Re: [Flexradio] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help

2009-05-05 Thread Burt
--- On Mon, 5/4/09, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: [Tim] The PA will run 50 watts RTTY without any issues. The PA is rated as full duty cycle, 100W ICAS (intermittent commercial and amateur service) full duty cycle is key down all the time

[Flexradio] I got a clarification on MMTTY and Reverse

2009-05-05 Thread FireBrick
from the RTTY gurus on the RTTY list. MMTTY will NOT transmit in Reverse if your using FSK MMTTY will transmit and receive in Reverse if your using AFSK As MMTTY is the rtty engine in many of the 3rd party digital programs, this would apply to us using the Flex. One of the interesting

Re: [Flexradio] 5 days, made a little progress

2009-05-05 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Lee A Crocker lee_croc...@yahoo.com wrote: if you choose the right mode you will not have to choose reverse CW does the same thing as far as following U/L band convention. I always use CWL You can set up profiles that store your favorite parameters and then

Re: [Flexradio] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help

2009-05-05 Thread Brian Lloyd
On May 5, 2009, at 6:22 AM, Burt wrote: --- On Mon, 5/4/09, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: [Tim] The PA will run 50 watts RTTY without any issues. The PA is rated as full duty cycle, 100W ICAS (intermittent commercial and amateur service) full duty cycle is key down all the time

Re: [Flexradio] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help

2009-05-05 Thread Neal Campbell
I know that for the 5000a it was originally (and conservatively) stated that we Rtty'ers should stick to 50 watts output especially during contests, etc. Same for PSK. Later on, after getting some experience in the field, they lifted the restriction and said 100 watts was fine. I do not know what

Re: [Flexradio] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help

2009-05-05 Thread FireBrick
old habits (and old fears) die hard Every rig I've ever had said to cut power to half when in AM or RTTY mode. So My Flex runs at less than 50watts and I just use an amp. (even the amp 'QUADRA' I run at it's 'LOW' power setting when doing rtty and only use 'HIGH' when chasing some needed

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Jim Barber
Not being familiar with the architecture or sources, would there be any value in developing a 2-input, LMS-style noise reduction scheme using the same antenna for both receivers and a small frequency offset? (RX2 would be tuned to an unoccupied noise frequency as close as possible to the

Re: [Flexradio] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help

2009-05-05 Thread Alfred Green
So while they may spec it as ICAO, you can use ddutil to monitor PA temp and know for yourself. I realize you are running the 5000, but has anyone found a way to get at this info on the 3000? 73 Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an ___ FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] 4 days trying to get Flex 3000 going, Dudley is busy, need some help

2009-05-05 Thread Tim Ellison
Exactly the same way you get it with the FLEX-5000; SHIFT+CRTL+I BTW. Lets kill this thread. The content has nothing to do with the subject line anymore. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Alfred

Re: [Flexradio] Temp indicator. Was, 4 days etc

2009-05-05 Thread Alfred Green
Tim Ellison wrote: Exactly the same way you get it with the FLEX-5000; SHIFT+CRTL+I BTW. Lets kill this thread. The content has nothing to do with the subject line anymore. -Tim We obviously need some temperature compensation here to deal with thread drift Thanks for the tip,

[Flexradio] FlexRadio Banquet at Dayton Hamvention

2009-05-05 Thread Tim (W4TME)
To all who will be attending Dayton this year: FlexRadio Systems will be hosting a dinner and a FlexRadio forum with presentations on the future of FlexRadio Systems products along with one-on-one discussion groups and of course the famous Flexi Award presentations. For additional detailed

Re: [Flexradio] Temp indicator. Was, 4 days etc

2009-05-05 Thread Tim Ellison
It might be, but it is definitely in the Knowledge Center! http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50371.aspx -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Alfred Green Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:05 PM

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
I made a few more clips. The effect can be spectactular or very subtle. In 40-E I found on static the source is sort of from a quadrant and so the notching is very broad. None the less I could get about 3dB of noise reduction. In 40-F the SWBC is dramatic. The station was very weak. If

[Flexradio] Ready

2009-05-05 Thread Dave Gomberg
To all staff members listening. Well my table is set up, the antenna is installed, feedline in place, PC acquired and loaded with recommended software. In case you happen to have an F3K just sitting around ready to ship, I am ready to receive it Your waiting customer, Dave --

Re: [Flexradio] Temp indicator. Was, 4 days etc

2009-05-05 Thread Joe - AB1DO
It is indeed in the manual: page 133 (fig 139) 73 de Joe - AB1DO - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: Alfred Green n...@cox.net; flexRadio List flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 17:14 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp indicator. Was, 4 days etc

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Bob McGwier
Lee A Crocker wrote: I made a few more clips. The effect can be spectactular or very subtle. In 40-E I found on static the source is sort of from a quadrant and so the notching is very broad. None the less I could get about 3dB of noise reduction. In 40-F the SWBC is dramatic. The

[Flexradio] Running PowerSDR on Windows 7 Release Candidate

2009-05-05 Thread David Beumer W0DHB
Folks Just got PSDR running on Windows 7 RC (64 bit), I greatly appreciated prior comments/solutions from those who have been down the W7 beta path. Powersdr is running great, CPU utilization while listening to SSB runs between 6 8 % vs 11 and 13% on XP Pro Config is XFXForce 680ilt

Re: [Flexradio] Running PowerSDR on Windows 7 Release Candidate

2009-05-05 Thread Tim Ellison
Do the F8 boot time option to disable driver signing requirement to get VAC to run. -Tim -Original Message- From: David Beumer W0DHB [mailto:d...@w0dhb.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:43 PM To: Neal Campbell Cc: Tim Ellison; Paul20; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Running

[Flexradio] What is the best version of XP?

2009-05-05 Thread Brahmangou
OK, I give up fighting Vista. It will only allow me to do things with the Flex3000 that can be done on most any radio. I'm building a Quad core to the specs on Knowledge Base for complete dedication to this radio. Which version of XP is the absolute best match for this radio? Also, 32 bit or

Re: [Flexradio] What is the best version of XP?

2009-05-05 Thread Tim Ellison
You do not want to use 64-bit XP. The 64-bit support is not that mature. Any of the 32-bit flavors of XP will work fine. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of brahman...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 05,

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Bob McGwier
Wow is right. It is hard to understand just how impressive 40F really is. 40G sounds the most impressive but to the trained ear and tools, 40 F is amazing. The Flex 5000 is utterly coherent through the oscillators. It is two different DDS's that are synchronized by a built in system which

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Dennis Petrich
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Re: [Flexradio] Running PowerSDR on Windows 7 Release Candidate

2009-05-05 Thread Dudley Hurry
Or put the system in permanent Test Mode. At the Command Prompt. bcdedit /set TESTSIGNING on As per their instructions, VAC has a Test signing, not quite as good as full driver signing, but works.. Then try installing again. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Tim Ellison wrote: Do the F8 boot

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Bob McGwier
Jim: We can do this right now with a software receiver. We need to make the oscillators coherent in the same way we have done (in software). So this will be usable by SDR-1000 and Flex3000 owners. Good idea. I do not agree that the algorithm you suggest is the correct one but it will be

[Flexradio] Does anyone need a room at Dayton?

2009-05-05 Thread Phil Theis
Contact me, Phil K3TUF ___ 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:

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Bob McGwier
You idea is a good one. Period. That is all you should take away from my remarks. I had not even begun to think of doing coherent processing with the software receivers except to suck off interfering sidebands from other signals in our passband. Thank you. John lovingly calls it the Bob

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Phil Harman
Frank mentioned one person who had done some phasing experiments. I would also like to mention Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA who has done a really neat version. I intend to steal his user interface idea completely. It makes both mathematical and user sense. Bob I had the good fortune to do

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Mike Naruta
Perhaps what we need is adaptive diversity reception. :) Phil Harman wrote: My results of using the system was inconclusive. What I found was that strong local signals could be nulled completely. However, on DX stations it was very difficult to get any form of null or enhancement. When

Re: [Flexradio] Diversity Reception for Flex 5000 owners

2009-05-05 Thread Lee A Crocker
My impression is you need more than a single pair of antenna choices. I spent a lot of time trying to seperate WWVH and WWVB from FL using 2 verticals that were endfire to the E/W. I think something like a triangle feeding 2 els against one, or 3 x 2el pairs may be a better topology 73

Re: [Flexradio] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ?

2009-05-05 Thread W5CUL
Can someone provide me a hyper-link to an fcc.gov webpage that specifically provides this new ruling, or even send me a PDF copy of this new ruling? I have looked all over the place, and the last official RO for part 97 that I found was dated October 4, 2006. 73, Mike W5CUL -Original

[Flexradio] PowerSDR high number of Page faults

2009-05-05 Thread John Vandenberg
I am puzzled by the high number of Page faults I see when I monitor PowerSDR in WinXP-Pro SP3 (32 bit). There seem to be around 2600 of them a second continues. The total count advances by that same amount. The radio Flex5000 PowerSDR v1.18.0 Driver 3.4.0.5254 (48Khz, 512 buffer, Safe Mode

Re: [Flexradio] FW: Flex3000 SSB TX bandwitdh ony 3.65K ?

2009-05-05 Thread Jim Jerzycke
I don't believe it's a ruling, per se. When Riley Hollingsworth was the enforcement guru, he made several statements saying that to use excessive bandwidth was not in the spirit of the Amateur Radio rules. A few years ago there were several petitions to Regulate by Bandwidth that died for