Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Greg - ZL3IX
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Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-05-31 Thread Greg - ZL3IX
My experience of listening to the SDR1000 on the air is also that there is no audio punch. I keep a sked with a ZS every Friday over quite a difficult polar path. He has two radios, one an old analogue rig with an RF clipper, and the other an SDR1000. When the path is especially difficult,

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-05-31 Thread Giuseppe Campana
Hi for all interested increase the audio performance in his SDR1K, please look at this VE3NEA software: http://www.dxatlas.com/vshaper/ I use it with the on board audio of my P4, placing the out to input of my FA66, with outstanding performance: EQ/RFclipper/Gate. If you have Firebox, you can

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Frank Mayer
I am in agreement with you Greg as far as the clipper goes. Some of the other posts so far are saying to use external gear. That's ok for the audio boys but an RF Clipper is a different animal. I don't believe anyone is manufacturing an external unit anymore. I do believe that a good RF

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Greg - ZL3IX
Frank Mayer wrote: I wonder if this type of circuit CAN be written in software. Hi Frank, Indeed it can. In my previous employment we used one that was written in DSP assembler for the 56002 (not by me unfortunately, although I did give the algorithm inputs). It was very effective.

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Ahti Aintila
Hi Greg et al, FINALLY! Ihave been waiting for 4 years that other flexers start get interested. As an old hardware man I have been talking about RF clipping alot. I want to admit that the time of this method is over already during this SDR era, but that function in the more sophisticated software

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-05-31 Thread Charles Greene
Hi, Well, it seems to me that if VE3NEA can do it, then the FlexRadio software engineers can too. I do have a FireBox. so I will try it per below. 73, Chas W1CG At 04:30 AM 5/31/2007, Giuseppe Campana wrote: Hi for all interested increase the audio performance in his SDR1K, please look at

Re: [Flexradio] Microphone for FLEX-5000

2007-05-31 Thread Charles Greene
Alan, I use a Heil PR20. Nice response and won't break your budget. 73, Chas. Casual SSB operator. At 02:51 PM 5/30/2007, Alan NV8A wrote: I see that Flex offers a Heil hand-held mike to suit the FLEX-5000, but I don't want a hand-held: I'd rather have a boom mike or a headset mike. So which

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-05-31 Thread Ray Andrews
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Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
Thank God ...I thought I was the only one that thought Comp/Compndr was way lacking! (as well as the ANF). I know alota folks don't need or want anything other than Communication Audio...and after talking with 100's of hams on the air...I see their point. It's usually wasted on people listening

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Tim Ellison
Since March of 06, there has been an enhancement request to support VST effects audio plug-ins, of which there are thousands (free and not free) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology You can blog the enhnacement at: http://support.flex-radio.com/ReviewBug.aspx?id=125it=F And

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Jerry Harley
Larry W8ER wrote: Frank ... everyone that I know that is serious about audio and owns a Flex is using external processing for exactly the reason that you are inquiring about. I have been absolutely unable to get close to the performance of a simple external hardware preamp and compressor

[Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Jim McLester
I must be missing the obvious, but what is the designed easy way to reply to a message here?? Jim - W4YXU ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link:

[Flexradio] cpu usage

2007-05-31 Thread Jim McLester
I am up and trotting with new machine (amd64x2 4600) and was getting audio dropouts. FYI The culprit turns out to be the hardware monitor for the chip/board temp - easytune ver et5. The guilty process is gui.exe. This comes with gigabyte boards. I'll let the bios temp warning do the deeds!

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Army Curtis - AE5P
Why, easiest thing in the world. Just hit return, and then cut and paste into the To... box the address for the reflector, which is..., which is., which is ;o)) Yep, this could use a little work, or I'm missing the obvious also (Strong possibility). In spite of that, this is definitely

[Flexradio] New high resolution pictures of the FLEX-5000

2007-05-31 Thread FlexRadio KB Admin
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Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Larry W8ER
Another way is just right click the item and click on reply all --Larry Army Curtis - AE5P wrote: Why, easiest thing in the world. Just hit return, and then cut and paste into the To... box the address for the reflector, which is..., which is., which is ;o)) Yep, this could use a

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Jim Lux
At 01:33 AM 5/31/2007, Frank Mayer wrote: I am in agreement with you Greg as far as the clipper goes. Some of the other posts so far are saying to use external gear. That's ok for the audio boys but an RF Clipper is a different animal. I don't believe anyone is manufacturing an external unit

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Jim McLester
The hard part is to reply to only the reflector... requires cut/paste :-) - Original Message - From: Army Curtis - AE5P [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Jim McLester' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:28 AM Subject: RE: [Flexradio]

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Army Curtis - AE5P
Yep, it is very obvious, now that you've pointed it out (thanks). Told you it was a strong possibility I was missing the obvious ;o)) Army -Original Message- From: Larry W8ER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:00 AM To: Army Curtis - AE5P Cc: 'Jim McLester';

Re: [Flexradio] Edirol FA-66 drivers with Windows 2000

2007-05-31 Thread Eric Wachsmann
Steve, Unfortunately, no. Windows 2000 does not have adequate support for FireWire devices to support the FA-66. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Pink Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Ray Andrews
In your e-mail program, click Reply All. I have found that in my e-mail program (MSN), if I click on Reply, only the original poster gets my reply. If I click on Reply All, then both the original poster the e-mail list addresses are put in the To box. To be polite prevent the original

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Jim McLester
Like so?! Jim - W4YXU - Original Message - From: Ray Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] reply In your e-mail program, click Reply All. I have found that in my e-mail program (MSN), if I click on

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Eric Wachsmann
This is exactly as we intend it: Use Reply to respond to just the original poster (OP). Use Reply To All to respond to the whole reflector (including the OP). Note that you don't have to remove the OP from the to line as the reflector logic takes this into account and will only send the

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Jim McLester
- Original Message - From: Ray Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] reply In your e-mail program, click Reply All. I have found that in my e-mail program (MSN), if I click on Reply, only the original

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
This is exactly as we intend it: Use Reply to respond to just the original poster (OP). Use Reply To All to respond to the whole reflector (including the OP). It may be as you intend it, but I suggest it (a) is counterintuitive, (b) is contrary to years of established practice for email lists

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Frank Mayer
I guess Yaesu was one of the pioneers of RF speech processing way back in the early 70's with the Ft-101 series of transceivers. The way that these RF Processors work is they convert the audio from the mic input to RF with a SSB generator. They use clipping at the RF level and filter the

[Flexradio] griffin - more

2007-05-31 Thread Jim McLester
I notice that in the global mode the griffin has nice fine steps on the volume control. But when talking to the flex it seems to have only about 16 steps per turn. Any ideas? Jim - W4YXU ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Ray Andrews
Jim, Exactly. 73, Ray, K9DUR From: Jim McLester [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Jim McLester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] reply Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:43:38 -0500 Like so?! Jim - W4YXU - Original Message - From: Ray Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Flexradio] reply

2007-05-31 Thread Eric Wachsmann
Unfortunately, the alternative you describe (having replies go to the list) means that the OPs email address is scrapped based on what I have seen. This means that you can't respond directly to the OP offlist even if you wanted to. Every list I am subscribed to that uses the mailman software has

Re: [Flexradio] griffin - more

2007-05-31 Thread Eric Wachsmann
Jim, There is a sensitivity setting that I believe may be causing this. Take a close look at the Griffin control panel with the PowerSDR profile selected. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Ahti Aintila
Frank, I'm no software man, but I suppose that it can be done. 73, Ahti OH2RZ On 31/05/07, Frank Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not familiar with the voice shaper. Is this supposed to be incorporated into the SDR? - Original Message - From: Ahti Aintila [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[Flexradio] alc

2007-05-31 Thread Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
Is there a way to disable ALC ? tnx steve kw5tx ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] alc

2007-05-31 Thread Tim Ellison
Maybe. What are you trying to accomplish? -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Kirk (KW5TX) Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:45 PM To: Flexradio Subject: [Flexradio] alc Is there a way to disable ALC ? tnx steve kw5tx

Re: [Flexradio] alc

2007-05-31 Thread Eric Wachsmann
The ALC is only activated if the input drive exceeds the maximum threshold (0dB on the TX Meter when set to Mic). Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Kirk (KW5TX) Sent: Thursday, May 31,

Re: [Flexradio] alc

2007-05-31 Thread Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
its just too sensitive and I want to experiment with it off..and/or different levels of sensitivity...i have tried all settings and it just kicks in too early imo. even with attack as long as possible. if I hold out a Hello ...i can hear it pull downthen pull down...then

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Jim Lux
At 08:28 AM 5/31/2007, Frank Mayer wrote: I guess Yaesu was one of the pioneers of RF speech processing way back in the early 70's with the Ft-101 series of transceivers. The way that these RF Processors work is they convert the audio from the mic input to RF with a SSB generator. They use

[Flexradio] windrm

2007-05-31 Thread Bill Nagle
We have been toying with windrm on the northeast coast and are looking for some other flexers with which to qso. The audio quality and readability of this mode far surpasses any other voice mode. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Nagle ___ FlexRadio mailing

Re: [Flexradio] alc

2007-05-31 Thread Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
Ahh ..thats why with Compander Onit can sound much Louder in the cans...cause it keeps it below the threshold i run with the MIC meter on always.. and run right at 0 to plus 1 ...meaning its kicking in tnx sjk Eric Wachsmann wrote: The ALC is only activated if the input drive

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-05-31 Thread Al
If you have not looked at VE3NEA Vshaper, you should ! It is instructive to just play with it outside of the SDR. It includes a build in recorder loop that lets you listen to the result as you adjust the setting ( both with and without QRN QRM ). With the SDR, you can select the Vshaper

[Flexradio] griffin

2007-05-31 Thread Jim McLester
Whatever - it must have heard you thinking anout it! Work OK now?!? Jim ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link:

[Flexradio] rfi from the sdr

2007-05-31 Thread FireBrick
I've experience a little rfi. I do not get these problems with my ft1000mp running 1000 watts out of a vl1000 amp. So, I'm pretty sure it's the sdr. Locks the keyboard can but not always, lock PowerSDR. shuts down one of the USB cameras. Fine as long as I stay below 400 watts output. Worse on

Re: [Flexradio] rfi from the sdr

2007-05-31 Thread Tim Ellison
Your problem is going to be unique to your setup, so someone else's silver bullet may not help you. You have to use a systematic approach to soling the problem. My best guess is you probably have a high impedance ground loop. Here are just a few things to try... 1.) isolate the audio

[Flexradio] SUPPORT??

2007-05-31 Thread Stig Rasmussen
Hello, I hate to bring this up this way, but my email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] seems to be ignored. Are we supposed to wait 48 hours?? This is second time in my SDR-life this happens. Do get this email?? regards, Stig ___ FlexRadio mailing list

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-05-31 Thread Ken N9VV
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

[Flexradio] rfi from the sdr

2007-05-31 Thread James T. Rogers, W4ATK
I had a time getting rid of the rfi here. Experienced the same symptoms. Keyboard would go bezerk and at time shut the computer down, sometimes to standby, other times all the way. I use only attic antennas and run only 100W and a good ground is a dream as shack is on the

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-05-31 Thread Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
I use another receiver with headphones...mostly a 746Pro and when I wanna hear what my other radios sound like...I use the flex with headphones as the receiver as someone said earlier today Good is Subjective ... Its chevys and fords man steve kw5tx Ken N9VV wrote: I would like to jump

[Flexradio] 192K

2007-05-31 Thread Steve Kirk (KW5TX)
Is 192K going to be the limit for the SDR1000? or if wider bandwidth soundcards come out will it be able to handle that? I guess what im saying is...is the Edirol the best we can hope for in the near future? Im asking because I want all the panadapter I can get :) BTW... I have a Presonis

Re: [Flexradio] SUPPORT??

2007-05-31 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Stig, Sorry you did not get a response. We just made some changes to our support address forwarding so maybe there is a problem. I have copied all the involved parties so that we can get it corrected. Normally, you should receive a response to support emails within 24 hours or less. 73, Gerald

Re: [Flexradio] 192K

2007-05-31 Thread Tim Ellison
Probably it is the limit. Here is my unsubstantiated reason for thinking so. High end sound cards are for the home recording industry. Higher sampling rates (wider frequency response) buys audiophiles nothing. Dogs can't hear above 180 KHz. You might see more bit depth, but that would just be

[Flexradio] sdr-1000 repair

2007-05-31 Thread dfc34
I just pruchased a sdr-1000 around the first of this year. I had to send it back for repair recently, it has been in flex radio for over two weeks now and has not ben touched, I clled today and ws told it would be next week before it would be worked on, the reason given was the sdr 5000 which

Re: [Flexradio] sdr-1000 repair

2007-05-31 Thread A.R.S. - W5AMI
On 5/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just pruchased a sdr-1000 around the first of this year. I had to send it back for repair recently, it has been in flex radio for over two weeks now and has not ben touched, I clled today and ws told it would be next week before it

Re: [Flexradio] 192K

2007-05-31 Thread Jim Lux
At 06:33 PM 5/31/2007, Tim Ellison wrote: Probably it is the limit. Here is my unsubstantiated reason for thinking so. High end sound cards are for the home recording industry. Higher sampling rates (wider frequency response) buys audiophiles nothing. Dogs can't hear above 180 KHz. One might

Re: [Flexradio] sdr-1000 repair

2007-05-31 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:06 PM 5/31/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just pruchased a sdr-1000 around the first of this year. I had to send it back for repair recently, it has been in flex radio for over two weeks now and has not ben touched, I clled today and ws told it would be next week before it would be

Re: [Flexradio] Don't order the 5K without this handy accessory

2007-05-31 Thread k5nwa
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