[Flexradio] SDR keyer port code location

2006-04-16 Thread Christopher T. Day
Hi. I finally got my VS .NET`2003 working and now want to do a little fiddling. In particular, I would like to be able to plug my K1EL WinKey directly into the back of the SDR-1000 - into what comes up as the SDR port on the new keyer setup tab. I think from the SDR-100 circuit diagrams that it

Re: [Flexradio] SDR keyer port code location

2006-04-16 Thread Bill Tracey
Some places to look: PollPTT in console.cs all of cwkeyer.cs - KeyThread.cs probably the most interesting There's also some stuff in DttSP but I don't think you'd have to go in there for adding support for a new hardware gizmo. Actually just starting to look at adding this support for the

Re: [Flexradio] The New Look for the Console

2006-04-16 Thread Eric Ellison
Mark Harold and others: Well a lot of the stuff on the Flex Forum is dated, since many of the 'discussions' on features have already been implemented. Unless you were around at the time, no one would expect that these could be easily found. Most of interest would be the Software - Hardware

Re: [Flexradio] Amazing things really do happen.....

2006-04-16 Thread Mark Amos
Gerald, Great model for alpha/beta software releases; rational, functional and balanced. Thanks! Mark People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Flexradio] Amazing things really do happen.....

2006-04-16 Thread Jimmy Jones
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[Flexradio] D-44 noise

2006-04-16 Thread Mark Amos
Folks, I'm hearing an annoying D-44 artifact and I'm wondering if other folks are having it to. Every once in a while (perhaps 10 minute intervals) I hear what sounds like bad buzzy morse code traversing the sound field. It seems to start in the left channel and sometimes moves around. I

[Flexradio] My apologies part 2

2006-04-16 Thread Robert McGwier
I turned on html on purpose yesterday because I wanted everyone in this reflector to see what I have been subjected to. I knew that author could not resist those changes in font, italics, colors, etc. I apologize as sincerely as I can for this breaking into the open but with a few hundred

[Flexradio] Increased excitement

2006-04-16 Thread José Dumoulin
Hi Friends I have been a ham for 50 years. FG7XV, F5JD, 5T5JD, 6W0JD, FO8JD, FO0JD, FK8GS, FK5C to name a few calls. My american-english vocabulary is certainly poor, but, as far as the SDR1k is concerned, frustration is not in it. My one year old SDR1k is as up-to-date as the one sold

Re: [Flexradio] Increased excitement

2006-04-16 Thread Eric Ellison
Jose I've been sitting here trying to figure out where to 'jump in' on the 'frustrations' thead(s). I like this approach MUCH better! My sentiments exactly. It is well worth it. If folks do get discouraged and 'go away', then 6 months from now the 'perfect console' (for them) will arise out of

Re: [Flexradio] anyone using plug-in's?

2006-04-16 Thread John Basilotto W5GI
Other Flexers report success without problems. Computer settings could sometimes be a chalenge. One of our fellow Flexers has developed a plug-in designed for use with Cubase/ SDR-1000. It sounds great. He's thinking about making it freeware. More to come... John W5GI -Original Message-

[Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Don AE5K
At the risk of getting my hands slapped (yes, this list now has a bunch of Thou Shall Nots... which are hard to keep up with)... In a recent communication to this list, Gerald wrote: That is to publish BOTH the source and the executable code on the SVN server and you will have access. You do

Re: [Flexradio] SDR1000

2006-04-16 Thread Tim Ellison
Happy Easter to you too. Here is what you do. Load TortoiseSVN Create a top level folder for the SDR source code. I created one called SDR development Using Windows Explorer, right click on the newly created folder and select SVN CheckOut. If it isn't there the TortoiseSVN is not loaded

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Dale Richardson
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[Flexradio] New member

2006-04-16 Thread Brian Sherrod
Hello All, I am a new member of this reflector and soon to be a new SDR-1000 owner when the unit arrives. I have been completely out of radio for about 5 years and decided to come back in with a totally new (to me) technology. Being a collector of vintage gear for many years, this will be an

Re: [Flexradio] SDR keyer port code location

2006-04-16 Thread Christopher T. Day
Bill, Thanks. Is that cwkeyer.cs or cwkeyer2.sc or both? [Coffee still taking hold.] Chris - AE6VK -Original Message- From: Bill Tracey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 10:07 PM To: Christopher T. Day; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio]

Re: [Flexradio] anyone using plug-in's?

2006-04-16 Thread Tim Ellison
John, Don't get me wrong. Using the proper balanced jumper from Mic1 to Out5/6, I had it working as per your instructions and also using my convoluted directions for getting CuBase to load without crashing Power SDR immediately on startup (I know Chas (WQ1CG) had the same issue), but CuBase is

Re: [Flexradio] SDR1000

2006-04-16 Thread Tim Ellison
Whoops. My mistake. I stand corrected. Thanks Don. -Tim --- Tim Ellison ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Integrated Technical Services ( http://www.itsco.com ) -Original Message- From: Don AE5K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:52 AM To: Tim Ellison Subject: Re:Re:

Re: [Flexradio] SDR1000

2006-04-16 Thread Mark Amos
Thanks for the step-by-step - works great! Looks like tortoise lets you automatically update new versions weekly. Pretty cool tool! Thanks again! Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:56 AM

Re: [Flexradio] Increased frustration....

2006-04-16 Thread Larry Loen
Stan C. wrote: Herald. I know next to nothing about the operations of the Flex Radio. But I have built some extreme high end PC's (water cooled CPU,overclocking,dual graphics cards,etc.) and would suggest you do some shake down on your home brew machine. You said when you turn off some

Re: [Flexradio] SDR1000

2006-04-16 Thread Eric Ellison
Mark Nope! REALLY COOL TOOL. The exclamation shows you are not in synch. It also comes with really good manual when you install it. A few hours in the manual really helps for everyone. After that, as long as you have the URL you are pretty much good to go! Eric2 - AA4SW -Original

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread k6kdk
I have a Flex on order,.. It is due to ship in a couple of three weeks. Part of my purchasing decision was to have ready access to source and Beta releases. I'll call Gerald Monday moring and explain that he can cancel my order if I have to deal with SVN. So there! IS that a simple enough

[Flexradio] RFI in SDR1000

2006-04-16 Thread Bill Nagle
I am experiencing some severe r-f problems with the flex at any external linear amp power above 100 watts carrier (AM). When the rf feedback starts it causes a repeating echo in the listeners end receiver. The first echo is the normal flex delay but then it builds on itself into multiple echos.

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Christopher T. Day
Has any thought been given to setting up a Continuous Integration system for the PowerSDR software? Then there would always be the latest and greatest - and maybe broken - alpha for developers and eager users to try. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration http://sin.tigris.org/

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Stan
When I purchased my radio, Gerald told me on the phone having an SDR radio is really neat cause every few weeks you get new software. Its like Christmas, every few weeks there a new version of software to play with, like getting a new radio. So this is changing? Why? I dont have the time to set

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Robert McGwier
Dan: Nothing could be more open source or alpha or beta than svn. It is a free tool that allows you to immediately download all of the latest code a few seconds after it has been built. It is easier than dealing with a zip file after tortoise is installed and you are guaranteed delivery.

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Robert McGwier
We really are doing a poor job of communicating aren't we? That is exactly what you get with svn. The tool is easy and free. It is also available from tigris. PLEASE people. Google tortoise svn. Download the windows installer. Do NOT change the little box marked with an X in the

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Tom Thompson
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Re: [Flexradio] New member

2006-04-16 Thread Tom Thompson
Hi Brian, Welcome to this most interesting adventure. I am glad to have you aboard. This is one journey where the trip is everything since no one knows where we are going. Enjoy. 73, Tom W0IVJ Brian Sherrod wrote: Hello All, I am a new member of this reflector and soon to be a

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread w2agn
Robert McGwier wrote: We really are doing a poor job of communicating aren't we? That is exactly what you get with svn. The tool is easy and free. It is also available from tigris. PLEASE people. Google tortoise svn. Download the windows installer. Do NOT change the little box marked

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Christopher T. Day
Oops. Sorry, I obviously should have actually _looked_ at the repository before sending my message. Chris - AE6VK -Original Message- From: Robert McGwier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 10:34 AM To: Christopher T. Day Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED];

Re: [Flexradio] RFI in SDR1000

2006-04-16 Thread Larry Taft
If you are running the mic through the black box try doing it externally direct into the D-44. I had the same problem until I wired up an amplified D104 (genuine chicken choker) direct to the D-44 input and hooked the PTT to the X2 connector. If you have TWO L-4Bs I'm jealous! Net on 14329

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Christopher T. Day
If all you want are the binaries, you can simplify this still further by using svn://206.216.146.154/svn/repos_sdr_windows/PowerSDR/trunk/bin/Release in Tim's instructions. That way you will only download the repository sub-folder with the Release binaries in it. SVN does not require anyone to

Re: [Flexradio] New member

2006-04-16 Thread Eric Ellison
Brian Yes! Welcome for sure. You seem to have jumped in on a buncha threads from people having problems managing change on all sides! For the past few years this has been a joy to follow, and remains so! As Tom said. This is a journey where users are defining the radio in a pretty much

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Jim Lux
At 09:49 AM 4/16/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Flex on order,.. It is due to ship in a couple of three weeks. Part of my purchasing decision was to have ready access to source and Beta releases. I would imagine that you are confusing the ongoing SVN repository updates (not even

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Jim Lux
At 10:19 AM 4/16/2006, Stan wrote: When I purchased my radio, Gerald told me on the phone having an SDR radio is really neat cause every few weeks you get new software. Its like Christmas, every few weeks there a new version of software to play with, like getting a new radio. You DO get a new

Re: [Flexradio] RFI in SDR1000

2006-04-16 Thread Ahti Aintila
Bill, If the normal clamp-on chokes don't help, you may use double ferrite E-cores, wind several turns of cable and close together with ahdesive tape. See this: http://kotisivu.dnainternet.net/ahti/sdr-1000/USBfilt.jpg. This trick works well with my USB-to-PIO adapter proto. Larrys advice may

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Tim Ellison
I have to agree with Bob. There is nothing more easier than using SVN for downloading the source and freshly compiled executables. Please try it before you bash it. It is technically much easier to get a SVN executable running than downloading the setup program from the Flex website. Here is

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread w2agn
Christopher T. Day wrote: If all you want are the binaries, you can simplify this still further by using svn://206.216.146.154/svn/repos_sdr_windows/PowerSDR/trunk/bin/Release in Tim's instructions. That way you will only download the repository sub-folder with the Release binaries in it. SVN

Re: [Flexradio] RFI in SDR1000

2006-04-16 Thread Tom Thompson
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[Flexradio] Mic Pre?

2006-04-16 Thread Brian Sherrod
I know I read somewhere that someone did some rather extensive testing on the audio input for the SDR-1000, and found that a low noise mic pre ahead of the box was better than cranking up the gain on the console. This makes sense to me as I've found the same in the past using analog type

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Tim Ellison
Go for it! Experimentation is what it IS all about, isn't it? -Tim --- Tim Ellison ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Integrated Technical Services ( http://www.itsco.com ) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Naruta Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Eric Ellison
Mike Nope... You put a little pinhole in each end of the egg and blow in one of em real hard and everything comes out. Sort of the equivalent of the reverse of 'ship in a bottle'. Only the bottle ain't clear. Then you decorate them and put them back in the box, sort of the equivalent of Short

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Mark Amos
For everyone worried about setting up SVN: it's really pretty simple (instructions earlier in this thread.) I've never used it before ant it took about 4 minutes - there are really only a half dozen simple steps to do it. Once it's set up, it's pretty much one click to get the newest version...

[Flexradio] MixW2 running on SDR1K ?

2006-04-16 Thread Dave Meitzen
Is there a good source (in one place) to get information for running MixW2 on the SDR1K? I have VAC running and get audio to the MixW2 but it does not seem to pick out the PSK31 -- lots of hash ?? Have a Great Easter -- I am showing my grandkids SDR1K !! They like it too. Thanks Dave

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Mark Amos
Chris, This is very nice - even faster than the old zip download. I blew away the old SVN directory, created a new one and tortoised it. In less than a minute I had the executable! Just keeps getting easier! Mark W8XR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Flexradio] MixW2 running on SDR1K ?

2006-04-16 Thread Charles Greene
Dave, If you set up the SDR and MixW EXACTLY as Bob does on his paper on the web site: How to Setup VAC with PowerSDR, it will work every time.The only deviations you should have are in the com port numbers: make them reflect what you actually have running. 73, Chas, W1CG At 05:28 PM

Re: [Flexradio] Mic Pre?

2006-04-16 Thread Tim Ellison
I'll get the ball rolling and others feel free to jump in. First a little background information to make all of this make sense. The D44 has two (IMHO) minor deficiencies that have to be addressed when hooking up a mic. The first is the lack of a mic preamp on the D44 board so you have to get

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Philip M. Lanese
Only if you are redecorating the inside of your microwave to yellow - Original Message - From: Mike Naruta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shoot! I was s'posed to boil 'em first? That explains a lot. Can I still put 'em in the microwave? Mike - AA8K

[Flexradio] One more try re. Beta availability

2006-04-16 Thread Gerald Youngblood
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[Flexradio] [OT] dual-boot Windows XP machine

2006-04-16 Thread Ken N9VV
Sometime this week there was a discussion about how to setup a PC for dual boot of Windows XP. We usually think of dual-boot as being for dissimilar Operating Systems. But in this setup there might be two implementations of XP. One fellow suggested separate profiles would also be worth looking

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Mike Naruta
Cool. BTW, not long after I assembled my Heathkit Microwave Oven (274 screws! My wrist was sore for a week), my brother-in-law decided to hard boil some eggs. He said that he wound up using toothpicks to clean out the tiny holes in the front door. This was before Heath sent out the plastic

[Flexradio] Another Try -- Subversion, Alpha, Beta

2006-04-16 Thread Don AE5K
Hello Everyone... Earlier today I sent a message to the FlexRadio list with the subject Am I Missing Something? ... which started an avalanche of replies. It involved my frustration at trying to get the latest alpha version of PowerSDR from the SVN site running. I found the problem later this

Re: [Flexradio] Mic Pre?

2006-04-16 Thread William Bordy
Hi Brian, In addition to the D44 sound card, I use the motherboard sound interface and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card installed in my computer. I use the mic input of the Santa Cruz as a preamplifier and use the output of the Santa Cruz to drive the mic input of the D44 card. I set my

[Flexradio] Making Tortise SVN work

2006-04-16 Thread Lee A Crocker
Here is a URL that contains the main dope: http://w9oy.painloss.com/SDR1000/tortise.html The short version: 1 Download and install PowerSDR 1.6.0 from flex-radio.com 2 Download and install this .msi file: TortoiseSVN-1.3.3.6219-svn-1.3.1.msi from this site:

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] dual-boot Windows XP machine

2006-04-16 Thread Dan Babcock
Ken, If you have ever add a new hard drive to an Windows XP machine and install the XP OS on the new drive and leave the XP OS on the old drive bootable, you will, like it or not, end up with a Windows XP dual boot system. Your options will be to run the old disk XP OS or the new disk XP OS.

Re: [Flexradio] MixW2 running on SDR1K ?

2006-04-16 Thread Christopher T. Day
How come there is no pointer to Bob's paper under the Expert setups list on the Flew Radio Web site? Would be really useful. Thanks. Chris - AE6VK -Original Message- From: Charles Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 2:38 PM To: Dave Meitzen;

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Jim Lux
At 12:16 PM 4/16/2006, Christopher T. Day wrote: Jim, Keeping track of the betas is _really_ easy in SVN. Assuming you have write access to the SVN repository, right click on the mainline trunk folder and select Copy to In the URL that comes up, replace trunk with tags/beta name and let

Re: [Flexradio] MixW2 running on SDR1K ?

2006-04-16 Thread Tim Ellison
FYI, You can also find it in the files section on the SDR-1000 Yahoo discussion group. -Tim --- Tim Ellison ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Integrated Technical Services ( http://www.itsco.com ) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher T. Day

Re: [Flexradio] Another Try -- Subversion, Alpha, Beta

2006-04-16 Thread Dan Babcock
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Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread Christopher T. Day
Or that only one person has the authority and access rights to make such a Beta tag. There should be some sort of testing required or it's hardly a beta, after all. The tester could be the one to declare the beta. Chris - AE6VK -Original Message- From: Jim Lux [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread KD5NWA
The Tortoise SVN is extremely easy to use, basically right click on a folder and select update and that is it, you will get you source copy updated. If you have made personal changes to you copy it keeps them by updating the file instead of replacing it. I have no clue if you have bad

Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone?

2006-04-16 Thread KD5NWA
Once you have Tortoise downloaded it takes less that 5 minutes to install it and set it up. Setup is no more complicated than pasting in an address of the SVN server and that is it, you are done. Once you start using it you will love it, right click on the folder containing the source,