Re: [Flexradio] Notch at 2kc Preview 8

2005-12-22 Thread Robert McGwier
You can easily get a notch if you have the RX Equalizer engaged without intending to have it engaged. Click on the equalizer tab and make sure they are NOT checked. Bob Jeff Anderson wrote: Hi Jerry, I just checked Preview 8 on my SDR1K - I don't see an audio notch. I measured using

Re: [Flexradio] Unhandled Exceptions after new graphics install

2005-12-22 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Rod, I have seen this before, but have never been able to tell what causes it. N8VB posted a solution to this issue on the following forum link: http://flex-radio.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=6392#6392 Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From:

Re: [Flexradio] Notch at 2kc Preview 8

2005-12-22 Thread Jerry
Hi Bob Yes that was it! The RX Equalizer was on. Thank you very much. 73 de Jerry NO2T At 09:32 AM 12/22/2005 -0500, you wrote: You can easily get a notch if you have the RX Equalizer engaged without intending to have it engaged. Click on the equalizer tab and make

[Flexradio] Video Cards ..

2005-12-22 Thread Larry W8ER
It's nice to have friends with spare video cards hanging around! I had a chance over the last couple of days to diss the Intel graphics supreme video adapter, that is part of my motherboard, and try an ATI Radeon 7500 and a GeForce2 MX-400 video card. I judged performance on the CPU

[Flexradio] DirectX Decision

2005-12-22 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
We (FlexRadio) have made a decision to hold off on DirectX development for the time being. This is in the interest of stabilizing the software with the goal of getting to an official release. We were clearly not ready for the troublesome launch of this complex new feature and will be removing

Re: [Flexradio] SSB tests

2005-12-22 Thread Tim Ellison
Hi Bob Eric. OK. Here is what I did, just now to verify the reduced power with Preview 8. I was really careful about making sure nothing was different between the two setups. Using a database from Preview 7, I did a Reset All to reset the DB back to defaults. I re-ran the PA calibration. I

[Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta v1.4.5 Preview 9 is Released

2005-12-22 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Please see the following link for the release notes: http://flex-radio.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1917 This will likely be the last release of the year. It has been an exciting year and we look forward to more excitement in the year to come. On behalf of everyone here at FlexRadio Systems,

Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR Beta v1.4.5 Preview 9 is Released

2005-12-22 Thread Tim Ellison
Eric, what a wonderful gift for the holidays! Thank you very much. Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah. -Tim --- Tim Ellison ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Integrated Technical Services ( http://www.itsco.com ) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Tim Ellison
Eric, With Preview 9 in SSB mode, as soon as I modulate the signal in SSB (upper and lower) and DigiU modes I immediately get a white box outlined with a red line and a red cross in the middle. I also get an unhandled exception: See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time

Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Dale Richardson
Eric, Same here. I was going to run this version without importing a previous database but I could not get the calibration routine to get past 160 meters. I imported the database from preview 8 so I could run more tests. I only get the white screen with the red X in the DigU and DigL modes. In

[Flexradio] Christmas greetings

2005-12-22 Thread Ross
To Eric, Bob and all those working hard to bring us the SDR1000. Thanks for Preview 9 I have it working well on Digi modes with Mixw and now VAC 3.11, I'll see how that goes. Thanks for all your efforts to bring us the radio and the software, I can appreciate how much effort has gone into

[Flexradio] Preview not not working here

2005-12-22 Thread w2agn
Loaded P9 here. Installed OK, but when I went to setup in immediately locked up. I imported DB from P8. I tried running FFTW_WISDOM again in P9 directory. The program comes up, but if you click on anything, including the Standby button, it locks up. -- _____ / \ / \ / \

[Flexradio] OT - USB 'scopes

2005-12-22 Thread pvharman
My 30 y.o. Tektronic D67 has passed away so time for a new ‘scope. Plenty on ebay but I was wondering about a USB one. Seems quite a few on the market. I came across this one made in ZL www.cleverscope.com Seems they respond to user requests for changes, have a forum etc, and the

Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Robert McGwier
But it works in receive? The reason I ask is we have made a change to fftw3 float sse. If it works in receive, it should be okay. Please tell me your machine type (processor, etc.) again. Eric and I tested SSB transmit to death this afternoon. Bob Tim Ellison wrote: Eric, With

Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Tim Ellison
I was able to resolve my problem by: 1.) Deleting the database and allowing PowerSDR to create a new one. 2.) Run the Freq. Calibration, RX Image Rejection (from a freq. Generator) and Level Calibration 3.) Run the PA Gain calibration. Go figure? The only anomaly I saw was that the RX Image

Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Tim Ellison
Bob, Starting with a clean DB and running all of the calibration routines seemed to do the trick. When it was blowing up, RX worked just fine. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ w/ Asus mobo 1 GB RAM NVIDA GeForce 6200 Delta 44 -Tim --- Tim Ellison ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Integrated Technical Services (

[Flexradio] #9

2005-12-22 Thread David W. Gardner
Eric and Group: Mine runs just fine until I activate the receive eq Dave-W4DWG

Re: [Flexradio] #9

2005-12-22 Thread Robert McGwier
Ooops. That is a problem. I suspect that is a floating/double conversion problem. Thanks. We missed that test. Bob David W. Gardner wrote: Eric and Group: Mine runs just fine until I activate the receive eq Dave-W4DWG ___ FlexRadio mailing

Re: [Flexradio] Question about Auto Power on

2005-12-22 Thread Martin Hirsch
Thanks Eric for your reply. Would be very nice to control the SDR1k via touchscreen so I'll wait and for future power-sdr releases. Leon, I own sdr1k for 6 month now and I never had unwanted keydown or something strange happening. My Pc and sdr are running 24h a day and even when ac-power is lost

Re: [Flexradio] close in phase noise and DDS I/Q on freq vrs /x

2005-12-22 Thread David Queen
I take it back. The close in phase noise fro the 9854 on the data sheet seems much better. But still one one analog path with a Johnson counter vrs 2 paths on frequency, which would be better?On 12/22/05, David Queen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Part of the reason the SDR1000 is so good with strong

Re: [Flexradio] close in phase noise and DDS I/Q on freq vrs /x

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:23 PM 12/22/2005, David Queen wrote: Part of the reason the SDR1000 is so good with strong close in signals has got to be the very low phase noise and that fact you only have on RF source of phase noise. That got me to thinking, has anyone compared the difference close in phase noise

Re: [Flexradio] close in phase noise and DDS I/Q on freq vrs /x

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:53 PM 12/22/2005, David Queen wrote: I take it back. The close in phase noise fro the 9854 on the data sheet seems much better. But still one one analog path with a Johnson counter vrs 2 paths on frequency, which would be better? You need to look at the phase noise of your counter and

Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Martin Hirsch
Hello, I started with a new database and beta 9 works fine here until I switched the transmit-equalizer on: Error message appears with overflow error and I got red cross on white ground in the scope window. Then I have to restart power-sdr and switch transmit equalizer off. Then everything works

Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Robert McGwier
Sigh. This is not an overnight fix. The IIR filters were right on the hairy edge, barely working right before. Moving from double precision to single pushed it over the edge into instability. I HATE IIR. Okay, sans choice, it will have to be done right. Bob Martin Hirsch wrote:

Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Martin Hirsch
sorry forgot to say: error appears after having ptt pressed. - Original Message - From: Martin Hirsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 5:30 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error Hello, I started with a new database and

Re: [Flexradio] Preview 9 and TX on SSB error

2005-12-22 Thread Larry W8ER
Bob, Me and a couple of other Flex owners have tried to make the processing features work ever since their inclusion. We have tried several versions as the code. Our results have been utter failures. We gave up when setting all of the EQ filters to 0 and activating the EQ gave us wierd