[Flexradio] audio punch

2008-01-07 Thread FireBrick
I' tweaked my equalizer settings while calling TO5JF (St. Barts). The output of my MFJ DVK was too low compaired to using the Heil ProSet mic. Duh, read the instructions and adjusted output pot to equal ProSet mic. Got the St. Barts 2 calls later. I found just the slightest uptic on 500 2K

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch (SVN 1879) - K6JCA Console

2008-01-07 Thread Edwin Marzan
when the new architecture is realized. Edwin MarzanAB2VW From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:32:03 -0600 Subject: [Flexradio] audio punch I' tweaked my equalizer settings while calling TO5JF (St. Barts). The output of my MFJ DVK was too low compaired

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch (SVN 1879) - K6JCA Console

2008-01-07 Thread Thompson_Peter
conditions. 73, Pete N3EVL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Edwin Marzan Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 3:08 PM To: FireBrick; FlexRadio List Subject: Re: [Flexradio] audio punch (SVN 1879) - K6JCA Console I wrote here a few

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-06-05 Thread Ahti Aintila
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stig Rasmussen Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:28 PM To: Ahti Aintila; Dale Boresz Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] audio punch Hello, please stop this. :-) I dont want any discussion around ESSB / and or DX

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-06-04 Thread Ahti Aintila
Stig and Jim, Dale is telling the plain truth, if your main interest is getting your signal through in noisy conditions and DX pileups. The basses convey very little speach information, but eat up the limited power of your transmitter. Unless you want to broadcast a Hi-Fi music program on ham

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-06-04 Thread Stig Rasmussen
used. Thats it! If there is an explanation I would like to hear... Stig -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: Ahti Aintila [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 4. juni 2007 10:26 Til: Dale Boresz Kopi: Jim McLester; flexradio@flex-radio.biz; Stig Rasmussen Emne: Re: [Flexradio] audio punch Stig and Jim

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-06-04 Thread John P Basilotto W5GI
Aintila; Dale Boresz Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] audio punch Hello, please stop this. :-) I dont want any discussion around ESSB / and or DX-pileups modulation. Whats best etc. My point is only to state the fact that SDR-1000 handle bass-less modulation much less punchy than

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-06-03 Thread Jim McLester
Same here, recording studio guy / ham op down the street sees the same on my rig. Jim - W4YXU - Original Message - From: Stig Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] audio punch I tried much different

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-06-03 Thread Dale Boresz
] audio punch I tried much different settings with external audio processing. I mostly run ESSB with much bass. Then the talk power is really good. My watt-meter (Daiwa CN-101L)peaks around 50-60W on normal speaking, with external audio gear. If i try to get a squeeky (thin) dx-modulation

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-06-02 Thread Edwin Marzan
... Edwin Marzan AB2VW From: Chris Maukonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] audio punch Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 15:46:00 -0400 Interesting thread. I currently use a small mixer for my mic preamp with a nano compressor set

Re: [Flexradio] audio punch

2007-06-02 Thread Chris Maukonen
Edwin Marzan wrote: I'm thinking that any type of external processing will eventually be matched wth a software version. It is just a matter of time before we will all have these capabilites built in. It would be interesting to know the make and model of the unit you are using to enhance

[Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-06-01 Thread Dave Nancy Ridge
My findings with SDR-X SVN:1209. I work 6 meter weak signal stuff. I want/need, on SSB, audio that is very penatrating but not distorted. I have a Remote Base (SDR) 17 mile from me, thanks to W4MO. I have spent many hours listening to myself, watch the Panadapter on the Remote Base and

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-06-01 Thread Robert McGwier
Two years ago before we redid the transmitter from the ground up to produce a larger punch audio chain, and have all of the stages metered, the compander was being overdriven by stages in front of it. There was an ad hoc scaling added by me to keep it from overdriving the stages beyond it, in

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-06-01 Thread Frank Mayer
Great job. Audio punch is much improved! Farnk, WA3JBT - Original Message - From: Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dave Nancy Ridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch Two years ago before we redid

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
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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] audio punch

2007-05-31 Thread Ray Andrews
Chas, Of course the Flex Radio programmers can do it. But, I am certain that just like software projects at my soon-to-be former job, there is a very large list of things they want to do a list of things that MUST be done 1st to meet a deadline, such as getting the code ready for the

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
: [Flexradio] Audio Punch At 07:12 PM 5/30/2007, 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

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

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] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Frank Mayer
series, Kenwood TS-870, Icom ProIII) - Original Message - From: Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frank Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Greg - ZL3IX [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch At 01:33 AM 5/31/2007, Frank Mayer

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-31 Thread Ahti Aintila
] To: Greg - ZL3IX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:26 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch 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

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

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

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

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] Audio Punch

2007-05-30 Thread Frank Mayer
I have had my SDR-1000 for about 6 months now and I am very happy with it for the most part. After all is said and done the only criticism that I really have of the rig is the performance of the Compressor. What is this function actually? I have tried all versions of the Power SDR software

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-30 Thread Larry W8ER
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 with the built in

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Punch

2007-05-30 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:12 PM 5/30/2007, 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