Re: [Flexradio] Peak Power Reading - OK in SSB; Always a Neg. Number x100 in CW,Tune, Key Down

2005-06-23 Thread Leon Helms
I have seen the same effect with 1.3.8 and reverse power indicates 0. At 08:26 PM 6/23/2005, Robert McGwier wrote: It sounds to me as if the SWR reading is actually high or it believes it is high and is throttling your power back. One thing: I am sampling the parallel port much too fast. I h

Re: [Flexradio] Peak Power Reading - OK in SSB; Always a Neg. Number x100 in CW,Tune, Key Down

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
It sounds to me as if the SWR reading is actually high or it believes it is high and is throttling your power back. One thing: I am sampling the parallel port much too fast. I have divided by a factor of five and can still send solid CW. Dale, WA8SRA reports that with amplifier there is a

[Flexradio] Peak Power Reading - OK in SSB; Always a Neg. Number x100 in CW,Tune, Key Down

2005-06-23 Thread James C Samuels
My peak power reading is OK in SSB. In CW, "Tune", and "Key Down," it is always a negative number x100. For example, my power is set to 50 watts - the peak power reading is -5000. Forward power is OK, except it is slow responding (about 1+ sec.) and in CW, obviously, will not give me an accurat

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 - Still Have CW Transmit Problem

2005-06-23 Thread James C Samuels
Was waiting and hoping the new keyer in 1.3.10 would clear my CW problem, but my xmitter still keys with output for only about 10 sec then shuts down (keyer still works and can be heard in the monitor.) I then go back to receive by turning off MOX or by timeout in semi-break-in and when I start

[Flexradio] ON AIR TEST

2005-06-23 Thread Philip M. Lanese
Bob Can you get on 2M from home? I am pretty sure you will hear me & I should be able to hear you with 50 + Watts. Frank was 25 db out of the noise Sunday morning. Phil, K3IB

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 Released

2005-06-23 Thread Larry Loen
Larry Loen wrote: Robert McGwier wrote: As predicted. Try setting your ASIO4ALL buffers to 256 samples Bob It wouldn't allow 256 -- only choices were 128 and 512. Tried 512 with the "real paddles" (not the MFJ). Didn't seem to improve anything. Might have made it worse or no effect. H

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 Released

2005-06-23 Thread Larry Loen
Robert McGwier wrote: As predicted. Try setting your ASIO4ALL buffers to 256 samples Bob It wouldn't allow 256 -- only choices were 128 and 512. Tried 512 with the "real paddles" (not the MFJ). Didn't seem to improve anything. Might have made it worse or no effect. Hard to tell. Switch

Re: [Flexradio] 1.3.10 EXT PTT INPUT?

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
One of those things we did not test. Sorry! Bob Mike King - KM0T wrote: Hi all, just tried 1.3.10 as well. With the new keyer enabled, the X2 PTT does not work in any mode. When the new keyer is not selected, then all modes PTT via the X2 as needed. 73 and thanks for all you progress g

Re: [Flexradio] 1.3.10 EXT PTT INPUT?

2005-06-23 Thread Mike King - KM0T
Hi all, just tried 1.3.10 as well. With the new keyer enabled, the X2 PTT does not work in any mode. When the new keyer is not selected, then all modes PTT via the X2 as needed. 73 and thanks for all you progress guys. Mike - KM0T - Original Message - From: "Philip M. Lanese" <[EM

Re: [Flexradio] New Keyer

2005-06-23 Thread Larry Loen
Tried 1.3.10 with the "real" keyer (that is, paddles without their own electronic keyer). Does work better. Observations: 1. Don't know if it is me, but I had to slow down to 11 to 13 WPM to get reliable keying. This could be just me unadjusting to the old keying (having used nothing else

Re: TRY THE COMPANDOR Re: [Flexradio] Low amp drive?

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
Darn it Gary, I meant to give you some credit in the notes and my earlier comments, my apologies. We have just been nuts trying to beat our self imposed deadline of "before Field Day" There is a small bug in the wscompand function that causes a slight increase in the in passband harmonic distort

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 Released

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
Using my 2 Ghz Pentium IV Mobile laptop and Soundmax, and ASIO4ALL, I was able to set DMA buffers to 256, Audio to 512 and DSP to 1024 and it ran the keyer as solidly as a rock at 40 wpm. I know this is more complex than it should be but we are just learning with you. Bob N4HY Robert McGwie

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 Released

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
As predicted. Try setting your ASIO4ALL buffers to 256 samples Bob Larry Loen wrote: Eric wrote: PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 is released. Please read the release notes for comments about the new keyer at the following url: http://www.flex-radio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1730 Eric Wachsmann Fle

Re: TRY THE COMPANDOR Re: [Flexradio] Low amp drive?

2005-06-23 Thread gary . strong
Bob, Steve and the group:   I tried the compander in 1.3.9a this evening on the club's 80-meter SSB net.  I got a great signal (20+ and terrific sound) report from New Hampshire (my QTH is VA) with a compander setting of 4.  Without the compander, NH had trouble copying me.  Local stations he

Re: [Flexradio] New keyer in 1.3.10

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
Frank's keyer, my implementation to include it under windows. The keyer state logic was first done for another program: From keyer.c The code in this file is derived from routines originally written by Pierre-Philippe Coupard for his CWirc X-chat program. That program is issued under the GPL a

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 Released

2005-06-23 Thread Larry Loen
Eric wrote: PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 is released. Please read the release notes for comments about the new keyer at the following url: http://www.flex-radio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1730 Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems The new keyer is just bonkers for me. I'm trying to run my MFJ/Bencher

[Flexradio] 1.3.10 EXT PTT INPUT?

2005-06-23 Thread Philip M. Lanese
I think I saw something regarding using external PTT (sequencer, foot sw.) recently (maybe from Bob) in new versions. Just tried 1.3.10 and my external sequencer does not key SDR to Tx via the 15 pin connector in V.1.3.10. Keying the sequencer (to operate antenna relays) and then clicking MOX put

Re: [Flexradio] 1.3.10

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
Jose' I need more information: Give me your sound card, computer, etc. If you are using a Delta 44 or ASIO4ALL set the DMA buffers in the control panel to a value that is smaller than the current setting. 256 samples should be tried for both. Set the Audio and DSP settings to 2048 to see if

[Flexradio] New Keyer

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
We absolutely rushed 1.3.10 out the door. We wanted a days feedback on the new keyer. Let me give you some quick tips and beg your indulgence, we are trying to get some feedback in first dit, etc. We are asking that (say) Dale, do oscilloscope style measurements on the first dit truncation. Som

[Flexradio] 1.3.10

2005-06-23 Thread José Dumoulin
Hi friends I installed build 1.3.10. I am plagued by the same motorboat sound. Would like to try it before going to bed. Local time is 01:54. Any suggestion ? 73 - José F5JD

Re: [Flexradio] Low amp drive?

2005-06-23 Thread Ray J
wow.. ok now i can really see what is happening here... i had no idea the average is "really" supose to be that low... I do not yet have a SDR, but really hoping to get one in the coming months I have been following stuff here and listning to TS audio stuff... this is all very exciting

RE: [Flexradio] New keyer in 1.3.10

2005-06-23 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Frank, AB2KT, wrote the new keyer on Linux and Bob, N4HY, ported it to windows. Thanks to both of them for the great new keyer. Gerald K5SDR > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Tracy > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:02 PM > To: FlexRad

[Flexradio] New keyer in 1.3.10

2005-06-23 Thread Bob Tracy
Bob's (N4HY) new keyer rocks! First time since getting my SDR-1000 I've really been satified with the CW. Bob K5KDN

RE: [Flexradio] Low amp drive?

2005-06-23 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Ray, Yes, this is a 100W PEP radio on SSB. That means that the peak power will be 100W when operated at rated power. This is a conservative rating on the finals. There is a 14dB peak to average ratio on normal voice. This means that for a peak power output of 100W, the average power will be 1/

[Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 Released

2005-06-23 Thread Eric
PowerSDR Beta 1.3.10 is released. Please read the release notes for comments about the new keyer at the following url: http://www.flex-radio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1730 Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems

Re: [Flexradio] 1.3.9a compander

2005-06-23 Thread Robert McGwier
Klaus: I would look in this order as I see no problem with image rejection here (Delta 44). 1) bad audio cable 2) sound card problem 3) Bad U2 (bus switch) 4) imbalance in the DRV IC output. Those are the things that can cause opposite sidedband problems in decreasing order from top to botto

RE: [Flexradio] Low amp drive?

2005-06-23 Thread Jim Lux
At 02:32 PM 6/23/2005, Ray J wrote: So what are you saying? that this( sdr) is not a 100 watt radio when used on ssb I don't get it... u say you use a scope and set the sdr peak power out to the same as the other radio.. and then u say the output of the amp will be different. that

RE: [Flexradio] Low amp drive?

2005-06-23 Thread Eric
Let me summarize: When the SDR-1000 is transmitting a clean 100W SSB signal, the output on a wattmeter appear to be "low" when compared to traditional rigs. This is a result of: 1. We have a completely linear transmitter and 2. Other rigs typically run compression to get to 100W. The peaks ARE

RE: [Flexradio] Low amp drive?

2005-06-23 Thread Ray J
So what are you saying? that this( sdr) is not a 100 watt radio when used on ssb I don't get it... u say you use a scope and set the sdr peak power out to the same as the other radio.. and then u say the output of the amp will be different. that makes no sense to me... of the power

[Flexradio] Significant Bug Found

2005-06-23 Thread Eric
A bug has been found that has likely been in many of the recent releases that causes the Audio test for measuring the Max VRMS of your sound card to report incorrectly. The output volume was being modified by the AF control when it should have been simply putting out full power. This has been fix

Re: [Flexradio] The Amazing SoftRock-40 Receiver by Tony - KB9YIG

2005-06-23 Thread Tony Parks
Good Afternoon all,   The "SoftRock40"  40 meter SDR receiver kit is coming along fairly quickly.  The boards and parts are on order and have been shipped as of this date.  The first two units will be built and tested by Bill, KD5TFD and myself.  The remaining 14 kits will be shipped fairly

Re: [Flexradio] v1.3.9a marked audio improvement

2005-06-23 Thread n4hy
Hope you all like the slowly converging improvements. Joe - AB1DO wrote: Hi all, I only got round to downloading and installing 1.3.9a this morning. When I did I was stunned by the audio quality improvement. The clicks I have been hearing all along with especially ANF on are all gone J Not

RE: [Flexradio] v1.3.9a marked audio improvement

2005-06-23 Thread Eric
Unless Bob made a change of which I am not aware, I would attribute this change to something on your system rather than something released in 1.3.9a.  Try importing your database to 1.3.8 and see if you have similar results.    Whatever the case, glad you’re enjoying the audio.     Er

[Flexradio] v1.3.9a marked audio improvement

2005-06-23 Thread Joe - AB1DO
Hi all,   I only got round to downloading and installing 1.3.9a this morning. When I did I was stunned by the audio quality improvement. The clicks I have been hearing all along with especially ANF on are all gone J Not only that, but the preamp actually works as it should from an audio p

RE: [Flexradio] 1.3.9a compander

2005-06-23 Thread Joe - AB1DO
On the compander, are there any suggested settings for it, such as the compressor, where the suggested compression range 2-5dB? Joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Klaus Lohmann Sent: 23 June 2005 09:35 To: FlexRadio Subject: [Flexradio] 1.3.9

Re: [Flexradio] Roadmap B list

2005-06-23 Thread Philip Covington
Trevor, I started to look into this using the source example that Microsoft includes in the DDK called MSVAD. It is a virtual sound card driver. As it is written it just takes whatever you send to its input and writes it as a wave file to the hard drive. There is a bug in the MSVAD sample that

Re: [Flexradio] Roadmap B list

2005-06-23 Thread n4hy
It is definitely pencilled in for the future. It will get moved to the 2nd A list behind full blown Linux support and the new GUI. Bob Trevor Smithers wrote: Just been having a look at the Roadmap B list and wondered if the virtual soundcard support is still pencilled in for the future

Re: [Flexradio] Roadmap B list

2005-06-23 Thread Jim Lux
You might want to take a look at the way that DL4YHF's little sound card utilities work. His basic routines stream the data into and out of a file, which periodically gets swapped/overwritten. I suspect that the basic scheme might have other applications. At 10:45 AM 6/23/2005, [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Flexradio] Roadmap B list

2005-06-23 Thread lloen
> Just been having a look at the Roadmap B list and wondered if the virtual > soundcard > support is still pencilled in for the future > >>Virtual Sound Card Support – This feature will allow digital mode >> software to run >>without the need for a second sound card in the system. > > With all the

[Flexradio] Roadmap B list

2005-06-23 Thread Trevor Smithers
Just been having a look at the Roadmap B list and wondered if the virtual soundcard support is still pencilled in for the future >Virtual Sound Card Support – This feature will allow digital mode software to >run >without the need for a second sound card in the system. With all the high level

[Flexradio] FW: FlexRadio Digest

2005-06-23 Thread Eric
Hank, K9LZJ, asked that I share this with our mailing list: -Original Message- From: Wolfla, Lyman H Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:53 AM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: FlexRadio Digest I have a Down East Microwave DEMI144-28FRS that I would like to sell. It is in brand new condi

[Flexradio] SDR Communications Awards announced

2005-06-23 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Hello FlexRadio Friends,   We are pleased to announce some special communications awards, which we hope will be the first of many new milestones.  You can view the awards under the User Success Stories topic on the FlexRadio Forum on our website.  Thanks to AA4SW and N9VV for putting these

[Flexradio] looking ahead to TCP/IP station control

2005-06-23 Thread Ken - N9VV
F.Y.I. I know that many of you are really excited about Phil's (N8VB) new multi-vCOM port support. We all enjoy reading the discussions about future TCP/IP Ethernet support too. Just to stimulate your imagination, here is a link to the fellows who build "Shack-Lan" http://www.hamtoys.com/ a series

[Flexradio] 1.3.9a compander

2005-06-23 Thread Klaus Lohmann
Hi all, hard to evaluate the compander (thanks for the new approach!) because sideband suppression does'nt match the needs. Signal is readable in both sidebands. One can observe the mismatch by looking at the spectrum during transmit. Changing limits of the TX-filter does not have sufficient eff