Brian, Dave Thanks for the info. This along with Gerald's announcement today that seems to touch on the same topic, I'll just cycle the Flex when it hits and wait for the next fix or two and hope that software can cure it. Operating mostly digital I can often avoid tuning the radio by shifting within the FLdigi waterfall.
Thanks Ken Akin AC0HO On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Brian Lloyd <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Ken Akin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Background - SDR 2.19 RC1, Win NT, SP 3. E6600 quad core, 4 GB, DPC >> usually 92 ms, Safe Mode 1. Running SDR, FLdigi, WaveNode WN-2 monitor, >> Ham Call lookup. >> Rig is a Flex5000A with ATU (bypassed), 2 receivers and V/U unit. >> >> I normally just use RX1, I was switching between 15 and 17 meters, dropped >> to 160 just to check things out. The band switch seemed to take much >> longer >> than normal (perhaps half a second), and what looks like a broadcast AM >> with >> digital sidebands (10 kc either side) was just above the passband in the >> middle of 160. I could not tune to the station. VFO would move, the >> panadapter would jump a bit but not enough to get the station into a >> listenable range. Moving just the MHz position on VFO A, from 0 to 65 MHz, >> the station stayed in almost the same spot (as I tuned up frequency, the >> station would move down the scope perhaps 300 Hz for every MHz up). This >> worked from 0 to 12 MHz, then at 13 MHz, the signal bounded back up the >> scope a couple of KHz. and again moved down a bit with each until 24 MHz. >> > > Welcome to the "Tuning Wedgie." This appeared in an previous beta version > and is being actively discussed with Flex on the beta list. The problem is, > it is difficult to reproduce and just happens after some amount of tuning > but there don't seem to be a clear set of steps that will recreate the > problem reliably. > > I have had a couple of things that seem related before, and I expect that a >> power cycle of the Flex will cure the problem for a while. I power cycled >> twice last night in 6 hours, but with this event this morning which I am >> playing with it trying. to figure things out. >> > > Yes, power cycling the radio fixes the problem ... until it happens again. > > >> 1. How can I get signals from RX2 to FLdigi? >> > > You can't except out through the analog port. This part requires > significant change to PowerSDR. This is also one of my, "I really wish this > were changed," issues too. > > 2. Should I fall back to 1.86? >> > > That is up to you. I like the beta versions better than 1.18.6 and just put > up with the occasional "wedgie". > > >> 3. Is this a hardware issue, how can I tell? >> > > It does not appear to be a hardware issue. Many Flex-5000s have experienced > the problem. It does appear to be related to the latest firmware. Flex is > aware of the problem and thought it was licked in 2.0.19 RC1. It is much > better than it was in 2.0.17 or 2.0.18 which is why they thought that the > problem was solved. I have no doubt that things will be better soon. > > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 3191 Western Dr. > Cameron Park, CA 95682 > [email protected] > +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) > +1.931.492.6776 (USA) > (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) > > _______________________________________________ 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.
