can i set it so i can record my audio ? do i need to set something on the filtering ? or it will not record on am 2ND on FMN i get only 55w when speaking is this normal i was thinking i will get 100w on FMN as well is this normal i use still 1.18.6 v any help please E.P ___ 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] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers
Dear FLEX-1500 customers, While the vast majority of FLEX-1500 owners have had no problem installing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.16, a small number have not been able to get the release running properly when upgrading from Beta v2.0.8 or earlier versions. They symptom is a flat line Panadaptor display and S Meter reading of -240 dBm or so. Note, this applies to upgrades and thus does NOT apply to virgin installations of v2.0.16. In around 90% of the cases, this problem has been solved by properly removing the old drivers. We have just posted a new version of the “1500_DriverPatchKit_2.0.16.zip Rev B” on the download site. This contains a PDF document entitled, “PowerSDR 2.0.16 Driver Repair” that explains how to run the associated batch file called “Repair.bat.” If after installing PowerSDR v2.0.16, you have a flat line Panadaptor, please download the file and follow the directions provided. Once you have v2.0.16 running properly, the repair program will not be required for future upgrades. Note that customers who tried the earlier version of Repair and did not find it to resolve the problem should try the new Rev B version. This should fix most problems. However, there are some machines that experience hardware conflicts due to the much lower latency of the new USB driver. Some laptops for cost reasons use USB on the motherboard for control of many devices, even wireless adapters. These can cause conflict problems. Some customers have found that installing a PCI Express USB card on desktops or a hub on some machines fixed their problems. These are unique to specific hardware configurations but we are looking into ways to identify those issues. If after running the repair program, you still have problems running v2.0.16, please contact FlexRadio technical support for assistance. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers
Clay, You should contact technical support for assistance on this problem. It sounds like some kind of hardware conflict. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Clay W7CE w...@curtiss.net wrote: I tried the patch, but unfortunately the 1500 panadaptor is still flat line. The computer here is an Asus P7P55D motherboard with an Intel I7-860 CPU, 8 GB memory, an Asus EN9800GT video card (Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT chipset) and a Creative I/O PCI card with 6 RS-232C serial ports. I'm running Win7 Ultimate 64-bit. Both the 5000A and 3000A work fine. 73, Clay W7CE On 11/13/2010 8:39 AM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: Dear FLEX-1500 customers, While the vast majority of FLEX-1500 owners have had no problem installing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.16, a small number have not been able to get the release running properly when upgrading from Beta v2.0.8 or earlier versions. They symptom is a flat line Panadaptor display and S Meter reading of -240 dBm or so. Note, this applies to upgrades and thus does NOT apply to virgin installations of v2.0.16. In around 90% of the cases, this problem has been solved by properly removing the old drivers. We have just posted a new version of the “1500_DriverPatchKit_2.0.16.zip Rev B” on the download site. This contains a PDF document entitled, “PowerSDR 2.0.16 Driver Repair” that explains how to run the associated batch file called “Repair.bat.” If after installing PowerSDR v2.0.16, you have a flat line Panadaptor, please download the file and follow the directions provided. Once you have v2.0.16 running properly, the repair program will not be required for future upgrades. Note that customers who tried the earlier version of Repair and did not find it to resolve the problem should try the new Rev B version. This should fix most problems. However, there are some machines that experience hardware conflicts due to the much lower latency of the new USB driver. Some laptops for cost reasons use USB on the motherboard for control of many devices, even wireless adapters. These can cause conflict problems. Some customers have found that installing a PCI Express USB card on desktops or a hub on some machines fixed their problems. These are unique to specific hardware configurations but we are looking into ways to identify those issues. If after running the repair program, you still have problems running v2.0.16, please contact FlexRadio technical support for assistance. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.comhttp://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers
David, This information is very useful to our engineering team. We are seeing some chipset issues that we are trying to correlate. In other cases, a PCI Express USB card has fixed the problem as well. This is a very high performance driver, especially with small buffer sizes. We are working with some customers to capture log files from the USB kernel driver as well as capturing packets on our USB analyzer to attempt to find the cause. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 1:11 PM, David McKenzie k1...@vhfwiki.com wrote: Gerald, Clay, I just got back from Staples with a $34.99 USB 2.0 PCI HBA. With it installed, 2.0.16 is now appears to be working properly. While it is frustrating to have to buy more hardware to run with the upgraded software, I'm happy to have it working. As a note, the motherboard is an ASRock H55M Pro board with an Intel Core i3 cpu. It may be Intel chipset related as 2.0.16 wouldn't function on my Dell Core i5 laptop either. I did not try on my Core i7 desktop which I believe to be using a P55 chipset. Hope this helps. Regards, David K1FSY On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.comwrote: Clay, You should contact technical support for assistance on this problem. It sounds like some kind of hardware conflict. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Clay W7CE w...@curtiss.net wrote: I tried the patch, but unfortunately the 1500 panadaptor is still flat line. The computer here is an Asus P7P55D motherboard with an Intel I7-860 CPU, 8 GB memory, an Asus EN9800GT video card (Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT chipset) and a Creative I/O PCI card with 6 RS-232C serial ports. I'm running Win7 Ultimate 64-bit. Both the 5000A and 3000A work fine. 73, Clay W7CE On 11/13/2010 8:39 AM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: Dear FLEX-1500 customers, While the vast majority of FLEX-1500 owners have had no problem installing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.16, a small number have not been able to get the release running properly when upgrading from Beta v2.0.8 or earlier versions. They symptom is a flat line Panadaptor display and S Meter reading of -240 dBm or so. Note, this applies to upgrades and thus does NOT apply to virgin installations of v2.0.16. In around 90% of the cases, this problem has been solved by properly removing the old drivers. We have just posted a new version of the “1500_DriverPatchKit_2.0.16.zip Rev B” on the download site. This contains a PDF document entitled, “PowerSDR 2.0.16 Driver Repair” that explains how to run the associated batch file called “Repair.bat.” If after installing PowerSDR v2.0.16, you have a flat line Panadaptor, please download the file and follow the directions provided. Once you have v2.0.16 running properly, the repair program will not be required for future upgrades. Note that customers who tried the earlier version of Repair and did not find it to resolve the problem should try the new Rev B version. This should fix most problems. However, there are some machines that experience hardware conflicts due to the much lower latency of the new USB driver. Some laptops for cost reasons use USB on the motherboard for control of many devices, even wireless adapters. These can cause conflict problems. Some customers have found that installing a PCI Express USB card on desktops or a hub on some machines fixed their problems. These are unique to specific hardware configurations but we are looking into ways to identify those issues. If after running the repair program, you still have problems running v2.0.16, please contact FlexRadio technical support for assistance. Sincerely, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.comhttp://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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
Re: [Flexradio] Revert back to V1.18.5
You can download PowerSDR 1.18.6 and the v1.3.0.8 firmware for the FLEX-5000 from the table on the left side of the home page. Load the firmware and then PowerSDR. We are currently working on improvements to CW. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Peter E. Beedlow n...@sbcglobal.netwrote: I can't seem to access the Knowledge Base, would someone please tell me where (or send me) the instructions for moving back to PSDR 1.18.5. I cannot get V2.0.16 Beta to send recognizable CW either with the internal keyer or an external one. It won't even send a string of 6 dits in a recognizable manner and I'm tired of screwing with it. CWX works fine if you are a keyboard CW op and I'm not. CW in 1.18.5 wasn't great but at least I could use it. 5000C/XP Pro stock from Flex. Thanks, Pete, NN9K ___ 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] RX-TX-RX Niggle with 2.0.16 Beta
Bill, This is scheduled to be fixed in an upcoming iteration soon. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Bill Roberts radiok8...@wowway.com wrote: My install of the beta went fine. Easily got VAC and VoCom also working to bring in HRD. I have noticed that when going from transmit back to receive, I hear an unpleasant noise from the powered speakers, almost like audio feedback. It lasts perhaps .25 second. Otherwise, filters seem better, NR is better. Thanks and 73 Bill Roberts Radio Station K8DXX ___ 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] 40 meter ssb problem
Dennis, Try backing off the drive level and see if it cleans up. I wonder if power calibration is off on 40m and you are clipping. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Dennis Deaton kg...@frontiernet.netwrote: I have been using my flex 1500 on ssb using 2.0.07 since I got it in August or September. I have been using it on 75-80 meters primarily and as a spotting receiver on other bands. I do not remember if I actually transmitted on 40 meters with the radio or not. Anyway, I digress, I just loaded the new 2.0.16 software 3 days ago and it has been working very well on 75 meters. No issues loading and installing the software and firmware. Today I was on 40 listening around and heard some friends and decided to wow them with my 5 watt Flex. They are wowed alright, I was putting out the dirtiest, widest ,harmonic laden signal I have ever had the opportunity to see. (looked at it with the IC-7600 almost scope-like device). It was like a spark gap ssb transmitter!!! I shut everything down, rebooted and get the same thing. All other bands are nice and clean, just 40 meters is messed up. I verified this by trying each band into the dummy load on 5 watts and listening and looking at the scope on the IC-7600 The band scope on the Flex shows no problem during transmit. Has anyone else had this problem? Like I said, I really do not know if I have transmitted on 40 before so it may be a problem in the hardware (what there is of it). I have used it extensively on 75-80 ssb with good results. The new PowerSDR is is MUCH better and much appreciated. Any thoughts?? Dennis G. Deaton KG7UY ___ 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] I guess we are in good company.
Dear Flexers, I just had to share this when I saw it. Some people were concerned about why it took us just under eight weeks to release v2.0.16 after the release of v2.0.8. I don't feel too bad after reading this about iOS 4.2. My guess is that Apple has a couple more engineers and testers than we do. Note that a gold master is used to produce the CDs that go in the retail box. http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/11/rumor-ios-4-2-delayed-at-least-a-week/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/11/rumor-ios-4-2-delayed-at-least-a-week/73, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems ___ 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] Newbie upgrade to 2.0.16
Neal, I sent your comment to my wife for her comment. ;) The real super heroes are are Eric, Abed, and Steve. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com wrote: You should see Gerald in his tights. MMMmm what abs! Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Dan Garrett garrett.d...@gmail.com wrote: In spite of my own fear and trepidation regarding fixing what isn't broken, I made the PowerSDR up-grade plunge today with my F3K. Fifteen minutes later, woohoo! Life is good. To all who had a hand in the build, you have created a great work. You are my new heroes and now finally, after all these years, I can sell off my 40 year collection of Marvel comics' super-heroes. Thanks for a great implementation of some very good ideas coupled with very hard work! 73, _dan / wy0o ___ 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] FlexRadio-An Important Perspective
: HELLO HELLO WORLD ; If I remember correctly. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com wrote: The best example of a write once never read again language (I loved it also in the 70s but the drugs wore off). Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Gerald Youngblood ger...@flexradio.comwrote: Dave, I was writing FORTH on the COSMAC 1802 in the late 1970s. I still love the language. I actually took a cut at a sound card driver in FORTH on the PC when I started on the SDR-1000 prototype. It is a great control language. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com wrote: At 11:16 11/10/2010, William H. Fite wrote: I don't write code, myself, I do. Have for over 50 years. Close to 100K lines of code written in that time. Yes, that's 2K lines per year, 6 lines per day. One of the slowest was about 2 months for 57 lines of code. Language was MS Basic for the Commodore PET, function was a language interpreter for a CAI language called PILOT. The 57 lines were about 200 statements (multi statements per line were permitted in that version of BASIC). at Google, two lines per programmer per day would be considered about right. Writing for others is harder. Some of the code I wrote was for others. Second, Google, Microsoft, all the biggies have not dozens or hundreds but thousands of programmers and analysts working on their projects--or sometimes on *a*project at a time. But the trick is to write a cool OS in a few thousand lines of code, not many millions. FORTH was about 2K lines of assembler and another 2K lines of FORTH. Now that is elegant. An OS, and an application interpreter with database in 4K lines. Finally, that the ostensible 50,000,000 lines of code Be careful the target you choose, you might hit it. And then be very sorry. Windows is a prime example. -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE Programming since 1959 All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ 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] FlexRadio-An Important Perspective
I still have my uForth manual. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Fred Spinner f...@spinner.org wrote: Nope. Close: : HELLO . Hello World ; HELLO (the . was the PRINT statement) I always thought it the sign of a TRUE programmer/software engineer if they had Leo Brodie's Starting FORTH from FORTH, Inc. in their bookshelf. I did FORTH for about three years. Which is amazing for a 41 year old. I miss that language. It proved that you didn't need a Six Core AMD processor to do a lot of work! Fred W0FMS; Nov 11, 2010 05:57:15 PM, flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz wrote: === : HELLO HELLO WORLD ; If I remember correctly. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: The best example of a write once never read again language (I loved it also in the 70s but the drugs wore off). Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: Dave, I was writing FORTH on the COSMAC 1802 in the late 1970s. I still love the language. I actually took a cut at a sound card driver in FORTH on the PC when I started on the SDR-1000 prototype. It is a great control language. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Dave Gomberg wrote: At 11:16 11/10/2010, William H. Fite wrote: I don't write code, myself, I do. Have for over 50 years. Close to 100K lines of code written in that time. Yes, that's 2K lines per year, 6 lines per day. One of the slowest was about 2 months for 57 lines of code. Language was MS Basic for the Commodore PET, function was a language interpreter for a CAI language called PILOT. The 57 lines were about 200 statements (multi statements per line were permitted in that version of BASIC). at Google, two lines per programmer per day would be considered about right. Writing for others is harder. Some of the code I wrote was for others. Second, Google, Microsoft, all the biggies have not dozens or hundreds but thousands of programmers and analysts working on their projects--or sometimes on *a*project at a time. But the trick is to write a cool OS in a few thousand lines of code, not many millions. FORTH was about 2K lines of assembler and another 2K lines of FORTH. Now that is elegant. An OS, and an application interpreter with database in 4K lines. Finally, that the ostensible 50,000,000 lines of code Be careful the target you choose, you might hit it. And then be very sorry. Windows is a prime example. -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE Programming since 1959 All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ 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 Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo
Re: [Flexradio] Upgrading to the new beta
Dave, Glad you are up and running on your Vista machine. The problem on the Windows 7 machine is probably that the old driver did not get uninstalled properly. We are working on a batch file today that you can run to uninstall the old one. It can be manually uninstalled as well. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:05 AM, N1IX n...@n1ix.com wrote: I finally got PowerSDR 2.0.16 running on my Vista machine. It still doesn't run on my Windows 7 machine. PLEASE excuse my previous rant!!! I was just completely and utterly frustrated. Plus, I am old and cranky. The CW is great!! I suggest that anyone who is having a problem just hang in there. Dave N1IX -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of N1IX Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:46 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Upgrading to the new beta I am a new user of the Flex-1500. I thought the new beta release would fix all of my CW issues. Well I am really disappointed. With the new release the SDR doesn't work at all!!! No static no nothing. My audio menu is missing the pull down menu to select the audio drivers. I try to go back to the 2.0.8 release and the SDR crashes. What a POS Is there a stable non beta release of the software? Dave N1IX ___ 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] PwrSDR 2.0.16, Flex-1500 and the TX Delay
John, Note that TX delay adjusts the time from key down or MOX to RF output so it will by definition add to first element CW delay. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/ Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:41 PM, John Maetta j.mae...@verizon.net wrote: Has anyone had a chance to play with or test this feature? John N6VMO ___ 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/
