Update from my post above: said friend found that his power cables were causing excessive voltage drop. With proper length/gauge cables, the RM-50 seems to be working fine.

73!

Scott

No problem, Phil!

Being a new software and new firmware crash test dummy is fun, isn't it? It better be, because I do it a lot!

73!

Scott

Hi Buck, I built one for my 100D. Honestly, I see no improvement, but I live out in the country, with no ham neighbors close by, and no giant broadcast stations nearby either. Since I was building something that would house my external RF switch and provide opto-isolated PTT outputs, and since the e...

Second hand report, as I don't have an 8000, however a ham friend of mine has been unable to run continuous two-tone tests at 200W with his Astron RM-50. Could it be low voltage from the supply or loss in the power cables, I don't know. You would think an RM-50 is sufficient, it is rated at 37A cont...

Phil, You have to appreciate that the firmware is early beta, at best. Therefore there will be many problems. The biggest challenge currently appears to be obtaining a build that makes timing reliably on everyone's hardware. Right now you could probably put the same firmware on three different radio...

I received this email from someone who asked me to post it for them, as they are a bit shy about doing it themselves. I don't have an ANAN-10 and therefore can't report on any instability, however his findings are certainly very interesting--73, Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just a heads up. ...

Here are a few more photos of my controller showing the lighting features and the nifty stand I got from its previous owner: https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7653/16650606093_87741e15d0_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8763/17238904846_2089bae0ae_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8781/17264873755_...

Chris,

What model radios did you use in the settings? I run the DXLabs suite, and in PowerSDR I have it identifying as "PowerSDR", and in Commander I am using "SDR-5000" as the radio model type. This seems to work quite well.

Thanks,

Scott

John, I think you mean Angelia_NP_11.5.rbf for the firmware, correct? If your radio runs OK with the firmware, then Thetis is working quite well. You can try running higher sample rates with PureSignal. There is also the new wideband display (Alex needs to be off/manual), the Path Indicator display,...

Ok, I understand. I do the same thing when using RX2 in a way that conflicts with Alex filter assignments. It could be either a software or firmware issue. The source of the problem could be identified by doing a Wireshark trace showing what the software is telling the firmware when the various chan...

I use a P-Touch labeler with tape that prints white lettering on black tape. Then I use a sharp scissor, X-acto knife, a steady hand and a lot of patience. Labels go on top of buttons or over other legends on the front panel. I'll also put plain black tape over legends I don't want visible. 73, Scott

Mike,

You'll have to check directly with Phil on that, I'm afraid.

73,

Scott

It's a last resort, certainly, but, sadly, not as much of a hail Mary as you might think.

It would be really good if someone else could duplicate this behavior on their 100B.

Dumb question: what it the motivation for running with ALEX off?

Thanks,

Scott

I remember you reporting this issue previously. However nobody else is reporting this issue (yet). It is possible that it is a hardware issue with your radio. Have you tried reloading the firmware?

73,

Scott

Unread postby KC3ELE » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:15 pm
I have a 100-B which has the "High SWR" issue that was introduced in 3.3.14 and not corrected in 3.3.15.

That would be a PowerSDR problem, then, not a firmware issue.

73,

Scott

Beautiful work, Franck!

73!

Scott

Please remind us of what those issues were. Did other people report them as well?

Thanks,

Scott

Complete schematics continue to be not publicly available at this time. They are, however, available upon request. Please contact Apache Labs directly to obtain them. As of 17 Feb 2023, Apache has approved public posting of the three different versions of the Orion MKII SDR card used in 7000, 8000 a...

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The following websites contain a wealth of information on Apache Labs radios, and the software, firmware and applications used with them. If you have a favorite website that you believe should be added to this list, please PM or email a moderator. All user guides are available here: https://apache-l...

All user guides are available here: https://apache-labs.com/al-downloads/1001/ANAN-USER-GUIDES.html except for the 7000, which is here: https://apache-labs.com/al-downloads/1008/ANAN-7000DLE-DOWNLOADS.html and except for the piHPSDR user guide, which is here: https://apache-labs.com/instant-download...

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If you have a Rev. 15 or 16 PA board then RX2 will be muted during TX and EXT1 will be used for PureSignal feedback.
If you have a Rev. 24 PA board then RX2 will not be muted during TX, and Bypass will be used for PureSignal feedback.

If you have a Rev. 15 or 16 PA board then RX2 will be muted during TX and EXT1 will be used for PureSignal feedback.
If you have a Rev. 24 PA board then RX2 will not be muted during TX, and Bypass will be used for PureSignal feedback.

If you have a Rev. 15 or 16 PA board then RX2 will be muted during TX and EXT1 will be used for PureSignal feedback.
If you have a Rev. 24 PA board then RX2 will not be muted during TX, and Bypass will be used for PureSignal feedback.

Caution: bill of materials (BOM) may not be 100% accurate.

Firmware for the current protocol ("Protocol 1") and new protocol ("Protocol 2") and release notes for the 14-bit Hermes (10E and 100B), 16-bit Hermes (10 and 100), Angelia (100D), Orion (200D) and Orion MkII (7000 and 8000 series models) can be found here, as well as the new and...

UPDATED 22 MAR 2022 Overview There are two ways to upgrade (or downgrade) firmware: use HPSDR Programmer, or use HPSDR Bootloader. Once upon a time, when there was only one kind of firmware, now known as "Protocol 1" firmware, HPSDR Programmer was considered the preferred way to upgrade/d...

All of the source code, installers and release notes are now maintained by John Melton, G0ORX, at the following GitHub repository: https://github.com/g0orx/pihpsdr with some excellent directions on how to install and operate (or build from source) the piHPSDR application: https://github.com/g0orx/pi...

All of the source code, installers and release notes are now maintained in the TAPR GitHub repository.

Latest releases: https://github.com/TAPR/OpenHPSDR-PowerSDR/releases

Release notes: https://github.com/TAPR/OpenHPSDR-PowerSDR