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I've seen something similar on the waterfall on the WinDRM display
however, the call sign was sent horizontally along with other text
(unless I've lost my mind (again)). I think that program has the
capability to turn on the various frequencies used in that tx mode for
the appropriate amount of
While we're on the subject of ATUs, where does the SDR-1000 ATU fit in
in terms of SWR and impedance range?
Pete, N3EVL
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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gerald Youngblood
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009
On RX?
Pete
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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:56 PM
To: n3evl; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] USB Port Timeout
RFI?
Five recent emails with the subject [Flexradio] V1.16.0 might be
considered by some to be a clue;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jim Cox
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:51 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject:
I would guess some users might desire the additional antenna connector
options and the capability to add RX2 and the pending transverter.
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ian Wade
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008
Here in the NE my experience has been that trying to organize a Sat
evening SSB sked in anywhere but the extra portion of the 75m phone band
is extremely difficult. I love the 'extra' space we now have down at
3600 - plenty of room there. Of course I have to work on a few of my
friends to
Darn it, I want a non-functional binder clip inside my SDR-1000! You
5000 guys get all the good stuff ;)
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Randy Pence
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 1:20 PM
To:
Communication quality audio - yes, but from the original message, the
muddiness described sounds like something isn't right, even within a
3KHz bandwidth.
Even with my $20.00 Radioshack desk mic on the SDR-1000, I get good
audio reports with no TX EQ required and within normal 3KHz TX BW. If my
I tried calling some of the military stations during the Armed Forces
Day event, this past Saturday. This involved setting VFO A for RX to
the military station's freq and setting VFO B to the ham band freq for
TX.
The rig would apparently tune fine via the ATU but I didn't appear to
see any
Carl,
Thanks for the feedback - at least I now know that my rig was not behaving any
more abnormally than yours! Actually, Ft. Huachucha was the one I really
wanted - my son did several months of training there.
Sounds like a bug report is in order since I can't think of any reason why
split
-Original Message-
From: Thompson, Peter
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:38 AM
To: 'Ken Danser'
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Loading Software on 5000C ???
It's a single box that happens to contain the radio and the PC. The PC is just
a PC with or without access to the outside via its
For a vertical that doesn't require radials, I've been using the
Cushcraft R5 for many years. It only needs the supplied counterpoise
that consists of four 48 steel rods; no radials required. It covers 20
thru 10 and has acceptable swr - I typically don't need to use a tuner
with it.
I got some audio feedback data while in a QSO this weekend. This was
relatively local stuff on 75m in the evening but what I heard seems to
be in agreement with the described functionality of the new DX button.
Basically, when the DX button is engaged, there is considerable punch,
providing a
Can anyone offer guidelines on config of WinDRM when using HPSDR A/J/O
instead of a conventional soundcard. I note that the HPSDR stuff is not
recognized as a selectable soundcard (since it really isn't one) in the
WinDRM setup. Perhaps it's just a simple matter of selecting a
different sound
Certainly a variety of views and opinions are presented. Some
observations:
-mass confusion about what SDR is, with many assuming it is no more that
control of the radio by a computer.
-mass confusion over what is meant by SDR vs DSP vs Digital.
-passion against radios without knobs.
-Some
FYI, anyone interested in finding out what this Erlang thing is all
about, there's a rather nice book available:
Programming Erlang - Software for a concurrent world.
Author: Joe Armstrong
ISBN-10 1-934356-00-X
I picked it up from Amazon for about $25.00 + shipping.
There are some
Maybe I'm missing some emails to the reflector -- where did you get it
from?
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Nance
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 2:44 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re:
Toaster? I Think a microwave would be more apropriate;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Eric Wachsmann
I think Phil is pretty close. I think the A was because it was first,
the C
was for computer, and the D was for
Beppe - very nice appliance radio.
I see no knobs and buttons - we really need Frank's 3d gui now that we
have to add all the cooking controls into PowerSDR.
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Hi gang,
attached (I hope work) the ultra-rare image of B model
A very impressive combo of technology
I believe he said he was using the usb-parallel option.
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jim, W4ATK
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 6:51 AM
To: Flex-Radio Reflector; Ruben Navarro Huedo
Subject: Re:
Great news! No embarrassment necessary. Thanks for resolving the
mystery. If I didn't keep a detailed journal of my activities, I'd
forget what I coded yesterday;)
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bill Tracey
...of course, that doesn't rule out a problem with the parallel
connector at the radio end of the cable.
I'd also verify that if the usb option is desired, that the appropriate
selection is made in set-up - I believe I've seen this mysteriously
unset itself in the past.
Pete, N3EVL
If you're having problems communicating with the ATU and problems reading
forward and reflected power this seems to point to the parallel port connection
on the back of the radio. I think these two things you're having a problem
with are separate functions that both rely on the parallel port
Agreed.
Actually, it just occurred to me that this could be RF getting into the
works. I seem to remember that the only time I've seen anything like
this was under a high swr situation where my tuner was having a
difficult time finding a match - I put it down to too much stray RF
getting in
Bill,
Thanks for the update. I've never used the parallel port on my PC to
talk to the SDR - even when I was using the Delta 44 card, I was using
the USB-parallel option. I actually have a printer plugged in to the
parallel port - maybe PowerSDR is reading that for the power levels! It
still
Bill (and Phil),
Thanks for the info. I must have missed that piece of information
somewhere along the way. Must be getting old!
The weird thing is that nothing complained, even when I did the TX
calibration.
73, Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:10 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] A/J/O + 100 watt SDR 1K
I'm confused!
That makes two of
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Frank Brickle
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:14 AM
... (Speaking only for myself again, I continue to do the work
because it makes me an irresistable babe magnet, as everyone will
Frank's approach of using a 3D style control sounds exciting and I'm
guessing lends itself to many other functions for which it is currently
difficult to provide a suitable display/interaction metaphor. However,
perhaps in the short term, one possible way to disambiguate mouse click
intent might
Sounds like a nice machine - and the price is good too!
What OS are you using - XP or Vista?
Are there still reasons (specific to running PowerSDR) for NOT using
Vista or is Vista officially blessed by Flex now?
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL
Tim,
Thanks for the pointer to the official Flex word on the subject.
I'm thinking of upgrading my PC and have been looking around lately at
what's available. Since my PC interfaces to HPSDR it definitely needs
the USB driver to talk to Ozy so reverting to the parallel port is not
an option.
I assume you're looking for the vCom installer...
Scroll a bit further down to the text below the Download button -
there is a link in the text:
Latest Virtual Com Port Driver Build - build 226 - Source and Binary
That appears to work.
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL
Nice package!
Maybe it's obvious from the pictures - is this the 1w or the 100w
SDR-1000? What other Flex boards make up the set you installed?
Was the power supply home-brewed - what are the details? I'm sure lots
of people would appreciate learning about and maybe emulating the
design.
FYI: MSVCP80.DLL is the C++ run-time library distributed with Visual
Studio 2005 (VS 8). Applications built using this version of Visual
Studio will typically have an embedded manifest (.xml file) that
references various assemblies that specify their runtime needs and wants
in terms of dll names
I suppose that if you have the option of dedicating a computer to radio
related functions then that's nice. I don't currently have that option
and, quite frankly, I haven't seen the need to limit the set of
applications that are available on my PC just because it's also my radio
machine - in
It is indeed challenging to convey what are essentially some brand new
concepts. I have been known to wax lyrical about the wonders of my
SDR-1K, forthcoming HPSDR, and SDR in general, while mobile during the
commute -- I think I may have even timed out the repeater once or twice
;)
I think
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
radio.biz] On Behalf Of Larry Loen
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:55 AM
To: Skip K3CC
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] ARRL
Can we all avoid this particular discussion _here_?
snip
Please define go back to XP.
It would seem to me that new or old hardware would not care if Vista was
once installed and subsequently removed and replaced with XP: the XP
drivers would either work with that hardware or not.
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave,
Just for clarification, remember that SVN (and similar tools such as
CVS, Perforce, etc) will only update the files that actually changed
since you last updated -- so don't expect to see _everything_ scrolling
by even when it's working properly: that's one of the greatest benefits
of such
I notice that the recording is made using the post-processed audio
setting but the retransmission of the recording is made using
pre-processed audio: this seems counter-intuitive. Is this correct, and
if so, what's the reason for this?
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL
I thought the selection of post-processed on record defined the nature
of the wav file created - i.e. a 'regular' wav file that any audio app
should be able to handle whereas pre-processed produced a wav file
specific to flex that contains the I Q at IF.
By using post on record and pre on
Dave,
I use my Elecraft XG-1 at 50uV to do the RX level calibration (this
corresponds to -73dBm which is S9).
I use either the XG-1 or wwv at 10.0MHz for the RX freq calibration.
As pointed out earlier, the RX null requires a stronger sig than the
50uV supplied by the XG-1 so a second TX is a
If the files in question are dlls, I would guess that they were in use
(loaded) at the time you attempted to do the svn update; svn would be
unable to delete the old version as part of the replacement operation.
Was PowerSDR running at that time?
Pete, N3EVL
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From:
I'm guessing this is a typo and possibly was meant to say 50uV of which
the XG-1/XG-2 is capable (i.e. -73dBm, as you state). I've used my XG-1
to do this calibration and had assumed the signal level (at S9) was
adequate. What say, Eric?
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL
I'm hopeful that the imminent, revised console architecture will support
resize of the window and its contained controls.
While it is a little tedious to implement, C# (at least in VS2003 with
which I have some familiarity) does provide the necessary adjustable
properties that govern dynamic
I think you are confusing 6 (six) and 60 (sixty) meters. I just looked
at http://emartshops.com/FlexRadio_Systems/Upgrades.html
And it says 50w on 60 meters.
As pointed out previously, the amp does not cover the 6m VHF band; the
output on 6m is 500mW.
Pete, N3EVL
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If there is a web page somewhere that really says 50w on 6m, as stated
in Floyd's earlier post, then I would conclude it is a typo and should
say 50w on 60m. I could not find an example of such.
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From: Floyd Sense [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September
Eric,
I tried the latest SVN binary this weekend and the problem seems to be fixed
- the audio sounded good without having to set the process priority to
'real-time.' In fact, it sounded good with the 'normal' setting.
Pete, N3EVL
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From: Eric Wachsmann
The computer I use with my SDR-1000 recently took either a ligtning hit or a
power surge, such that the motherboard had to be replaced. I've since
rebuilt this machine with a new motherboard, using the original disks,
memory, cpu, Delta44, etc. It has a fresh install of WinXP Home SP2.
I've
Jimmy,
I can't remember exactly what bandwidth I was using when recording the cw
signal - one of the narrower selections most likely. However, the
distortion is apparent in all the bandwidths I tried.
I was originally running the sound card powerSDR at 48KHz and later
switched to 96KHz - the
Hmmm... That's an intersting thought -- I had noticed the cpu usage was a
bit higher that before, now around 30% (it was down around 12 - 17% on the
old motherboard). I was wondering if this is the result of switching from a
reasonably high-end video card (with lots of on-board memory) to an
Great, I'll give that a try also.
So much great advice here, and me about to go on vacation -- I know the xyl
will be wanting me to pack a suitcase tonight! I'm hoping I get a chance to
try out some of these suggestions tonight or early tomorrow or it will have
to wait a couple of weeks - no
Chris,
I'm an SDR-1000 owner in New England - Shrewsbury, MA, to be exact. If
you'd like to get together sometime for a demo, email me off-reflector and
maybe we can set something up.
As others have already mentioned, the family of SDR-1K users is a diverse
and varied group (which is great) --
I meant to comment earlier on this: I definitely see (hear) this also. It
is definitely not an issue on 20m, possibly not on 17m, but almost certainly
occurs on 15m and any of the higher frequency bands. Definite click on each
mouse wheel step. Doesn't seem to hurt any thing - radio tunes just
Ken,
No, it's not a USB mouse. I guess it can't hurt to try some ferrites
though.
Pete
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From: Ken N9VV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 2:19 PM
To: Thompson, Peter
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Peter,
If you were to start up your computer with the usb/parallel cable plugged in
and connected to a powered-up radio, and if you inspect the devices - what
drivers are there in the usb 2.0 category? Do you see the same Cypress
driver that I am using?
If the driver is absent, can you
A few posts back, John Melton mentioned his Java GUI. John - care to give
us a brief overview of this GUI and its status?
Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert McGwier
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 2:20 PM
To: w2agn
Carl,
I too have followed this reflector for a long while and also went the route
of building a Softrock40 before finally obtaining an SDR-1000 just a few
weeks ago. I feel sure you won't be disappointed when you get yours - it's
everything and more that you've read about here. I have some
I believe Gerrald clarified things by stating that binaries will in fact be
available from the website, albeit on a somewhat less frequent schedule than
we became accustomed to with the series of 1.4.5 previews; these will more
acurately represent betas (being more stable, less buggy) and will
I'm not sure if this is documented but when I was first attempting to do
frequency calibration after I built my Softrock40, I mistakenly centered the
signal from my XG1 in the passband as opposed to centering it on the red
line in the panadapter window -- this obviously produced the wrong result.
Mike, Jeff,
Thanks for the feedback on the auto-tuner. I must admit that I was a little
surprised that there is no feedback to the software to report on the status
of the tune operation - maybe this is something that can be added in the
future - I've no doubt the s/w could do it provided there
I'm thinking of getting a heil HM10 with the HC5 element for my SDR. Any
advice on the best connector to use (Heil lists several flavors for Yaesu,
Kenwood, etc). My SDR has the 8-pin mic connector on the front.
I assume the miniature mic jack on the back of the rig is meant for a mono
plug
John,
Thanks for the Heil info. I'll certainly look into that. I'm using a Radio
Shack desk mike I happened to have around - never used it in a ham radio
application before but it was all I had handy with a 1/4 jack on the end -
not getting great audio reports yet though - a friend commented
What excellent timing! - My son just called to tell me my new SDR-1000
arrived today and as if that wasn't enough, I get 1.6.0 as well!
73, Pete, N3EVL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric
Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Sent: Tuesday,
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