In regards to the Vostro, I have one as well, and disabling wireless and a assortment of stuff did not do the trick. IN the end what helped tremendously was disabling the ACPI battery controller in the device panel.
________________________ 73 de N4BFD http://www.qrz.com/db/N4BFD On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:01 PM, richard allen <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, that was one of them. I have quite a few more but none in such a bad > frequency location at this time. > > It would be nice if both the pre-amp setting and the panadaptor level > settings were linked together and to the current band. I find myself using > the preamp gain to control the panadapter noise floor since the panadapter > low end setting control is > not on the main screen. It requires adjustment almost every band switch. > > The Dell Vostro laptop is a real disappointment as you may have seen in my > bug reports. They may not be a specific 1500 code problems, however. In > addition to the GUI and audio problems, it has big dpc latency >1 ms spikes > every six seconds :>( > I've not seen the audio work properly so I don't know if the spikes are > gonna be a problem. > > Richard > > Graham Haddock <[email protected]> wrote: > (07/22/2010 16:45) > > >Richard: > > > >Good job hunting down the offender. > >Give him a fair trial, then hang him by his power cord. > > > >One word to the wise... > >You should not run the PreAmp higher than you need it. > >On 20 Meters in a city, probably at 0, in a quiet location perhaps +10. > >It won't damage anything, but you are using up your dynamic range for no > >reason. > > > >--- Graham > > > >== > > > >On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Richard Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> That is great reading. Thanks for the link. > >> > >> W5SXD > >> > >> > >> On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:32 PM, "Richard Clafton" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> http://www.audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf > >>> > >>> search for bucket > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto: > >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Allen > >>> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 3:30 PM > >>> To: dan edwards > >>> Cc: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] noise source found and killed > >>> > >>> K9YC's bucket test? > >>> We gotta know ... > >>> > >>> w5sxd > >>> > >>> On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:02 PM, dan edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> sure wish there was a cheap and easy way to clean those buggers up.. > >>>> > >>>> besides K9YC's 'bucket test'....... > >>>> > >>>> 73, w5xz, dan > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> --- On Thu, 7/22/10, richard allen <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> From: richard allen <[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: [FlexEdge] noise source found and killed > >>>> To: "Graham Haddock" <[email protected]> > >>>> Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > >>>> Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 6:55 PM > >>>> > >>>> Before: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.rcallen.com/noise14.gif > >>>> > >>>> 'Twas a little switcher that was powering my Oak Hills Research QRP > >>>> Wattmeter giving it a convienient path to my attached 1500. It was > >>>> s9+20 at 14.015 on my handheld Kenwood thf6. > >>>> > >>>> See the little bugger at: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.rcallen.com/offender.gif > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for all the ideas and now the bottom end of 20m is useable. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.rcallen.com/after.gif > >>>> > >>>> Great radio, Graham. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> > >>>> Richard W5SXD > >>>> > >>>> Graham Haddock <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> (07/22/2010 11:07) > >>>> > >>>> Richard: > >>>>> > >>>>> That looks like the signature of a switching powersupply. Are you > >>>>> > >>>> using a > >>>> > >>>>> "wallwart" or other switching supply > >>>>> to power your 1500? I would start by changing power supplies. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheap switching supplies are notorious for emitting this kind of > >>>>> > >>>> garbage. > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> --- Graham / KE9H > >>>>> > >>>>> == > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:53 AM, richard allen <[email protected]> > >>>>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Does anyone recognise this type of noise? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://www.rcallen.com/noise14.gif > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I figured I'd ask before starting to unplug everything as I have > >>>>>> > >>>>> all sorts > >>>> > >>>>> of possibilities in my lab. I still hear it with a dummy load on > >>>>>> > >>>>> the > >>>> > >>>>> antenna of my 1500 but not as strong. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Richard W5SXD > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Flexedge mailing list > >>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > >>>>>> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. > >>>>>> > >>>>> It is used > >>>> > >>>>> for posting topics related to SDR software development and > >>>>>> > >>>>> experimentalist > >>>> > >>>>> who are using beta versions of the software. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Flexedge mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > >>>> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. 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