Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil

2010-01-01 Thread pierce day
Brian: Many thanks for these detailed instructions. I've been postponing the setup attempt for months, wanting to keep from screwing up the Flex 5000. Now, no more excuses Pierce W4ZDI - Original Message - From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com To: FlexRadio reflector

Re: [Flexradio] Version 2.0

2010-01-01 Thread Larry da Ponte
By field day 2010 would be very nice. -Larry On Dec 31, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Brett Gazdzinski brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net wrote: I think its not going to make it... Brett - Original Message - From: Jim pywac...@fuse.net Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, December 31,

[Flexradio] K9DUR Voice Keyer

2010-01-01 Thread Anthony M
Is anyone else having troubles with K9DUR Voice Keyer 3.1.1 I install the directx requirements, and the dot net requirements, however on startup its just a plethora of errors. Ive tried on windows XP SP3 (32bit) ive tried on Windows 7 x64, ive even asked another HAM friend to try on Vista x32

Re: [Flexradio] DDUTIL controlling an antenna switch

2010-01-01 Thread Steve Nance
Hi John, DDUtil can control virtually any kind of device using the parallel port. Please see the following link for information on setting it up. If you have additional questions please address them to the DDUtil Yahoo Group.

Re: [Flexradio] High Noise Floor again using 1.18.3

2010-01-01 Thread Tim Ellison
The purpose of the preamp is to improve the signal to noise ratio. If you engage the preamp, the noise floor goes DOWN and the signal level stays the same. Remember that when you engage the preamp, you have not changed the signal level at the antenna terminal. You have, however; improved the

[Flexradio] SDR-RADIO v1.0

2010-01-01 Thread roland etienne
Hi SDR friends, First of all, happy new year to every one, with lot of sun spots in 2010 ! I want to let you know that Simon, author of HRD, has released a version of his work on SDR console. It works nicely with the receiver SDR-IQ for the moment, and you can test the software even if you

Re: [Flexradio] High Noise Floor again using 1.18.3

2010-01-01 Thread EB4APL
Dan, Tim just gave the exact explanation. This behavior seems weird the first time because we all are used to the common S meter which is really a bad implementation of a level meter in all classical communications receivers that I know. The Flex radios really are also measuring

[Flexradio] SDR-5000A audio distortion

2010-01-01 Thread deuhs
Happy New Year! I just upgraded from a SDR-1000 to a 5000A this week and have been playing with it a bit. It seems to be working fine but I have distroted rcv audio after a few minutes of running. I have the latest firmware and software loaded and I've tried a bunch of different buffer

Re: [Flexradio] Antenna Switching

2010-01-01 Thread Hank Wolfla
Just like Harry, I have had this problem for the last two releases. Hopefully it will go away as the software continues to improve. 73 and Happy New Year Hank Wolfla - K9LZJ hwol...@comcast.net 317-861-0186 --- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:51:55 -0600 From: Harry Williams

Re: [Flexradio] DDUTIL controlling an antenna switch

2010-01-01 Thread Dudley Hurry
John, Have you looked into Steve WIKI page at the info there? http://k5fr.com/ddutilwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Just not use the BDC section. If still not able to get it to work, you might contact Steve, K5FR, directly. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ John Vandenberg wrote: I am building a

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-5000A audio distortion

2010-01-01 Thread Dudley Hurry
Try reloading .NET 3.5, SP1 framework. This has helped some.. Also make sure the FireWire Buffer and the Audio tab buffer are set to the same value, 2048 is the default.. You may also need a different Operational Mode too. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ de...@earthlink.net wrote: Happy New

[Flexradio] Time for a new computer?

2010-01-01 Thread gelatin...@juno.com
I've been using a Compaq 1.8Ghz with 500m of ram for my SDR-1000 for about 3 years. I'm beginning to notice issues with later versions of PwrSDR lagging or not even working with CW break-in enabled. I've reloaded each version including 1.18.3 with the same symptom. Version 1.14 works

[Flexradio] Happy New Year

2010-01-01 Thread Steve Nance
Wishing all the warmest holiday greetings. 2009 was a fun year and I'm expecting 2010 to be even better. Contesters, stay tuned for a cool new DDUtil feature to be announced soon. HNY 73, Steve K5FR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] Time for a new computer?

2010-01-01 Thread Dudley Hurry
George, I would say to make full break in work with 18.3 you will need more horsepower on the computer side, you are currently on the under side of the posted requirements, not to say that you can't make it work, but Flex would recommend that you have a little additional CPU power in

Re: [Flexradio] BSOD with latest firmware/flex-firewire driver (Release - from website)

2010-01-01 Thread David Beumer W0DHB
If you can save a dump if it happens again, I'd be interested in checking it out .. Hardware config (processer, memory , etc. ) ?? Anthony M wrote: I don't have the dump sorry, But I was running DM780, VAC, HRD, HRD LOGGER, PowerSDR, VSPmanager, Google Chrome and a few other things..

Re: [Flexradio] BSOD with latest firmware/flex-firewire driver (Release - from website)

2010-01-01 Thread Lee Mushel
Now guys, I am going to propose that you are in some state of mass hysteria. Being someone who has passed his 70th birthday some time ago the term BSOD was not in my vocabulary although I was familiar with a couple of those letters And I guess I missed the note where this was defined. So

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-5000A audio distortion

2010-01-01 Thread Rick Markey, KN3C
Greg, My 5000 started to do this when I upgraded to the latest firewire driver. Prior to the upgrade, a burst of intense disk activity, like when my anti-virus program starts a scan, would cause PowerSDR to freeze. A simple stop and start would correct the problem. With the new firewire driver,

Re: [Flexradio] BSOD with latest firmware/flex-firewire driver (Release - from website)

2010-01-01 Thread Dudley Hurry
Lee and others, If you want to see what BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) in a Windows machine really looks like, check out this WIKI page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death Lee - In your case, I would look at updating the video card driver or the video card, but the system

[Flexradio] SDR-5000A audio - problem found, fix?

2010-01-01 Thread deuhs
Thanks who all responded. I figured out it was my external Linksys Wireless connection LAN device that was causing the latency problem. It has a USB connection which I tried a few other ports without luck. Now I need to figure out a way to get wireless signals without causing havoc on the

Re: [Flexradio] ot but I can't find the answer

2010-01-01 Thread David Beumer W0DHB
You can set the taskbar to auto hide maybe !? (in taskbar properties) FireBrick wrote: Sorry but I've searched the web, and I 'SHOULD' know the answer but I can't find it. I have dual monitors, each with different resolutions. For some reason, I can grab a window title bar, and push the

Re: [Flexradio] High Noise Floor again using 1.18.3

2010-01-01 Thread Dan Scott
Great! Thank you both for the explanations. My understanding of preamp was based on when I was working in a recording studio 30+ years ago. I had audio preamps that worked more linear. Ok in a audio studio but not good on stage. EB4APL wrote: Dan, Tim just gave the exact explanation.

[Flexradio] Flex radio help

2010-01-01 Thread KE6PPE
Hi name Larry I live in Prunedale California just north of Salinas. I'm looking for someone that lives near here to give me some help . Larry KE6PPE _ke6...@aol.com_ (mailto:ke6...@aol.com) ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

[Flexradio] 222 MHz transverter interface bugs?

2010-01-01 Thread Clay W7CE
I'm getting ready to try out a 222MHz transverter with my Flex 5000A (PowerSDR 1.18.3, Firmware 1.3.0.8, Firewire Driver 3.5.0.7171). I've programmed the XVTR settings for a begin frequency of 222.0 and an end frequency of 225.0 (LO = 194 MHz). I'm getting Out Of Band whenever I go to