Not everyone always sits still within reach of the pedal all the time. Some
like a certain freedom as with a speakerphone or wireless telephone. Others
(with my typing skills) may be graduates of the Christopher Columbus school
of touch typing where we look for, discover, and land on the keys
I am looking for a source of downloadable IQ data files to play back with PSDR
pending my back order being filled for the F5K unit. I would have sworn I saw
a source but cannot locate it now. I would like to exercise and test my PSDR
install in advance. Getting a little experience with
Microsoft does strange things. Just because an update doesn't cause a blue
screen of death doesn't mean it didn't do something somewhere that could
cause you grief. For example, Windows XP when upgraded to SP3 changed the
IEEE1394 port speed which made no difference for many users but... It
Game changer? Makes me a bit apprehensive seeing as how I just got my 5000
and haven't powered it up yet. I would not be a happy camper to have bought
one of the very last of the OLD ones instead of one of the first of the
new ones.
Patrick AF5CK
-Original Message-
From: Burt
Thanks so much for the comments. I have no doubt regarding the fun I will have
with my NIB Flex 5000A. I’m building a S—t hot PC for it in anticipation of a
very excellent operating environment. I have a Heil Pro40 on back order for
it. I have a Hy-Gain Hy-Tower on back order for a month for
Burt, et al, Flex 5000 can be used forever pending radical changes in
operating modes (Say for instance spread spectrum via super wide band FM or
frequency hopping or as yet unimagined modes.) The computer side of the
radio may become obsolete compared to the then state of the practice. USB,
My new Flex-Control has arrived and I tried to install it on my new Flex
5000 under Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
I tried to follow the included instructions with blind obedience so as to
not wander off the straight and narrow but no joy, I got the message
predicted by the instruction sheet,
Sorry, my previous message went out with erroneous title, (I'm up way past
my bedtime.)
Please disregard previous message in favor of this one as here are minor
edits downpage.
If you look in C:\Program Files (X86)\FlexRadio\PowerSDRv2.1.x\FlexControlyy
you will find more of the path name
, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
Sorry, my previous message went out with erroneous title, (I'm up way past
my bedtime.)
Please disregard previous message in favor of this one as here are minor
edits downpage.
If you look in C:\Program Files
(X86)\FlexRadio\PowerSDRv2.1.x\FlexControlyy you will find
.
--Mike WQ5C
On 6/5/2012 11:37 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
Sorry, my previous message went out with erroneous title, (I'm up way past
my bedtime.)
Please disregard previous message in favor of this one as here are minor
edits downpage.
If you look in C:\Program Files
(X86
I am in South Central Oklahoma and have radiant heat which for most of that
heating it is in the floor although I have opted for some radiant ceilings
and in the case of the master bath shower I have heated floor and walls. I
have used some radiant electric heat previously. The only problems
A-B comparisons of
before and after while taming the RFI. My new Flex 5000
Patrick
From: paul glassman
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 1:08 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee ; Paul Mandel ; 'Jim Jannuzzo' ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] EMF/ RFI from Electric Radiant Undertile
. Maybe this assumes too much in
certain instances.
Patrick
--
From: Neal Campbell nealk...@me.com
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 1:35 PM
To: Robert Costa, KB6QXM kb6...@yahoo.com
Cc: Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net;
FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
: Patrick Greenlee ; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz ; manual...@juno.com
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] =Touch-Screen_All-in-One_computer_for_Flex-3
Neil,
As you are the recognized SDR computer expert, I believe that if you tested or
sold touch screen SDR computers, Flex radio in the future might make a few
solutions looking for problems to solve and not improving
the HMI.
I still want an eye tracker and brainwave reader (even though you may think I'd
be too far down in the noise.)
Patrick
From: Robert Costa, KB6QXM
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 9:59 AM
To: Patrick Greenlee ; Neal Campbell
Cc
I'm in information overload (and loving it, mostly.) Could some of you hitech
gurus point me toward where the most understandable explanation of how to use
PSDR to remotely switch equipment would be found? The good news is I have a
new Flex Radio (5K) and the not so good news is my shack under
Jim (et al), Am I satisfied with artificial grounds? I don’t know as I haven’t
done them yet but from what I have read and info from an EE/ham friend with 35
years antenna design experience, I don’t have too many good choices. I will be
putting a DXE-BAL-050-Series at the base of the Hy-Tower
Patrick AF5CK
-Original Message-
From: Tim Ellison
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:31 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Switching ancillary gear with PSDR
Can't answer the question completely because you only described on half of
the RF circuit; what is your antenna?
If your
Thanks again to all who replied, both on and off list.
The down side is there are, I'm sure, plenty of folks like me who are lurking
in the background hanging on every word published here that may be of use now
or in the future but unless the hints, suggestions, and recipes for success go
I think my installation of PSDR is acting more or less “normal” except when I
first click the “Start” button after a boot or reboot and invoking PSDR I don’t
get audio. I click it off and then on again and I get audio. This is a “for
sure” not a maybe.Subsequent recycling, i.e. turning off and
and other “internals”
of PSDR I can figure it out or even fix it.
Meanwhile, if anyone else knows or suspects what causes it or better yet how to
fix it, maybe they will share the info with us.
73 Patrick AF5CK
From: geo...@gloria.us
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 6:46 AM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Subject
Can't reproduce now where have I heard that before? The car, A/C,
blender, microwave, or whatever only makes the funny noise for the XYL never
for me) Apparently there are several of us experiencing the same or similar
anomalous behavior so it is neither an operator hallucination nor a
If you put PSDR in demo mode can't you then use any of your pre-recorded
files as input in place of off the air signals? Or alternatively, I haven't
got a clue, don't realize it, and should be quiet when the big kids are
discussin' stuff.
73 Patrick AF5CK
-Original Message-
From:
Wouldn't you want to be careful regarding how lossy the coax is? Too lossy
and you have to shed all the watts of energy in a short length of coax so
heating might be a problem where a less lossy but longer coax/attenuator
would distribute the heat over a larger surface area and not get so hot.
Not according to their list of RECEIVERS with which it works. (See the web
page)
--
From: paim paimg0...@btinternet.com
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 7:54 AM
To: Reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] studio 1 from woodbox wow
This has been explained but may bear repeating/amplification.
Flex customer demographics include a high percentage of tech weenies and a
fair number of whatever is the latest greatest new shiny ball folks. Some
folks have to have the latest tech gadgets whether or not they understand
the
--
Won't the RohS solder fail in Flex before 50 years?
Availability of Win7... Firewire... etc. Obsolescence, scarcity, worry worry
etc.
I bought a Samsung clone of a PC XT with switchable clock speeds of 4 and 8
MHz with an 80386 CPU
better performance, and fit in a shirt pocket?
George
On 23-Aug-12 11:17, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
--
Won't the RohS solder fail in Flex before 50 years?
Availability of Win7... Firewire... etc. Obsolescence, scarcity, worry
worry etc.
I bought
Many of us were more influenced by his companions but in the interest of
inclusiveness I will not demand that you don't ask and don't tell.
-Original Message-
From: Ross Stenberg
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 12:57 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Lots of
radios that have
breathtakingly better performance, and fit in a shirt pocket?
George
On 23-Aug-12 11:17, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
--
Won't the RohS solder fail in Flex before 50 years?
Availability of Win7... Firewire... etc. Obsolescence
I also see things running back and forth across the panadapter, relatively
localized humps a few dB above background. I don't hear them when they
transit my operating freq. I typically operate in Panafall Mode and every
once in a while I see a horizontal trace as some source sweeps through in
Perhaps the wiring of the radio picks up extraneous signals which are too
weak to retain amplitude when the dummy load is plugged in. The dummy I
assume is about 50 ohms. That would load weak sources pretty heavily and
drag them down into the noise or lower especially if they were of high
to believe you or
take action but are required by law to take care of the problem. A note to the
FCC will eventually git 'er done if they are not interested in getting someone
out to fix the problem.
73 Patrick AF4CK
From: Bob Kay
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 8:35 AM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc
I have been using System Mechanic Pro for several years. It has improved
over time from pretty good with a few glitches to really really good and
virtually never ever even a slight hickup and never a loss of data.
Currently I have it on 5 PC's, 3 running Win7 and two running XP. Works fine
no
If you don't mind a little complication you can get what you want from a
voltage controlled amplifier, typically an audio amplifier IC whose volume
is controlled by a DC voltage. You rectify a sample of your audio, scale it
with a pot and apply it to control the gain. Depending on the
Would anyone recommend any changes?
I have a Flex 5000A with twin RCV and ATU sitting adjacent to my tower
computer with Astron switching supply sitting on top of the tower. The coax
runs from the operating position through my wood shop to an outside wall
where it goes outside into a plastic
With my F500A using just the primary RCVR and irrespective of the antenna in
use (haven’t tried a dummy load) when I change bands starting at 6M and
clicking on 10, 12 etc to 40 or 80, 15M is always significantly quieter than
all the others mentioned. This is true on my modified Hy-Gain
F5000A with 2nd RCVR and ATU
I ordinarily operate with the panafall display. There are several artifacts
displayed. I don’t know if they just come with the territory or my radio is
different. Can they be removed or reduced, or should they be ignored? They
don’t appear to cause operational
Rob, W E L L D U - U H !!! That was easy. Thanks, I hadn’t noticed. How
about an EASY fix for the gremlins mentioned in my next email?
From: Rob Keijzer
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 10:02 AM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Normal noise
, February 09, 2013 12:09 PM
To: 'Patrick Greenlee' ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Panafall artifacts and things that make me go,
H...
Patrick
For the Mirrored images you may want to run image calibration on both RX1
2
http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50140
http://www.diyphysics.com/2012/02/14/d-i-y-10-mhz-atomic-clock-frequency-standard-using-surplus-rubidium-oscillator/
or
http://www.diyphysics.com/2012/02/19/d-i-y-gps-disciplined-10-mhz-frequency-standard-gps-based-universal-time-clock/
73,
Patrick AF5CK
Not dried up. $75 or so on evilBay now.
-Original Message-
From: Richard Solomon
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:59 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] DIY 10 MHz sources for putting Flex 5000A DEAD ON
orreally close
A while back, over on the evil empire,
Once upon a time a long time ago in a town far far away (San Diego) I was
the branch head in charge of SSIXS (Satellite Submarine Information
Systems) for FCDSSA (Fleet Combat Direction Systems Support Activity) SSIXS
is a message store and forward system that provides broadcast content to be
I have both a Samsung and an Acer side by side on the 'puter running the
Flex5000. Even when I have had RF in the shack problems when running a KW
(since fixed) these monitors were not bothered nor did they contribute to
the problem so far as I can tell.
73 and good luck
Patrick AF5CK
In the manner of our late great prez RMN, Let me make one thing perfectly
clear! This post is NOT a vote of no confidence for Dudley who is a Flex
Wizard. I'm just querying the brain trust just in case someone may have
useful input. This august group has a lot of grey matter in fine working
Please disregard my stupid error ... my overly sensitive touch pad sent the
mail before I changed the title and deleted the temperature stuff.
Gore was right... A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
Sorry
-Original Message-
From: Patrick Greenlee
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 1:16 PM
AF5CK
-Original Message-
From: Tim Ellison
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 7:03 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
Is your PC an i7?
Tim Ellison
On 5/5/2013 2:16 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
In the manner of our late great prez RMN, Let me make one
t.m.ellison...@gmail.com
Date: 05/06/2013 5:03 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
Is your PC an i7?
Tim Ellison
On 5/5/2013 2:16 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
In the manner of our late great prez RMN, Let me make one thing
perfectly clear
I just replaced the original provided firewire cable with a new one from
Flex (transferring the ferrites) and it restored operation to my radio which
got very unstable after loading in the latest S/W release. Dudley guided me
through installing the legacy firewire driver.
It was explained to
by a dog. I care more about making him stop biting than
understanding why he he bites. Once the biting is stopped THEN I might be
interested in why he was biting.
Patrick AF5CK
From: Tim Ellison
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:09 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re
I have more or less sufficient credentials to understand and appreciate the
software development for the Flex 5000 and have no reason to think the 6000
series won't be of similar quality. I have a BS in computer science and a MS
in software engineering and taught S/W engineering to computer
have received.
A terrific radio brought to us by some great folks.
Patrick AF5CK
From: Tim Ellison
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 3:26 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
Understood.B GL with the new cable.
Tim Ellison
On 5/6
06, 2013 3:26 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
Understood.B GL with the new cable.
Tim Ellison
On 5/6/2013 4:20 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
OOPS... Sorry Tim, et al... I forgot to mention that Dudley covered that with
me
Please excuse me for not finding the answer to this question before posting
here but I did try for a while (wiki is silent on this) Googled too but no
joy.
I have a Tokyo High Power Solid State Linear Amplifier Model HL-1.5KFX that
can easily be interfaced to any of the big three rice
for automatic band switching of linear
When I had that combo running, I used DDUtil to connect to the amp for
auto band switching. Set the THP for Kenwood - should work fine, it did
for me.
73
Wayne
K4ELO
On Fri, May 10, 2013, at 01:40 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
Please excuse me for not finding
OK, no new cases. What if Flex stopped releasing newer better versions of
Power SDR? Many of us would not be particularly bothered. Power SDR with
all its current shortcomings (whatever you perceive them to be) is currently
pretty darned good. What makes you think the 5000 couldn't be
Everyone has a personal opinion regarding manuals. That is fine except
where you think your personal preference trumps my needs. I too would like
a complete and up to date manual and PDF or similar is fine as I have a
printer. I would accept a hypertext version even though it precludes
. Or if you want wait till the 8K comes out
and the 7K prices fall.
Patrick AF5CK
From: Edwin Marzan
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 1:29 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee ; flexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Owners Manual
I plan to pick up one of the many Flex 5000A's that will become available
Fools rush in... OK, someone tell me what a volunteer needs to do. If I can
do it I will. It would not be my first rodeo.
Better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness. And my favorite
from Mao's Little Red Book, A journey of a thousand miles begins with a
single step.
I have the F5KA model with twin RX, and ATU. One evening it was working like
a champ and the next morning it sounded like a Mexican broadcast station
with the reverb turned way way up.
Here is the situation:
I made no intentional change to the setup and if something changed I don't
know what
Wayne, I immediately suspected RFI as well but... How can I have RFI with
the drive set to zero and a dummy load on the output? That should seriously
reduce the RF available to make I. Either of these actions should eliminate
any near field problems but with belt and suspenders, dummy load
Freon compressors in HVAC systems take something on the order of 30 min or
longer to achieve their design efficiency. Over sized units or units
running in marginally needed circumstances cool the space, satisfying the
thermostat but not circulating much air over the evaporator coils so they
, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net
wrote:
Wayne, I immediately suspected RFI as well but... How can I have RFI with
the drive set to zero and a dummy load on the output? That should
seriously reduce the RF available to make I. Either of these actions
should eliminate
Ditto
I have been using a Harbor Freight N.O. momentary contact foot switch for a
couple years. They have lock-on/lock/off foot switches too if that fits your
needs but I prefer the momentary contact type. I had a few comments
directed my way about needing shielding/grounding but ignored the
I have my PR40 plugged directly into the front panel Microphone connection
and it works fine. I have the transmit profile set for 30 for Mic. Some of
my other profiles have the Mic set at 35. Do not close talk the PR40 and
keep an eye out for the ALC and NEVER go positive.
Patrick AF5CK
Lee, when I search on foot switch on the HF web site I am offered only two
switches, momentary and lock-on/lock-off (plus well pumps and winches for
some reason.) I have some of both of these switches in my workshop to
control q router table, scroll saw, etc. I did have an infantile failure
10 guys will offer up at least 12-15 opinions. I use a Heil PR 40. I get
good audio reports. Fellow Flexers have recorded and rebroadcast me so I
could hear myself and it sounded (for better or worse) just like what I have
come to know is my voice. I have heard other Flexers using Heil PR 40
Don't you think a good Hi-Fi mike that accurately reproduces the sound field
driving it is all the mike you need? Once you have an accurate electronic
representation of the actual audio you can process/distort it in any way
needed/wanted. It isn't required to have a mike distorted in some
Mike, I played the sounds on the Heil site url you supplied. I sort of agree
with your Swiss Army knife comment but not in the way I think you intended
it. I agree that different colorations (eq's) are needed for different
purposes. This can be approached by selecting from a huge array of
I don't know if anyone else in the community is interested in separating a
Flex5000A farther from its companion computer than the limitation of the
firewire cable but I am preparing to test a candidate solution. Depending on
the results of the test I may be able to remote my F5K well over 100
AF5CK
-Original Message-
From: Tim Ellison
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 2:33 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc: t...@flexradio.com ; Burt ; Flex Radio
Subject: Re: Another way to rempote an F5K
Good luck. Let me know how it works out.
Happy Thanksgiving
-Tim
---
Tim Ellison, W4TME
A while back I mentioned that I was going to try an experiment to remote the
Flex 5000 A. I have been delayed due to weather as in UPS wouldn’t deliver
needed cables. I have the cables now and the experiment is underway.
Problem: I would like to remote a F5K a couple hundred feet from the
-Original Message-
From: Patrick Greenlee
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:42 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults
A while back I mentioned that I was going to try an experiment to remote the
Flex 5000 A. I have been delayed due to weather
Here is my COTS hardware source:
http://www.usbfirewire.com/Parts/rr-firenex-s800.html In my experience
these are good reliable folks to deal with.
-Original Message-
From: Patrick Greenlee
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:50 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re
AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
Update: if you coil up the 50 ft Cat5e cable into a small tight coil
and
squeeze it into close proximity thus maximizing the inductance it
crashes
PSDR. This is the only thing I have tried so far that causes a
problem.
In actual use I suspect
more than some ferrite beads if RFI rears its ugly head. Stereo
receive audio should make the trip on twisted pair maybe with some ferrite
and or shielded cable.
Thoughts?
Patrick NJ5G
-Original Message-
From: Dale Hankins
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:42 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
. I am more familiar with the analog
approach but will take a good luck at VAC and any other suggestions that look
to have potential merit before it is a done deal.
Patrick NJ5G
From: Chuck Oapos;Neal
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:58 PM
Cc: Patrick Greenlee ; FlexRadio
Subject: Re
the menehunes (Hawaiian leprechauns) do it?
Patrick NJ5G
From: Ken Akin
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:59 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc: FlexRadio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults
Patrick -
The answer to why not use VAC to get audio into the radio. I suspect (I have
I do have the internal tuner in my 5K and an LDG. I bypass the internal in
favor of the external's wider range in my operating situation. Depending on
your situation the internal may work just fine. IF you ever get a linear
the odds increase that you will need an external tuner. OF course
and a happy new year. (similar for Hanukah,
Kwanza, etc.)
Patrick NJ5G (Death to Vogon poets!)
-Original Message-
From: Patrick Greenlee
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:34 AM
To: kena...@gmail.com
Cc: FlexRadio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Remoting the F5K Prelim reslults
Ken, I
So (he enquired meekly) is it safe for us mere humans to upgrade to the new
PSDR release yet or should we wait for the wailing siren signal to proclaim
the ALL CLEAR pattern?
Anything besides blind obedience to the instructions required?
Thanks for any assistance as I am NOT a PC guru.
One of the Laws of Software Entomology states that the removal of 2-3 bugs
generates at least one new bug. Another statement issued frequently by
software entomologists is that there is ALWAYS AT LEAST ONE MORE BUG.
Frequently heard lament among software maintainers, ...but I only changed
, December 17, 2013 9:13 AM
To: [FlexRadio]
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer No Longer Available
Patrick, NJ5G
I would say go for it. Not everyone is having the problems that
has been listed here.
Good Luck and enjoy.
73
Don, kd6hq
-Original Message-
From: Patrick Greenlee
Sent
, kd6hq
-Original Message-
From: Patrick Greenlee
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 6:38 AM
To: t...@flexradio.com ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDRDataTransfer No Longer Available
So (he enquired meekly) is it safe for us mere humans to upgrade to the new
PSDR release yet
I just successfully updated to PSDR 2.7.2
I fussed with the data base upgrader software for a while. ... and then...
I installed 2.7.2 OK and retried the database upgrader which then worked.
From what I saw you have to install 2.7.2 first in order to have a
destination to which to send the
On 12/18/2013 6:09 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a user accessible control to set the
sensitivity/gain for the waterfall. Maybe there is and I don't know how
to do it.
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I used to try to avoid consensus as consensus requires compromise where no
one gets what they want so no one is satisfied. If lit were done MY WAY at
least one of us would be satisfied.
But seriously... I am not an early adopter per se. I prefer to wait till the
smoke settles a bit before
I am a retired computer scientist first lisc in 1962 who came back to HF
after a 13 year hiatus. Studying for the Extra Class I found out about the
existence of SDR and thought, Gee, shouldn't I have one of those? I read
and researched and ordered a Flex 5000A with two receivers and ATU (no
Knobs? Get over it. Knobs or no knobs is not the issue. Performance,
ergonomics (other than knobs) cost/performance, support after sales, active,
knowledgeable, and helpful user group(s), and so forth, these are criteria
by which a reasoned decision is made. Besides if you want a super
I don't see small stuff like I did when I was younger. Is the screw head
straight slot, Phillips, torx, star, or what?
Patrick NJ5G
-Original Message-
From: Ross Stenberg
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 12:09 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] S Meter minimum
According to old man Rhee, You know him right? The old guy with just one
tooth. Anyway old one tooth rhee says it is a Whitworth style head.
Patrick NJ5G
-Original Message-
From: Jerry Falletta
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 2:07 PM
Cc: FlexRadio Reflector
Subject: Re: [Flexradio]
Left vs right hand hydrospanner . If I recall the class I took at Chanute
Field in the winter of 1963-64 correctly the determining factor is which
hemisphere you are in, north or south as it is related to coriolis effect.
Patrick NJ5G
-Original Message-
From: Paul Playford
Sent:
Here is a vote for the Heil PR40. Plenty of other mikes out there and you
can discuss mikes to death but I have never heard a good argument against
the PR40 other than it cost more than using a crystal ear bud and gluing a
plastic funnel to it and shouting into the funnel.
Why drive a screw
Tough challenge. You will need plenty of PV surface area to get
significant amps. I have a good portion of the roof of my pickup camper
covered with solar electric panels and in really bright sun near noon I
get 14-15 amps. Remember if you charge batteries with this current you
will loose
I have been on a random walk through cyberspace trying to find an
official definitive description of the annual software upgrade costs and
conditions for the Flex 6xxx SDR's but no joy. I have waded through a
morass of marketing hyperbole and received our old friend ERROR 404 but
can't find
*From:* Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net
*To:* flexradio@flex-radio.biz
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 13, 2014 9:30 AM
*Subject:* Re: [Flexradio] Smart SDR s/w?
I have been on a random walk through cyberspace trying to find an
official definitive
Thanks to everyone who helped the little old man across the street.
73,
Patrick NJ5G
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It is what it is, the new shinny ball. It does things the 5000A doesn't
do as per the tech weenies. Everyone's decision process has their own
embedded personal bias, background experience and emotion as well as
their own desired engineering specifications (sometimes.) It is hard to
judge
A capacitor in-line of sufficient rating to handle the voltages to be
encountered and with sufficient capacity to pass the lowest freqs of
interest will turn off your ear heaters. Maybe you want to wire in a
Summer-Winter switch to be able to select cool or warm operation as the
seasons
I once had a tube type lab grade audio power amp with a switch on both
channels to roll off freqs below 8 Hz for uses such as music so power would
not be wasted in reproducing infra-sonic signals from such as footsteps
vibrating a phono cartridge.
Not sure what benefit audio down in the
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