Fix issues with clicking on memory column headers or starting with an empty memory file. Working on adding an MP3 output to save more space. Add: CW Key Poll feature. Add: K-Index to space weather on the main console window. Fix: geo storm ind. Updates once per hour.
Fix Geo storm indicator. Already had Radio Blackout levels. Update to the current latest SWL. You can adjust the speed. Lets see what happens. TX2 has all the same meters as TX1.
Fix: shut down waterfall when radio off and in Track mode. Moved Hero's Menu item, over to the right a few spots to help allow Spotter Menu button room on small Displays. Update to SWL. Fix: Panfill alpha. Fix: MON turns on when in CW mode if Sidetone is on , but wasnt turning back off in when changing back to other modes if you originally had it off.
Add inverted Analog meter. Fix: Meters not working when operating on Extended mode freq. Fix if socket shuts down, you can get out of it without restarting PowerSDR. Fix certain freq spots where SWL spots disappear from screen. Update to latest SWL. Fix: Keyboard shortcut issue, caused by touching the waterfall ID callsign box. Its a work in progress. Fix: Recall color and alpha on startup for GrayLine.
This eliminates the CPU time wasting caused by adding items to the display code. The nice side effect is that everything drawn into the display automatically draws over the top of the GrayLine. Also doubled the resolution of the Gray Line for a better image. New : SWL. You probably want to run this with Grid Lines Off. World skin I Photoshopped is a Robinson Projection that I darkened to allow for easier viewing of the Panadapter, however I scrunched it vertically to properly fit the Panadapter proportions.
I will try to add Grayline. Work in Progress. If you resize PowerSDR window, it could take up to a minute before it does its next update and moves to the correct position on the map. I may need to change the map projection to make grayline easier. Was hz.
Now you can set up to hz. Instead of creating multiple TNFs to cover up a noise. REC will set Drive to 0, Key radio to record yourself.
Fix: Allow DX spot window to grow if you stretch the window size. Fix: Rx2 dislay off with mousewheel Add: more Dx spot parsed modes: split,ssb,cw,am,fm, psk,rtty,olivia,sstv,packat,jt65,mt63,drm, Add: click on Spot DX a 2nd time to close, but when you click again to reopen it will continue to use the old spots you dont loose the last spots now unless you change the DX cluster node Add: Smother Dx window update screen.
Add: Pause dx window button. Add "Keep on top" to Spotter and Scanner forms. Fix dx spots correct freq on fractional khz. Change AF to MON when transmitting to make it clear the function of the slider has changed during transmit. Uses Band you are currently on and starts with Default band edges, but you can override them. Fast scanning wont catch signals. I want to use the waterfall history to detect signals to stop at instead of the squelch level. Redo socket stream reader. Fix DX spot text window not removing dups.
Learn something new everyday. Now you can click on the DX cluster status line "Spotting" to check if you still have a live connection.
Fix mistake in exclude NA spotters. Any Exception Faults will show up in the text window for diagnostics. Fix mistake that dropped first DX Spot when the 2nd was received. A loose "Thread". Turn off SWL spot when transmitting. Turn off SWL spots over 30mhz. Note: currently DX cluster must have echo turned on to work. SWL Spotter Still needs tweeking, but it works. It can take 1min to fully load.
But many SWL stations are beaming to other parts of the world this list has that information so I need a way to remove spots that cannot be heard at your location. Draw Vert lines first so Calls go over Vert lines.. Almost finished with SWL spots. Data now loads and is parsed ready to display. You need to rename it SWL. Fix DX dup inband outband. I think I have the DX Cluster formatexception crash under control? Fix FILO buffer for 60 spots. Need to see if I can use a ring buffer for this instead?
You can view all the spot from the Scanner button window still. I have a lot to fix, plus I want to add SWL to the spotter list. Currently after spots, it resets the Panadapter but not the Scanner window. In HRD select node: spider. Also, You can also setup both your DX Spider accounts to only show DX Spots that you want to see when your logged in, otherwise you may see many spot you dont want to see.
Now PowerSDR can use the spider. Google for help. But beware since I am using the HRD spotter, you cannot have the Spotter open in 2 places at the same time. Add: See Band stack "Index" and "Total" indicators under tune step. Right click to open file. The URL is now added to the Memory you selected prior. This way you can quickly make a bunch of recordings and then select any one to play back easier than going through the Wave menu.
When checked saves QuickAudio in QuickAudio subfolder and sequentially numbers files. Right Click on REC button to go to main folder. Auto creates Copies over your current working database into the new database a new Database.
If you click the span khz it will restart the Display. Time stamps update every 5 seconds. Add Freq Scanner form page. Fix: Waterfall only, not displaying correctly due to addition of avgP, avgB previously.
Auto Wtr Level turns off if you just in panadapter mode. Just click the "Auto Wtr Level" button below the display area. Also Dttsp. Recompile DttSP. Save the AvgP or AvgB settings in database. Right Click on Callsign Box to open up Folder where you put your own bitmap files to send to the waterfall. Creates file when you change the Callsign text field. Fix: Flex Audioplayer has a automatic resampler, but the code to make it work had some missing pieces, fixed the missing pieces, so now 48k waterfall resamples for 96k and k SR.
Add Grayscale to database. Database name now: ke9ns1. Completed full upgrade to NET 4. Cdecl in the DLLImport lines of win Small change to app. Fix: Improved Waterfall ID 24bit bitmap transmit.
Automatically reduced the TX High filter down to 2. Still learning Bitmaps, and PCM and the conversion between them. Add: Transmit grayscale 8bpp bitmap images. Instructions: 1 Create a small 8bpp color or grayscale bitmap image around 80w x 60h pixels and call it a short name, for example: test.
Warning: There is no file checking. If you do not follow these instructions, PowerSDR will crash. Your database should survive, as my database did. I provided a "test. You change your callsign from the menu item Callsign. Reduced Bandwidth of transmission. How it works. It will still transmit clearly.
When checked this Increases waterfall bitmap size by factor of x2. Hitting the edge causes a need to refresh the bitmap which causes the deley. Older computers may by laggy with the wider waterfall area. Trying to change back to "Regular". Swis is only for on the Meters. And learning some of the moving parts. Enlarged the Edge type meter face. Fix edge meter size changing.
DLL to resources. This should fix Flex ATU not showing up. Corrected the text and numbers on the Analog meter. This I believe is the exact Font used by Icom on their displays. Found Grayscale cuts the bandwidth down needed for remote operation.
Also added hover tips to them. Added additional TX meters i. Note that RX2 and Transmit low levels dont save in database like RX1 until I figure out how the database works , but RX2 does pull the data for the band your on from the RX1 database, so its not a big issue. Added new RX1 meters to RX2. Corrected display of Flex radios with only 1 receiver. Created routine to convert angle to Radians for graphical display. Removed Flex "Original" bargraph meter, added " Analog TR7" meter movemen t, and adding 3rd " Analog" mathmatically generated meter.
RF Linearization please correct me on this, since this is my first thought about a this topic It improves the cleanliness of your output signal, so more signals can fit in the same band. It also improves the PA efficiency, so you could push the same PA harder and still maintain a Linear signal, or dont push your PA and save energy. DC The Concept. We just need a circuit fast enough to adjust the Magnitude level of Vin to keep up with load variations, temp changes, etc on Vout.
The Feedback sample from Vout forces the Op-Amp instantaneously, in the exact opposite direction that it sees the Feeback voltage go. The sum the 2 opposites will "cancel out" and Linearize the DC signal. So as AC loads change, the AC is "corrected" to keep maximum power transfer i. Non-Linear qualities in the PA will cause a pure input input sine wave to output harmonics of the original sine wave.
To remove the non-linearities you "cancel out" the phase differance I am not talking about the a phase shift which happens when the signal is passed through the PA, but the phase distortion as the signal is generated present on the output signal. This requires precision in timing of the Feedback signal relative to the input signal. You need something fast and precise enough to handle RF speeds.
The Flex Transmitter is already clearner than any Analog HF radio, but you could improve its output by taking a small "feedback" signal from the Output of your External Amplifier, and use it to linearize the entire system. But I must assume there are issues of temperature, aging, and timing that mess things up. Using a RF coupler to pickup a small amount of Output RF and feed it back through the 2nd digital receiver.
I think timing is key. This presents a problem. The ATU tunes up and indicates a perfect match, but when you key up the Flex indicates something less than perfect. Now both SWR circuits agree after the Tune. With an 2x6 antenna switch. If you happen to use an Amplifier like most with your flex and more than 1 antenna, it is not possible to use the built in antenna switch.
Plus you can also switch RX2 over to RX1 tap to share the same antenna. Below is a short youtube iphone video I took showing Full Duplex Operation. Be careful to test out your setup first at low power to make sure you have good isolation when transmitting.
When you are sure that your 2nd receiver is not picking up your Transmitter, then start raising the power. Both antennas are around ' apart. I found no change in the noise floor when transmitting. I believe this would work on any band combination as long as you use 2 different antennas and they are spaced far enough apart. I was also able to receive on 40m using a R7 vertical while transmitting on 80m using the G5RV. But you need to make sure not to overload the 2nd RX if you run any power.
You dont need the SO2R switch described above to make this work. You simply to go the Setup Menu and set the proper switches.
Connect 2 antennas to the Flex and set the antenna swtich menu up properly for your configuration. Receiver2 must have its own antenna for FDX!!! Make absolutely sure to put back the switches on this menu when your done!!!
Listen, or Record and playback your Transmit Audio. I would keep it off to prevent any echos in the recording. I dont believe you can use the built in recorder to record RX2? PCAD part of the Xvtr panel. IIC bus uses pin 5,6,7 low speed khz bi-directional synchronous data bus. IIC bus allows multiple devices on the same bus where each device has an address 8bits long.
Yes, I could build something, but too many other pressures in my day to day life, including 2 jobs one for food and house, second for toys. Is any entrepreneur willing to concoct something? Will the amplifier work without the ARB? It was my understanding that the THP line of amplifiers did not require the buffer unit, based on conversations with Flex tech support. I would like to know if anyone has or has seen a list of amplifiers that are recommended to work seamlessly wit hthe Flex series radios?
If not, maybe we should start a forum dedicated to Flex Radios and associated amplifier hookups? Search All Forums Show All Latest Popular FlexRadio Systems Forums. Advanced Search. Who's On. Welcome Guest Login Register. Posts added today Posts since my last visit Posts from last week. Jump To Page. Putting amp in line with Rate Topic. Display Mode. Flat Ascending Flat Descending Threaded.
Topic Options. Posted Saturday, July 18, PM. Hello all. Very interested in this new radio. Question is do I hook up amp like on my HF radio or is there special attention needed. Post Posted Tuesday, July 21, PM. My 2 cents, Howard Howard. Posted Friday, September 11, AM. I'm awfully sorry that you got no reply.
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When 5K Service Manual release. Rate Topic. Display Mode. Flat Ascending Flat Descending Threaded. Topic Options. Posted Tuesday, June 24, AM. Any word on the release of the A Service Manual? I thought it was to be within weeks after Dayton. I am interested in the proper self-alignment calibration procedures for the Flex A.
I know it is not as simple as it appears by the CTL-Shift windows that come up. It is very possible to mess things up, such as the SWR and power calibrations, if not done properly and in correct sequence.
Along with the other calibrations. And what is PowerMaster that it keeps asking for? Post
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