Bonsoir Erwin,
Your message did put a smile on my face!
The first time anything related to FlexRadio has put a smile on my face
ever!
When I think back to what man has done with computers in the paste that
were many millions of times
less powerful than they are today, it amazes me how could they had
possibly sent a man to the moon
using such old technology when today's super fast computers can't even
make simple morse code characters reliably?
I totally agree with your musings about .net and windoze, quite possibly
the worst environment ever devised by man.
I have just been loaned by a very good friend an FT817, it's an old one,
one of the first in fact, but I have to say that it is such a joy
to have a radio again!!
I plugged in my twin paddle and once more I could send morse code, no
lost characters, no delays, it just works, perfectly.
Now for some QRP fun!
On 16/02/11 18:00, [email protected] wrote:
Message: 17
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:03:28 +0100
From: "Erwin van den Bosch (PA7N)"<[email protected]>
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] CW and an F3K sitting on the shelf for 18
months.
Message-ID:<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> v1.18.6 drops characters and the side tone delay is ridiculous to the
point where
> it actually affects the CW being sent due to it being so far behind.
> v2.x also drops characters, has the same side tone delay and
NR/ANF/NB don't
> work. Full break-in CW doesn't work on any version.
It must be something with your settings. Did you install PowerSDR again?
No? You must
install it again. If that doesn't work then format your C drive do a
clean install of
Windows and install PowerSDR again. If you still have time left in the
weekend you can
format C again and try some other Windows versions. Try XP sp3, Win7 32
bit, Win7 64 bit.
> I'm using a Quad core AMD Phenom II 3.4Ghz with 4GB RAM, WinXP and an
> approved Firewire card.
That machine may be too slow. You must buy An Intel! i7 with 32 Gig ddr3
ram will do the job.
If it still doesn't work it may something to do with your motherboard.
Buy a new one!
> Been through all this nonsense a million times, the problem is with
the software not
> the PC.
No it can't be the software. That is made by flex (and 3rd party)
professionals! Build on
Microsoft dot.net so it must be great.
> When my friends visit they say to me "Why do you still have that blue
> piece of junk on your shelf?"
> I have to explain to them that I can't sell it because no one wants it
> due to the poor reputation they have in Europe.
>
Bottom line is: If you like being on the air at any time you want too,
buy a real radio as
your main transceiver. I have sold my Flex-1500 and have a ft-817 now.
It's working right out
of the box!
If you like to experiment with SDR. Buy one of the kit radio's
available. There are a lot of
interesting SDR projects right now. Most of them are open and open
source so you can really
experiment with hardware and software. That's what ham radio is all
about. It's not about
buying the fastest computer, re-installing Windows and driver updates,
testing (debugging) the
latest PowerSDR BETA.
73,
Erwin
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