I suspected the antennas should not be connected as that was the
requirement for the previous manual calibrations. However, neither the
release notes or the installer software instruct you to disconnect the
antennas before running the program after the install.
73,
Bill
NJ1H
On 2/19/2011 11:50 AM, Tim Ellison wrote:
It is best that the antennas be disconnected. Here is the procedure to run it
manually, but you should only do this if you are experience SEVERE issues with
image rejection. Don't use the lower half of the bands in a CW contest to
determine if you have a RX image rejection problem. WBIR is not working 100%
correctly yet and there are too many strong signals down there to null properly.
Caution: Running any other calibration test other than the ones described below
may hose up your radio to the point it may have to be sent to Austin to correct
and it may not be covered under warranty repair, meaning you might have to pay
bench rates for the fix.
Procedure:
If you have PowerSDR running, do a database reset using the Setup form (buttons at the
bottom). This will copy your existing DB to the desktop and initialize a
"clean" default database and shut down PowerSDR.
Power off the radio
Disconnect any antennas
Start PowerSDR. It will go through the EEPROM loads to the new database.
Start PowerSDR and make sure you are receiving OK. (no distorted audio or
anything like that) You can temporally connect an antenna to ANT-1 to check
this out, but disconnect when you are done.
Do not change any PowerSDR parameters
Type the key sequence [shift]+[ctrl]+P to bring up the TRX Test form.
Click on the Image button in the Receiver Tests box - this test only take a
minute to run
If any test fail, re-run the image cal. Sometimes it can take a pass or two
Click on the Level button in the Receiver Tests box - this test takes a little
longer
If any test fail, re-run the level cal. Sometimes it can take a pass or two
When done, close the TRX form.
If you have an rx2 installed, then do this
Type the key sequence [shift]+[ctrl]+R to bring up the RX2 Test form.
Click on the Image button in the calibration box - this test only take a minute
to run
If any test fail, re-run the image cal. Sometimes it can take a pass or two
Click on the Level button in the calibration box - this test takes a little
longer
If any test fail, re-run the level cal. Sometimes it can take a pass or two
Once done, you can restore your previous database by opening the Setup form and
selecting Import Database and select the one that was copied to your desktop in
the first steps.
-Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Bill Bordy, NJ1H
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 11:02 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [FlexEdge] PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.19 RC1 install auto calibration on
startup?
Does it matter whether antennas are connected or not to the radio when the auto
calibration on initial start-up after installation is done?
How does one force a recalibration if desired?
73,
Bill
NJ1H
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