Same response as before Scott..... operator never doing something stupid like driving an external amplifier with 100W. If you have an amplifier with no protection against gross over-drive it would be possible, without ALC, to make a stupid and potentially costly error. As I've explained ad nauseum t...

I used an XG3 signal source. Easily done when using it. I found as Scott pointed out very little difference - for the majority of users I'd suggest leaving it alone as its close enough - surely much better than other radios! (my Ftdx5000 I use to own literally changed 2 S units with 2 db change in s...

Scott will I'm sure reply about using the system in general. I have never been able to get diversity to work myself but that is more because the antenna selection is critical. I've not had a reference antenna that picked up the noise as loud or louder and still picked up some of the signal. So I end...

Ed, Just an FYI - I had reported a good bit ago, maybe 6 months, that I had issues with PS working on 6 meters. Turns out I had to have ALEX off. There was a bug, at least for the 8000, that Doug confirmed in testing. I don't know if anything ever came of it but I've run with ALEX turned off from th...

just to be clear the one thing the "Auto" doesn't handle for the waterfall is the width of the display. That would be nice if it automatically took that in to account. As it is now when I go to CW on a noisier band like 40 it is mostly white (bright) ...

Gary
K9RX

just to be sure since this discussion got off to the coupler and not the IMD results ... the -55 to -60 I posted is my IMD results in db.

Gary

NB button on TX ... that was one of my findings and subsequent request, to turn off NB(1 or 2) on TX. The issue is, or was, with it on the TX pan jumps all over the place - using DUP(lex) of course. It DOES serve a purpose turning it off and is benign other than making the pan work properly! Waterfa...

I have an 8000DLE, Expert 2K amp with a Xytronics coupler and routinely see -55 to -60.
Your findings seem low to me ...

Gary
K9RX

Carl - sorry for the off-shoot - which skin are you using? I like that one. Might be nice for a change. I'm using Rob's High Visual which is quite nice.

Gary
K9RX

Re timing - I had an issue where my RX preamp feeding in to ANT3, the transistor blew - and I was getting frequent "HIGH SWR" warnings. I worked with Doug - well Doug did the testing/work and I just tried his results... anyway he found, using a scope on an 8000, that I believe it was Key D...

Just as a note you're reporting something different than what I'm reporting. For me the "Correcting" green bar remains on. I run with DUP on at all times and it is immediately evident that it is not running as the IMD is just ok at best (-30 or so) and the feedback bar is gone - not there ...

Jeff, I've reported an issue with PS stopping ... although in my case it does literally stop working. The button stays on (and I can toggle it off and on) ... the green "correcting" bar is there always but there is nothing in the feedback bar and it is not correcting as witnessed on the ra...

Harry, I'm using the Behringer Command 2A - love it .... I found early on that I had to, on boot up, have the MIDI panel unplugged (the USB cable at the box), always start PSDR, then when it is up and running start WSJT, then end with plugging the USB cable in to the Behringer and going to the PSDR ...

Yes - I have heard that MMTTY has a great decoder ... I've really not compared the two so I can't comment there only to say I've worked some pretty weak stuff using MixW ...

Gary

I agree that MMTTY is a bear to set up and seems not to be as flexible as my previous and now once again current choice: MixW. I find the latter to be easier to setup, has a built in log and transfers contacts automatically to my logging program (CommCAT) and has a bandspread. After struggling with ...

Joe, Because of the awkwardness of SD I gave up on using it... also I was never able to get a decent SD result using my 85' vertical T TX antenna and the 8-4 vertical RX array. Also I found out, contrary to the schematics, that the ANT3 input does NOT ground the input when in TX - thanks to Doug for...

A 'controlled test' of sorts.... I had to reboot the computer, so this time I did not, as I have been lately, set the affinity of PSDR. I left it at all 12 cores. When I run WSJT I get the bubbles/burps about once every 3 seconds - about 10 of them over 30 seconds (just hitting TUNE on WSJT and off ...

Indeed.... PureSignal, a superb panadapter, filters that are very steep sided, something as simple as an S meter that works the way it should both in scaling and in relationship to preamps and attenuators ... all things that contribute. I have gotten close to pulling the cord on a new 7610 but all I...

Scott.... smiley faces aside, I thought you were getting better in this regard - not denigrating individuals?! The system works wonderfully 95-something percent of the time - but even you would admit it is not a canned radio - it has issues. I have a document that I made more than a year ago with a ...

As Scott would say "google is your friend" ... here is what a quick search brought up ("set affinity using WIndows 7"): 1 Press ctrl + alt + del to bring up the Windows Task Manager, and navigate to the Processes tab. 2 Find the program on which you want to set affinity. ... 3 Un...

Dick, To set the affinity you need to hover over the task bar at the bottom of the screen ... right click it - select "Task Manager"... then select "Details" tab ... go down the list until you find PowerSDR, right click on it - select "affinity" ... now hit the button a...

ok - I see one big faux pas .... you don't have DIGU selected! You're in USB mode!!!!!

Change that - otherwise nothing is going to be right.

Gary

Dick, That is not what I thought you were talking about ... turn DUP on first to see what the actual signal looks like... generally I don't run with DUP off but if my recollection is correct I don't 'see' any issues there... its when I have DUP on, when I'm looking at my actual signal fed back to th...

Dick, I'm surprised there's not any replies yet ... I'm told this is due to Windows dropping out - i.e. latency issues. I see it here as well and got a complaint yesterday about that very subject. I went from a fast i5 computer to an even faster i7 and it did not solve it - possibly made it worse! I...

Joe, thanks for that - I'll recheck to make sure all is good in that regard. For the most part i've given up trying to get reliable operation using anything other than the default settings. I still have clicks and pops that disturb the FT8 signal as I'm transmitting as seen in the DUP waveform ... d...

ps: I'm referring to the list you presented on the Yahoo group... not here.

Gary

Gary, Ok ... so I was not able to get it to do anything other than what was expected ... but your sequence seems ... strange and a bit arbitrary ... so first a few questions - what do you mean by "restart PSDR"? Is that "POWER" off and on or close the program and restart it? Seco...

Gary, I'll give it a try later today ... I know of several anomalies when turning RX2 on. I finished getting the RX array, a 8/4 vertical array, back up yesterday and was testing it last night and was reminded of the issues when using RX2. For example if you have VFO Sync on (I believe that is it - ...

I am using the RD Power 1KW supply ... I never run more than about 80W with my 8000 (if more than that needed I use the amp). It is a switcher but very quiet, at least RF-wise. You can find a spot that has this issue on the waterfall and pan - then have someone sit there while you go and shut off ci...

I too have it there on the lower bands but it is lost in the noise when the antenna is connected. I primarily see it on the upper bands - 15 and above. It is quite strong at times up there and I see 86Khz between "hill tops" (referencing your picture) or subsequent peaks. I'm pretty sure i...