[Flexradio] Digital modes

2005-11-14 Thread ab7r
Eric Now that the VAC is implemented, how long will it be before the digital modes are enabled? I think Bob mentioned the code has been ready. Recommend when you do, that when clicking on RTTY or PSK (one for SSTV too?) that the VAC is automatically enabled. When click any other mode it

[Flexradio] Preview 5 band text import error?

2005-11-14 Thread Wayne Roth
Preview 5 appears to duplicate band text database entries, which causes PowerSDR to generate an error. Here is one example entry copied from the imported MDB band text table: BandText Low High Name Transmit 28.2 28.29 10M Beacons True 28.21 28.29 10M Beacons True The second entry

Re: [Flexradio] Scoring Details V31MD SDR CQWW SSB

2005-11-14 Thread Gary Schmidt W5ZL
Hi Leon, For QSOs with V31MD send SASE via guidance on qrz.com. If you talked with any of the SDR team members under their own calls you should send your card and SASE to that team member (also qrz.com info for each; V31LL=WO0Z, V31SR=AA4SW, V31TG=AB5K, and V31ZL=W5ZL). 73, Gary

Re: [Flexradio] Digital modes

2005-11-14 Thread Robert McGwier
I cannot see how this would work without considerably more effort than anticipated for version 1.0 of this. Some people would want to use external hardware. Some people want to use programs to decode CW. Some people want to use external audio programs on SSB for both the microphone and the

[Flexradio] Final reminder about enclosure and RFE upgrades - expires November 15th

2005-11-14 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Dear FlexRadio customers, This is a final reminder that November 15th is the deadline for ordering enclosure or RFE upgrades. A copy of the announcement posted on October 25th is provided below for your reference. 73, Gerald K5SDR Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:06 pm Post

[Flexradio] Need VAC help

2005-11-14 Thread Michael Blake
Can anyone help me with the configuration settings to allow me to: Run the SDR via a Creative Labs MP3+ Run MixW viatwo VAC channels Listen to processed audio from the SDR via the laptop's builtin soundsystem and speakers I am only getting pulses of audio into MixW (using the demo version of

[Flexradio] VAC and Second sound card

2005-11-14 Thread SERGE BERTUZZO
Hello everyone! Having finally managed to get my SDR working on CW (well, operator error and a bad commercial stereo cable!!!) I am now ready to move on to purcahsing the VAC. I do haveone question however. If my understanding is correct from what I have readon this list,by using the VAC

Re: [Flexradio] Digital modes

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
The digital mode button is on the list. That's all I can say for now. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On Behalf Of ab7r Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:11 AM To: Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject:

[Flexradio] Very Impressed!

2005-11-14 Thread w2agn
Well, I have had a couple days to play with the SDR-1000. Made contacts on CW, PSK31, RTTY and SSB. I am very pleased with the way it works. I had rather expected that I would end up spending most of my time figuring out how to solve glitches in software, but even running 1.4.5 Beta 4, I have

Re: [Flexradio] SR40 frequency error display corrected but....

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
I made this change to the source today. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: Bill Tracey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:39 PM To: Michael Blake; Flex Radio Cc: Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SR40 frequency

Re: [Flexradio] Pentium M

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Lee, Try using the following application to measure your performance counter: http://lightconsulting.com/~thalakan/perf.exe 3.5MHz is the slower value. Values equal to your CPU clock speed indicates that you have ACPI 2.0, which should give you solid performance on high speed CW when using

[Flexradio] Preview 5 band text import error?

2005-11-14 Thread Wayne Roth
Preview 5 appears to duplicate band text database entries, which causes PowerSDR to generate an error. Here is one example entry copied from the imported MDB band text table: BandText Low High Name Transmit 28.2 28.29 10M Beacons True 28.21 28.29 10M Beacons True The second entry

[Flexradio] Preview 5 band text import error?

2005-11-14 Thread Wayne Roth
Preview 5 appears to duplicate band text database entries, which causes PowerSDR to generate an error. Here is one example entry copied from the imported MDB band text table: BandText Low High Name Transmit 28.2 28.29 10M Beacons True 28.21 28.29 10M Beacons True The second entry

Re: [Flexradio] FlexSDR Software components

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Cecil, The majority of the developers working on the PowerSDR source use the MSVC .NET compilers/IDE. The GUI is written in C# and the DSP is in C with several supporting libraries written in C as well (Portaudio, PortTalk, FFTW2, pthread). Having said all of that, it seems that it is not too

[Flexradio] Just wondering about the NR

2005-11-14 Thread Tim Ellison
Pardon, the basic newbie questions, but I just want to make sure what I am experiencing is the norm. I have noticed that if I engage the DSP, the audio volume decreases by about 40% (subjectively). I would expect some decrease in AF intensity, but is a 40% decrease the norm? BTW, I am not

Re: [Flexradio] CW Software Question

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Dave, I'm not real clear on what you are trying to do here, but it sounds like you may want to check out CWtype and CWget. These are programs used to send/decode CW. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] radio.biz] On

Re: [Flexradio] Need VAC help

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Michael, I believe that you need to use the Audio Repeater that comes with the VAC to do what you are attempting. I am not familiar enough with the setup to tell you much past that. Note that the optimal buffer setting on the VAC settings seems to be 512. This seems to prevent glitching

Re: [Flexradio] Just wondering about the NR

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Tim (really directed more generally), The ANF/NR settings are highly subject to band conditions. What works for us here in the lab doesn't always work for N4HY in NJ. We have selected values that seem to work fairly well across the bands _for us_. When the ANF is working properly, I have seen

[Flexradio] ATU Z-100 mods needed ?

2005-11-14 Thread Martin Hirsch
Hello, I own an original LDG Z-100 autotuner andI want to mount it in the SDR-1000 enclosure. Are there any mods to be made on the tuner-board except the wiring ? Martin DL5YEJ

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and Second sound card

2005-11-14 Thread Robert McGwier
Serge: Glad to see you are a SDR user. You are correct. The second sound card can be used for other things. I have used VAC, PowerSDR, MixW and had TeamSpeak on the second sound card or Skype on the second sound card. It works well. Bob N4HY SERGE BERTUZZO wrote: Hello everyone!

Re: [Flexradio] Just wondering about the NR

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Tim, My more general response was not directed at you (as it indicated), but at the reflector in general. Because these sorts of questions get archived, many times similar questions come up. I hope you understand that we ENCOURAGE these types of questions and interaction on the reflector. It

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and Second sound card

2005-11-14 Thread Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Serge, Absolutely. I use my on-board soundcard for Teamspeak and several others depending on what is going on in the lab (Audigy 2 ZS, Delta 44, FireBox, etc). Just make sure you set your soundcard settings inside of Teamspeak and you should be all set. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and Second sound card

2005-11-14 Thread Robert McGwier
Serge: Please try to set the VAC buffer size to 512 samples per buffer. That seems to be the one size fits all buffer size. Bob SERGE BERTUZZO wrote: Bob, I realized that I still had some cabling from the D44 going to my Audigy 2ZS card. I unplugged the connections. The SDR still goes

[Flexradio] Pentium M

2005-11-14 Thread Lee A Crocker
Thanks for the response. I haven't bought the notebook yet so I can't test it. The processor is a Intel pentium 4 mobile 3.06ghz with hyperthreading. Its number is 532. I looked it up on the Intel site but I couldn't see a timing spec. I presume since it has hyperthreading it must have a high

Re: [Flexradio] VAC and Second sound card

2005-11-14 Thread Robert McGwier
Serge: If you are using the CAT or COM port PTT for CW, it is likely that the MixW setting is asserting PTT because you have the MixW setting in TRCVR control port in options set to ALWAYS ON. Check the CAT control port settings MixW and in PowerSDR make sure that Setup-DSP-Keyer has the

Re: [Flexradio] Pentium M

2005-11-14 Thread FlexRadio - Eric
Lee, The high performance timer really seems to be more of a function of the ACPI version, which is determined by the motherboard (though most desktop P4 machines have ACPI v2.0). I don't have access to a laptop with a Pentium M in order to test, but I'm sure someone here on the reflector does.

Re: [Flexradio] Pentium M

2005-11-14 Thread Tim Ellison
To answer your question, I assume you are going to run some flavor of Windows on your new laptop. Laptop hard drives are slow compared to their desktop counterparts. In order to reduce the possibility of extensively using the swap file, get the extra RAM. It isn't that expensive in the grand

[Flexradio] A simple fan noise abatement modification

2005-11-14 Thread Tim Ellison
One of the first and only negative thing I noticed about my SDR1K on its initial setup this weekend was how much fan noise there was with it sitting on my desk. Since I knew that the fan noise was being picked up by the microphone and I really didn't want to put the unit under the table (can't