Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC

2009-07-16 Thread James T. Jannuzzo
Please keep it pubiic! There are others out here with the same question: I have (what I thought was) a big bad HP Laptop. I come to find that DPC latencies of 1200 us with bigger spikes will quickly disqualify if from handling live audio data streams like PSDR. I've watched for qualifying

[Flexradio] WTB: Mint Flex 5000A

2009-07-16 Thread K4LCD
HI! If you have a mint one, please send me details with serial number, date of purchase and list of accesories. Will agree to pay you a reasonable price shipped to zip code 33176 and would PayPal. Thanks, sincerely and 73 Juan A. Granados /K4LCD 9451 SW 97 Street Miami, FL 33176 Phone.

Re: [Flexradio] More strong-signal adjacent images

2009-07-16 Thread mchasse
Grasshopper (Tim) and Dudley, I've run the receiver test and everything pass's and seems fine, there seems to be a difference in the receiver after running the test and for the better , however the Gen/Bal test fails every time I run it. I get the following two lines after running the test

Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC

2009-07-16 Thread Jerry Flanders
Yes - keep it public. I can recommend the full size desktop computer I recently bought specifically for my new 5000a/RX2. It is the Systemax VXQ2, around $600 ( http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4234804sku=SYX-2024srkey=vxq2 ) It came with: XP

Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC

2009-07-16 Thread Mark Lunday
Will do, Jim. I will collect my findings and results from offline conversations and share them Mark Lunday WD4ELG wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of James T. Jannuzzo Sent:

Re: [Flexradio] More strong-signal adjacent images

2009-07-16 Thread Tim Ellison
Did you use a clean db and disconnect all antennas? -Tim Sent from my iPhone On Jul 16, 2009, at 9:02 AM, mcha...@theriver.com mcha...@theriver.com wrote: Grasshopper (Tim) and Dudley, I've run the receiver test and everything pass's and seems fine, there seems to be a

Re: [Flexradio] More strong-signal adjacent images

2009-07-16 Thread Mark Lunday
Affirmative. I went back again and this time ran ALL tests. Everything passes, except IO. All IO tests fail. Not sure if that is important or not... Mark Lunday WD4ELG wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com] Sent:

Re: [Flexradio] More strong-signal adjacent images

2009-07-16 Thread Tim Ellison
IO test will fail unless you have the appropriate hardware gig to provide the correct electrical feedback for the test. Look like you are good to go. -Tim -Original Message- From: Mark Lunday [mailto:mlun...@nc.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:41 PM To: Tim Ellison;

Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC

2009-07-16 Thread k6xr
Apple Macbook or Macbook pro. Reggie k6xr - Original Message - From: James T. Jannuzzo jsqu...@msn.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC Please keep it pubiic! There are others out here with the

Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC

2009-07-16 Thread Tim Ellison
While Macs running BootCamp work, they are not officially supported hardware for PowerSDR or any of the FLEX SDRs. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of k6xr Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:56 PM To:

Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC

2009-07-16 Thread Dave Gomberg
By popular request, here is an earlier reply to Mark: I bought an IBM Intellistation on eBay and I couldn't be happier. I just ordered a second one to upgrade my aging office machine. Here's the skinny: Processors are generally 3.0 to 3.6 GHz Xeons or P4s (dual). That means close to

Re: [Flexradio] OK, time to get a real PC

2009-07-16 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Mark Lundaymlun...@nc.rr.com wrote: Thanks Brian Thought SDR did not run on Mac PowerSDR does not run under MacOS but will run under Windows running on Mac hardware. You use Apple's BootCamp feature to create a second partition on the Mac to hold Windows. After

[Flexradio] Flex PC building block

2009-07-16 Thread Joe Roth-WC4R
If it helps anyone, I built a new PC for my Flex 5000A to replace my Dell. The PC does run LOTS of stuff at my station, not the Flex exclusively. I use VISTA 32-bit OS. It has been flawless as a PC for the Flex. Probably overkill for me and most others but you never know what is needed 3-4 years

[Flexradio] 6 Meter PreAmps....

2009-07-16 Thread Pete M
Because of several requests and suggestions, I have redesigned the 6 Meter Preamp for the Flex 5000a. It now has the matching spacing that is on the back of the Flex ... allowing mounting it to the radio with BNC to BNC barrel connectors. I have 3 available at this time...#1 is .24 dbnf /

Re: [Flexradio] Flex PC building block

2009-07-16 Thread Richard W. Solomon
Are you connected to the Internet at the same time ? Can you view the VE7CC DX Cluster for example ? 73, Dick, W1KSZ -Original Message- From: Joe Roth-WC4R w...@live.com Sent: Jul 16, 2009 1:25 PM To: 'flexradio' flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex PC building block If

Re: [Flexradio] Flex PC building block

2009-07-16 Thread Jim Barber
I'll submit a couple of things to consider with this thread: (1) The specific device drivers used with a given hardware config are as important to successful use as the hardware itself. For example, a poorly-written NIC driver will cause an otherwise excellent hardware build to fail

Re: [Flexradio] Flex PC building block

2009-07-16 Thread Jerry Harley
I do that with a 7 year old P 2.4 Compaq ___ 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] OK, time to get a real PC

2009-07-16 Thread k4elo
I have bought a number of IBM Intellistations on auction sites. They offer good expansion capability and high performance for a reasonable price. Don't know about the current ones since I haven't bought one for several years, but on the older ones, the power supplies tended to die after a year or

Re: [Flexradio] firmware update

2009-07-16 Thread Clay W7CE
I'd like to play with Bob's new noiseblanker branch and need 1.3.0.6. I see that it is also listed as the most recent firmware on the Flexradio home page. Is this released firmware, or is it alpha firmware since it is for experimental versions of PowerSDR? Is there any risk to installing it