Re: [Flexradio] Digital Mode

2012-05-15 Thread Ron Kolarik
JT65-HF and fldigi for everything else. Ron K0IDT - Original Message - From: "George Rebong" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:07 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Digital Mode Ok, I have my Flex1500 running to my 6BTV antenna, I am planning to change my antenna to G5RV. I am a CW guy. So

Re: [Flexradio] VFO A / VFO B Button

2012-05-15 Thread Andre VanWyk NJ0F
Thanks Brian, I will try it. 73 Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2012, at 11:30 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Andre VanWyk wrote: > I did this and it changes my Flex VFO knob to VFO B, but it still receives > VFO A. > Maybe I need to do some more reading

Re: [Flexradio] VFO A / VFO B Button

2012-05-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Andre VanWyk wrote: > I did this and it changes my Flex VFO knob to VFO B, but it still receives > VFO A. > Maybe I need to do some more reading on it > On my Icom, the VFO A/B button toggles the receiver from A to B and visa > versa. > The "A<>B" bu

Re: [Flexradio] Digital Mode

2012-05-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:07 PM, George Rebong wrote: > Ok, I have my Flex1500 running to my 6BTV antenna, I am planning to change > my antenna to G5RV. I am a CW guy. So my question is what are Digital > software that will work with POWERSDR? I would like to try FSK and JT65. > I recommend fldi

Re: [Flexradio] VFO A / VFO B Button

2012-05-15 Thread Andre VanWyk
I did this and it changes my Flex VFO knob to VFO B, but it still receives VFO A. Maybe I need to do some more reading on it On my Icom, the VFO A/B button toggles the receiver from A to B and visa versa. 73 -- From: "Jerry Falletta

Re: [Flexradio] VFO A / VFO B Button

2012-05-15 Thread Jerry Falletta
At the lower right of the screen is a group of six buttons (i.e., SPLT,A>B, etc); click on the A<>B button to toggle between the VFO's. On May 16, 2012 12:12 AM, "Andre VanWyk" wrote: > I am a new Flex 5000 user and did not get a lot of time to play with it > yet, but one thing that I could not f

[Flexradio] VFO A / VFO B Button

2012-05-15 Thread Andre VanWyk
I am a new Flex 5000 user and did not get a lot of time to play with it yet, but one thing that I could not find while briefly playing with it over the weekend was a button to switch between VFO's A & B receive. My Icom 7700 has a button enabling you to switch the receiver to either VFO A or VF

Re: [Flexradio] XVTR question. Problem replicated.

2012-05-15 Thread Bill Bordy, NJ1H
Mark, I am running W7 64 bit. My 432 transceiver is Band Button #3. I have replicated what you describe. However, I noticed if I do not use the tune button before keying the transmitter, then the transmitter keys with RF output using the negative number with the CWX key button. If I use the t

[Flexradio] Digital Mode

2012-05-15 Thread George Rebong
Ok, I have my Flex1500 running to my 6BTV antenna, I am planning to change my antenna to G5RV. I am a CW guy. So my question is what are Digital software that will work with POWERSDR? I would like to try FSK and JT65. 73 -- George Rebong KE6TE ___ Flex

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Terry Fox
This could indeed be good news!! I have a Flex1500 and a friend's SDR1000, but have been avoiding the 3000 or 5000 for three/four reasons: 1) QSD/QSE balance issues. This stems from transmit issues with the old SDR1000. My spectrum analyzer made me gag. 2) Firewire. I loved it for broadcast

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Brian Miller
Sounds good Gerald - digital starting at the antenna connector is the way to go! All the best for the 18 May event. 73 Brian VK3MI ZL1AZE -Original Message- From: Gerald Youngblood Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:38 PM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at

Re: [Flexradio] Flex wire bus

2012-05-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Drax Felton wrote: > > Are there any of FlexWire family of devices being introduced? > > The 5000 web page advertises them. > I would hope not. It would be much nicer if they were standard interface devices we could talk to using USB or Ethernet rather than Flex

Re: [Flexradio] Dayton Banquet - Last Call!

2012-05-15 Thread Tim Ellison, W4TME
The hotel does not have the available dedicated bandwidth to stream, but we are going to try and record and publish a high quality recording of the event. Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales & Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln, Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-

[Flexradio] Flex wire bus

2012-05-15 Thread Drax Felton
Are there any of FlexWire family of devices being introduced? The 5000 web page advertises them. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mai

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Drax Felton
Anything else? It would be neat if this new receiver was a module that fits into the existing 5000 case maybe as the rx2. Rather than needing a whole new transceiver. On May 15, 2012, at 10:30 AM, George Works wrote: > This might allow simultaneous reception on multiple HF bands, similar

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Drax Felton
Television transmitters are like 6 MHz wide. Why couldn't a flex someday produce multiple signals in a wide pass band? We also need a transistor like device that produces 1500 watts out at 99% efficiency that costs $100. Someday we will have it. Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2012, at 11:15

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 and RTTY

2012-05-15 Thread Graham Haddock
Thom: The rated duty cycle of the radio is ICAS, which is 5 minutes transmit, followed by 50 percent transmit duty cycle (one minute transmit, one minute receive) indefinitely. I assume that RTTY guys do receive, at least some of the time. :-) During product certification, we ran the radio full

[Flexradio] Dayton Banquet - Last Call!

2012-05-15 Thread Bill Dailey
Any way to simulcast the event for those of us healing the sick etc. -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-arch

[Flexradio] Dayton Banquet - Last Call!

2012-05-15 Thread Greg Jurrens
Dayton bound flexers: Time to run through your Dayton Hamvention checklist one last time: 1. Backpack to carry goodies around in - CHECK! 2. Comfortable walking shoes - DOUBLE CHECK! 3. Saturday night FlexRadio Banquet tickets purchased - check OH WAIT It's time to check the box for the

[Flexradio] Game changer

2012-05-15 Thread Bill Dailey
I just had an epiphany.. I think the new radio will cost the same or less than the 5K. Maybe it will be the 5K-direct IP or something and be the replacement. It is possible that it will be an upgradde although I am not sure if hardware-wise that would be possible. I guess we will have to wait th

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread dan edwards
now THAT would be interesting, single op, multi-multi ??   73, w5xz, dan --- On Tue, 5/15/12, Jim Fuller (N7VR) wrote: From: Jim Fuller (N7VR) Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector... To: "'Brian Lloyd'" Cc: "'FlexRadio List'" Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012,

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Jim Fuller (N7VR)
Yes Brian, But if I am going to have that then I WANT it all. Direct D:A at 1500 watts to the antenna with go spectral purity and ability to transmit on multiple frequencies at the same time. Since the receiver lets me hear and decode multiple frequencies at the same time, why not have multiple t

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread n3evl
Sounds like Flex may be adopting a direct sampling approach similar to openHPSDR Mercury and Hermes. For anyone interested in details of direct sampling design, I can highly recommend the 2008 TAPR Digital Conference video featuring Phil, VK6APH describing the design of Mercury. See DVD #6

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread kc9cdt
So..how noisy is this type of rcvr? I like very quiet receivers. Let's say compared to my old analog only stuff, like a Collins 75S-3, Drle R-4B etc. Thanks, 73, Lee -Original Message- From: Brian Lloyd To: Drax Felton Cc: FlexRadio List Sent: Tue, May 15, 2012 10:46 am Subject

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Jim Fuller (N7VR)
This look right up your alley Bob, Now what was that 2 + 2 = 65536 No No I forgot to initialize the variables it is 2 to the 16th power equals 4 antenna ports :-) Jim Fuller N7VR -- http://www.n7vr.org International TCP/IP Gateways Robot Operator -- http://www.ampr-gateways.org MTAPRS NET

[Flexradio] Game Changer

2012-05-15 Thread Anthony R . Gold
On Tue, 15 May 2012 07:40:04 -0700 (PDT), David Kennett wrote: > OK! More clues - Am I getting close? The equipment limitations are essentially histoire, so what's left? The wetware! So when the next release of PowerSDR announces: "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." Run like heck

Re: [Flexradio] "Deep Impact" By Another Name?

2012-05-15 Thread David R. Wilson
On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 16:26 -0600, Jerry Coufal wrote: > It probably won't be called Deep Impact but Deep Impact by any other name > will still be "Deep Impact" and it will make complex things simple! > Simple? I wish. It is probably possible to simplify the interface some, but the code making

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Drax Felton wrote: > So how does a lack of base band conversion improve upon what the flex 5000 > already does? > Drax, you need to understand how a direct sampling receiver works. In essence, it uses an analog-to-digital converter connected directly to the anten

[Flexradio] Game Changer

2012-05-15 Thread David Kennett
OK! More clues - Am I getting close? Black (gray? blue?) box radio with embedded processor. Receiver digital from the get-go. Transmitter PA digital (class d?) Radio could require a touch-screen monitor OR maybe a networked PC or tablet for control How big is the box? How high is the price? Dave

[Flexradio] QTH Spam filters being WAY OVER CAUTIOUS!

2012-05-15 Thread Richard Clafton
So are the QTH servers going to continue to class every post from 50% of the readership as spam from this point on? They need to tweak their SPAM filters and DNSBL lookups a little - many blank / wrongly classified emails in the past few day makes for spotty reading! -

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Drax Felton
So how does a lack of base band conversion improve upon what the flex 5000 already does? On May 15, 2012, at 10:01 AM, radio...@frontiernet.net wrote: > I see now, its full SDR with no intermediate base band conversion! Good > going Flex!! > > Dennis KØEOO > > > > - Original Message

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Robert Costa, KB6QXM
Can we trade in our "old school" Flex radios as a down payment for these DDR radios? LOL 73, Robert KB6QXM "Ham Radio Open Conversation" Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: radio...@frontiernet.net To: "Gerald Youngblood" Cc: "FlexRadio List" Subject: [Flexradio] Imag

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread radioart
I see now, its full SDR with no intermediate base band conversion! Good going Flex!! Dennis KØEOO - Original Message - From: "Gerald Youngblood" To: "FlexRadio List" Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:38:43 AM Subject: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector... ...

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 and RTTY

2012-05-15 Thread Rick Tharrington
Same here know problems on digital modes at all. (JT65HF also) Running wire,vert,loops) along with a LPA antenna. Good Luck, anything we can do let us know also. 73 Rick Kd4jrx -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 and RTTY

2012-05-15 Thread WM3M
Thom, I have a Flex 1500 and use it on most of the digital modes and it works great. I have used it for RTTY with no problems. Running 5 watts, into a OCF Window 40 dipole, work the world. If you have questions about the settings or connections, let me know. good luck Emory WM3M -Orig

[Flexradio] Microwave Modules 432-28 XVTR question

2012-05-15 Thread Mark Whatley
More information about my problem: Apparently my unit is an older one that has a higher drive requirement. The book says 5mw-500mw. That seems to be correct as I can get about 1 watt out at full drive(+5dbm ~ 3mw). That problem is not what concerns me. It's the problem of not being able to cor

Re: [Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Bob McGwier
Ha ha. The kimono opens slowly. On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: > ...and a bit of arithmetic. Imagine with us May 18th. > > GAME CHANGER AHEAD > > 73, > Gerald, K5SDR > President and CEO > FlexRadio Systems > > > ___ > Fl

[Flexradio] Imagine digital starting at the antenna connector...

2012-05-15 Thread Gerald Youngblood
...and a bit of arithmetic. Imagine with us May 18th. GAME CHANGER AHEAD 73, Gerald, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radi

[Flexradio] Flex Computer

2012-05-15 Thread Justin M. Mayrand
Neal is your man: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/ Justin KB1TFH On May 14, 2012, at 11:08 PM, paul glassman wrote: > I need advice. I would like a recommendation on a "ready made" computer that > will run my 5000 to it's maximum ability. >