Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] V/U module at Dayton?

2010-05-17 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Tim responded No this is not a feature of the vu5k and the board is feature complete. -Tim Sent from my iPhone On May 16, 2010, at 4:18 PM, "Peter Scheller"mailto:nh...@msn.com>> wrote: Tim et al, Is the Flex 5K with V/U modules installed capable of supplying 12VDC to antenna mounte

Re: [Flexradio] Commom Mode Chokes

2010-05-01 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Over the past couple of weeks. there have been a lot of questions on Ferrite & Common Mode Chokes. Let me recommend an article by a friend/colleague Dr Chuck Counselman, W1HIS (retired from MIT) called "Common-Mode Chokes". It was originally published in the Yankee Clipper club paper, but I see

Re: [Flexradio] OT Software availability question

2009-01-24 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Bill -- also check out Z-Cron coupled with Z-ParSw at http://www.z-cron.com/download.html. Never tried it, but it looks like a real match to your needs. 73, Tom ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mail

Re: [Flexradio] SUNAIR / FLEX ?

2008-10-12 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
> On Oct 12, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Lee Mushel wrote: > >> T'aint exactly anything new! Sunaire had a news release last November >> about some agreement with Flex radio! > Sunaire is well known as a supplier of HF radios to governments around the world (see http://www.sunairholdingsllc.com/profile.h

Re: [Flexradio] High Quality Color FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual NOW available.

2008-09-19 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Pete -- thanks for making this happen! Do you have plans to also make the Flex 5000 hardware manual (a.k.a. "Service Manual") available too? 73, Tom ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo

[Flexradio] A question about RFIO firmware

2008-09-06 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
I am preparing to install the v34 RFIO board. I have already installed the RX2. I already have all the Aug/Sep 1.14 software/firmware installed and working. In the HRFIO-34 installation guide (Pg 11, item 3), it states > Double left click on the HRFIO-34 EEPROM Updater application > (FLE

Re: [Flexradio] Just how much DC Power Supply sag is acceptable?

2008-07-10 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
W5CUL wrote: > Below are the measurements: > > Idle: 13.8 > 5W: 13.7 > 10W: 13.6 > 20W: 13.6 > 50W: 13.5 > 75W: 13.5 > 100W: 13.4 > > The above measurements were taken using the built in metering system > (CTRL-SHIFT-I), using the Tune function, output power monitored and adjusted > using a

Re: [Flexradio] Thanks for the TX audio help!

2008-07-10 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Gerald said > Klaus informed me this morning > that all distortion issues he has dealt with similar to Jeff's were traced > to RFI getting into the FireWire cable or the PC itself. He says that this > was confirmed at multiple locations both on dummy loads and antennas. He > indicated that

Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.09 is released

2008-06-21 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Sorry -- something got a bit garbled -- try this > If you have a legal copy of VAC and you want to update to vac4.09, look > at the Email message you got from RegSoft when you paid for VAC. The > message points your browser to a URL on _software.muzychenko.net_ that > ended with a string like _v

Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.09 is released

2008-06-21 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Tim Ellison wrote: > http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html > > (Thanks, Ken!) > If you have a legal copy of VAC and you want to update to vac4.09, look at the Email message you got from RegSoft when you paid for VAC. The message points your browser to a URL on _software.muzychenko.net_ t

[Flexradio] Dual Receiver uses: Cross-correlation Spectrgraphic Interferometer

2008-05-01 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Craig Sande wrote: > I may seem a little slow, but would like to know how others plan to use the > new dual receive capabilities? I have the Flex-5000 and am considering the > second receiver, but would like to know how it will benefit me. Is this > just a contesting-oriented option, or am I ove

[Flexradio] Dayton Banquet?

2008-04-28 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
I'm just checking -- I reserved for the banquet a couple of weeks ago at the same time as I put in my 2nd RX order, and yet my name is not on the list at http://www.flex-radio.com/signup.aspx?topic=dayton08. Is the web list up to date? 73, Tom ___ Fl

Re: [Flexradio] no VAC with recent SVN's

2008-01-18 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Eric Wachsmann wrote: > Just in case you haven't done this before, to take a screenshot, simply > press Alt + PrtScn with the window that you want to screenshot in focus. > Then paste that into a document or image editor and attach that file to your > response. > > In grabbing screenshots (inclu

Re: [Flexradio] SDR1000 clicks during tuning - does USB control help?

2008-01-09 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Dudley Hurry wrote: > Tim, > > I saw a Gateway Quad core for $688 the other day.. But if you want > a deal, you can find reconditioned dual cores for $300. > > 73, > Dudley > WA5QPZ > > Tiger has this Q6600+mobo+RAM component sale running for the next 2 days -- cost = $380 http://www.tigerdi

[Flexradio] 1.1.7 Problems

2007-12-09 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Gerald noted > This sounds like the problem that is fixed by the firmware fixes that I > described in my email to the reflector early last week. We expect to > release the new firmware 1.1.7 on Monday, which has resolved this issue for > all those who have tested it thus far. I have copied Eric s

Re: [Flexradio] HPET question take 2...

2007-11-27 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Jim Jerzycke wrote: > My experience has been limited to Gigabyte > motherboards, but here's my take on the two models > I've used that have HPET BIOS settings: > GA-P35C-DS3R > Very fast, apparently stable, but I've had TWO of > these fail under normal use. My batting average with the DS3R seems

[Flexradio] Microphones for 5000

2007-11-23 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
In case you haven't seen this, take a look at how John (W5GI) wasted his Thanksgiving (or got wasted on thanksgiving): http://uncutvideo.aol.com/videos/d668be0da963287babed9e641712007a Next time, comb your hair! 73, Tom ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexR

[Flexradio] FYI -- One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Opportunity

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
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[Flexradio] Ron Bracewell, SK (resend, hopefully with no HTML)

2007-08-15 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Sorry for the dupe. I honestly didn't think that the original contained ANY HTML code, but I guess it did. -- Many of you know of Ron Bracewell, the Australian Radio Astronomer. I have just learned of his passing at age 86; details can be read at http://news-serv

[Flexradio] Ron Bracewell, SK

2007-08-15 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
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Re: [Flexradio] test results?

2007-08-09 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Tom Clark, K3IO wrote: > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070810/f3aa5d71/attachment.html Damn. I merely hit reply and generated some embedded HTML. My apologies for the QRM. What I tried to post to Jim L

Re: [Flexradio] test results?

2007-08-09 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
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[Flexradio] N4HY Wins Prestigious Award

2007-07-28 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
(and in 2004 K5SDR received the Chambers Award) Congratulations to Bob -- 73 de Tom, K3IO I'm attaching a note I just sent out to the AMSAT folks since I know the SDR people will be interested in the news from the Central States VHF Society meeting. BTW -- at dinner tonite, Gerald announced that

Re: [Flexradio] plastic covers for BNC/SO259/DB9?

2007-07-08 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Ken N9VV wrote: > Does anyone know where to buy plastic dust covers for BNC connectors, > SO259 connectors, and the DB9 on the back of the FLEX-5000? I don't see > those sorts of things in general electronics catalogs. Is there a > specialty supply house? > thanks, > de ken n9vv > Try Caplug

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a flexwire plug

2007-07-08 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Hopefully the 4th time is a charm. This is one more attempt to avoid the HTML scrubber. Apparently, because I had a couple of fonts (because of cut 'n paste), it took my posting as HTML. Thanks to Tim and Cecil for the help. I apologize for the previous useless QRM postings. Neal Campbell wrote: >

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a flexwire plug

2007-07-08 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a flexwire plug

2007-07-08 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a flexwire plug

2007-07-08 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
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Re: [Flexradio] What's in a name ?

2007-05-21 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
How aboute FlexAbles? ___ 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-

Re: [Flexradio] [KB] FLEX-5000 FAQ has been updated (important)

2007-04-23 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
An additional question. The specs show a 0.5PPM TCXO with external 10MHz oscillator optional. Is there any chance that the TCXO actually a VCTCXO (Voltage Controlled TCXO)? If so, then it will be relatively easy to lock the internal TCXO to an external standard (like with something similar to the

Re: [Flexradio] Software Defined Radio at the Dayton Hamvention

2007-04-18 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
Dan -- you might also want to add that, at the AMSAT booth, we will be doing an on-the-air demo of one or two of the software defined transponders (SDX). This should include the Suitsat prototype SDX, a.k.a. "Odyssey" in the HPSDR group (see http://hpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=ODYSSEY). Last yea

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-5000 looks great

2007-04-06 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
I asked N4HY offline for a confirmation on power supplies. What I learned is that the base SDR-5000 requires an external 13.8VDC supply capable of enough amps to run a 100W PA -- presumably in the 25A range. The SDR-5000C is includes a mortal, commodity PC power supply to operate the embedded Wind

Re: [Flexradio] New computer

2006-03-31 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
John -- here is my recommendation for a computer that is slightly more up-to-date: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/8113/ BTW -- here is the way I'm getting power to the top of the tower: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml 73, Tom