[Flexradio] Advice re laptops
Anyone got a view about the following models? Lenovo T420 (it's an i5 processor) Dell latitude E6400 (dual core so would be better than what I have now but i5 is faster) Dell latitude E6410 (i5 processor) I need to upgrade from a Dell D630 and am considering options. Can't afford a MacBook pro. Others also considered. Mike G7TWC ___ 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] Advice re laptops
On 06/15/12 11:22 am, Michael Ruttenberg wrote: Anyone got a view about the following models? Lenovo T420 (it's an i5 processor) Dell latitude E6400 (dual core so would be better than what I have now but i5 is faster) Dell latitude E6410 (i5 processor) I need to upgrade from a Dell D630 and am considering options. Can't afford a MacBook pro. Others also considered. I don't know about any specific feature of the T420 that would make it unsuitable for use with a Flex, but in general I would take a T-series ThinkPad over any Dell machine any day, and -- in the US at least -- far better value for the buck than a MacBook Pro: the list prices may be similar, but Lenovo frequently offers serious discounts on their machines. 73 Alan NV8A ___ 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] Advice About Paddle Problems
I heard from a few people who have problems connecting a cw paddle to a serial port. Some are using USB adapters. Some blamed contact bouce and some blamed dirty contacts. With serial port keying, none of the paddle wires is at ground potential - all 3 wires are floating. So the large metal frame of the keyer base is also floating and picking up hum. Someone reported connecting two 0.5 MFD capacitors across the paddle contacts solved the problem. Someone else said connecting three .001 MFD capacitors between paddle wires and ground solved the problem. Both persons were keying VOIP tones, so no RF was involved. When I designed my home brew, touch paddle keyer, I used two 5 volt reed relays (with internal diode) to key the equipment, whether it be a serial port or a transceiver. One relay is for dits and the other relay is for dahs. These relays have less than 1 millisecond of lag, and consume just 10 ma. at 5 volts. The contacts are rated for 0.5 amps at 200 volts. It would be a simple experiment to try hooking up these relays with a battery. http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=306-1020-ND http://ve3efc.ca/keyer.html -- Doug McCormack, VE3EFC ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Advice with Laptop
Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Hello friends: I go to buy a new laptop to wait for my flex5000a. I have been looking for: Sony Vaio VGN-CR11S/W http://vaio.sony.es/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-CR11S%2FWsite=voe_es_ES_conscategory=VN+CR+Series Do you think it will be ok for flex5000a + mixw? I don't use mucho more software. It looks like it should be OK to me. There appears to be enough memory (RAM) and this is a big thing. An old computer saying goes There is no such thing as too much memory or too much disk space. The CPU should be plenty fast enough also. WA4CM Chris I wait your advice. Thank's a lot. -- === Chris Maukonen All national institutions of Sr. Systems Programmer churches, whether Jewish, Univ. of Central Florida Christian or Turkish, appear 4000 Central Florida Blvdto me no other than human Orlando, Florida inventions, set up to terrify 407 823 5460 and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. -Thomas Paine ... somehow we find it hard to sell our values, namely that the rich should plunder the poor. -- John Foster Dulles ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Advice with Laptop
Thank's a lot Chris for your quick answer. Only dubt is graphic card, but a laptop with dedicated graphic card has a very high cost in spain. chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Hello friends: I go to buy a new laptop to wait for my flex5000a. I have been looking for: Sony Vaio VGN-CR11S/W http://vaio.sony.es/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-CR11S%2FWsite=voe_es_ES_conscategory=VN+CR+Series Do you think it will be ok for flex5000a + mixw? I don't use mucho more software. It looks like it should be OK to me. There appears to be enough memory (RAM) and this is a big thing. An old computer saying goes There is no such thing as too much memory or too much disk space. The CPU should be plenty fast enough also. WA4CM Chris I wait your advice. Thank's a lot. -- Ruben Navarro Huedo http://www.palotes.com http://www.cabodesantapola.org ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Advice with Laptop
In the document of recomended computer for flex5000a they speak of a dedicated video card. That is why i am worried about it. Any more opinion? Thank's :-) chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Thank's a lot Chris for your quick answer. Only dubt is graphic card, but a laptop with dedicated graphic card has a very high cost in spain. Sure thing. Glad I could help. Do not think a dedicate graphics card would be necessary. Oh and. They aren't cheep here ether. :-( WA4CM chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Hello friends: I go to buy a new laptop to wait for my flex5000a. I have been looking for: Sony Vaio VGN-CR11S/W http://vaio.sony.es/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-CR11S%2FWsite=voe_es_ES_conscategory=VN+CR+Series Do you think it will be ok for flex5000a + mixw? I don't use mucho more software. It looks like it should be OK to me. There appears to be enough memory (RAM) and this is a big thing. An old computer saying goes There is no such thing as too much memory or too much disk space. The CPU should be plenty fast enough also. WA4CM Chris I wait your advice. Thank's a lot. -- Ruben Navarro Huedo http://www.palotes.com http://www.cabodesantapola.org ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Advice with Laptop
The two considerations I would have are: 1. what resolution can the laptop show (how big is the screen)? 2. how much memory does it steal from the cpu? The resolution is important to me because it dictates how much display I can get on the panadapter. If you are running 192k (for instance) and want to see a lot of it in anything other than 0.5x mode, you need some visual landscape. The memory thing is obvious, if you have a GB of memory but the video card needs 512M, then you lost half of your memory. I would bet you are okay with the config, but the two questions above are some I would want to know before going that route! Best regards Neal k3nc On 9/22/07, Ruben Navarro Huedo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the document of recomended computer for flex5000a they speak of a dedicated video card. That is why i am worried about it. Any more opinion? Thank's :-) chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Thank's a lot Chris for your quick answer. Only dubt is graphic card, but a laptop with dedicated graphic card has a very high cost in spain. Sure thing. Glad I could help. Do not think a dedicate graphics card would be necessary. Oh and. They aren't cheep here ether. :-( WA4CM chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Hello friends: I go to buy a new laptop to wait for my flex5000a. I have been looking for: Sony Vaio VGN-CR11S/W http://vaio.sony.es/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-CR11S%2FWsite=voe_es_ES_conscategory=VN+CR+Series Do you think it will be ok for flex5000a + mixw? I don't use mucho more software. It looks like it should be OK to me. There appears to be enough memory (RAM) and this is a big thing. An old computer saying goes There is no such thing as too much memory or too much disk space. The CPU should be plenty fast enough also. WA4CM Chris I wait your advice. Thank's a lot. -- Ruben Navarro Huedo http://www.palotes.com http://www.cabodesantapola.org ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Advice with Laptop
Thank's Neal for your answer. The laptop has 2gb of RAM. Graphic card needs 128mb of RAM for the resolution below. Resolution is 1280x800 Screen is 14 , but i like little laptops. Thank's 4 your advice. Neal Campbell escribió: The two considerations I would have are: 1. what resolution can the laptop show (how big is the screen)? 2. how much memory does it steal from the cpu? The resolution is important to me because it dictates how much display I can get on the panadapter. If you are running 192k (for instance) and want to see a lot of it in anything other than 0.5x mode, you need some visual landscape. The memory thing is obvious, if you have a GB of memory but the video card needs 512M, then you lost half of your memory. I would bet you are okay with the config, but the two questions above are some I would want to know before going that route! Best regards Neal k3nc On 9/22/07, Ruben Navarro Huedo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the document of recomended computer for flex5000a they speak of a dedicated video card. That is why i am worried about it. Any more opinion? Thank's :-) chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Thank's a lot Chris for your quick answer. Only dubt is graphic card, but a laptop with dedicated graphic card has a very high cost in spain. Sure thing. Glad I could help. Do not think a dedicate graphics card would be necessary. Oh and. They aren't cheep here ether. :-( WA4CM chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Hello friends: I go to buy a new laptop to wait for my flex5000a. I have been looking for: Sony Vaio VGN-CR11S/W http://vaio.sony.es/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-CR11S%2FWsite=voe_es_ES_conscategory=VN+CR+Series Do you think it will be ok for flex5000a + mixw? I don't use mucho more software. It looks like it should be OK to me. There appears to be enough memory (RAM) and this is a big thing. An old computer saying goes There is no such thing as too much memory or too much disk space. The CPU should be plenty fast enough also. WA4CM Chris I wait your advice. Thank's a lot. -- Ruben Navarro Huedo http://www.palotes.com http://www.cabodesantapola.org ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- Ruben Navarro Huedo http://www.palotes.com http://www.cabodesantapola.org ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Advice with Laptop
Ruben, I am using a Sony Lap top, VAIO model VGN-FS760, going on 3 years old. The CPU is a Pentium M processor running at 1.862 MHz, and I have 1.5 GB RAM. I don't know what a Pentium M is, but it is not one with dual CPUs. I think it is the lap top version of the Premium 4. I have a SDR-1000 with a FireWire Sound card, and it runs the same software as the Flex-5000. The CPU is running at 20%. No problems on the display. In fact, I am running dual displays, both at 1024 X 764 resolution with 32 bit color, which is fine for the PowerSDR. The version I am running is Beta v1.10.3 SVN 1602. The display chips are the NVIDA Ge Force Go 6400 which are fine for ordinary work, but not fast enough for some of the video games. I would not be concerned about the display at all. When I added 1 GHz ram to the 500K the computer came with, the CPU percentage went down from about 36% to 20%. So the 2 GHz you have is more than adequate. 73, Chas W1CG At 05:01 PM 9/22/2007, Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Thank's Neal for your answer. The laptop has 2gb of RAM. Graphic card needs 128mb of RAM for the resolution below. Resolution is 1280x800 Screen is 14 , but i like little laptops. Thank's 4 your advice. Neal Campbell escribió: The two considerations I would have are: 1. what resolution can the laptop show (how big is the screen)? 2. how much memory does it steal from the cpu? The resolution is important to me because it dictates how much display I can get on the panadapter. If you are running 192k (for instance) and want to see a lot of it in anything other than 0.5x mode, you need some visual landscape. The memory thing is obvious, if you have a GB of memory but the video card needs 512M, then you lost half of your memory. I would bet you are okay with the config, but the two questions above are some I would want to know before going that route! Best regards Neal k3nc On 9/22/07, Ruben Navarro Huedo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the document of recomended computer for flex5000a they speak of a dedicated video card. That is why i am worried about it. Any more opinion? Thank's :-) chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Thank's a lot Chris for your quick answer. Only dubt is graphic card, but a laptop with dedicated graphic card has a very high cost in spain. Sure thing. Glad I could help. Do not think a dedicate graphics card would be necessary. Oh and. They aren't cheep here ether. :-( WA4CM chris escribió: Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: Hello friends: I go to buy a new laptop to wait for my flex5000a. I have been looking for: Sony Vaio VGN-CR11S/W http://vaio.sony.es/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-CR11S%2FWsite=voe_es_ES_conscategory=VN+CR+Series Do you think it will be ok for flex5000a + mixw? I don't use mucho more software. It looks like it should be OK to me. There appears to be enough memory (RAM) and this is a big thing. An old computer saying goes There is no such thing as too much memory or too much disk space. The CPU should be plenty fast enough also. WA4CM Chris I wait your advice. Thank's a lot. -- Ruben Navarro Huedo http://www.palotes.com http://www.cabodesantapola.org ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- Ruben Navarro Huedo http://www.palotes.com http://www.cabodesantapola.org ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Advice
I am sure this has been answered before, but ... I am thinking heavily of getting a SDR1000. I am a CW op (99.9%). I have a choice of two laptops. Which would perform better? 1) Dell Intel Pentium M at 1.6 Ghz w/504 MB ram and without a parallel port ... thus needing the USB to parallel adaptor. OR 2) Dell Celeron M at 1.4 Ghz w/ 1 Gig of ram and with a parallel port. Will either of these be satifactory for CW using the Firebox audio unit. I plan on using a paddle w/ a logikey keyer. Tnx for you input. 73/Crit/K4BXN ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Advice
From a performance standpoint, the Intel Pentium M will out perform the Celeron M even with the difference in RAM due to the expanded on chip cache on the Pentium M. If you use ferrites on the USB cable, then there is no functional difference between it and the parallel port. If the laptops have a Firewire interface, then the Firebox will work OK to as long as this is a single use machine. You will not be able to load up several programs at once with PowerSDR running too. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:21 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Advice I am sure this has been answered before, but ... I am thinking heavily of getting a SDR1000. I am a CW op (99.9%). I have a choice of two laptops. Which would perform better? 1) Dell Intel Pentium M at 1.6 Ghz w/504 MB ram and without a parallel port ... thus needing the USB to parallel adaptor. OR 2) Dell Celeron M at 1.4 Ghz w/ 1 Gig of ram and with a parallel port. Will either of these be satifactory for CW using the Firebox audio unit. I plan on using a paddle w/ a logikey keyer. Tnx for you input. 73/Crit/K4BXN ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Advice
You will probably be able to run a logger without any issues. Running a web browser or any other program that handles a lot of graphic content might cause some issues. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: J. Crit Harley, MD, C.Ht. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:58 PM To: Tim Ellison Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Advice Tnx Tim for prompt response. Are you saying I won't be able to run my logging program while running Power SDR? 73/Crit/K4BXN Tim Ellison wrote: From a performance standpoint, the Intel Pentium M will out perform the Celeron M even with the difference in RAM due to the expanded on chip cache on the Pentium M. If you use ferrites on the USB cable, then there is no functional difference between it and the parallel port. If the laptops have a Firewire interface, then the Firebox will work OK to as long as this is a single use machine. You will not be able to load up several programs at once with PowerSDR running too. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:21 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Advice I am sure this has been answered before, but ... I am thinking heavily of getting a SDR1000. I am a CW op (99.9%). I have a choice of two laptops. Which would perform better? 1) Dell Intel Pentium M at 1.6 Ghz w/504 MB ram and without a parallel port ... thus needing the USB to parallel adaptor. OR 2) Dell Celeron M at 1.4 Ghz w/ 1 Gig of ram and with a parallel port. Will either of these be satifactory for CW using the Firebox audio unit. I plan on using a paddle w/ a logikey keyer. Tnx for you input. 73/Crit/K4BXN ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Advice
so will this be the same case on an amd 64 dual core 3800+ with 2 gb of mem running sli vid cards? I was sorta hoping to be able to use this machine for other stuff at the same time. On 8/8/06, Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will probably be able to run a logger without any issues. Running a web browser or any other program that handles a lot of graphic content might cause some issues. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: J. Crit Harley, MD, C.Ht. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:58 PM To: Tim Ellison Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Advice Tnx Tim for prompt response. Are you saying I won't be able to run my logging program while running Power SDR? 73/Crit/K4BXN Tim Ellison wrote: From a performance standpoint, the Intel Pentium M will out perform the Celeron M even with the difference in RAM due to the expanded on chip cache on the Pentium M. If you use ferrites on the USB cable, then there is no functional difference between it and the parallel port. If the laptops have a Firewire interface, then the Firebox will work OK to as long as this is a single use machine. You will not be able to load up several programs at once with PowerSDR running too. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:21 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Advice I am sure this has been answered before, but ... I am thinking heavily of getting a SDR1000. I am a CW op (99.9%). I have a choice of two laptops. Which would perform better? 1) Dell Intel Pentium M at 1.6 Ghz w/504 MB ram and without a parallel port ... thus needing the USB to parallel adaptor. OR 2) Dell Celeron M at 1.4 Ghz w/ 1 Gig of ram and with a parallel port. Will either of these be satifactory for CW using the Firebox audio unit. I plan on using a paddle w/ a logikey keyer. Tnx for you input. 73/Crit/K4BXN ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060808/90cdbbb7/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Advice
Doug, I am running a AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual core) 4400+ with 1 GB of RAM and I routinely have open PowerSDR, several instances of Firefox (browser), e-mail, Skype, and IonoProbe and have no problems. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services http://www.itsco.com/ From: Douglas Shock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:09 PM To: Tim Ellison Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Advice so will this be the same case on an amd 64 dual core 3800+ with 2 gb of mem running sli vid cards? I was sorta hoping to be able to use this machine for other stuff at the same time. On 8/8/06, Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will probably be able to run a logger without any issues. Running a web browser or any other program that handles a lot of graphic content might cause some issues. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: J. Crit Harley, MD, C.Ht. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:58 PM To: Tim Ellison Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Advice Tnx Tim for prompt response. Are you saying I won't be able to run my logging program while running Power SDR? 73/Crit/K4BXN Tim Ellison wrote: From a performance standpoint, the Intel Pentium M will out perform the Celeron M even with the difference in RAM due to the expanded on chip cache on the Pentium M. If you use ferrites on the USB cable, then there is no functional difference between it and the parallel port. If the laptops have a Firewire interface, then the Firebox will work OK to as long as this is a single use machine. You will not be able to load up several programs at once with PowerSDR running too. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:21 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Advice I am sure this has been answered before, but ... I am thinking heavily of getting a SDR1000. I am a CW op (99.9%). I have a choice of two laptops. Which would perform better? 1) Dell Intel Pentium M at 1.6 Ghz w/504 MB ram and without a parallel port ... thus needing the USB to parallel adaptor. OR 2) Dell Celeron M at 1.4 Ghz w/ 1 Gig of ram and with a parallel port. Will either of these be satifactory for CW using the Firebox audio unit. I plan on using a paddle w/ a logikey keyer. Tnx for you input. 73/Crit/K4BXN ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060808/09938681/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Advice
Between the two you listed, I would go with the Pentium M due to the larger L2 cache. Let me say though that you are fairly close to the FireBox minimum recommended CPU speed of 1.5GHz and thus may risk some audio glitching depending on how clean the setup is (meaning, how many other applications are loaded/running). My bet is that you could get it to work reliably, but you might run into CPU loads upwards of 50-60%. Once the meter reads 100% (which would likely happen at least temporarily if you opened another application), you will get skips and glitches in the audio. You may be able to mitigate these by using higher Process Priority settings in the PowerSDR software. Hope that helps some. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:21 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Advice I am sure this has been answered before, but ... I am thinking heavily of getting a SDR1000. I am a CW op (99.9%). I have a choice of two laptops. Which would perform better? 1) Dell Intel Pentium M at 1.6 Ghz w/504 MB ram and without a parallel port ... thus needing the USB to parallel adaptor. OR 2) Dell Celeron M at 1.4 Ghz w/ 1 Gig of ram and with a parallel port. Will either of these be satifactory for CW using the Firebox audio unit. I plan on using a paddle w/ a logikey keyer. Tnx for you input. 73/Crit/K4BXN ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Advice on CW
John, I'm not entirely sure how you're wanting to hook up the keyer. But if you're just trying to key the PowerSDR from MixW, you can do this by selecting CAT for the Secondary Connection in the Setup Form - DSP - Keyer settings. Configure the PTT and Key lines to match MixW and you should be in business. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of John Denson Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:03 PM To: Peter Martinez; Flex Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] Advice on CW The purpose of this e-mail is to request advice on interfacing MixW 2.12 with Flex 1.6.0 for CW using an external keyer. I am using VCom. I have implemented the CAT function on Com 6 on the SDR side and Com 16 on MixW. I have implemented PTT Control on Com 7 on the SDR side and Com 17 on MixW. Those both work. My PC has two serial ports (Com 1 and 2) so I can interface the output of my keyer to one of the serial ports but my question is how do I drive the keyer from MixW? I can't do bit bang on Com 6 or Com 7. Any suggestions? John, AI6A FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 5/22/2006 ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex- radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
