[Flexradio] FLEX-1500 es PSDR 2.0.16

2010-11-13 Thread Kjeld Bülow Thomsen
Has been waiting since the beginning of August for a version of PSDR supporting XVTR-operation on my FLEX-1500. Installation on my Acer Veritron dual core 2,3G Pentium, 2 GB RAM with WIN-XP Proff SP3 was easy without any problems. XVTR-setup is functional so I’m now QRV 23cm10m, 13cm2m10m,

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 67, Issue 13

2010-11-13 Thread W4ABW
Mike, where was your SAGE Sector located in 1979 ? Was it in Canada. I left SAGE in 1964 after being an IBM FE at Phoenix and Fort Lee. I would think a SAGE system with 55,000 vacuum tubes could handle Flex ! HI ! 73 Al W4ABW Raleigh ___ FlexRadio

[Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Dear FLEX-1500 customers, While the vast majority of FLEX-1500 owners have had no problem installing PowerSDR(TM) v2.0.16, a small number have not been able to get the release running properly when upgrading from Beta v2.0.8 or earlier versions. They symptom is a flat line Panadaptor display

[Flexradio] Revert back to V1.18.5

2010-11-13 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
I can't seem to access the Knowledge Base, would someone please tell me where (or send me) the instructions for moving back to PSDR 1.18.5. I cannot get V2.0.16 Beta to send recognizable CW either with the internal keyer or an external one. It won't even send a string of 6 dits in a recognizable

Re: [Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread Clay W7CE
I tried the patch, but unfortunately the 1500 panadaptor is still flat line. The computer here is an Asus P7P55D motherboard with an Intel I7-860 CPU, 8 GB memory, an Asus EN9800GT video card (Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT chipset) and a Creative I/O PCI card with 6 RS-232C serial ports. I'm

Re: [Flexradio] Flex Open Source Software Development

2010-11-13 Thread richard allen
Russel KF1K, I could not find your e-mail address; hope you see this. As soon as Flex (wisely) stopped providing SVN access I requested and received the complete source for 2.0.6 and successfuly built it. There were a few minor problems but it came up after they were fixed. All I wanted to

Re: [Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Clay, You should contact technical support for assistance on this problem. It sounds like some kind of hardware conflict. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email:

Re: [Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread David McKenzie
Gerald, Clay, I just got back from Staples with a $34.99 USB 2.0 PCI HBA. With it installed, 2.0.16 is now appears to be working properly. While it is frustrating to have to buy more hardware to run with the upgraded software, I'm happy to have it working. As a note, the motherboard is an

Re: [Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread Gerald Youngblood
David, This information is very useful to our engineering team. We are seeing some chipset issues that we are trying to correlate. In other cases, a PCI Express USB card has fixed the problem as well. This is a very high performance driver, especially with small buffer sizes. We are working

Re: [Flexradio] Revert back to V1.18.5

2010-11-13 Thread Gerald Youngblood
You can download PowerSDR 1.18.6 and the v1.3.0.8 firmware for the FLEX-5000 from the table on the left side of the home page. Load the firmware and then PowerSDR. We are currently working on improvements to CW. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091

[Flexradio] Fldigi

2010-11-13 Thread jim howard
I have fldigi up and running. Everything works but I do not get the Flex freq read-out in the fldigi freq window. Any ideas. Jim,  K5TC ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread Abed Haque
FLEX-1500 customers, We have found an issue with the Driver Patch Kit for 32-bit systems. If you are running a 32-bit system, please do NOT run the Repair.bat file. We are working on getting a replacement on the server ASAP, thanks for your patience. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Gerald

[Flexradio] FlexRadio recommandation for Antenna 1 (TX1/RX1) and RX2 protection

2010-11-13 Thread John Vandenberg
I also have this question and would like a manufacturers answer. Is it required and if so what do they recommend? 73, John, ve3dvv Message: 10 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:28:50 -0500 From: Tom Brown N4TAB n4...@earthlink.net To: w...@charter.net Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re:

Re: [Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread Ron Feltman
Yeah, Right! When installing the repair patch on a 32 bit machine an error occurs related to an attempt to process a 64 bit driver! Now you tell me! Jeez , guys can't you at least try the patch on a 32 bit system before releasing it? Ron k3vig (not a happy camper at the moment

Re: [Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread Abed Haque
The new Driver Patch Kit 1500_DriverPatchKit_2.0.16c.zip is now available on the download site. This fixes some of the 32 bit issues with the previous version. Gerald's original statements as well the instructions for the previous version still apply to this new version. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 67, Issue 13

2010-11-13 Thread Michael Walker
I was in North Bay, ON. I was there from 79 till 82. About 300km north of Toronto. Not bad for a computer built in 1958. Mike On Saturday, November 13, 2010, w4...@aol.com wrote: Mike, where was your SAGE Sector located in 1979 ? Was it in  Canada. I left SAGE in 1964 after being an IBM

Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi

2010-11-13 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, jim howard jim_h...@yahoo.com wrote: I have fldigi up and running. Everything works but I do not get the Flex freq read-out in the fldigi freq window. Any ideas. That means that CAT is not working properly. Have you read my article about configuring fldigi

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio recommandation for Antenna 1 (TX1/RX1) and RX2 protection

2010-11-13 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:06 PM, John Vandenberg jvandenb...@mountaincable.net wrote: I also have this question and would like a manufacturers answer. Is it required and if so what do they recommend? Search the mail archives. There was a big thread about 6mos ago on how much power the RX2

[Flexradio] 1500 for sale anyone?

2010-11-13 Thread Michael Walker
So, for all you guys that didn't like your 1500 I never got any offers to sell. My offer is still outstanding just in case you want to part with it. Mike va3mw ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Important upgrade notice to FLEX-1500 customers

2010-11-13 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ron Feltman rea...@hotmail.com wrote: Yeah, Right! When installing the repair patch on a 32 bit machine an error occurs related to an attempt to process a 64 bit driver! Now you tell me! Jeez , guys can't you at least try the patch on a 32 bit system

[Flexradio] 40 meter ssb problem

2010-11-13 Thread Dennis Deaton
I have been using my flex 1500 on ssb using 2.0.07 since I got it in August or September. I have been using it on 75-80 meters primarily and as a spotting receiver on other bands. I do not remember if I actually transmitted on 40 meters with the radio or not. Anyway, I digress, I just loaded

Re: [Flexradio] SDR !000 Bob's S meter Test results.

2010-11-13 Thread Barry Matson
Tim, I connected my HP 8645 Sig gen directly into the Antenna I/P on my SDR 1000, and tested it at 14.1 MHz and 50 microvolts with PSDR versions 1.18.6, 2.0.8 and 2.0.16 leaving everything else the same. I was getting some QRN or QRM static sounds corresponding with the needle jumping during

Re: [Flexradio] 40 meter ssb problem

2010-11-13 Thread Lyle Johnson
My F-1500 was clean on one or two bands and very bad on the rest when I received it. I took spectrum photos, sent them to Flex, and they promptly replaced the radio for me under warranty. The replacement radio, S/N 599 (great serial number, that :-) is clean on all bands. 73, Lyle KK7P

Re: [Flexradio] SDR !000 Bob's S meter Test results.

2010-11-13 Thread jhurry
Barry, Did you re-run all the level and image calibrations on the SDR-1000 once you got into the PowerSDR 2.0.x version? 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Barry Matson mat...@spectrumwise.net wrote: Tim, I connected my HP 8645 Sig gen directly into the Antenna I/P on my SDR 1000, and tested it

Re: [Flexradio] 40 meter ssb problem

2010-11-13 Thread jhurry
Dennis, Try a database reset, and check again. If you still feel that 40 meters TX is still has too many spurs, send a note to me at supp...@flex-radio.com, it may need to have the image test run on it for 40. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Dennis Deaton kg...@frontiernet.net wrote: I

[Flexradio] FLEX-5000 C MODEL for SALE/TRADE!

2010-11-13 Thread Patrick Hayden
FLEX-5000 C MODEL for SALE! As you already know, this is FLEX's Big Daddy 19 Rack Mount Version which includes built in computer and supports DUAL DVI Monitors! Also If you have a nice quite remote site, this could make for the ultimate lights out SDR System! NOTE: I would be open for a

Re: [Flexradio] RX-TX-RX Niggle with 2.0.16 Beta

2010-11-13 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Bill, This is scheduled to be fixed in an upcoming iteration soon. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com/

Re: [Flexradio] 40 meter ssb problem

2010-11-13 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Dennis, Try backing off the drive level and see if it cleans up. I wonder if power calibration is off on 40m and you are clipping. Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: