[Flexradio] flex 5000a atu, swr, and astounding arrl article

2009-09-13 Thread Jim Madden
I am much more comfortable in the conceptual virtual world than I am in the physical world where what is built (by me) frequently disappoints my vision of how things will function. I'm currently experiencing this with my attempts to have a great antenna in operation at my QTH, an apartment

Re: [Flexradio] flex 5000a atu, swr, and astounding arrl article

2009-09-13 Thread Jim Madden
Thanks for the great comments to my antenna musings. Sorry I erroneously said that the author was a silent key. Off to do more homework and to get an external ATU Jim WD7W -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jim

[Flexradio] transmitter power loss mystery solved...

2009-06-04 Thread Jim Madden
As mentioned in a previous post my transmitter wasn't. I found by accident that if I power off the radio and power it back on while powersdr is turned off, and then turn powersdr back on things work properly. That is to say, if the radio and powersdr are turned off, and then the radio

[Flexradio] i think my flex 5000 transmitter has died...

2009-06-03 Thread Jim Madden
Although the panadapter shows a strong signal when I select TUN, there is no output power shown on the powersdr meter and the swr shows as 1.0 I connected a power meter between the 5000 and my antenna and also no power when transmitting. Rx seems fine. I started analyzing this a bit as for

[Flexradio] how does one initiate a reply to a posted message ...

2009-06-03 Thread Jim Madden
I have the daily digest sent to me but I don't see a way to go into the reflector other than viewing the monthly digests and with those, I don't see any mechanism for posting a reply. Is there a link to go into the reflector, see all the messages, and reply to those of interest? Thanks

[Flexradio] please pretend that the posting about my transmitter dying never occurred..

2009-06-03 Thread Jim Madden
Antenna ports were misconfigured - thanks to Jerry for pointing this out to me Jim ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives:

[Flexradio] a future feature - digital mode id displayed on the panadapter

2009-06-02 Thread Jim Madden
Wouldn't it be great if the panadapter had a feature that could be turned on or off that displayed an ID by a signal that indicated what kind of a signal is present. This would be especially useful for digital modes when one is using third party software to decode digital signals and trying to

[Flexradio] using the second receiver to monitor transmitted audio

2009-06-02 Thread Jim Madden
I'm just starting to explore the use of the second receiver on my months old 5000a. I was expecting that as I keyed the mic that although receiver 1 would be muted, that receiver 2's audio would continue to be audible. That's not the case however. What am I doing wrong? Thanks very much Jim

[Flexradio] vhf/uhf digital modes and repeater operation

2009-06-01 Thread Jim Madden
I'd like to know if the forthcoming vhf/uhf add-on for the 5000 will support repeater operation and if so, how will pl tones be implemented. Also, are there thoughts about using the new add-on with the digital modes such as D-star, APRS, etc. Thanks very much Jim KD7GND