Re: [Flexradio] Straight keys don't work with 5000A

2007-12-25 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
Hi Mike, I know that customers are using straight keys and external keyers with the 5000A so we need to see if there is some kind of setup problem. Eric will be back on Thursday so he can work with you on the problem. There should be no reason to use the PC COM port with the 5000. Gerald

Re: [Flexradio] My Flex 5000A Went Dead

2007-12-24 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
Art, So sorry about your problem. If you will send me a private email with your phone number, I will try to give you a call later today in between some family activities. I can walk you through the built in test forms to see if we can identify the problem. Regards, Gerald FlexRadio Systems

Re: [Flexradio] I'm not a programmer

2007-12-24 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
Let me clarify that FlexRadio will not force an OS that is not compatible with the bulk of amateur radio software applications. I am not sure where that idea came from. Regards, Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of FireBrick Sent: Monday,

[Flexradio] Thanks to our Flexers

2007-12-24 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
Dear Flexers, I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for making this a great year for FlexRadio. You are the worlds best customers! Your support has allowed us to make the major manufacturing transition this year from the SDR-1000 to the FLEX-5000 family. Thanks to those of you who

[Flexradio] Holiday Schedule at FlexRadio

2007-12-24 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
Hello FlexRadio customers: This is just a note to let you know of our office schedule over the holiday week. We are working with a reduced work force this week to ship as many radios as possible. We will be working December 26, 27, and 31. Those are the days our contract manufacturer will have

Re: [Flexradio] is there a fuse on the firewire 13.5 pin

2007-12-18 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
Pin 8 has a 1A fuse (F1) in line with the 13.8V line. Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of FireBrick Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 7:46 PM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] is there a fuse on the firewire 13.5 pin I'm trying to

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000A schematics?

2007-12-18 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
We plan to release schematics with the service manual, which we plan to complete before the end of Q1. This has been delayed due to our complete focus on the manufacturing backlog. When it is ready, we will announce availability here. Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flexradio] Strange signal report

2007-12-18 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
This sounds like you need to go through the transmitter image rejection calibration as defined in the SDR1k manual. The I/Q imbalance on the SDR1k will cause an image at 2X the CW pitch frequency away from the main CW tone. Gerald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC

2007-12-18 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
I can personally vouch for the need to back up! Yesterday, I heard my laptop disk suddenly start going, kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk, The disk activity light stayed on continuously and when I did the CTRL/ALT/DEL it went blue screen. My heart sank. I did a hard shutdown and tried to

Re: [Flexradio] while on the subject of backups

2007-12-18 Thread Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems)
The 5000C's that start shipping this week will have Acronis installed with a backup/restore partician. In other words, if you screw it up, you can start over from the restore partician. You would need to upgrade to the latest version after the recover. Gerald -Original Message- From: