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Flex-Radio Flex-5000A Impressions after Six Months or so « With Varying Frequency – Amateur Radio Ponderings
Flex-Radio Flex-5000A Impressions after Six Months or so « With Varying Frequency – Amateur Radio Ponderings: "My impressions of the Flex-5000A SDR radio keep going up.
I’ll have to admit to having done less than a 1000 QSOs using the Flex-5000A. Based on my still modest sample the impression of quality and utility are 100%+
The listening ability is exceptional. Using the Filter-Matrix, RX-Equalizer and the Noise-Reduction/Reception-Processing Matrix the number of stations I can hear and isolate is extraordinary. Operating at times where other stations complain about the lack of stations heard, I often have a large number of stations that can be heard on the Flex-5000A.
The number one feature I am enjoying is the Display. The various Panadapter displays have something for every operator. Setting the viewed with to take in the most bandwidth makes getting a band snapshot easy. Increasing the focus to allow more precision in selecting an observed signal to listen to certainly helps for DX Hunting.
Transmit Audio reports have been excellent. A Yaseu MD-200 Desk Microphone is the current setup, though I plan to experiment with a boom mounted mic & foot-switch to see if I can gain some desk space back, and to use a more directional pickup patten.
The Dell computer is doing great. Typically I will have PowerSDR, MixW and Safari (3) running. I’ve avoided updating to the Safari 4 Public Beta having observed its huge appetite for system memory and how it never gives up memory it no longer needs.
The software combination seems content with each other, tracks well and is stable.
I’ve written before about two observed software anomalies, an occasional reduction in audio out after periods of idle and frequency excursions (which may be my fault). I haven’t been able to duplicate either, so they may be operator error.
Short term there are a number of tasks to accomplish in my installation:
* Two longer shielded DVI cables are here and ready to install. The Dell supplied cables are too short for my physical configuration.
* The boom mike experiment to gain desk space.
* The Contour ShuttlePro Multifunction Controller needs to be installed & configured.
* Room has to be found to put the 6m Amp on-line.
Additionally the K9ZW shack setup wit the Flex-5000A needs a general tidy-up with cable-ties put on cables, power supplies moved so the switches are not hidden, the PowerMaster SWR Meter & Green Heron Rotor control hooked up to the computer and possibly replacing the RatPak antenna switch with one that can be computer controlled.
Lots of excuses to get lost in the shack for a few hours here & there!
73
Steve
K9ZW"
I’ll have to admit to having done less than a 1000 QSOs using the Flex-5000A. Based on my still modest sample the impression of quality and utility are 100%+
The listening ability is exceptional. Using the Filter-Matrix, RX-Equalizer and the Noise-Reduction/Reception-Processing Matrix the number of stations I can hear and isolate is extraordinary. Operating at times where other stations complain about the lack of stations heard, I often have a large number of stations that can be heard on the Flex-5000A.
The number one feature I am enjoying is the Display. The various Panadapter displays have something for every operator. Setting the viewed with to take in the most bandwidth makes getting a band snapshot easy. Increasing the focus to allow more precision in selecting an observed signal to listen to certainly helps for DX Hunting.
Transmit Audio reports have been excellent. A Yaseu MD-200 Desk Microphone is the current setup, though I plan to experiment with a boom mounted mic & foot-switch to see if I can gain some desk space back, and to use a more directional pickup patten.
The Dell computer is doing great. Typically I will have PowerSDR, MixW and Safari (3) running. I’ve avoided updating to the Safari 4 Public Beta having observed its huge appetite for system memory and how it never gives up memory it no longer needs.
The software combination seems content with each other, tracks well and is stable.
I’ve written before about two observed software anomalies, an occasional reduction in audio out after periods of idle and frequency excursions (which may be my fault). I haven’t been able to duplicate either, so they may be operator error.
Short term there are a number of tasks to accomplish in my installation:
* Two longer shielded DVI cables are here and ready to install. The Dell supplied cables are too short for my physical configuration.
* The boom mike experiment to gain desk space.
* The Contour ShuttlePro Multifunction Controller needs to be installed & configured.
* Room has to be found to put the 6m Amp on-line.
Additionally the K9ZW shack setup wit the Flex-5000A needs a general tidy-up with cable-ties put on cables, power supplies moved so the switches are not hidden, the PowerMaster SWR Meter & Green Heron Rotor control hooked up to the computer and possibly replacing the RatPak antenna switch with one that can be computer controlled.
Lots of excuses to get lost in the shack for a few hours here & there!
73
Steve
K9ZW"
Monday, 28 December 2009
Remote Radio Station Control
Operating my station remotely. I use three pieces of software. First is TRX-Manager to control the radio. See my video on TRX-Manager. Second, remote desktop software.
Soundcard Interfacing
A look at homebrew and commercial soundcard interfaces for PSK31, RTTY, SSTV and other digital modes. Links - http://www.westmountainradi... http://www.tigertronics.com/ http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/interface.html
Wild Fire Destruction in Port Lincoln Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_yHlgI9Jqs
This video shows what is left of our clubroom following the devastating
bushfire that threatened Port Lincoln on 23rd Dec 2009.
All our equipment has been lost, priceless historical radios have been
destroyed, all our paper based records and photos are gone.
Thankfully no lives were lost but 12 homes were destroyed in this fire. It's not
going to be a merry Christmas for some families this year.
Category: Science & Technology
Tags:
VK5ALE VK5ZEA LEPARC Fire
This video shows what is left of our clubroom following the devastating
bushfire that threatened Port Lincoln on 23rd Dec 2009.
All our equipment has been lost, priceless historical radios have been
destroyed, all our paper based records and photos are gone.
Thankfully no lives were lost but 12 homes were destroyed in this fire. It's not
going to be a merry Christmas for some families this year.
Category: Science & Technology
Tags:
VK5ALE VK5ZEA LEPARC Fire
Sad News - Wild Fire Destruction in Port Lincoln Australia
While the loss of our clubrooms and equipment is sad, it does pale into insignificance when you compare it to the loss of 12 family homes two days before Christmas.
But there is one story from the fire that promotes D-Star and I though I would share it here.
By the time I first noticed the fire while I was at work,
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ln456kbAvV4
the cellphone service was fully congested, I was unable to make calls or send SMS messages.
I did however have my IC-91AD handheld radio with me. I was planning on connecting up to REF012 B to check in on the San Diego D-Star net at 1430 (my time).
Instead I connected VK5REX B to REF003 C and put out an emergency call for assistance from anyone who had immediate access to a telephone.
Steve VK5ZSW replied and I passed my home phone number info to him so he could contact my wife to let her know that I was OK and that I was going to move to safer ground. The message was dutifully passed along and Steve confirmed that my wife got the message. Although Steve was some 170+ Km away in Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula, he was able to use the VK5REX repeater perfectly.
Ross VK3HBS also heard my call through REF003 C and he too rang my wife with the message.
It wasn't long after this that the power to Port Lincoln failed. Although the VK5REX B repeater has a massive backup UPS and 85 kVa generator, the other end of the WiFi internet link that the gateway uses did not, so I lost internet connectivity. This is now being worked on so future power failures will not stop gateway operation.
Steve remained at his radio during the drama and it was reassuring to know that he was ready and willing to help with communications as needed.
I also used the VK5REX B D-Star repeater to talk to my father Tony VK5RF, while I went home to gather essential items ready for evacuation. By the time I got home the wind had changed and was blowing smoke and ash over a major portion of Port Lincoln.
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Uuz8ylTKUzk
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=VagyeMXfSTw
I had no idea how bad things would get so I had to assume the worst was yet to come.
While my wife does not hold an amateur license, she was able to use the UHF CB radio in our Toyota truck to talk to me in my work car. She was heading (with our 11mo son Ethan) to my parents home in the marina area of Port Lincoln, way out of the path of the fire.
The cell phone service was still very congested and once again it was reassuring to have D-Star as a reliable communications medium during this emergency. I was able to let everyone at my parents home my progress as I made my way through smoke filled streets, the work car loaded with essential items taken from our home (photo albums, office computer, papers, charged gel batteries, Christmas presents, my wife's insulin, etc.)
Apart from the loss of the gateway, the RF side of the D-Star repeater worked perfectly and provided me a reliable way to communicate when the cell phone system failed.
Michael.
VK5ZEA
But there is one story from the fire that promotes D-Star and I though I would share it here.
By the time I first noticed the fire while I was at work,
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ln456kbAvV4
the cellphone service was fully congested, I was unable to make calls or send SMS messages.
I did however have my IC-91AD handheld radio with me. I was planning on connecting up to REF012 B to check in on the San Diego D-Star net at 1430 (my time).
Instead I connected VK5REX B to REF003 C and put out an emergency call for assistance from anyone who had immediate access to a telephone.
Steve VK5ZSW replied and I passed my home phone number info to him so he could contact my wife to let her know that I was OK and that I was going to move to safer ground. The message was dutifully passed along and Steve confirmed that my wife got the message. Although Steve was some 170+ Km away in Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula, he was able to use the VK5REX repeater perfectly.
Ross VK3HBS also heard my call through REF003 C and he too rang my wife with the message.
It wasn't long after this that the power to Port Lincoln failed. Although the VK5REX B repeater has a massive backup UPS and 85 kVa generator, the other end of the WiFi internet link that the gateway uses did not, so I lost internet connectivity. This is now being worked on so future power failures will not stop gateway operation.
Steve remained at his radio during the drama and it was reassuring to know that he was ready and willing to help with communications as needed.
I also used the VK5REX B D-Star repeater to talk to my father Tony VK5RF, while I went home to gather essential items ready for evacuation. By the time I got home the wind had changed and was blowing smoke and ash over a major portion of Port Lincoln.
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Uuz8ylTKUzk
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=VagyeMXfSTw
I had no idea how bad things would get so I had to assume the worst was yet to come.
While my wife does not hold an amateur license, she was able to use the UHF CB radio in our Toyota truck to talk to me in my work car. She was heading (with our 11mo son Ethan) to my parents home in the marina area of Port Lincoln, way out of the path of the fire.
The cell phone service was still very congested and once again it was reassuring to have D-Star as a reliable communications medium during this emergency. I was able to let everyone at my parents home my progress as I made my way through smoke filled streets, the work car loaded with essential items taken from our home (photo albums, office computer, papers, charged gel batteries, Christmas presents, my wife's insulin, etc.)
Apart from the loss of the gateway, the RF side of the D-Star repeater worked perfectly and provided me a reliable way to communicate when the cell phone system failed.
Michael.
VK5ZEA
Duelling HOTSpots ??
Re: Duelling HOTSpots ??
Hi All
I use it under Win7
Download theese
http://d-star.dyndns.org/program_v5/libusb-win32-device-bin-0.1.12.1.zip
Unpack to a folder similar to c:\libusb
When Driver installation fails go to System / Devicemanager. Righclick the
unknown hardware update the drivers but manually specify where there are located
(eg c:\libusb). I hope you understand what I mean. as I tried to translate from
my swedish win7 hihi
73 de SM0TSC - Johan
I use it under Win7
Download theese
http://d-star.dyndns.org/program_v5/libusb-win32-device-bin-0.1.12.1.zip
Unpack to a folder similar to c:\libusb
When Driver installation fails go to System / Devicemanager. Righclick the
unknown hardware update the drivers but manually specify where there are located
(eg c:\libusb). I hope you understand what I mean. as I tried to translate from
my swedish win7 hihi
73 de SM0TSC - Johan
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