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by W2PA
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: Protocol 2 Firmware (all radios)
Topic: Firmware fix for RF appearing on RX only ports
Replies: 75
Views: 6223

Re: Firmware fix for RF appearing on RX only ports

Just to add another data point:

I loaded <Metis_Orion_MkII_Protocol_2_v2.2.2.rbf> into my ANAN-8000DLE using the the Protocol 2 HPSDR Programmer under Windows 11 Pro (new PC last month) without a problem. Now I'm running Thetis 2.10.3.6 x64 (1/20/24) dev_2 and everything seems to be just fine.
by W2PA
Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:04 pm
Forum: Keys, Keyers, Paddles & Bugs
Topic: CW Sidetone
Replies: 5
Views: 5878

Re: CW Sidetone

For simply listening for practice you shouldn't go into xmit at all. I don't have a G2 but this works for me with Thetis: CW Break-In (in main console) - OFF Sidetone check box - checked DUP - doesn't matter. Hit the paddle/key and you hear your CW via the side tone, adjust AF gain to desired level....
by W2PA
Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Thetis 2.10.3.5 Final Now Available
Replies: 64
Views: 45674

Re: Thetis 2.10.2 Final Now Available

ramdor wrote:Another update sorry.


Richie,

No need to apologize when you give a gift to the assembled multitude. :) Thanks!
by W2PA
Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: Digital Mode, Rig Control & Logging Software
Topic: FT8 Thetis dont transmit after 15/20 minutes standby
Replies: 6
Views: 2100

Re: FT8 Thetis dont transmit after 15/20 minutes standby

Bhanu, I have noticed something like this for a long time too, but it doesn't happen very often. In my case, after operating on air with Thetis and WSJT-X, if I then leave it running unused for an hour or two (for example if I'm occupied with something else) and then come back to use it later, WSJT-...
by W2PA
Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:25 pm
Forum: Everything Else: Antennas, Relays, Switches, Power, Grounding, Cooling, etc.
Topic: Anan 8000DLE Fan replacement
Replies: 17
Views: 9821

Re: Anan 8000DLE Fan replacement

The fan on my early model 8000DLE pulls air *into* the case and it's been that way since I got it in April 2017.
by W2PA
Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Thetis starting with standard frequency
Replies: 97
Views: 10381

Re: Thetis starting with standard frequency

Since this particular problem is evidently a database corruption problem I'll just add some hopefully helpful comments about database import (having had my hands in its guts ;-). The database import function is fairly robust and is designed to scrub even a grossly corrupted database. It tries to tak...
by W2PA
Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: RX1 acting up whereas RX2 is not
Replies: 71
Views: 8262

Re: RX1 acting up whereas RX2 is not

Juha, I've been following this saga for a while with interest. If I'm reading your experiments correctly, we can conclude that: 1) Since all is well with Protocol-1, your problem is not relays or any other hardware part malfunctioning. 2) Since the problem happens with ADC0 and disappears on ADC1, t...
by W2PA
Sat Apr 08, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: Apache-specific Hardware Discussions
Topic: Saturn: A New Apache Labs SDR Transceiver (ANAN-G2)
Replies: 82
Views: 18191

Re: Saturn: A New Apache Labs SDR Transceiver (ANAN-G2)

Yes, I have the full schematic of the V.14 PA/LPF board which shows a moderately complex PIN diode T/R structure. It's significantly different than prior boards.


Paul - you've suddenly made me sit up and pay attention! 8-)
by W2PA
Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:10 pm
Forum: Apache-specific Hardware Discussions
Topic: Abrupt reduction of noise floor on receive
Replies: 55
Views: 10165

Re: Abrupt reduction of noise floor on receive

Juha, FWIW, I've experienced a similar behavior and the cause turned out to be the same as mentioned here earlier by SM3PZG, a faulty coax jumper in my antenna switch arrangement. The symptoms were similar but not identical. I'd notice a drop off in noise floor and receive sensitivity on first power...
by W2PA
Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Thetis v2.9.0.8 - meters and then some more
Replies: 158
Views: 44892

Re: Thetis v2.9.0.8 - meters and then some more

Hi everyone. Here's another example of meter containers inside the Thetis console, including edge meters, analog multimeter, VFOs, clocks, and a magic eye with an escutcheon from the floor model Silvertone model 4586 from 1936, courtesy W1JA (http://www.radiophile.com) and included in Ernst's collec...
by W2PA
Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Thetis v2.9.0.8 - meters and then some more
Replies: 158
Views: 44892

Re: Thetis v2.9.0.8 - meters and then some more

You need to save the new settings as part of your active transmit profile, Phil. Otherwise when you restart the profile you had before is re-loaded.
by W2PA
Sun Mar 05, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: Keys, Keyers, Paddles & Bugs
Topic: No RF Output in QSK
Replies: 12
Views: 25143

Re: No RF Output in QSK

Wish I could help you, Tom. But I've never seen this and can't bring to mind why this would happen. All I can offer is that in QSK mode Thetis never triggers MOX and stays in receive mode. That's why it's so good at hearing between CW elements. But as a result, some things that happen only when MOX ...
by W2PA
Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Visual notch
Replies: 5
Views: 1247

Re: Visual notch

Richie, Thanks for sharing this interesting discussion. It makes perfect sense that the entire contours of the bandpass should be constructed as a single filter. And this all relates to a suggestion I made a while back about possibly using the auto-notch result to create a new manual (multi) notch. ...
by W2PA
Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:16 pm
Forum: Apache-specific Hardware Discussions
Topic: Apache Station Photo Thread
Replies: 17
Views: 3423

Re: Apache Station Photo Thread

Main operating desk at W2PA includes ANAN-8000DLE and equipment spanning a few decades. Also using two Behringer MIDI controllers and 4k monitor showing Thetis and various other radio-related software.
by W2PA
Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:21 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Poor audio quality on 10M FM receive
Replies: 21
Views: 3226

Re: Poor audio quality on 10M FM receive

Never tried it until today, Scott. I'm now hearing the KQ2H repeater on 29.610 (somewhat local) at S8 with a bunch of EU stations using it. I'm not hearing the effect you describe - it sounds fairly good. Of course the various users have better or worse audio but the repeater's signal itself sounds ...
by W2PA
Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Thetis Manual Notch Filter Operation
Replies: 3
Views: 15494

Re: Thetis Manual Notch Filter Operation

Also, hovering the mouse over an existing notch enables the mouse wheel to vary the notch's width.
by W2PA
Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Display showing my CW signal way higher than it is.....
Replies: 10
Views: 1519

Re: Display showing my CW signal way higher than it is.....

I posted this as a new bug on the git repository, issue #79.

https://github.com/ramdor/Thetis-2.9.0/issues/79
by W2PA
Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:01 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Display showing my CW signal way higher than it is.....
Replies: 10
Views: 1519

Re: Display showing my CW signal way higher than it is.....

By the way, Juha, you can also confirm you are actually transmitting where intended by switching to QSK mode. In that mode MOX is never activated and it's just like seeing yourself on a separate receiver. No panadapter scale shift takes place. The scale shifting with MOX happens whether CTUN is off ...
by W2PA
Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:46 am
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Display showing my CW signal way higher than it is.....
Replies: 10
Views: 1519

Re: Display showing my CW signal way higher than it is.....

I can confirm this happens - but it's a bug in the panadapter scale (frequency) markings, not in frequency control. Evidently when you go into transmit, it adds the XIT offset to the frequency scale. You actually do end up transmitting where you intended, 6kHz up, but the display shows it incorrectl...
by W2PA
Thu Jan 05, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: ZZPA Cat Command
Replies: 9
Views: 1375

Re: ZZPA Cat Command

According to the code, ZZPA controls a "preamp settings knob" which doesn't seem to exist. The comment line says "Sets or reads the Preamp thumbwheel".

Legacy?
by W2PA
Mon Oct 10, 2022 6:06 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: GitHub software contributors "welcome pack" ?
Replies: 18
Views: 2895

Re: GitHub software contributors "welcome pack" ?

As a past and (hopefully) future developer I thought I'd chime in very briefly. VK-Joe - the spirit of what you wrote is laudable - good job of laying it out. But Scott has accurately explained the reality of our development environment. Far from being hopeless, though, I think the sweet-spot middle...
by W2PA
Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:50 pm
Forum: Digital ("Virtual") Audio
Topic: Digi mode audio problems (was: Identifying strange panadapter waveform)
Replies: 17
Views: 5039

Re: Identifying strange panadapter waveform

Yes, I've been using a dedicated Ethernet card/connection since I first got the rig. Also static IP address.

For the moment I'm blaming Windows and its Ethernet driver. I'm hoping when I upgrade my PC it'll solve the problem (currently using an i7 4000-series PC).
by W2PA
Fri Oct 07, 2022 12:50 pm
Forum: Digital ("Virtual") Audio
Topic: Digi mode audio problems (was: Identifying strange panadapter waveform)
Replies: 17
Views: 5039

Re: Identifying strange panadapter waveform

I see this too. It's certainly not just a panadapter artifact since you can hear it on the transmitted signal with an external receiver. Tuned away from the carrier beyond the passband it sounds like clicks. It went away entirely after the "throttling" adjustment. Now it comes back randoml...
by W2PA
Mon May 02, 2022 11:29 am
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Thetis v2.9.0 - Updates and Issues
Replies: 431
Views: 108044

Re: Thetis v2.9.0 - Updates and Issues

WANTWISH The automatic adjustment of the display floor by background noise ("Adjust Min to Noise Floor") works quite well; I use it a lot. But when there are static crashes present, which are increasing as summer approaches, the crashes cause the display to constantly try to keep up, adjus...
by W2PA
Fri Apr 29, 2022 3:55 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Thetis v2.9.0 - Updates and Issues
Replies: 431
Views: 108044

Re: Thetis v2.9.0 - Updates and Issues

ramdor wrote:WANTWISH
1) More space on GUI to add more buttons :D


I wonder if everybody knows or remembers this GUI action (so it's probably worth mentioning):

Many controls on the main console can be right-clicked to bring you directly to the proper setup tab, making many of these changes easy.
by W2PA
Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:29 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Preparing for the next formal release of Thetis
Replies: 12
Views: 3361

Re: Preparing for the next formal release of Thetis

I may be wrong, but I doubt anyone could 100% predict all possible actions on the database. You're not wrong, Scott. The DB handling code (import and export) is fairly robust against broken records of all sorts. But it won't find and correct more complicated things like incompatible settings that s...
by W2PA
Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:47 am
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Preparing for the next formal release of Thetis
Replies: 12
Views: 3361

Re: Preparing for the next formal release of Thetis

If this is needed, then the software needs changing so you don't have to do this. We could do wit a definitive list of things that don't get re-imported, so they can be included. I have not spent any time looking at this tbh. I agree. The merge process you outlined above after "What does the m...
by W2PA
Thu Apr 07, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Thetis v2.9.0 - Updates and Issues
Replies: 431
Views: 108044

Re: Thetis v2.9.0 - Updates and Issues

Richie, My most common procedure is the same as Mark's. In fact, I have a Tune button on the MIDI controller, right next to a drive level knob. Bottom line, I use Tune to get ready to operate. Eliminating the link between Tune and Drive would add complexity. Keep both sliders without eliminating the...
by W2PA
Fri Apr 01, 2022 4:42 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Installing Thetis for the first time
Replies: 18
Views: 4308

Re: Installing Thetis for the first time

Gary, First let me echo Scott's sentiment about leading edge, sometimes jokingly called the bleeding edge for good reasons. The extra effort put into understanding the operation of Thetis and other pieces of software has rewarded me with the most advanced, feature-rich, and customizable radio I've s...
by W2PA
Sat Mar 05, 2022 8:02 pm
Forum: Thetis
Topic: Re: Low latency filtering quality
Replies: 33
Views: 7706

Re: Low latency filtering quality

And yet CW is where low latency is most needed. No argument, Scott. But I find that in using audio direct from the radio I have no noticeable latency on CW, which is quite important especially operating QSK. At reasonably high speed the audio effects with the low latency filter is objectionable eno...

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