Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 83, Issue 24

2012-03-24 Thread Jim Gilliam
You might try going to setup-audio-factory defaults. I have had strange things happen on my 5000 and resetting to factory defaults cleared up the mess. Jim, K6QE From: flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz Subject: FlexRadio Digest, Vol 83, Issue 24 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Sat, 24

[Flexradio] Windows 8 and Flex 5000a

2012-12-01 Thread Jim Gilliam
For all those interested I just hooked up the following with very successful results using the Flex 5000A Windows 8 Professional Dell XPS 8500 Syba low profile PCI-express Firewire card with TI chpset (purchased through Amazon) Jim Gilliam, K6QE From: flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz

[Flexradio] Rf issues in monitor

2013-03-25 Thread Jim Gilliam
Rf might be entering through the power and video cables. It could be that due to your RF issues that many monitors might suffer this interference problem. I would look into winding the cables around some torroids to see if this can prevent the RF from entering the monitor circuitry. Also, you

[Flexradio] Remoting power on the Flex 5000

2013-09-19 Thread Jim Gilliam
It is quite easy to remote the power on and off on the Flex 3000. The front panel power switch toggles on and off. One merely depesses the switch to the on position and the radio can be turned on and off by remotely applying 12 VDC to the radio. There are several manufacturers that produce

[Flexradio] Reply for Desktop recording

2013-10-16 Thread Jim Gilliam
PowerSDR has provides to methods of recording. One is to use the REC PLAY buttons on the radio graphics. It will record and playback the frequency you are recording. There is a Wave tab where one can record audio or IQ. IQ allows one to play back the spectrum monitored. It works very well.

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 106, Issue 18

2014-02-20 Thread Jim Gilliam
I have successfully used TRENDnet USB to Serial Converter. They are available at Amazon.com at a very reasonable price. I have 5 of them in use and never had a problem. It comes with a CD driver. Jim, K6QE From: flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz Subject: FlexRadio Digest, Vol 106, Issue

Re: [Flexradio] Software issues

2014-07-12 Thread Jim Gilliam
I will repeat this as I have about 5 times now. All of you who have your SDR's working great make a drive image of your computer. It takes on an average (depending on the size of the hard drive) 30 minutes to make a drive image and a little more time to restore the image. This problem has

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 113, Issue 16

2014-09-16 Thread Jim Gilliam
Hard drive imaging is almost a necessity when running SDR radios. It is so easy to make an image and takes around 15 minutes to restore the hard drive to the point where the image was made. Many argue that in restoring an image at an earlier date, one will lose many of the installed programs

[Flexradio] RemAud

2016-03-31 Thread Jim Gilliam
Skype is not a good program for remoting. A much better free program is RemAud. Try it and you will never go back. Virtually no detectable latency. http://www.df3cb.com/remaud/download.php Jim, K6QE > From: flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz > Subject: FlexRadio Digest, Vol 131, Issue 15