Re: [Flexradio] mobile sdr and a complete spectrum display

2009-06-19 Thread Philip Covington
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Ray Andrews, K9DURk9...@rnacs.com wrote: Theoretically, if you had an A/D capable of a sampling rate of 40 MHz or so, a communications link with the bandwidth neseccary to handle the resulting data stream, and the CPU power required to process that 40 MHz

Re: [Flexradio] mobile sdr and a complete spectrum display

2009-06-19 Thread Philip Covington
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Philip Covingtonp.coving...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Ray Andrews, K9DURk9...@rnacs.com wrote: Theoretically, if you had an A/D capable of a sampling rate of 40 MHz or so, a communications link with the bandwidth neseccary to handle the

Re: [Flexradio] illustration of 10 new skins

2009-05-13 Thread Philip Covington
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ken N9VV n...@wowway.com wrote: Hearty CONGRATULATIONS TO Eric KE5DTO, Matt KD5FGE, and Beppe IK3VIG, 10 of the beautiful new skins illustrated on a webpage. http://www.n9vv.com/PowerSDR-skins.html de ken n9vv Very nice! Congrats! Phil N8VB

Re: [Flexradio] Two branches of interest to increase your confusion

2009-05-09 Thread Philip Covington
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: The new XML data storage structure is MUCH better than Access. XML after 4 long years... wonder why it took so long? ;-) 73 Phil N8VB ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] First look at the FLEX-3000 production units

2009-02-20 Thread Philip Covington
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Eric Wachsmann e...@flex-radio.com wrote: Tell me then... Where are the 4 channel 192kHz audio USB devices?? Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems Here's a defence of USB 2.0 based on experience: We routinely have 4, 32 bit, 250 kHz data streams running via USB

Re: [Flexradio] old stuff!

2008-12-04 Thread Philip Covington
Check out 1961... lot's of good ham gear in there... http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1961/ -- Phil Covington Software Radio Laboratory LLC Columbus, Ohio http://www.srl-llc.com ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

[Flexradio] Another Open Source Virtual COM Port driver

2008-03-07 Thread Philip Covington
http://com0com.sourceforge.net/ 73 Phil N8VB ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] HPSDR?

2008-03-01 Thread Philip Covington
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Don Jackson AE5K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Naruta wrote: Did HPSDR get hacked or crash? Looks like we have trouble in river city. Thanks for the heads up. Phil N8VB has the domain and I'll get in touch with him pronto to find out what has

Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR w/other radios

2007-11-20 Thread Philip Covington
On Nov 20, 2007 11:27 AM, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip A better statement is that PowerSDR's general design is compatible only with Flex-Radio style hardware architectures, and it only includes hardware drivers for the SDR1000, Flex5000, and SoftRock. (or radios with essentially

Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR w/other radios

2007-11-20 Thread Philip Covington
On Nov 20, 2007 12:33 PM, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Philip Covington [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Tue 20 Nov 2007 08:42:01 AM PST: On Nov 20, 2007 11:27 AM, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip A better statement is that PowerSDR's general design is compatible only with Flex

Re: [Flexradio] Soft Rock

2007-11-13 Thread Philip Covington
On Nov 13, 2007 12:06 PM, Phil LaMarche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep seeing this word and wonder what it is or means. Please. Phil http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/?yguid=240694134 ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR and Vista

2007-10-05 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/4/07, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:30 AM 10/4/2007, Robert McGwier wrote: That was what I thought you were going to say. To me this is not acceptable because it means no guarantee of support. I don't see why it means no guarantee of support. MS provides a fair amount of

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR and Vista

2007-10-05 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/4/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Covington wrote: On 10/4/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Covington wrote: On 10/3/07, Mike Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, my take is the performance monitor/CPU usage is vital tool to gauge performance

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR and Vista

2007-10-05 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/4/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Covington wrote: On 10/3/07, Mike Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, my take is the performance monitor/CPU usage is vital tool to gauge performance issues since PowerSDR can be processor intensive more so than memory

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR and Vista

2007-10-05 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/4/07, Bruce Mills - KL7JDR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Windows Vista has cpu @ ram meter in the sidebar gagets. You can drag out the cpu meter by itself. Very cool with PowerSDR running. The cpu in PowerSDR not working here. 73's , Bruce KL7JDR Bruce W. Mills P.O. Box 1500

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR and Vista

2007-10-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/3/07, Mike Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, my take is the performance monitor/CPU usage is vital tool to gauge performance issues since PowerSDR can be processor intensive more so than memory dependent and if Vista (version ¿) negates this, would someone from Flex categorically

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR and Vista

2007-10-03 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/2/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil Theis wrote: Just got a vista machine going. Before I blow it away and put XP on it, I thought I'd try it out. powersdr installed like a breeze and the radio appears to work fine, but the CPU indicator is gone. What's up?

Re: [Flexradio] Development environments for the future..Re: anyone attend DCC this weekend?

2007-10-03 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/2/07, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip MS is also likely to continue to provide free tools for their platform, albeit typically only for the latest versions (e.g. I wouldn't count on VS2005 express editions still working in 2010.. the tools might work ok, but .NET will have evolved,

Re: [Flexradio] anyone attend DCC this weekend?

2007-10-02 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/1/07, Frank Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Lux wrote: ...several months from now, which aren't online, and aren't free, either... The Proceedings are available now. They were distributed to attendees. Considering what TAPR (together with AMSAT) have been contributing to

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-5000 Pricing

2007-10-01 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ZS6AVM Wrote: Is the SRD-5000 series over priced ? Well, in the eyes of many it may well be over priced ! Why do I say this ? – The concept of Software Defined Radio isn't being embraced by too many Amateur Radio operators,

Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU

2007-09-26 Thread Philip Covington
On 9/26/07, Lee Mushel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken, I'm sure you realize you can't be a frequent contributor to the reflector, be one of the first to get the Flex-5000A and not explain to the world why you want to sell it! Failure to supply an explanation would fly in the face of all

Re: [Flexradio] power levels

2007-09-26 Thread Philip Covington
It doesn't hurt to get a F5K for volunteer services also... LOL... Phil N8VB On 9/26/07, Mike's Joke du Jour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob, one of the reasons we can enjoy these amazing radios for a fraction of the cost is due to the unselfish contributions of the many volunteers. A big

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX CHALLENCE - APOLOGY

2007-09-19 Thread Philip Covington
On 9/19/07, K3PZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I apologize for posting a private e-mail from this guy. I will not do it again but in my opinion this guy has a real HO for Flex for some reason and I that thought that the more experienced Flexers especially our programmers would want to debate

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX CHALLENGE

2007-09-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 9/18/07, K3PZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank (WA1GFZ), Why don't post your observations/complaints on the Flex Reflector and debate them with somebody alot more knowlegable than me. I am user/tester that happens to love the new Flex 5K. I'm sure that Frank, Robert, Tim and some of the

Re: [Flexradio] Photos of SDR-1000, HPSDR, LP Filters Enclosure Project

2007-09-14 Thread Philip Covington
VERY VERY Nice! 73 Phil N8VB On 9/14/07, Guy Atkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flexers may be interested in four photos I've posted to the Web: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/sdr_front.jpg Front of homebrew SDR-1000/HPSDR (receive-only) enclosure with Griffin Powermate tuning knob and LW,

Re: [Flexradio] Virtual Serial Port alternative

2007-08-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/17/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There my apologies end. I do not discount Phil's contributions. I also do not propose solutions for problems that do not exist and I most certainly do not waste my own money for nonexistent issues. If you were listening to the office every

Re: [Flexradio] Virtual Serial Port alternative - a hardware solution

2007-08-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/18/07, Jerry Flanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those with sufficient desk space may want to consider one hardware alternative to the problems being discussed re VCOM: For digital modes, I am now using two separate computers: One dedicated to running the SDR-1000 (only) and a second

Re: [Flexradio] Virtual Serial Port alternative - a hardware solution

2007-08-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/18/07, Jerry Flanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes - I did this as an interim step to avoid the VAC hiccups, using hardware audio cables from my D-44 to my on-board sound card, all within the same computer. I used VCOM for CAT. BTW, VCOM worked perfectly for me. I had plenty of hardware

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-5000 Models

2007-08-16 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/16/07, John P Basilotto W5GI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, No B model in the works at this time but who knows what the future will bring. Shirts and caps will be available for sale in the next month or two. Priority right now is to get 5000s in the hands of customers. 73 John P.

[Flexradio] DttSP ovsv.c possible optimization?

2007-08-13 Thread Philip Covington
Frank, Bob, In DttSP ovsv.c, the output of the ifft is normalized over each block. The scaling factor is computed as scale = 1.0/(real) fftlen. I am thinking that it should be possible to pre-scale the filter coefficients by the same factor (1.0/(real)fftlen). Since the filter is only

Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] DttSP ovsv.c possible optimization?

2007-08-13 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/13/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil: Thank you. I moved the scaling by p-scale into the constructor and just commented out the scaling in the running routine (with a notation) in ovsv.c in both the DttSP in PowerSDR and in ab2kt/dttsp-ng branch in sdr_linux. PLEASE

Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] DttSP ovsv.c possible optimization?

2007-08-13 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/13/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil: Thank you. I moved the scaling by p-scale into the constructor and just commented out the scaling in the running routine (with a notation) in ovsv.c in both the DttSP in PowerSDR and in ab2kt/dttsp-ng branch in sdr_linux. PLEASE

Re: [Flexradio] CQ100

2007-08-12 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/12/07, k5nwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:18 AM 8/12/2007, Dudley Hurry wrote: http://www.qsonet.com I agree with Phil, TeamSpeak is free and works great. Although I'm curious to see how it's implemented, unfortunately I don't have a working digital camera at the moment so I can't

Re: [Flexradio] pix of new FLEX-5000 arriving...

2007-08-09 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/8/07, Ken N9VV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I put together a few pictures of what the new packaging looks like. It is solid and well thought out. There are surprises in the box. I know you will be as thrilled as I was to receive your new FLEX-5000

Re: [Flexradio] pix of new FLEX-5000 arriving...

2007-08-09 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/9/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://n4hy.org/20MeterBottom.png http://n4hy.org/6MeterBottom.png Are these with a dummy load connected or operating into an antenna? The 20 meter picture's baseline is about 10 db lower than the 6 meter baseline. I would be great to see the

Re: [Flexradio] pix of new FLEX-5000 arriving...

2007-08-09 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/9/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Covington wrote: On 8/9/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://n4hy.org/20MeterBottom.png http://n4hy.org/6MeterBottom.png Are these with a dummy load connected or operating into an antenna? The 20 meter picture's

Re: [Flexradio] I can't seem to do this with PWSDR1k

2007-08-02 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/2/07, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FireBrick wrote: Will I be able to with the 5K??? Chasing FW0MO on 80 meters split this morning I enabled the MultiRX so that I could hear the station he just worked. I had the filter set to 100Hz on the FW0 Great, really cut down

Re: [Flexradio] support the FLEXRADIO COMPANY

2007-07-27 Thread Philip Covington
On 7/27/07, Gerald Capodieci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes: Let's do it on a subscription basis for upgrades. The initial download and a one year subscription could be free with purchase of the radio. Then the subscriptions would add an identifier to the software that could send out the

Re: [Flexradio] HPSDR USB Protocol

2007-06-08 Thread Philip Covington
On 6/8/07, Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, what is the file type? It downloads with no extension, just as an octet-stream. -Tim I had the same problem here using Firefox. When I opened it with IE 7 it is a Word document. 73 Phil N8VB

Re: [Flexradio] separate reflectors

2007-04-19 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/19/07, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may have already been recommended. I have been doing a lot of deleting without reading. Why don't we just put SDR-5000 or SDR-1000 or something to distinguish between the two in the subject line for hardware issues and then put power SDR for

Re: [Flexradio] separate reflectors

2007-04-19 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/19/07, k5nwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was thinking more like one filters the subject, if you don't like the current discussion then filter on the subject separate reflectors That way no particular code word has to be put in the subject, one is not dependent on someone putting in the

Re: [Flexradio] ANF

2007-04-17 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/17/07, Steve Kirk (KW5TX) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: spoken like a true Marketing Man. Im running a dualcore Pentium. with 2gb of ram etc As a loyal customer of Flex :) My opinion it is one of the worst...and the ONLY thing on the Flex...IMO... that isn't the BEST. I feel sure there

Re: [Flexradio] KB Flex5000

2007-04-16 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/16/07, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick question: Q40:Q40. Will the FLEX-5000's low-pass filters prevent authorized operation outside of the amateur bands? A. The filters are optimized for the amateur bands but will operate over the entire HF spectrum. We lock transmitter TR relay

Re: [Flexradio] KB Flex5000

2007-04-16 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/16/07, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:28 AM 4/16/2007, Philip Covington wrote: O This does not sound like good news. It sounds as if certain features of the hardware will be controlled by firmware and without the source code to the firmware, you will not be able to make

Re: [Flexradio] KB Flex5000

2007-04-16 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/16/07, Frank Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's hope that this is just a miscommunication and there is no firmware to restrict things like frequency coverage. Maybe the FAQ writer was referring the the PowerSDR software when he mentioned the lock out. Either way, it's a

Re: [Flexradio] [KB] FLEX-5000 FAQ has been updated

2007-04-16 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/16/07, Toby Deinhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Phil, you assume of course, that there is more firmware than just a controller for the firewire. I made the sloppy assumption that the firmware is the console, which is open source. vy 73 de toby Yes, of course. I am assuming that

Re: [Flexradio] I'm really jazzed BUT...!

2007-04-16 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/16/07, jim davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentlemen, Flex has'nt even introduced the NEW 5000 but yet everybody seems to be ripping it to SHREDDS!!! WHY??? I'm a potential FLEXIE and we really think that from the stand point of NOISE-SUPPRESSION like in my crappy/noisey enviroment

Re: [Flexradio] Radio with a computer in it vs. a computer with a radio in it

2007-04-13 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/13/07, Alan NV8A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04/13/07 11:04 am Jim Lux wrote: The Flex models are in a league all of their own for factory ready transceivers. The traditional big 4 models are all still just traditional radios with computers in them. Not entirely true.. my IC7000

Re: [Flexradio] PS-3

2007-04-13 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/13/07, Mike Monnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some time back the buzz was high here over the new Play Station-3 and it's possible use with an SDR-1000. Any results yet? Mike I think Bob N4HY and Eric Blossom were working with the PS3. You might try emailing them directly. 73 Phil

[Flexradio] Q18. Why isn't the FLEX-5000C loaded with Windows Vista?

2007-04-12 Thread Philip Covington
Please see: http://apcmag.com/5835/vendors_in_no_rush_to_ditch_xp_for_vista How does this affect Flex Radio's decision to supply the SDR-5000C with Windows XP? It looks like XP will not be available before the SDR-5000C even hits the streets. Phil N8VB

[Flexradio] Q23. Regarding the FLEX-5000, can we assume ...

2007-04-12 Thread Philip Covington
Re: Q23 Could someone from Flex please give a general overview of the hardware design changes in the SDR-5000 from the SDR-1000 design? I think that some may get the wrong impression that the SDR-5000 is just a SDR-1000 with an integrated $1000-level sound card. I realize the hardware design is

Re: [Flexradio] Q23. Regarding the FLEX-5000, can we assume ...

2007-04-12 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/12/07, A.R.S. - W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why demand anything unless you have ordered one? And if you HAVE bought one already, before you know what you're getting, that's not very prudent! John has promised more to come, and I'm sure he (or someone) will deliver the expected info

Re: [Flexradio] Q23. Regarding the FLEX-5000, can we assume ...

2007-04-12 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/12/07, Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you do the math, the FLEX-5000A is not that much more expensive than the SDR-1000 First, lets assume the PC is a wash in this equation. A comparably loaded SDR-1000, with a 100 watt PA, and assuming you did pare it up with a LynxTWO sound

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1K

2007-04-07 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message The 1000 has become a super radio with the advent of the SDR-X software. I am having a few problems with my PC that I normally use for downloading Flex-Radio updates, it's been playing up for a while and bad

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 fate.

2007-04-06 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/6/07, Hugh Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the reassurance I was looking for. I was beginning to wonder if I should flog my SDR-1000 before the market is flooded by owners who want to upgrade to the 5000 and it be becomes worthless (I already see them hitting the swap shops), or if

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-5000 autotuner?

2007-04-06 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/6/07, Alan NV8A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, now that the sound card is going to be built into the radio, could one get away with a less powerful computer than for the SDR-1000? Alan NV8A I would expect the computer requirements to be about the same. The DSP and display are still

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-5000

2007-04-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/4/07, Neal Campbell K3NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just saw the ad in QST for the new radio. When will it go on sale? Neal Campbell K3NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Give us some details about the SDR-5000 ad please. 73 Phil N8VB ___ FlexRadio mailing

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-5000

2007-04-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/4/07, Alan NV8A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04/04/07 02:37 pm Neal Campbell K3NC wrote: Just saw the ad in QST for the new radio. When will it go on sale? I've just looked through the April QST again without seeing anything about an SDR-5000. There doesn't seem to be a FlexRadio ad at

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-5000

2007-04-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 4/4/07, Alan NV8A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04/04/07 03:35 pm I wrote: Just saw the ad in QST for the new radio. When will it go on sale? I've just looked through the April QST again without seeing anything about an SDR-5000. There doesn't seem to be a FlexRadio ad at all. I have

Re: [Flexradio] New PCs now sold with Vista and not XP -Implicationsfor SDR-1000?

2007-03-08 Thread Philip Covington
On 3/8/07, W2AGN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Maser wrote: Why would anyone say something stupid like dump Microsoft? Without Microsoft, we'd still be using CPM. I can never understand why people are so quick to want to jump from Microsoft. XP has been a wonderful operating system.

Re: [Flexradio] New PCs now sold with Vista and not XP -Implicationsfor SDR-1000?

2007-03-08 Thread Philip Covington
On 3/8/07, Frank Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/8/07, Philip Covington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe most guys buy the SDR-1000 to actually operate with it (which mostly just works in Windows) Which is exactly 50% of the reason the standard platform should be OSX. 73

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 CW Contest Performance

2007-02-22 Thread Philip Covington
On 2/22/07, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:42 AM 2/22/2007, Frank Brickle wrote: Jim Lux wrote: And when will PowerSDR have the new dttsp v2.0 integrated? Does the Windows dttsp v2.0/PowerSDR v2.x still use PortAudio? That is entirely up to Flex. The development trunk now

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 CW Contest Performance

2007-02-22 Thread Philip Covington
On 2/22/07, Eric Wachsmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did respond... privately. :) I'll summarize the main points below: I'm not sure I would say that we have punted on supporting other operating systems. Rather, I would say that we have chosen to stay in business. Whether Flex chose

Re: [Flexradio] integrated Mini-ITX

2007-02-22 Thread Philip Covington
On 2/22/07, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:58 AM 2/22/2007, Philip Covington wrote: On 2/22/07, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really can't blame Flex for choosing Windows. If you think the support burden is bad with Windows, it would be a nightmare with Linux. You would have

[Flexradio] PowerSDR question

2007-01-10 Thread Philip Covington
Eric, Is PThreads no longer used in PowerSDR? Phil N8VB ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR question

2007-01-10 Thread Philip Covington
On 1/10/07, Philip Covington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric, Is PThreads no longer used in PowerSDR? Phil N8VB Never mind... DttSP appears to use PThreads. Phil N8VB ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] (A peek behing the curtain) was Re: vSound update from Phil C. - Windows Vista problems

2007-01-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 1/3/07, Bob McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip After we have the radio running either stand alone with a Linux box in it (or in the case of SDR-1000, by it) we can then work out the delivery of audio across the room, across town, across the planet. It will simply be a different

Re: [Flexradio] (A peek behing the curtain) was Re: vSound update from Phil C. - Windows Vista problems

2007-01-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 1/4/07, Bob McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Covington wrote: On 1/3/07, Bob McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip After we have the radio running either stand alone with a Linux box in it (or in the case of SDR-1000, by it) we can then work out the delivery of audio across

Re: [Flexradio] (A peek behing the curtain) was Re: vSound update from Phil C. - Windows Vista problems

2007-01-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 1/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... It makes no sense to run anything but Linux on the embedded controllers and then have them be a server. Um, I respectfully disagree. It may make no sense to run Vista / XP / Windows-flavor-of-the-era on an embedded controller,

Re: [Flexradio] Price Increase and 1 watt SDR discontinued

2007-01-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 1/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well in fact a 1 board functional clone of the SDR-1000 1W is already available, check out www.kd-elektronik.com/af_e/sdr_e.html. Seems to be a well-made board, and the price is right, too. Thanks to Dominik Bugmann HB9CZF for pointing

[Flexradio] D anyone?

2007-01-02 Thread Philip Covington
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/index.html :-) Happy New Year to All! 73 de Phil N8VB ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link:

Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] D anyone?

2007-01-02 Thread Philip Covington
On 1/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher T. Day wrote: * High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List * Of course, there is always Java, which not only compiles across platforms but whose executables really do run across platforms. But that

Re: [Flexradio] An Important Announcement from FlexRadio Systems

2006-12-15 Thread Philip Covington
Congratulations Ken! I am sure Ken will be a great asset to Flex Radio Systems. Ken has always been a great source of news and helpful information about Software Defined Radio. Good deal! Phil N8VB On 12/15/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, I first became aware of and

[Flexradio] Migrate Visual Studio C and C++ projects to Eclipse CDT

2006-12-13 Thread Philip Covington
Migrate Visual Studio C and C++ projects to Eclipse CDT: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecl-vscdt/index.html?ca=drs- Phil N8VB ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] PS3 Question

2006-12-11 Thread Philip Covington
On 12/11/06, Mike Monnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been following the Play Station 3 thread with interest but I cannot glean enough lay persons information from the back and forth to understand what it means. I have a few clues. If Sony is offering a Linux 2.6 version it must be open

Re: [Flexradio] PlayStation 3

2006-12-09 Thread Philip Covington
On 12/9/06, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:43 PM 12/8/2006, Philip Covington wrote: O Somehow, I suspect that an SDR1000 and PowerSDR isn't going to cut it for that application. And, for that particular application, there are a host of off-the-shelf ASICs that do the decoding

Re: [Flexradio] PlayStation 3

2006-12-08 Thread Philip Covington
On 12/8/06, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:42 AM 12/8/2006, Philip Covington wrote: On 12/8/06, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:25 PM 12/7/2006, Charles Greene wrote There's a write up on PS3 and writing game software for it in the latest edition of IEEE Spectrum. I

[Flexradio] PS3 support in Linux 2.6 - Cool!

2006-12-07 Thread Philip Covington
From LinuxDevices.com: [Updated Dec. 7] -- Sony-contributed patches aimed at adding machine-specific features for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) have been merged into the stable 2.6.20 kernel tree. The patches should greatly simplify maintaining Linux kernels for

Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] PS3 support in Linux 2.6 - Cool!

2006-12-07 Thread Philip Covington
On 12/7/06, Philip Covington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/7/06, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Coupled with Ozy/Mercury, and one mixer/frontend/tuner,we could all have SDR HDTV in a few weeks of development and the Cell can handle it. The memory bandwidth between

Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] PS3 support in Linux 2.6 - Cool!

2006-12-07 Thread Philip Covington
On 12/7/06, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Coupled with Ozy/Mercury, and one mixer/frontend/tuner,we could all have SDR HDTV in a few weeks of development and the Cell can handle it. The memory bandwidth between the cell and MAIN MEMORY (not cache) is 29 GB/sec. The 8 SPE's

Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] PS3 support in Linux 2.6 - Cool!

2006-12-07 Thread Philip Covington
On 12/7/06, lyle johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We need to figure out if we plan to support the PS3 in our plans, how we get data on and off the Cell based computer. So far as I have been able to find, the PS3 does not support USB (as in doesn't have it). All the specs I've

Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] PS3 support in Linux 2.6 - Cool!

2006-12-07 Thread Philip Covington
On 12/7/06, James Courtier-Dutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not surprising really. The cell processor was developed and tested using Linux. James I don't think anyone is/was surprised. What I was saying is cool... :-) Phil N8VB ___

Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] PS3 support in Linux 2.6 - Cool!

2006-12-07 Thread Philip Covington
I On 12/7/06, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't bet anything yet. I did mean 200 GFlops sustained per cell. I got too enthused. I can do all I need to with 50 GFlops on a single Cell Server and if I get 100 with the dual cell server, it will be awesome. As always,

Re: [Flexradio] Mono 1.2 and Winforms

2006-11-14 Thread Philip Covington
On 11/14/06, Bob McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am very wary of using Mono for a major development until ALL of the implications of the MS/Novell situation fall out. I am personally concerned that with the Mono development being hosted at Novell, and the potential problems they have

Re: [Flexradio] Building Robust UIs in Mono with Gtk#

2006-11-01 Thread Philip Covington
Actually GTK# works very well in Mono. Definitely better than WinForms. 73 de Phil N8VB On 11/1/06, Paul Shaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is just for reference, I don't know how well this would work. Needs investigation. Probably full of bugs and problems, who knows?

Re: [Flexradio] CAT experimenting

2006-10-24 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/24/06, Alex Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In VB6 there is a event driven command called OnCommEvent which takes care of those waiting milliseconds automatically for you, is there any thing like it on C#? I.E. ' The OnComm event is used for trapping communications events and

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, James Courtier-Dutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric wrote on 10/10/06 We ARE NOT planning on using the same tools for the future versions of the software. Rather, we will use FREE TOOLS. We have not settled 100% on what those free tools will be, but right Visual Studio

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The release of the new version shouldn't be the primary criteria for purchasing the IDE for version 1.x I believe, that there is not going to be point in the future (if ever) where PowerSDR 1.x will not be usable with the SDR-1000 hardware.

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, Bob Cowdery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 13:20 -0400, Philip Covington wrote: On 10/18/06, James Courtier-Dutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric wrote on 10/10/06 We ARE NOT planning on using the same tools for the future versions of the software

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, Eric Wachsmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not necessarily. I would prefer to have a cross platform solution. I have not evaluated Eclipse yet, but it sounds like it could be an alternative. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems I thought Eclipse was a development environment. Are

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:29 AM 10/18/2006, Philip Covington wrote: Well, the first place I would start is to open the Console project file in C# Express and let it convert the project - then start fixing the problems with .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0 from there. You

Re: [Flexradio] Vs2003 vis a vis Vista

2006-10-12 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/11/06, Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Covington wrote: On 10/11/06, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:44 AM 10/11/2006, Jim, W4ATK wrote: Phil Covington wrote: A lot of the perceived need for threading goes away when you get away from straight line

Re: [Flexradio] Vs2003 vis a vis Vista

2006-10-11 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/11/06, Paul Shaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What you have said below is mostly true for the current UI class design, which I think should be abandoned. You are concerned about issues that shouldn't even come up, but are due to a less than optimum overall class design. The pesky

Re: [Flexradio] Vs2003 vis a vis Vista

2006-10-11 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/11/06, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:44 AM 10/11/2006, Jim, W4ATK wrote: Phil Covington wrote: A lot of the perceived need for threading goes away when you get away from straight line procedural code. As an OLD machine language programmer, I am of the impression that

Re: [Flexradio] ReName PowerSDR to Anything Else

2006-10-03 Thread Philip Covington
I don't think he meant 'problems' as in defects or bugs... I think he mean 'problems' as in interesting challenges. 73 Phil N8VB On 10/3/06, Lee A Crocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Real Problems? I don't have any Real Problems I get on every day and make as many contacts as I want. I run

Re: [Flexradio] ReName PowerSDR to Anything Else

2006-10-02 Thread Philip Covington
Please... On 10/2/06, Gerald Capodieci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been a commercial purchaser of software for over 30 years and I've developed an aversion to words like: Power, Super, Deluxe, Extreme, Plus, Perfect when used in the title or description of a software product. They make

Re: [Flexradio] Using a Steppir with the Flex

2006-09-23 Thread Philip Covington
It would be pretty easy to integrate this functionality into PowerSDR. Along with vCOM it will allow you to run CAT to any/multiple of the virtual or hardware com ports on the system as well as do CAT between computers over the network. I had a checkbox to allow you to designate which com ports

Re: [Flexradio] spam: Sub RX

2006-09-20 Thread Philip Covington
I didn't know there was a Linux version of PowerSDR Console! :-) 73 de Phil N8VB On 9/19/06, Frank Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah. It's been in the Linux version forever ;-) 73 Frank AB2KT On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 22:12 -0400, Philip Covington wrote: Yeah, kinda like déjà vu

Re: [Flexradio] spam: Sub RX

2006-09-19 Thread Philip Covington
Yeah, kinda like déjà vu! 73 de Phil N8VB On 9/19/06, Bob Tracy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very Cool! Congrats guys. Bob K5KDN -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert McGwier Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:42 PM To: FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] vSOUND

2006-08-04 Thread Philip Covington
On 8/4/06, Dave Ackrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember sending of a donation in the rush of excitement that was generated by the idea of what seemed to be a software sound card connector which would possibly do for digital mode program connections what vCOM does for other rig control

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