Re: [Flexradio] firewire compatibility...or not!

2011-02-15 Thread Ross Stenberg
On 2/14/2011 7:55 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: The solution is that they provide a list of compatible firewire cards. I know Greg works on keeping the list current frequently (since he asks me what I am seeing about every quarter). The cards are so inexpensive I am not sure how Flex could really

Re: [Flexradio] firewire compatibility...or not!

2011-02-15 Thread Simon HB9DRV
Hi Matt, The FTDI drivers support the USB and serial port (each RFspace radio has an optional serial port). As for painless 'plug-and-pray' the answer is: Ethernet. I have two Ethernet SDR radios here, I can run them from any PC in my network. No driver issues, nothing. Obviously latency when

Re: [Flexradio] firewire compatibility...or not!

2011-02-15 Thread Mickey Baker
Ethernet is a near optimum solution for SDR - with an IP stack, it could provide a facility for rig control and geo-diversity communications, just like the Big Guys... On Feb 15, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Simon HB9DRV si...@hb9drv.ch wrote: Hi Matt, The FTDI drivers support the USB and serial

[Flexradio] R: Flex 3000 XML data description and modification

2011-02-15 Thread Claudio Spiritelli
Hello everybody, I am new to this forum, I am a new SDR user. My configuration is Windows7 and Flex 3000 using Power SDR 2.0.16. My first question refers to the Database, looks like I have difficulty to load a new database, when I do that I get a message that the database was loaded successfully

Re: [Flexradio] R: Flex 3000 XML data description and modification

2011-02-15 Thread Tim Ellison
Claudio, First off, the Band Plan (labeled Band Text) in the database is nothing more than alpha tags for the VFOs. The transmit tag TX does not control whether or not the radio transmits at the defined frequency range. The transmit frequency is controlled by the radio's firmware and it is

[Flexradio] Rx2 Noise Hump on 160M

2011-02-15 Thread Harry Williams
I was trying to work some DX on 160M this AM and was plagued by some noise. Turns out it was a noise “hump” centered right around 1822 and its about 11-12 khz wide. I only see it on rx2. On 160M I use rx2 with a beverage through the “rx2 in” bnc. So I started playing around with connections.

[Flexradio] Images on Flex3000 using PSDR 2.0.16

2011-02-15 Thread Michael Ruttenberg
Hi all, not sure if this has been asked before, but during RX on my Flex3000 I get an image hsowing on the panafall at the zero beat 9so outside my audio passband). I didn't have this on PSDR 1.18.5 or 1.18.6. I also noticed during the CQ WPX RTTY that working split (for my unsuccessful attempt

Re: [Flexradio] Rx2 Noise Hump on 160M

2011-02-15 Thread Harry Williams
Flex-5000A running 1.18.5.. -Original Message- From: Harry Williams Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:02 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Rx2 Noise Hump on 160M I was trying to work some DX on 160M this AM and was plagued by some noise. Turns out it was a

Re: [Flexradio] Images on Flex3000 using PSDR 2.0.16

2011-02-15 Thread Tim Ellison
If they are RX images, then it is due to some known problems in the Wide Band Image Rejection feature. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Michael Ruttenberg Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 10:27 AM

Re: [Flexradio] Images on Flex3000 using PSDR 2.0.16

2011-02-15 Thread Michael Ruttenberg
Okay thanks. Not a biggie for me as I'm not a heavy user of split. Glad to know you're aware of it. Mike G7TWC On 15 Feb 2011, at 15:57, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: If they are RX images, then it is due to some known problems in the Wide Band Image Rejection feature. -Tim

Re: [Flexradio] USB3 - Firewire

2011-02-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com wrote: RFSPACE devices are receivers. Transceivers require twice the number of isochronous data channels. The FLEX-5000 is full duplex, so the data channels are running all the time. More than that, you have EIGHT channels

Re: [Flexradio] USB3 - Firewire

2011-02-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Leif Asbrink l...@sm5bsz.com wrote: Hi Neal, It should not because it would be a waste of resources for absolutely no reason. SDR-14 and SDR-IQ use USB 1.0 and they can do something between 160 kHz and 230 kHz depending on hardware and operating system.

Re: [Flexradio] Rx2 Noise Hump on 160M

2011-02-15 Thread Harry Williams
UpdateI received a response to my posting off the reflector and the sender told me to listen at 1/2 the freq of the noise hump which I did. With NO antennas connected I hear a lot of garbage on the BC band from about 840khz through 980khz. On rx1 this noise is maybe s5 at most but on rx2

Re: [Flexradio] Rx2 Noise Hump on 160M

2011-02-15 Thread K0DAN
Harry... I have been plagued (on numerous bands) by intermittent pulse noise and humps across the spectrum. In my case the humps were 10+ kHz wide and were pretty evenly spaced around 75-80 kHz between peaks. I realize you're saying that you see problems on R2 but not R1, and that this

Re: [Flexradio] firewire compatibility...or not!

2011-02-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Eddie DeYoung vk...@optusnet.com.auwrote: Thanks for the links regarding other manufactured products with firewire compatibility issues...I couldn't find them in my previous search... I guess a lot of readers would classify my previous, long email, as

Re: [Flexradio] firewire compatibility...or not!

2011-02-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Mickey Baker fishflor...@gmail.com wrote: Ethernet is a near optimum solution for SDR - with an IP stack, it could provide a facility for rig control and geo-diversity communications, just like the Big Guys... I agree completely. But the current crop of Flex

Re: [Flexradio] CW Side Tone Lag

2011-02-15 Thread Dan Jean
I've been using my 5000A with an external keyer monitor, and I'm enjoying it very much. I tried using the internal keyer, but the lag in the monitor resulted in poor code (lots of mistakes). Although I couldn't really hear the lag because I don't send very fast, my brain could not adapt. I'm

[Flexradio] firewire compatibility...or not!

2011-02-15 Thread Eddie DeYoung
A lot of interesting information has been generated by this thread.I think that everyone is aware of the 'list' of known good/bad interfaces. An excellent point was made as regards using ETHERNET as a demonstrated workable interface method.something the Flex-Radio Engineers might consider/be

Re: [Flexradio] firewire compatibility...or not!

2011-02-15 Thread Williams, Barry
I received my 5000A yesterday. The Laptop is a Sony Vaio with Ricoh chipset running Win 7 on an I7 chipset. It runs fine with the default settings (1024 - 96K). I have read that the Ricoh chipset may cause a problem. 73, Barry --Original Message-- From: Eddie DeYoung To:

Re: [Flexradio] firewire compatibility...or not!

2011-02-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Eddie DeYoung vk...@optusnet.com.auwrote: A lot of interesting information has been generated by this thread.I think that everyone is aware of the 'list' of known good/bad interfaces. An excellent point was made as regards using ETHERNET as a demonstrated

[Flexradio] capacitive-element microphone

2011-02-15 Thread Paul Jursinic
Everyone, I have been trying to use a capacitive-element microphone with my Flex5000. I have attached the diagram of my microphone connection. The 470-ohm resistor and the 6.8 microF capacitor are mounted at the front panel plug. I am using the 5V power, which is available on pin 2 of

[Flexradio] Email address change

2011-02-15 Thread wawhite
Can I get my email changed from k3...@usa.com to k3wawh...@gmail.com The header on usa.com is too large to read the Flex postings. Thanks, 73, Bill ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

[Flexradio] Email change

2011-02-15 Thread wawhite
I just found that I can forward all my emails from my usa.com account to my k3wawh...@gmail.com At least while I maintain a premium subscription with usa.com which I will let lapse after I receive a confirmation email from you Thanks, 73, Bill ___

Re: [Flexradio] Email address change

2011-02-15 Thread Matthew Robinson
The easiest way for you to achieve what you want is probably to unsubscribe from the list and resubscribe with your new email address. Matt On 16/02/11 11:32 AM, wawhite wrote: Can I get my email changed from k3...@usa.com to k3wawh...@gmail.com The header on usa.com is too large to read the