Re: [Flexradio] Remote Operation Flex-5000A
Hi Bill, I am not sure about your setup, but perhaps a Web (Internet Remote) accessible power switch would solve some of your problems? They are readily available on eBay for $75 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270400080007 > GL de Ken N9VV Bill Gipps wrote: I'm a new owner of a 5000A and a SPE Expert 1K amplifier. I'm going through the learning curve - but having a blast as I do! I'm currently just remoting from the Shack to wherever I am in the house / yard. I've also accessed it from my car, using my laptop and aircard. I've got it working, but have some questions / concerns, etc. and can't believe that I am the first person asking these questions or coming across these issues. I'm using TightVNC and Skype. Appreciate any assistance that you can give me? Your assistance is greatly appreciated Bill Gipps VE7XS ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] a future feature - digital mode id displayed on the panadapter
Hi Jim, use Google (or your favorite search engine) and look up the term "Cognitive Computing". Frank AB2KT has written papers about Cognitive Computing and how it might be used in Ham Radio to automatically classify signals. I believe he presented a paper about that topic at the Dayton 2008 Flex meeting. You can probably find it in the Flex KB. GL de Ken N9VV Jim Madden wrote: Wouldn't it be great if the panadapter had a feature that could be turned on or off that displayed an ID by a signal that indicated what kind of a signal is present. This would be especially useful for digital modes when one is using third party software to decode digital signals and trying to determine what kind of digital signal to decode. Jim KD7GND ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Q] any news from Flex Banquet/presentations?
Hello, I could not find any online source of info about Gerald's speech at the Banquet or the presentations. Any commentary from those who attended these important meetings? thanks, de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] W9OY Blog is beautiful and informative
Lee W9OY has posted some beautiful full screen shots of the new PowerSDR 1.19.0 in actual use on his Flex system(s). Please check it out at: http://w9oy-sdr.blogspot.com/ GN/GB de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] new skins movie online (.mp4)
Probably OPERATOR ERROR and not a bug at all :-) I am a total novice with PowerSDR 1.19.0 and I used an OLD I/Q recording. Thank you very much for taking time to look at it. 72/73 de Ken N9VV Scott Chrestman wrote: Great video! One odd thing I noticed... Your frequency readout changes to 14.000MHz when you change to the Metal1 skin, but obviously the rig is still monitoring 14.171251. It didn't happen when you switched from default to Blue2. I wonder if this is a skin-specific bug? Will try to reproduce this evening... Scott, N5KRC On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Ken N9VV wrote: http://www.n9vv.com/PowerSDR%201.19.0.mp4 I created a little movie to show just how easy it is to change "skins" while listening to a recorded I/Q file with PowerSDR 1.19.0 GL de ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] new skins movie online (.mp4)
http://www.n9vv.com/PowerSDR%201.19.0.mp4 I created a little movie to show just how easy it is to change "skins" while listening to a recorded I/Q file with PowerSDR 1.19.0 GL de ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] illustration of 10 new "skins"
Hearty CONGRATULATIONS TO Eric KE5DTO, Matt KD5FGE, and Beppe IK3VIG, 10 of the beautiful new skins illustrated on a webpage. http://www.n9vv.com/PowerSDR-skins.html de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] examples of 10 new skins
Hi, to honor Eric KE5DTO and Beppe IK3VIG, I have tried to capture all 10 of the beautiful new skins and illustrate them on a webpage. Click on any pix to get a full size image. the webpage should be ready by 03:00z http://www.n9vv.com/PowerSDR-skins.html GN/GB de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Skins
Hi Ed, here is where I found some svn://206.216.146.154/svn/repos_sdr_windows/PowerSDR/branches/ke5dto/PrettyBetty GL de Ken N9VV Ed Helms wrote: Can someone post a link to the skins for the PowerSDR...I cant seem to find it..tnx N4zvn>Ed ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] posted for Alan K2WS: re: Pulse tuning
Alan posted this Feature Request #2120 in March. "http://support.flex-radio.com/ReviewBug.aspx?id=2120&it=F"; Report Detail: The Tune function would be considerably enhanced if the user could select a pulse mode. Tuning a Linear amplifier with a low duty cycle pulse instead of a constant carrier has great advantages. While examining the RF output on a scope setup to display a trapezoid, the amplifier may safely be driven to full power as long as needed and tuned for best linearity. Tuning at full power is the most accurate way! With duty cycles less then 20% the amplifier will never overheat. Finally, if QSK were available ( like break-in CW) and the 5000 could switch to receive during the 80% off time, one could actually hear what's going on on the tuneup frequency! Keeps user out of trouble.. Three menu settings should be included. 1. Pulse rate -# of pulses per second from 8 to 24 2. ON Pulse width -for setting ON Pulse duration from 1 to 20 milliseconds 3. Mode select -continuous or pulsed. Changes mode & color of TUN button on front panel. 73, Alan Davis K2WS --- ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR - amp tuning pulser?
Hi Ray, I always liked the funny name of this "3989 pecker" http://www.3898pecker.com/main/page_home.html de ken n9vv Ray Andrews wrote: Jim, The feature request is a great idea. In the meantime however, Ameritron, among others, sells an amplifier tuner pulser designed specifically for that purpose. The added feature to PowerSDR would be great, but the hardware solution may save an amp or two while we are waiting. 73, Ray, K9DUR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] other sdr programs
I only know of a couple programs programs that are available for the venerable SDR-1000: https://java-sdr.dev.java.net/ http://javaguifordttsp.blogspot.com/ http://www.g3ukb.co.uk/ The fine Flex Knowledge Base also has info about older revisions of code from Jeff K6JCA http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50244.aspx you might also check with Jeffrey Pawlan about Winrad http://www.winrad.org/ I am sure other fellas on the list have a much better memory than I do. Hopefully they can suggest alternative codes as well. GL de Ken N9VV y...@aol.com wrote: Hi ?I was reading in several places about 3rd party sdr control software. Would like to look at some of these and maybe try one.Ive looked all over the flex site and the kb ,can't seem to find much info. Can somebody direct me to the right area or site. Iam running a sdr-1000/fa-66. thanks dale wt4t ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] DPC's Question
I have successfully used the Get-and-Set utility from Edgemeal Software http://www.geocities.com/edgemeal_software/SetAffinity/index.htm It allows me to assign any application to any core. I have found that the XP operating system does not seem to take DPC activity level into consideration within it's automatic scheduling algorithm. I assign PowerSDR to core-1 and all other competing activity to core-0 to try and steer the DPC traffic away from PowerSDR. GL Ken N9VV Jim Menefee wrote: > In a previous post, someone was talking about a program that dedicates any > number of processors on a multiprocessor chip to a particular task - or - > disassociates a task to one or more of the processors. If moving a DPC > issues program such as IE to another processor - or giving SDR it own one or > two processors - would this isolate the SDR from the DPC issues from that > program? > ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?
Hummm GBG = "gotta be good" ? GBG = "God Bless Gerald" ? GBG = "Greatness Beyond Grandure" ? GBG = "Great Big Gadget" ? GBG = "Grand Boundless Gates" ? GBG = "Golden Brass Goblets" ? . . . de ken n9vv > GBG -> initials for a set of words still secret to me, but not hard to > figure out ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Dropouts in VAC stream
I don't know if this will be helpful. In the SDR-1000 days we had a webpage with the collected wisdom from hundreds of guys for XP Optimization: http://www.n9vv.com/XP-optimization.html GL de Ken N9VV Brian Lloyd wrote: > On Jul 20, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Carl Vangsness wrote: > >> Couple of minor hints that might help. >> >> One. Check out FreeRam XP Pro (http://www.yourwaresolutions.com). It >> can be configured to clean up all the leftover memory spaces not >> cleaned up when you exit various programs. Free. > > Hmm, OK. > >> Two. Check your processes using Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del). Delete >> immediately AcroRd32.exe, my worst enemy. That's Adobe Reader left >> over from reading a PDF file on the Internet. Most of the time it >> won't go away automatically and if left sitting in memory will be >> guaranteed to lock you up at some point. Main reason I switched to >> FoxIt Reader. > > Well, I started with a virgin XP 'Home' system, installed the stuff > needed by the chipset on the MB, and then installed PowerSDR, VAC, and > MixW. I don't have anything else on the system. > >> My laptop at work (Win2000) always loads up with pctspk.exe, a >> utility to add voice messages for various functions. Can't stop it >> from loading at startup so I kill whenever I boot up in the morning. >> It then gets immediately replaced by ReaderSL.exe, a speed loader >> for Adobe! Kill that too. > > E. That's just ugly. Nothing should ever happen on the system > without you asking for it first. > > >> I'm using an SDR1000/FA66 and running WinXP Home Media Edition, 968 >> Mb ram, 2.2 GHZ processor, about five years old. Computer usage with >> MixW and PowerSDR running is between 30 and 40%, but I watch what >> else I run when PowerSDR is running. >> >> As they say on the Red Green Show, we're all in this together. > > Yup. Working on chopping and channeling XP now. So far software > updates and the firewall are gone as are the Microsoft network client, > printer support, and QoS in the networking stack. Now I am using > http://beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm > as a guide as to what isn't needed and may be turned off. More later. > > -- > > 73 de Brian, WB6RQN > Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com > > > > > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Time for an upgrade!
I recommend that all multi-core enthusiasts use this free utility from Ed in Chicago: http://www.geocities.com/edgemeal_software/ It allows you to assign any application to any core and keeps it that way. So if you run multiple applications, you can separate them and hope that the Operating System has enough cycles to do fast context switching without a DPC penality :-) http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10445 GL de Ken N9VV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You'd think that two processor cores running side by side would surely be > faster than a single core right? And four cores working simultaneously would > certainly run circles around it? Well no, only if the application that you > are running is multithreaded and thus can take advantage of the extra cores > - remember that about 99% of all software available today is programmed to > run on a single core processor. Hence it isn't multithreaded and thus in the > vast majority of cases you won't see a speed up, as the second, third or > fourth core is just sitting there idling, or handling simple operating > system tasks that don't eat up a lot of processing power in the first place. > > Jacky Winters > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Menefee > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:04 PM > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: [Flexradio] Time for an upgrade! > > Time to change the CPU and Mother Board. I have both a SRD 1000 and 5000. I > run a lot of stuff in the background for biz (CS4-Dreamweaver, etc) and use > 4 monitors. I have been eyeing the 6600 CPU's for $189.00 from Tiger > Direct. I would love to hear from others if this is the way to go and a > suggestion of a good Mother Board to go with it. Also, what is the SDR > software designed or best suited for - Duel - Quad, etc? > -- > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] (no subject)
worth it's weight in GOLD! :-) kch Phil LaMarche wrote: > > My 5000 is in Austin. Can someone tell me the weight of the unit? > > Phil ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] RX2 Demo video posted on www.flex-videos.com
I enjoyed the whole Video right through to the end where Neal buttons up the box and heads for the software screen. Neal's flash video server was doing a wonderful job this afternoon. de ken n9vv Edward J White wrote: > Hi Neal: > The video for installation stops about where you start to talk about the > FLEX RFIO board "H" that all I can get? > Anybody else get the same? > Ed > WA3BZT > > > Neal Campbell wrote: >> Since Youtube shrinks the size of the video, there is litte screen >> resolution, so I have added the RX2 Demo video to the RX2 installation >> video on www.flex-videos.com. >> >> Again, if anyone has any videos they would like to share, send them to >> me and I will add them to the site! >> >> Neal >> >> > > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] FREE Screen Sharing Program
Thanks Scott, I have also used TightVNC and UltraVNC with great success: http://www.tightvnc.com/ http://www.uvnc.com/index.html de ken n9vv KQ8RP wrote: > I came across this Free screen sharing program awhile ago and have been using > it to help many people with a PC problem or the person that showed it to me > used it to educate me on a antenna modeling program. But I thought it may > come in handy for some of you to use as a tool for helping someone > troubleshoot something or just to display something from your desktop or > thiers. > > http://www.crossloop.com/ > > Enjoy, > Scott > KQ8RP ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Fwd: Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000]
I am forwarding this for Alan K2WS. Original Message Subject:Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000 Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:57 -0400 From: Alan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Thursday afternoon I fired up the Flex 5000a - looking for 10 meter band openings. After working a few Southern stations on the FM Repeaters at 29.640/.540 and 29.680/.580 mHz, I thought I'd listen on 6 meters. SIX was open! and I could hear stations in the deep South - even on an F12 C31-XR tribander. I don't have a resonant antenna for 6 meters, but best results were obtained using the F12 240-N Magnum 40 meter 2 element array at 70ft- no kidding. Using the 240-N, the signal to noise was best and the SWR was under 1.5 : 1. I could hear the band noise increase when I switched in the 40 meter array! Like a new ham, I gave it a try. I worked: WD4JB in Miss.@ EM64 on 50.145mHz W4AVY in Ala. @ EM63 on 50.125mHz KI4ROF in Tenn @EM55 on 50.175mHz. The power out as indicated on a PowerMaster meter was 20 watts. This summer I'm planning on putting up arrays for 6, 2 and 23cm to work SSB/CW/AM etc ! Can't wait to see what kind of 6 meter performance the 5000 can produce - on real 6 meter ANTENNA! 73, Alan-K2WS- ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] off topic but it is a Flex type Power Supply
Why not order it from *Astron* directly? http://www.astroncorp.com/sps.shtml 9 Autry, Irvine, CA 92618 949-458-7277 • FAX:949-458-0826 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FireBrick wrote: > I have an Astron 50amp supply. It takes a 10amp glass .5X20mm fuse. I think > they are called a GMA??? > The manual doesn't give a manufacture of part number. > > I'd like to order some as RS doesn't carry that amperage in that size. > > I'm sure someone out there knows where I can buy a small quantity to keep on > hand. > > (you know it will fail at the most inopportune time.) > > pse and tu ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] VAC & vCOM
Hi Ray, I also remember that there was an .INI file associated with vCOM. You can edit it to change anything that would be done by the configurator. I think that in ancient times (circa: 2005) we had to edit the com pairs in the .ini file before the configurator was born :-) Perhaps the Vista folks can edit the .ini to setup whatever they need in vCOM? de ken n9vv Ray, K9DUR wrote: > Tim, > > My experience with vCom under Vista is that vCom itself works well. > However, the configurator does not work properly. As long as you leave the > virtual COM port pairs at their default port numbers and do not try to > change them, all is well. > > 73, Ray, K9DUR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] cool new EEPROM reader for FLEX-5000
Tim has posted a new EEPROM Reader utility that allows you to save your EEPROM settings in a comma separated values (CSV) file. http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=187 Take advantage of the new utility and keep your 5000 EEPROM values in a secure backup location such as a CDROM. Thanks Eric and Tim for this valuable tool. Ken N9VV -- What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] gain on the sdr1000
The idea is to have your S9 signal generator (Elecraft XG-1 for example) show *exactly the same peak reading* no matter how you set the PREAMP. It is a beautiful software defined radio design concept - now implemented by Flex in the PowerSDR software. GL de Ken N9VV Edwin Marzan wrote: > Do you mean the rise and fall of the noise level on the panadaptor? If so, this has always been the case with my SDR1000. I receive the highest noise level reading with the preamp off and the lowest noise level with the preamp on. It sounds backwards but I do notice an increase in the signals against the noise with the preamp on.Edwin MarzanAB2VW ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Monitor
I saw my 22" wide screen CHIMEI CMV221D monitor on sale at Club-IT for less than $200 with various rebates: http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=CA4693007 de ken n9vv Robert Dennison wrote: > Hi, > > These days we can hardly get enough screen space. A dual monitor with > one be a biggy works for me... Microsoft does make it fairly easy to > assign windows to screens, but it's easy to lose an window and a bit > difficult to get it back. There are guys with DXLabs running more than 2 > monitors. > > You can't go wrong. > > Good luck > > 73's > Rob ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [hpsdr] [dttsp-linux] A proposal
Gosh Chris, your email sounds like the rant of an embittered programmer who has no good Customer Support. Good friends in the Open Source community help each other by buffering the "stupid end-user dumb questions" and insulating you genius programmers from all that real-world exposure. I will personally take all those emails from real Ham Radio operators who want to learn and need a gentle, patient, kind reply. Take a chill pill and enjoy the ride. There are so many positive and joyous aspects of this era in Ham Radio. I am sure you will find it quite different from your previous unhappy experience. GL de ken n9vv Chris Albertson wrote: > Have you ever worked on an open source project? So yo spend > months writing code and then it gets out into user's hands. Then > you are spending all hours answering e-mail and solving 20 > different peoples "how do i install this?" problems and then the > "This is OK but can you make it do X". Very much the same > thing really. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] a cheap standby computer for Flexionians?
Wow, Jerry that is one heck of a nice desktop computer. The one that Bill had was a refurb with only 256MB RAM. The one at Office Depot is a new Dual Core + 2GB RAM + 360GB disk. Very nice find. de Ken N9VV Jerry Flanders wrote: > Also, at your neighborhood Office Depot (requires rebate): > > http://www.officedepot.com/textSearch.do?uniqueSearchFlag=true&Ntt=714090 > > Jerry W4UK > > At 04:04 PM 1/14/2008, FireBrick wrote: >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=267&sku=I33-RBGX270SRCCODE=WEM1542&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEM1542C >> >> I can't tell if it has a FireWire port, but it sure looks like it could be a >> great flex standby or dedicated computer. > > > ___ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] re LDG AT-200PC ATU
Kerry, here is a link to the LDG webpage describing the AT-200PC http://www.ldgelectronics.com/products.php?cID=1&pID=4&v=1 I own and like LDG Tuners. I think they are some of the best on the market. However, I do not see the letters "SDR" anywhere in the description. I see a reference to various software that might be integrated with this particular tuner. I see a reference to source code for a GUI: http://www.ldgelectronics.com/c/267/at-200-pc-softwareV GL de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Ken SPAM] "Vista-Ham" Yahoo group
just F.Y.I. this seems like a helpful and well focused group for the new M$ operating system "Vista" and Ham uses and applications: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vista-ham/ de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Ken SPAM] N8VB announces his new QS1R SDRMAX
Please join me in congratulating Phil Covington N8VB on this exciting New Year announcement: - Phil Covington N8VB has formed a new Yahoo group called the "QS1R" which means "QuickSilver version 1 Receiver". Phil has named his software "SDRMAX". Here is a link to the Yahoo group and another link to Phil's home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qs1r/ and http://pcovington.blogspot.com/ Phil will create a new SVN repository to hold SDRMAX open source software (and firmware) in addition to various webpages with pricing, ordering, and time line for the new QuickSilver system design. --------- Happy New Year, de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Mac Book Pro/Bootcamp/Flex-5000A
And this webpage was put together to help us all with optimization of XP http://www.n9vv.com/XP-optimization.html Ken Neal Campbell wrote: > Jim > > Have you done the XP tuning described in websites like > www.tweakhound.com? You might get some of that sampling speed back if > you do. I never set up a windows machine without doing those steps. > > Neal ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New Features
Hi Ken, you might enjoy seeing what is already being done via the Internet: http://www.obriensweb.com/drsked/drsked.php http://data.w6rk.com/ http://n1su.com/windrm_online.html CommCatLive even has live beam headings and s-meter readings in addition to frequency: http://myqsx.net/ http://www.w8ern.com/ http://www.n6oj.com/ http://www.w6hn.com/ de ken n9vv Ken wrote: > Hello, > > I don't know anything about this new Operating System that is coming, > but if I understand correctly, their will be more possible > features! > > Is it possible, and are their others who welcome the idea of having a > menu built into Power SDR so that the menu will display the call signs > of those who are on the air? > > Other words for those who are using SDR only, a digital packet can > transmit information that the end user sets up to transmit, let > say their call sign. Then the receiving station that is using SDR can > go into the menu and see who is on the air transmitting and identify > what frequency they are on too. > > This could be useful for SDR DX stations and also to be able to locate a > friend on the band using SDR (FlexRadio). > Also have a way to toggle this feature on and off. > > Is their anyone who welcomes this idea if it could be done? > > Thank you. And as always, Hats off to the the programmers who make all > of this possible. > > ___ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] John Melton Java GUI (Dec 29 update)
John Melton G0ORX/N6LYT has posted an updated YouTube video of his new Java GUI for the SDR-1000: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qzTtpAVljA or http://javaguifordttsp.blogspot.com/ --- YouTube video of SDR-1000 Java GUI I have uploaded this video of of the SDR-1000 Java GUI running on the Mac. The application is started from NetBeans and you can see the Java code starting up the background processes: sdr1000 (hardware interface code),jack, sdr-core (RX), sdr-core (TX) and then the jack-connect commands to connect it all up. --- de n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC
Dear friends on the Flex list, this is a nagging reminder to lease backup your PC on a regular basis. -- Clean your disk of junk (C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe) Clean off your old Internet cache (history) in IE or your favorite browser Defrag your disk (C:\Windows\system32\dfrg.msc) (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/) Check your disk for file integrity and consistency [best done from SAFE mode - F8 when booting] C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkdsk.exe /F C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkntfs.exe W4TME recommends a good Registry Cleaner like RegistryFix http://www.registryfix.com - Please backup your important files. Write them to a CDROM or DVD. [do a test later to be *sure* you can read the CDROM/DVD] Keep the CD in a safe place. Don't forget: [ ] The XYL files, kids homework, music, IM, email [ ] Bookmarks or Favorites [ ] Address book and Email files [ ] Documents and important letters [ ] Spreadsheets [ ] Electronic Log entries and digi program sub-directories [ ] AIM Buddy List [ ] Skype Contact List [ ] Favorite DOS programs [ ] wav and mp3 recordings [ ] All those Field Day, shack and antenna pictures [ ] Digi mode files and programs (EasyPal, FDMDV, VAC, vCOM) [ ] Propagation programs [ ] DX Cluster access files [ ] TortoiseSVN files [ ] Teamspeak subdir [ ] Any text files containing LICENSE keys It *can* happen to you! - disk manufacturers stay in business by selling hard drives. Their high performance disks can fail after 36 months of continuous use. Back up and be safe! Happy Holidays to all the Flexers, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Microphones for 5000
I thought he said it was 3:00am and they would be starting their day. But it is light outside the windows behind him and the date and time of the file on AOL is 9:28am 11/22/20007. Jim, W4ATK wrote: > Boy, that explains a lot! Ah thinks John has found > the kick-a-poo joy juice! ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] picture Top-Guns at AMSAT meeting
Have you seen the nice picture of the "top guns" in SDR development? Gerald + Bob + Frank + Phil Check out Bob's website: http://n4hy.org/ de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] a Voice IDer for SDR-1000?
Howdy, last year I heard from a guy who was developing a voice IDer for use with the Flex SDR-1000. He had a customer who was asking for the device to be converted to the SDR-1000 MIC input circuit. The device was already in use on YaeComWood gear. I have searched the web and can not find it. Does anyone remember the device? or know of a hardware 10min IDer? thanks, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] URL to download AB2KT overhead presentation
Frank AB2KT's overhead presentation from the DCC conference. here is an alternative website until Flex has a chance to incorporate it into their knowledge base: http://www.n9vv.com/AB2KT-DCC-FSM-talk.pdf *thank you * Frank for your generosity and kindness in releasing this to the Ham Radio public. 73 de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] anyone attend DCC this weekend?
If you attended the DCC Conference in CT, please send a short report about how the DCC conference went this weekend. There seems to have been no on-line broadcast of any of the speakers :-( [ ] how were Bob N4HY and Frank's AB2KT sessions? [ ] was it well attended? [ ] what surprises did you hear? [ ] what innovations in digital ham radio did you see? [ ] how soon can we purchase a hard copy of the proceedings? thanks, de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 5000a sold
the 5000a/ATU has been sold. thank you to all who inquired. de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU
Sure I will put the neat (un-worn) T-Shirt in the box as well. Ken Jerry Flanders wrote: > T-Shirt not included? > > Jerry W4UK > > At 08:56 AM 9/26/2007, Ken N9VV wrote: >> *For sale* brand new *FLEX-5000a/ATU* $2,895.00 >> >> In perfect condition, with power cable, Firewire cable, >> original CD, plus extra CD with current software, drivers, >> and documentation. All connectors protected with colorful >> dust caps. Packed with extra bubble wrap and ready to send >> insured UPS. >> >> If you pay for UPS-Overnight, you can buy it today and >> have it for weekend fun on the air. >> >> PayPal payment preferred. >> >> please, serious inquiries only. >> thank you, >> de Ken N9VV >> < n9vv at wowway dot com > > > > ___ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] For Sale: FLEX-5000a/ATU
*For sale* brand new *FLEX-5000a/ATU* $2,895.00 In perfect condition, with power cable, Firewire cable, original CD, plus extra CD with current software, drivers, and documentation. All connectors protected with colorful dust caps. Packed with extra bubble wrap and ready to send insured UPS. If you pay for UPS-Overnight, you can buy it today and have it for weekend fun on the air. PayPal payment preferred. please, serious inquiries only. thank you, de Ken N9VV < n9vv at wowway dot com > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] how to graph S-Meter readings?
How would you go about capturing and graphing S-meter readings? sometimes I can hear rapid flutter and other times there are long fades. Would it be reasonable to sample the S-meter and display the results as a graph from a spreadsheet? TU de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] article about SDR cell phones
Good press for SDR: http://slashdot.org/articles/07/09/23/0024219.shtml September 23, 2007 Prototype Software That Fills a Cellphone Gap By MICHAEL FITZGERALD VANU BOSE is the son of a fabled engineer, but he garnered no mercy when he presented his big idea at a technical conference in 1996. Mr. Bose’s graduate work at M.I.T. involved using software to handle the radio function in a cellular phone. He remembers that after he successfully demonstrated his technology, an audience member stood up and dismissed it with: “Congratulations! You’ve just invented the world’s most expensive cellphone.” Mr. Bose, a personable man, shrugged off the criticism. He expected that over time, the increasing processing speed of chips would make such phones much cheaper. But he didn’t want to make the phones. He wanted to remake the wireless base station, the guts of the world’s cellular networks, by changing them from complex systems that incorporate hardware, software and the electronics needed for wireless communications into systems run primarily with software. Most of us don’t think of our cellphones as radios, but they are. Any wireless device uses a radio. Figuring out a way to operate the radio with software has obvious potential advantages: for one, it’s easier and cheaper to upgrade software than it is to send field technicians to cellular towers to add components. And a software-based radio — the industry calls it software-defined radio — could handle multiple cellular signals at the same time, the way a computer can run a browser, a word processor and a spreadsheet all at once. So, in theory, letting cellular companies accommodate new spectrum or technologies by doing software upgrades could expand coverage and services while possibly reducing what we pay for them. That promise prompted Mr. Bose to start a company in 1998, while he was still in graduate school. He called it Vanu Inc. (The family surname was already in use: his father, Amar, had founded the Bose Corporation in 1964.) The company bumped along primarily on military contracts for developing software-based radio devices. (The armed forces typically use different kinds of radios but need them all to talk to one another, which has prompted two large research projects, Speakeasy and the current Joint Tactical Radio System.) Then, as cheap semiconductor technology caught up with the needs of his software, he was able to pursue commercial markets. He now has several customers for the company’s AnyWave wireless base stations for cellphone networks. Mr. Bose is not the first to pursue converting radios to software. The idea had been developed in the late 1980s, and Joseph Mitola, an engineer now at the Mitre Corporation, a research organization, is credited with being the first to discuss an effective software radio architecture, at a conference in 1991. Well-established companies like Motorola and Ericsson now use elements of software-defined radio for their base stations. But Mr. Bose was the first to come to market with software that could handle multiple networks with the same equipment. Software radio appears to offer an elegant solution to what has been a vexing problem: how to have a single handset, like a cellphone, communicate across multiple networks. For instance, the G.S.M. standard, for global system for mobile communications, is used broadly in Europe, and most notably in the United States by AT&T. But it does not work with phones built for the C.D.M.A. standard, for code division multiple access, that is used in the United States by Verizon and others and is popular in South Korea. So, as a Verizon cellphone user, when I spent several weeks in England this summer, I was instructed to rent a phone from Vodafone. It took several attempts over several days to get my calls to forward from my Verizon number, and I paid for two phones for the better part of a month. Mr. Bose’s software makes it possible for the network to switch modes automatically. While the AnyWave Base Station still includes components like wireless transmitters and receivers, the company ultimately would like to focus on selling its software to other businesses that build base stations. That would position Vanu to become “the Microsoft of the wireless base station industry,” said Bruce Sachs, a general partner at Charles River Ventures, which recently put money into an $8 million funding round for Vanu. Mr. Sachs says that the market for base stations is worth billions of dollars by itself and that as cellular operators upgrade over time to technologies like WiMax or H.S.D.P.A., for high-speed downlink packet access, wireless markets worldwide will be open to Vanu. There is also potential for markets that are just emerging, like that for “femto cells.” (In mathematics, a femto is a quadrillionth.) The cells will plug into a power outlet and bolster cellular coverage for a home or business. But that is in
Re: [Flexradio] VAC works FB with 1602
Bill, I used 1.10.3 SVN 1602 today with VAC 4.08 and everything worked great. Here is my VAC About info: Driver: 4.8.0.1455, Control Panel: 4.8.0.1455 I made several PSK31 Q's and then recorded some signals with Audacity via VAC without any problem. I watched Digital SSTV on 40M at 7.173.000 using EasyPal and it worked like a champ. (The bands were stink-o and there was a lot of QSB) I couldn't find anyone on Olivia (14.106.500) or MFSK (14.073.000) and switched to 75M Phone to listen to the wonderful BIN effect on SSB. de Ken N9VV FireBrick wrote: > Just a clarification. > As far as I can see, VAC does not send any audio via virtual audio cables to > WinWarbler, MMTTY or Mixw > The VAC box in Mode Specific Controls that appears if you have selected a > DIGx mode is Yellow as if it's enabled. > But somewhere the audio is not getting to any of MY digital decoder/encoder > software listed above. > > If I revert to a svn BELOW 1602, then the above software works normally. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] Introduction to Erlang
I know that a lot of guys have not had an introduction to the power and elegance of Erlang. Here is an intro article that was published just last Thursday: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/09/13/introduction-to-erlang.html Ken ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Ken SPAM] Flex'er presentations at DCC
The line up of speakers at the DCC Conference is very exciting. Check out all the famous Flexer's and their presentation topics: http://www.tapr.org/pdf/DCC_2007_Schedule_Preliminary.pdf [ ] Gerald K5SDR [ ] Bob N4HY [ ] Frank AB2KT [ ] Mel K0PFX [ ] Bill KD5TFD -- Ken N9VV PowerSDR Build: 8 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Analog S meter
check out this nifty S-Meter from Phil N8VB and John KD5NRA http://www.philcovington.com/SDR.html scroll about half way down Trevor Smithers wrote: > Anyone interested in seeing an "analog" S meter included in the consul? > I don't mean replace the existing meters but having a choice between > digital/analog similar to the one > included in the WA6AHL/K6JCA version of the consul in April 06. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] Pidgin instant messaging client
Many of us are enjoying Instant Messaging. Here is an article about my favorite utility "Pidgin" (a.k.a. Gaim) http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/pidgin de Ken -- What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] "always on top" focus fix
I thought some of the folks with FOCUS problems might find this utility useful. It seems to offer "always on top" as an option for any open window: http://www.abstractpath.com/powermenu/ Ken -- What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Windows Multimedia Player 11
vlc media player downloading location: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html Robert McGwier wrote: > My computer is 10% happier. If you want to happily play wma's or other > things that Winblows wants to lay your computer on its side to play, > download and install the vlc media player. It was originally developed > for Linux. It uses windows codecs, players DVD's, music cd's, etc. And > it has none of the bloat of WMM player 11. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] N4HY to present at ARRL Conferenct
Hot off the press: http://www.arrl.org/?artid=7686 - reproduced here without ARRL permission -- N4HY to Present Software Defined Radio Seminar at ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (Aug 28, 2007) -- Robert McGwire, N4HY, will present "A Stroll through Software Radio, Information Theory and Some Applications" at the ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Sunday Seminar in Hartford, Connecticut on September 30. The seminar will cover the basic building blocks of a simple software radio system, as well as a discussion of information theory and its practical use in communication systems. As time permits, McGwire plans to demonstrate several software radio systems ranging from the Softrock40 to the GnuRadio/USRP and the Flex5000. Attendees will receive packages containing tutorials and software. McGwire is employed by the Institute for Defense Analyses, Center for Communications in Princeton, New Jersey where he has been since he was an undergraduate at Auburn University. He is the chairman of the ARRL Software Defined Radio Working Group, a member of the SDR Forum and a contributor to GnuRadio. He is also Vice President of Engineering for AMSAT-NA. McGwire is co-author with Frank Brickle, AB2KT, of DttSP, a software radio suite. The suite is used in the Flex Radio's PowerSDR to operate its SDR transceivers. The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference will be held September 28-30 at the Double Tree Hotel in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, just north of Hartford. For more information and registration, see the conference's Web site, or call the TAPR office at 972-671-8277. Tickets for the Sunday Seminar are $25 and are separate from the conference registration fee. Link to this item Ken -- What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Audio Streaming
http://www.svenstedt.se/ip-sound/ (Winblows) others may have solutions that are multi-platform Skype might prove unsatisfactory because you have to connect to their server network with it's associated latency. de ken n9vv Craig Monsen wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with streaming the audio of the SDR1000 over a > network? > > I would like to have this capability, and would be interested in successful > setups either using Windows or Linux based tools. > > Craig, KC2LFI ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] G3UKB new API demo filter GUI
Bob G3UKB has created a little demo of how to make a simple filter selection window using the new API that he has created for his ER-Link project: http://www.g3ukb.co.uk/api.html good work Bob, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] new API for G3UKB
Bob G3UKB has released information about his new Java based API for his experimental console http://www.g3ukb.co.uk/api.html Ken -- What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Virtual Serial Port alternative
Hi Bob, I am one of the happy campers who enjoys using vCOM every day without any problems. The Eltima product might be an expensive solution looking for a problem. I use vCOM for both CAT connectivity (6-16 pair) and CW keying (7-17 pair) between MixW and PowerSDR. I have used vCOM with EasyPal digital SSTV and other digi programs without a glitch. vCOM has worked faithfully for several years (since 2005) http://www.philcovington.com/SDR.html I want to thank Phil Covington for his generous contribution of vCOM along with: # .NET 1.1 Serial Port Support Class # .NET 1.1 Socket Utilities Class # Serial to TCP Bridge # SharpDSP Console for the Softrock # The beautiful live analog S-Meter (patterned after John KC5NRA) # XML serialization for PowerSDR # SharpDevelop alternative compiler examples and demonstration # Mono testing and exploration # His innumerable contributions to Mercury and HPSDR # His new QuickSilver VERB DDC design # and now SharpDSP2 for the QuickSilver de ken n9vv Robert McGwier wrote: > vCom has served us very well indeed thanks to Phil and as always, the > price was indeed right. Many experience drop outs of the serial lines > between your external programs and the PowerSDR. I have looked for an > alternative to vCom for quite a while that might fix this issue since I > could monitor ports and see that all applications were still talking and > that the vCom ports were becoming black holes. Closing and opening > fixed the problem but this is not an acceptable solution. > > For those of you who are new to PowerSDR and Flex radio, there are no > wires between your logging and rotor and contesting programs and the > radio. It is done VIRTUALLY inside the computer. The virtual glue we > have been using is vCom. I am recommending an alternative, VSPD, if you > find yourself having trouble with vCom. > > Unfortunately, there is no really usable free alternative I can find. > Development on all of this was stymied when we were going to move to > Visual Studio > 2005 and .NET 2.0 but developmental delays have > prevented this. > > I want every SDR-1000 and Flex 5000 to have the best possible experience > with their radio so I wish to recommend an alternative that is NOT free. > You can download it and try it for 14 days and prove to yourself that > you no longer have drop outs. > > http://www.eltima.com/products/vspdxp/ > http://www.eltima.com/de/products/vspdxp/ > > I recommend if you download the trial version, you unload vCom (this is > easy) and load this as a replacement for the fourteen days it is free to > use. Unlike VAC, it will not start shouting by me now but will just > say "it is time for you to purchase" when you try to open the control > panel. I have run this product now for two months since it was > recommended to me by someone here to try. I believe that was Ken, N9VV, > but I am uncertain. If it was Ken, thank you, if it was not Ken, my > apologies for not writing down who it was. > > Here are the things I do know. I have not had a virtual serial port > drop out in two months. I have not had the occasional other problems > that I believe were associated with vCom. > > The product is not cheap. It is a flat $100.00 for a single copy. If 21 > of you band together, it is $50.00 each. I can recommend it as > wonderfully easy to use, as easy as vCom. The GUI is no more functional > that vCom but VSPD has more capabilities than vCom which you can find > out by trying it yourself for a free 14 day trial. > > I spent the $100 to make sure it was sound before I recommended it. I can. > > > > 73's > Bob > N4HY > -- What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Latest Production Update?
please check the archive. It is easy to search with CTRL-F Gerald's message on August 15th http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/msg17749.html de Ken Jim Cox wrote: > Did Gerald send out the latest production update for the 5K this week? > Jim K4JAF -- What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] my first Olivia on FLEX-5000
I am delighted to report that my first Olivia QSO is with Tim W4TME on 14.106.500 this a.m. What a great signal from Tim. de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] CW w/ FLEX-5000A
I am using my favorite WinKeyUSB/HV into COM3 on my PC and then to PowerSDR selected COM3 as Primary keying. It is working great. I agree with Dudley that the rear panel connection for the paddles works very well too. de ken Steve Kallal wrote: > I wonder if the external COM port is still needed on the 5000A. On the > SDR-1000, the COM port is definitely needed for good keying response. > > Ken, N9VV, perhaps you could answer this one. > > 73, > > Steve N6VL ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] CW Keying in SVN 1416+
CW keying works as it always did with my external WinKeyUSB keyer. I am on COM3 of my PC and the rig keys reliably in all SVN distributions including totay 1420. de ken n9vv Charles Greene wrote: > Hi, I seem to have lost CW keying. It was there in SVN 1414, but > none in SVN 1416 or 1418. I thought it might be hardware, but it is > ok in v1.8 and v1.9. > > Chas ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 10M beacons on new FLEX-5000
I just tuned around on 10M and discovered the beacons. I had no idea they were so easy to receive. The blips I was looking at inside the IF passband were FIVE 10M BEACON stations! I was not any sort of a phantom sig or DDS spur - but REAL signals ;-) cool, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] my First FLEX-5000 SSB contact W1AW !!
Zowie - I am nervous and sweating like a Novice making his first QSO (hihihi). I just worked W1AW as my very first SSB contact on a brand new FLEX-5000 14.225 USB. Received an excellent report from "Rich" a visitor in the shack in Newington. cool! de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] CAT causing Screen, mouse, keyboard lockups ?
Hi Al, I am running MixW and EasyPal and SVN 1413-1415 for several days with not a single lockup of any kind. I have never experienced any sort of a CAT problem using N8VB-vCOM serial ports. I wonder if your particular PC and setup are uniquely causing the problem? What version of VAC and vCOM are you using? I am using VCOM 4.07 (registered) and vCOM 2.66 and MixW 2.18 (registered). BK de ken n9vv a.groff wrote: > Caution It appears to me that svn's after 1355 may have a buffer > overflow problem with CAT that locks up the screen, keyboard & mouse... > The audio stream continues to run.. This occurs with both logging > software PROLOG and MixW that poll via the CAT to get the frequency. > PortMon indicates that the lockup occurs after 1365 polls ( IF; ) each > of which contains 3 characters. 3 x 1365 = 4095. > > Bug # 1160 posted but thought that you may wish to avoid a lock up.. > > AL, K0VM > > ___ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] pix of new FLEX-5000 arriving...
I put together a few pictures of what the new packaging looks like. It is solid and well thought out. There are surprises in the box. I know you will be as thrilled as I was to receive your new FLEX-5000 http://www.n9vv.com/FLEX-5000-arrives-N9VV.html First impressions: - o The rig is heavy and solidly built. I thought it would be about like the SDR-1000. It is much more solid and has really professional attention to details. o I never listened to WWV on 15Mhz because my Jupiter couldn't hear it. I can now click through ALL the WWV stations on 2,5,10,15, and even 20Mhz with the FLEX-5000. o The preamp comes on automatically on the higher bands and the audio stays exactly where you put it for best listening. o Setup is so easy that you will think you missed something. Hook up some powerpole connectors, your speakers, an antenna, and a Firewire cable to your PC and you are all set to enjoy your new rig. There is no more XG-1 signal level, image, or frequency adjustments! those adjustments are all done at the factory now. o My new rig has been on PSK31 and CW and has not missed a beat. I was always impressed with my SDR-1000. This second generation from Flex easily surpasses it. o I believe SDR has finally turned the corner from a hardware curiosity and experimental platform to a viable solid performer that can hold it's own against anything in the Ham market. all the best, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Bob K5KDN receives FLEX-5000 ....
In case you missed it, Bob Tracy K5KDN received the first production FLEX-5000 at the Austin TX Hamfest on Saturday. Check out the picture of the *very happy* Bob as a *very happy* Gerald hands over the new rig. [picture and info: http://www.flex-radio.com/] We owe Bob a *huge* vote of thanks for all he does to keep our vital CAT commands fresh and up-to-date. 73 de ken n9vv -- Engineers expect failure, but they do not accept it. ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] Compositing for a fantastic 3D Console
All you need is an entry level Pentium-IV running Linux!!! This is what compositing (CompIZ and Beryl) are all about. There are some stunning examples out there. Imagine putting one Console on each face - you get eight main and sub-receivers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uplw5tlB1ag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb-ZMtf01MU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ClklzJQ7k and of course for our general audience: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compositing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz de Ken N9VV (stupid 3D enthusiast) Tim Ellison wrote: > "Gonna have to upgrade my PC again." > > Anybody seen any surplus Cray's on Ebay? :-) > > -Tim ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] new console skins...
I saw a discussion about "skins" for consoles. I thought I would send this link to some of the best graphics I have ever seen: http://www.pspaudioware.com/ sure would make one heck of a fantastic console! I believe it is done using $6,000+ software ;-) de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] funny buttons just appeared in SVN 1357
Perhaps someone with Visual Studio 2003 could remove "button 1" from the 1357 layout and offer the PowerSDR.exe to the group via an ftp or website? TU de Ken N9VV N3WT wrote: > Igancio, > > SVN 1357 contained changes only for the Flex 5000, I suggest reverting > back to SVN 1355, or wait a day or two for the next SVN change. No > problem. > > 73, John, N3WT ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] funny buttons just appeared in SVN 1357
Eric explained this a month ago. "BUTTON 1" is there for 5000 testing purposes. Don't worry about it. It is just an artifact of some testing this past week. FLEX is showing the 5000 at the bit ARRL Central States VHF Conference in San Antonio this weekend. Please join me in wishing them the best for a great turnout and a super demo/presentation. de ken n9vv FireBrick wrote: > I'll be posting a bug report. > > But to the person who first reported this and asked about it. > > I just this morning woke up to find 'extra buttons' in my Console also. > > a button called 'button1' > two frequency entry windows with up/down input arrows > covering the old BCI button down in the lower left corner of Console > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Digest Request
Al, how about using the FLEX Archive? http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ Al wrote: > Can anyone forward a copy of Digest Vol27, Issue 24 .. > The internet/my ISP (?) eat my copy.. > AL, K0VM > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] two questions
please read and search the Operations Manual and Knowledge Base for solid answers to most questions. -- the 300Khz filter option addresses an END USER ADDITION of a filter on the RFE board. This is an unsupported MOD option for those hams who need special BP filters for LF operation (I think). The explanation is on page 71 of the 1.8.0 Operations Manual: "Enable 300kHz Filter: Engages the custom filter bank on the RFE on low frequencies. This is only useful if the custom filter bank is populated with a low frequency filter (not typical)." -- please read and search the Operations Manual and Knowledge Base for solid answers to most questions. -- from page 86 of the Operations Manual in the Noise Reduction section: "Block LMS: We have implemented a fast Block LMS (least means square) routine. This routine is faster than the original routine, gives more taps in the filter, and will work on I/Q signals, which enables BIN (binaural audio) to remain available For more information about LMS algorithms, one might start with Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_mean_squares_filter or even Google: http://cwww.ee.nctu.edu.tw/course/asp/ASP04.pdf http://cnx.org/content/m10481/latest/ -- please read and search the Operations Manual and Knowledge Base for solid answers to most questions. ------ de Ken n9vv FireBrick wrote: > I've read the manual on these two options but really don't quite understand > what they do. > > 1. On the Setup>General>Options menu. > > What effects, benefits, whatever do I get by enabling or not using the > 300kHz filter. > What does it do? I've seen no difference in anything I do. > > 2. on the Setup>DSP>Options menu. > What effects, benefits, whatever do I get by enabling or not using the Block > LMS option. > I read the manual, but I'm old and dumb and don't really understand what LMS > is? > > Anybody care to tutor me? > pse & tu > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Re - Control Panels
Please encourage John Melton G0ORX/N6LYT to continue work on his cross-platform *Java* implementation. He needs the moral support of the Flex community to spur him on to victory: John Melton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you are a Java programmer please contact John and offer to help. -- Then lets get some positive messages flowing to Bob Cowdery G3UKB who has demonstrated an exotic and very innovative new console using cross-platform tools such as Erlang/C++/Java/Python/Forth G3UKB Bob Cowdery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- With your courteous messages to John, Bob, and Eric, you will be helping thousands of happy SDR-1000/5000 owners enjoy a bright future full of beautiful console choices. What a fantastic time to be in Ham Radio! tnx de ken n9vv Tim Ellison wrote: > PowerSDR will always be a Windows first program, Mr. Gates has seen to > that. But with V2 it will not be a Windows only solution. Yippee! > -Tim ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Wireless Router Interference
I have had good luck with very INexpensive equipment from Xterasys. I bought the router and then an 802.11b/g wireless access point for $20 each ;-) they work wonderfully. As far as I know, there is no interference from either unit even though they have the usual cheap plastic housings. They seem to run at full speed (4Mbps down and about 500Kbps up) to our Cable modem box. inexpensive gear to test with: http://www.geeks.com http://www.surpluscomputers.com YMMV. de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] anyone know what "softwaredefinedradiousa" is?
I stumbled across this. Anyone have a clue? http://softwaredefinedradiousa.pbwiki.com/ de ken ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] IP-Sound v0.57a released
Anyone interested in remote station operation should check out the latest release of "IP-Sound" from SM5VXC http://www.svenstedt.se/ip-sound/ de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] any one comprared 1k 5k to ic 7800 or ft 2000
Hi Elan, if you or a buddy are members of the ARRL, you can view all their product reviews. The ARRL has thoroughly tested the IC-7800, the FT-2000 and the SDR-1000. I believe the ARRL Laboratory tests will be a much more reliable starting point than any subjective judgment based on a single ham's hearing, ANT, PC, sound card or FA-66, and skill in setting up PowerSDR. One method you might consider is finding a Ham in your area who already has an SDR-1000 setup and operational with a good quality sound subsystem. You can tune and operate his station and have first hand experience. Have you asked the FLEX email list for a reference to someone in your part of the world? BK de ken n9vv elan paim wrote: > is any one comprared the 1k or 5k to ft 2000 or ic 7800 ? > with a 3 ele antenna or any other antenna ? > vy73 > and all the best > Elan g0uut ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] 6m power + new ATU
From the Flex-Radio 5000 FAQ webpage: http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10374 * 100 watts PEP output 160-6 meters (SDR-1000 = .5W) * Optional full featured ATU 160-6m (SDR-1000 ATU 160-10M) * Individual optimized filters for all Ham Bands de Ken N9VV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Phil, > > How much power out on 6M? Sure would like more than on the SDR1000. > > Thanks Owen KB5XE <<<<<<<< ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] question on Keyer
Page 93 of the 1.8.0 manual explains keying options Connections The internal keyer supports two inputs. We call these inputs the primary and secondary connections. The primary connection will override the secondary input. This was designed with the idea that the secondary connection might be used for automatic CW generation while the primary could be used with manual paddles to override the automatic output. Primary: Select the connection to be used for the primary connection. Selecting “SDR” allows use of the jack on the back of the SDR-1000. Secondary: Select the connection to be used for the secondary connection. Selecting CAT will allow use of the COM port that is currently being used by the CAT connection. This is useful as some programs allow both CAT commands and COM port line keying for CW. Note that the lower two controls will not show up if None is selected. --- de Ken ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] question on Keyer
Page 93 of the 1.8.0 manual explains keying options Connections The internal keyer supports two inputs. We call these inputs the primary and secondary connections. The primary connection will override the secondary input. This was designed with the idea that the secondary connection might be used for automatic CW generation while the primary could be used with manual paddles to override the automatic output. Primary: Select the connection to be used for the primary connection. Selecting “SDR” allows use of the jack on the back of the SDR-1000. Secondary: Select the connection to be used for the secondary connection. Selecting CAT will allow use of the COM port that is currently being used by the CAT connection. This is useful as some programs allow both CAT commands and COM port line keying for CW. Note that the lower two controls will not show up if None is selected. --- FireBrick wrote: > In SVN: 1378 > > In the DSP>Keyer setup page. > What is the difference between > primary: SDR > Secondary: CAT > > How does SDR differ from CAT? > Cat is the rig control I think. > But what is SDR > > > - > Girl of your dreams, unavailable except in GIF > - > > Bill H. in Chicagoland > webcams at http://76.16.160.118:8080/ > weather at http://hhweather.webhop.org > > > ___ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Manual notch filter?
Interestingly, in the digi world (PSK31) both HamScope and MixW have notch filters built right into their waterfall's. You simply right click on the offending signal and notch it out (up to about 40db I think). de ken n9vv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I agree a manual notch filter would be useful and would be even better if >> you could right click the offending signal when in panadapter display and >> have a selection to apply notch filter. Also it should be available in >> other >> modes as well as CW. >> >> Just some wishful thinking :-) >> >> Dave >> WO2X >> >> > > I've advocated that there be some kind of "quiver" of manual notch filters > that you could drag and drop over the offending signals. > > Unlike conventional notch filters, they would stay in place until you > dragged them off the panadapter or spectrum displays wherever you could > place them. > > I also suggested it look kind of like an arrow so there was room at the > top of the gadget to use the scroll wheel (after a click on the top) to > adjust the notch's width. > > The right click isn't the right solution, because it's already tied up in > the very important click-to-vfo functionality. > > > Larry Wo0Z > > PS, an interesting use for a manual notch that has just occurred to me and > could be SDR specific would be to informally create a "comb" filter for > RTTY. I don't know if one always would want one, but there have been > times where overlapping RTTY signals have made me wish for a comb, but > maybe this sort of feature would be enough in terms of having it. I don't > know if I'd want a full time comb filter for RTTY because one can tune > well enough without a perfect shift. Start tossing in a comb filter and > more precise tuning is probably needful. > > > > > ___ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] N4HY + K5SDR defend Ham Radio at FCC
We Hams owe Bob N4HY and Gerald K5SDR a standing ovation at the next public meeting! Bob and Gerald defended Ham Radio when the FCC rules for SDR (Software Defined Radio) and CDR (Cognitive Defined Radio) were being formulated. The Federal Register stands as a testament to the power of their persuasive and well articulated arguments in front of such a demanding audience. In the message below, Bob recounts some of the encounter with the FCC. Raise your glasses and join me in a hearty toast to Bob and Gerald for their unselfish work on behalf of us all. Original Message Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:13:59 -0400 From: Robert McGwier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List * Gerald Youngblood and I went to the F.C.C. and we gave a talk and discussed their proposed rule making. I believe you can see the impact we had throughout this document thought I don't claim we wrote any piece of it. We pleaded for them to not get in the way of a successful move of amateur radio into the almost inevitable future where larger pieces of it were done digitally with software and cognitive radios. We proved then, and we have continued to supply them and the ARRL CTO with information (ammunition) that shows amateur radio operators are doing INNOVATIVE development that is simply not being done elsewhere and much of it in SDR and CDR. One of the best papers you can find anywhere on the foundations for CDR (the mathematical tools) is in QEX and written by Frank Brickle, AB2KT! In the end, they told us that if amateur radio SDR's did not self police and provide transmit frequency protection, and removal of completely automatic scanning outside of amateur bands that we were likely to face serious certification of a type that would not be affordable. Now I know that faced with this, we could come up with open source means of authentication that would pass, but the expense would be onerous. I personally might personally be in serious trouble if I attempted to provide this. In the end, I think we are simply going to have to live with small pieces of firmware at a minimum that prevent unauthorized use of amateur SDR equipment outside of the amateur bands. Yes, we argued strongly that almost all amateur radio equipment could be easily modified to transmit out of band. I offered to bring in an unmodified transceiver and modify it in less than five minutes to show how easy it typically was. I was told that I should not volunteer to commit a crime on federal property and that they were aware of this. The F.C.C. is responding to external pressure from all sorts of quarters from the White House to commercial entities like Cisco to NTIS, and the intelligence community as well as D.O.D. The schizophrenic aspects of this are almost ludicrous. You find one D.O.D. office wanting to support you, buy yours toys, help you help them, and another wanting to kill the entire effort. It is bewildering. Given this order, which is now enforceable law since it was placed in the Federal Register, I expect more radio manufacturers to look at this order and jump into the SDR world more completely. I think that, overall, with these competing pressures, the F.C.C. struck a reasonable balance between the hysteria on the parts of some and the desires to reinvigorate amateur radio in particular but radio development in general in the U.S. One only has to visit places like the Wireless group at V.P.I. and other places to realize that S.D.R. and C.D.R. are having a major impact on the new engineers and communications scientists being trained at many universities. When Frank Brickle and I gave our S.D.R. course last fall, we had HALF of the entire senior electrical engineering class take the course and they did not know us from Adam's house cat and many were graduating, so it was a risk. That was impressive, not to mention a fantastic time. http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/01/24/101/?nc=1 73's Bob N4HY ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] plastic covers for BNC/SO259/DB9?
Does anyone know where to buy plastic dust covers for BNC connectors, SO259 connectors, and the DB9 on the back of the FLEX-5000? I don't see those sorts of things in general electronics catalogs. Is there a specialty supply house? thanks, de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] "STAR-10" transceiver?
does anyone know anything about the "STAR-10" transceiver designed by KW7CD? from his QRZ webpage: http://www.qrz.com/KW7CD "HF Transceiver: Star-10(c) Pictured above -- "Home Brewed" - 100 Watts continuous (125 Watts Peak) from 1.8 MHz to 30 MHz continuous coverage in 10 Hz, in one band using a fully synthesized microwave DDS-Driven PLL running at ~1 GHz. Phase noise -133 dBc/Hz from 400 Hz to 20 KHz. Receiver composite linear dynamic range >150 dB, MDS = -136 dBm, IP3 = +45 dBm, with preamp ON." http://members.aol.com/cdrentea/myhomepage/ham_radio.html http://members.aol.com/cdrentea/images/hr21.jpg http://members.aol.com/cdrentea/images/hr33.jpg ? de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] news from Friedrichshafen
Link to IW0HK pix http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk/hamradio_2007/hamradio_2007.htm de ken ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] any news from Friedrichshafen ?
Has anyone found pictures or info about the Friedrichshafen Hamfest in Germany? tnx, de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] key pad controller
Beppe, IK3VIG, from WoodBoxRadio, has created a really nifty PIC controller for SDR-1000's. I often wondered if it used CAT commands via a serial port. If so, it might be readily adapted to the 5000 using N8VB vCOM and the PC(?) http://www.cqdx.it/woodbox/controlpanel.html de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] remote web control of AC powered devices
Addendum: four more remote TCP/IP power switches https://ssl4.westserver.net/controlbyweb.com/order.shtml http://www.achatz.nl/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=39&osCsid=607e5805281bd3f5ff4458f77275821e > http://home.cogeco.ca/~hduff/EIO_Main.htm http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=NET10332 Ken N9VV wrote: > Here are a couple examples of TCP/IP controlled power switches. I have > been looking for a homebrew example or something less expensive: > > Remote TCP/IP Power Switch > http://www.controlbyweb.com/webswitch/index.html > http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=TOL10273 > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260127607686 > > > > Tim Ellison wrote: >> >> There are other (and better) ways to turn power on and off remotely >> using TCP/IP >> >> -Tim > > de Ken n9vv > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] am I the only person to do this?
Here are a couple examples of TCP/IP controlled power switches. I have been looking for a homebrew example or something less expensive: Remote TCP/IP Power Switch http://www.controlbyweb.com/webswitch/index.html http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=TOL10273 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260127607686 Tim Ellison wrote: > > There are other (and better) ways to turn power on and off remotely > using TCP/IP > > > -Tim de Ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] live NASA Internet TV
Pse forgive this off topic post. there is a stunning NASA multi-media broadcast on the Internet (broadband) http://www.smeter.net/nasa/media-tv.php de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] reports from HamCom?
Any reports from HamCom? did anyone see the new 5000 on display? TU de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] TortoiseSVN new rev 1.4.4
new revision of TortoiseSVN out today: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tortoisesvn/TortoiseSVN-1.4.4.9706-win32-svn-1.4.4.msi?download > de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] sorry, 1 more question
Hi Frank, perhaps you are confusing the three available distributions. Each is accessed using a different and unique path in TortoiseSVN. The current "production" version is 1.8.0 The current SDR-1000 beta is SVN 1210 (log shown below) SDR-1000 Beta = r1210 | n4hy | 2007-06-01 08:28:17 -0500 (Fri, 01 Jun 2007) | 1 line An artificial scaling DOWN of the compander output, introduced during the days before we balanced the stages of the transmitter, is removed. The compander should produce much higher average power now. The current SDR-X SVN is 1225 SDR-5000 Beta = r1225 | ke5dto | 2007-06-06 16:34:07 -0500 (Wed, 06 Jun 2007) | 1 line (branch) Added fahrenheit display option to Test form. -------- de ken n9vv FireBrick wrote: > I was able to do all the SVN stuff, downloaded everything, and got version > 1.9 to run. > Later, I did an 'Update' by: > Right click on the SVN and then did an 'Update' > That ran and I got "Completed At revision: 1225 > > But when i ran the trunk>bin>release>PowerSDR.exe > it said it was still at the same v1.90 SVN 1210 > > What did I do wrong? > > > - > "I'll be Bach." - Johann Sebastian Schwarzenegger > - > > Bill H. in Chicagoland > webcams at http://76.16.160.118:8080/ > weather at http://hhweather.webhop.org > > > ___ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Reference Oscillator
Here is a link to Alan's graphs and measurements http://www.k2ws.us/Images/K2WS/Improving_Frequency_Stability_SDR-1000.pdf de ken n9vv > Jim, I think that Alan K2WS has plotted the drift of his SDR-1000 > and found that the biggest effect was when TRANSMITTING. The PA and > enclosure seemed to heat up quite a bit. The fan then cooled it down > and the master oscillator swung up/down in freq with the temp. If I > remember correctly, the Tx and Rx temps were quite different. He > used an OCXO to stabilize both to within a very small margin (tenths > of a Hz?). > de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Reference Oscillator
Jim, I think that Alan K2WS has plotted the drift of his SDR-1000 and found that the biggest effect was when TRANSMITTING. The PA and enclosure seemed to heat up quite a bit. The fan then cooled it down and the master oscillator swung up/down in freq with the temp. If I remember correctly, the Tx and Rx temps were quite different. He used an OCXO to stabilize both to within a very small margin (tenths of a Hz?). de ken n9vv Jim Dunstan wrote: > At 12:39 PM 6/2/2007 -0400, you wrote: > >> Asking for an opinion. Instead of using a OCXO, just leave the SDR1K >> powered up 24/7. Isn't the stability just as good? OR, is even tighter >> better? >> >> Phil > ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] audio punch
I would like to jump in and ask about real-world measurements. From what I hear on the air, most guys rely on the *totally subjective* assessment of another Ham to tell them about their audio. This is great if the Receiving Ham is a talented audiophile but what about his *hearing*, his *speakers* or *headphones*, his *receiver* and his *ears* ? - So instead, how about using the *SWEEP* function in the PowerSDR *TEST* tab to generate a known range of frequencies from 50hz to 4000hz (or your upper limit is) and have the other ham make a screen dump of his panadapter so you can actually SEE WHAT HE IS RECEIVING? - Perhaps some enterprising and talented Flexer can setup a UltraVNC server to show us his Rx panadapter live so we can contact his station and see the full effect of COMPRESSION, COMPANDERS, EQUALIZERS, and outboard equipment. - Would the sweep in any way simulate a real voice? or does the test need to be more sophisticated? - Or course when the FLEX-5000 is released, it will display a real world picture of both Tx and Rx simultaneously using the new FULL DUPLEX capabilities. Then you can see, hear, and adjust in real time and know exactly what each adjustment is accomplishing. - tnx for reading, BK de Ken N9VV ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] thanks for new F5K block diagram
To whomever drew the FLEX-5000 block diagram, *THANK YOU* - very nicely done and great fun to learn about the new rig http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10380 de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] new v0.56 of IP-SOUND released
Looks like a dot rev of IP-Sound has been released tonight http://svenstedt.se/cgi-bin/hitslog.pl?/ip-sound/IP-Sound-v0.56-Setup.exe > --- IP-Sound v0.56 release 29 Maj 2007. Bug fixed that caused IP-Sound to stop receiving network packages. Occasionally a problem with heavy loaded or slow computers. Now possible for developers to control IP-Sound via Windows PostMessage(). Read about this in the doc. --- de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Fwd: ARRL review of Dayton 07]
New gear review by W1ZR features FLEX-5000 with Gerald K5SDR! http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/05/23/100/?nc=twiardotorg de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [Humor] r we Flexonians or Flexorites?
How about "SDR Pioneers"? http://www.n9vv.com/pioneer-spirit.html de Ken Duane - N9DG wrote: > How about "Visionaries". > Duane > N9DG ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [OT] 1.3.3 new version of Audacity
A new (Beta) version of Audacity is out today http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_windows de ken n9vv ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/