Re: [Flexradio] HOW TO?

2006-03-29 Thread Robert McGwier
You cannot. You must download the DirectX 9 SDK, hundreds of megabytes of it (so we can enable talking to the mouse and joystick keyers we mostly no longer use ;-). Bob Philip M. Lanese wrote: Can anyone tell me how I get Visual Studio 2003 to find use the DirectX9c that lives in my

Re: [Flexradio] HOW TO?

2006-03-29 Thread Philip M. Lanese
MUCHO THANKS Bob A few words does wonders to replace Microskunk's non-existent documentation. Had wrong version of DirectX-SDK and almost repeated but while it was downloading I smurfed the site found a version of DirectX9SDK for W2K (October 2004 I think it was). Downloaded it it installed

[Flexradio] SDR-1000 and MIXW software TX issues

2006-03-29 Thread PAS
Hello, I am new to SDR-1000 (one day) and trying to get my MixW to work on TX in PSK etc. I am using 2.16 MixW PowerSDR 1.6 Delta 44 DMA buffers 2048 and 48khz vComm 226 Using TS480 emulation on both In MIXW have it set to PTT via CAT The general CAT functions work, Freq, mode, etc. Problem: If

[Flexradio] For Tim Ellison

2006-03-29 Thread Charles Greene
Tim, I replied to a msg you sent me, and it bounced. What's a better e-mail address? 73, Chas, W1CG

Re: [Flexradio] HOW TO?

2006-03-29 Thread Philip M. Lanese
HOME BREWED PowerSDR 1.6.0 running fine from ...\bin\release with .mdb imported from Preview 19!!! Thanks again Bob

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 and MIXW software TX issues

2006-03-29 Thread Robert McGwier
Paul: If you are using an external sound card you will have to do a wiring hookup to make it work. There are numerous hookup documents, etc. on the web site. I suggest that you do not want to do this and we now have a better way but it involves the purchase of a commercial product

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 and MIXW software TX issues

2006-03-29 Thread Giuseppe Campana
Hello anyone has noticed an increasing silence time between the first and second, add third, eccstart TX in DIGI mode using VAC ? This from several PowerSDR beta release and 1.6.0 also. The silence time would be a problem in DIGI DX / CONTEST SDR1000PA DELTA 44 2048/1012 DSP and 512 VAC

[Flexradio] VAC are these 2 the same product?

2006-03-29 Thread Lee A Crocker
Are these 2 products the same product? the first: http://spider.nrcde.ru/music/software/eng/vac.html scroll down about 2/3 the way to the v3.12 section the second: http://www.ntonyx.com/vac.htm The reason I ask is version 3.12 is 20 bux from the first web site and its 49 from the second. 73

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 and MIXW software TX issues

2006-03-29 Thread Tim Ellison
I sure have. I had to increase the VAC and sound card buffers to reduce the start up latency. I have not tested it on 1.6 since I had to send my SDR back to the Mother ship for some nurturing and love. -Tim --- Integrated Technical Services You can't close the door when the walls cave in

Re: [Flexradio] Need Help - Brining up a SDR1K

2006-03-29 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Dave, This means that something is asserting a PTT signal. Double check that VOX is not on and that you do not have a key connected to the unit. You might also want to disable CAT if you had it on to eliminate that as a possible problem. If you are still having trouble, you can disable PTT on

[Flexradio] Need Help - Brining up a SDR1K

2006-03-29 Thread Lee A Crocker
I had this problem when my parallel port address did not match what the program expected. I didn't discover the solution to this problem until I went into the Bios to see how the parallel port was configured. 73 W9OY __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 and MIXW software TX issues

2006-03-29 Thread PAS
Hello, I am new to SDR-1000 (one day) and trying to get my MixW to work on TX in PSK etc. I have tried various mode settings including DIGU without luck. In DIGU I get now output just goes into MOX and I can hear the MIXW stream in the speaker. Paul I am using 2.16 MixW PowerSDR 1.6

Re: [Flexradio] Panadapter at 96k questions

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Shaffer
It would be nice to get a comment from flex-radio, perhaps a release notes or something on this. From what the DSP developer says, it's a known condition. I don't see that here, with version 1.6 Delta44 PCI card Dell Optiplex 170L Radio issued Nov.'05 I have the Firebox and PowerSDR

[Flexradio] Hum in mw broadcast

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Shaffer
I consistently get a low freq. audio hum in MW AM broadcast. It makes reception in this band a curiosity, not something I can really listen to. Since users are consistently raving about the audio quality in this band, I guess I'm doing something wrong. Any sort of troubleshooting advice? I use

Re: [Flexradio] Need Help - Brining up a SDR1K More help

2006-03-29 Thread Dave Meitzen
I reinstalled the USB - so I am by that issue. I now have a hiss but on signals. The audio tab is set as described in the manual. In the computer sounds section I have selected Delta-44 multi - gave it a try - no joy. I am at the point of looking for a AM station in the manual. Need to go from a

Re: [Flexradio] Need Help - Brining up a SDR1K More help

2006-03-29 Thread Robert McGwier
Dave: This is not the simplest radio to set up so I would use the Delta 44 Quickstart Guide from here: http://www.flex-radio.com/delta44qsg.htm if you are following this exactly to the letter, then there is another issue. When you start the program and hit the standby button to make the

[Flexradio] Firebox/1394a Tweaks

2006-03-29 Thread root [knesbitt]
Just an FYI for those running the PreSonus Firebox with mother boards equipped with specific Intel chipsets, PreSonus has recommended the following driver update to resolve a potential intermittent audio dropout/glitch condition during playback. I'm not sure if this has any bearing on us or not,

[Flexradio] VAC purchase

2006-03-29 Thread KD5NWA
I'm looking at purchasing a copy of VAC, I gather V4 does not work with the Flex software, is this still correct? Should I purchase V3.12 instead? It seems from the comments that it works fine. Thanks Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com Programming today is a race between software engineers

Re: [Flexradio] Hum in mw broadcast

2006-03-29 Thread terryvb
Paul, I just had breakfast with another SDR owner. he described the same problem. he found that when he set the PreAmp to low or off, the low freq audio hum went away. I'd be curious if that fixes your problem. (Too much gain) Good luck and welcome to the world of Customer Defined

Re: [Flexradio] Firebox/1394a Tweaks

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Shaffer
I have the 955x express chipset. I installed this Intel Matrix Storage Manager, that I suppose updates underlying drivers but I didn't check. I ended up with a windows app (the Manager) that showed I had 2 disk drives. It didn't appear to have any other functionality. The dropouts weren't

Re: [Flexradio] Hum in mw broadcast

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Shaffer
It lowered the level of everything, the hum seemed to still be there. I just had breakfast with another SDR owner. he described the same problem. he found that when he set the PreAmp to low or off, the low freq audio hum went away. I'd be curious if that fixes your problem. (Too

Re: [Flexradio] Firebox/1394a Tweaks

2006-03-29 Thread Tim Ellison
The re-install of Windows will not change the interrupts on the usb, 1394 and sata if all of the controllers are mobo imbedded. What is your CPU utilization at the time of the drops? What is the Firebox latency in ms? What is the soundcard buffer size? -Tim --- Tim Ellison ( [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flexradio] VAC purchase

2006-03-29 Thread Mark Amos
Ken, I'm using version 4 - there was a setting that I needed to change to make it work. Stream fmt limit needed to change to Cable range in order for it to work with cwGet. It was transferring some god-awful noise along with the signal before doing that. I don't do digital modes, so I can't

Re: [Flexradio] Hum in mw broadcast

2006-03-29 Thread Eric Ellison
Terry (smile) Good to cu in here! Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Hum in mw broadcast Paul, I

Re: [Flexradio] Hum in mw broadcast

2006-03-29 Thread Craig Monsen
I believe that I can report the same type of problem. I think that it might have something to do with impedance matching of the antenna on the lower frequency bands on receive. I can hear significant hum on 160 meters or on MW if the antenna isn't matched properly. Although the receiver isn't

Re: [Flexradio] Panadapter at 96k questions

2006-03-29 Thread Jeff Anderson
Hi Paul, I just checked this out with my unit (w/Delta 44) @ 96 KHz. Signal does *not* disappear at +15kc, but remains on-screen all the way to the display edge. One possibility is that the Firebox is still at 48 KHz despite your setting it to 96 KHz. You may want to give Flex a call (or send

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 and MIXW software TX issues

2006-03-29 Thread Charles Greene
Pas, I use MixW several times a day. To set it up, use N4HY's blurb How to Setup VAC with PowerSDR EXACTLY. It works every time. Deviations usually do not work. Other tips. I use a macro in MixW to set up CW and PSK31 in both MixW and Power Console. The Psk31 macro is:

Re: [Flexradio] Panadapter at 96k questions

2006-03-29 Thread Tim Ellison
If the Firebox sampling rate does not match PowerSDR, you get a PortAudio Invalid Sample Rate Error and the radio will stay in standby mode. -Tim --- Tim Ellison ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Integrated Technical Services ( http://www.itsco.com ) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 and MIXW software TX issues

2006-03-29 Thread Tim Ellison
Chas, One point you will appreciate. Bob fixed a problem with the VAC ring buffers in the latest development build (rev 395) that should resolve the pops and drops you get with VAC when you lower the buffer values to eliminate latency. It probably should help the PTT on time as well. I can't

Re: [Flexradio] Firebox/1394a Tweaks

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Shaffer
The re-install of Windows will not change the interrupts on the usb, 1394 and sata if all of the controllers are mobo imbedded. That's what I'm thinking, so I am reluctant to try this. It would allow me to really learn the hp dv8000 a lot better, but it burns up 4 hours at least. I would

Re: [Flexradio] Hum in mw broadcast

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Shaffer
Hi -- John at flex-radio suggested I may have a ground loop. I couldn't tell, everything goes into one power strip. But it got me thinking about what was really flakey in my system. Grounding. I went to home depot tonight and got 2 copper ground rods and a length of 2ga stranded copper wire. I

[Flexradio] New computer

2006-03-29 Thread W0UN -- John Brosnahan
Let me know when the SDR1000/SoftRock will run on the computer of my dreams! http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~harry/Relay/index.html (Worth a look!) W0UN