Well Rob, I even had to get my brother involved in this as he has looked at such oddities over the years. It is related to the drop shadow of the form. Short story is that we now calculate the size of the shadow using DwmGetWindowAttribute and some jiggery-pokery related to operating system version...

Hi Richie, I still have the earlier 2.8.11 64-bit version installed and when compared on the desktop to the new 32-bit version (both opened up but not running) the difference in the GUI size with the same resolution setting was easily seen. I confirmed with my screen capture software that something ...

Hi Richie, The only anomaly that I noticed today with the new version is that the resolution scaling does not seem to be accurate when using the presets down in the lower left corner of the status bar. As an example, to make the GUI display as 1280 x 720 the setting in the status bar needs to be set...

All button packs at the link below have been updated to support the Quick Recall Buttons and the 2TON button in Thetis version 2.8.11 21b. If you simply want to add the Quick Recall Buttons to any currently installed skin you can download this simple pack that will install only the buttons that Rich...

Hi Richie, I would agree with what Don mentioned above in the thread. This can be an indication of a filter that is not optimized for a particular band, or it could possibly be damaged. One pretty good tell is to look at the total current draw from the power supply when a band that can produce rated...

Nick, That is awesome that you have Pure Signal functioning quite nicely with the Red Pitaya hardware! Thank you for sharing the details of your setup. I notice you have Pure Signal wrapped around the TL-922 with very respectable results. I've read with interest different things people have done wit...

Wow! I love what Alex did here. It's very convenient to have the option to hit the Two-Tone test from the front panel and the PBB and CFC enable/disable ability is also really nice. Works fine!

73, Rob W1AEX

Is it possible you have the windows display font setting changed to something other than the default? As I recall this will cause a fatal error that brings up a string of console errors when you launch PSDR or Thetis.

73, Rob W1AEX

Welcome back! Your best course would be to move to Thetis v2.8.11 which is the latest release. It's light-years ahead of the last PowerSDR mRX PS release which appears to be at end-of-life as far as any further development goes. Thetis version 2.8.11 will work with either protocol 1 or protocol 2 an...

EDIT: Looks like Tom and I had the same idea at about the same time ;) I'm curious if any of the transition timing settings along the left side of the Thetis "Options/Options-1" menu page might help with this issue. Would be worth a shot if you have not tried them out. 73, Rob W1AEX http:/...

Yep, just as Gary said, export a copy of your database save it as a backup in case you mess something up. Open your database.xml with notepad. Edit the entries in the Bandtext section as you wish and save it. Then copy and paste the entire Bandtext section of your database into a separate text file ...

Hi Mark, I made a cable using balanced line shielded mic cable with a female XLR on one end and a 1/8 inch TRS plug on the other connected as shown in the screenshot. Works great with all my studio dynamic microphones. http://www.w1aex.com/archive/XLR_to_TRS.jpg 73, Rob W1AEX Note: You can hear the ...

Hi Mark, With the CFC voice processing suite in Thetis it's possible to take a very inexpensive mic and produce beautiful broadcast-quality audio or beastly DX audio without much fuss. When I am in the mood for simplicity I plug a Behringer XM-8500 dynamic that I bought on Amazon for 20 bucks into t...

Looking good Perry! Hey, I have one last skin for PowerSDR mRX PS to encourage those guys who are still clinging to that old platform to move up to Thetis. The skin is a little rusty and broken but hopefully it will encourage those guys to move to all the nice things in the latest version of Thetis....

Another skin release from Jeff - W2NBC. This one is my favorite. The menu items, buttons, sliders and grouped controls pop right out clearly. Notice the lighting effects in the Panadapter display as well as along the edges of the control panels. This one is a piece of art! You can download the W2NBC...

Thank you for your kind words Leon. The skins shown were actually created by Jeff - W2NBC so he was the hard-working creative one. Unfortunately, the layout of Thetis is not adjustable by us users. We can switch to Collapse mode or Andromeda display mode to make the layout a little different but we ...

Hi Mark, The Rx Ant button doesn't actually switch anything off, it simply allows you to toggle between the Rx Ant that has been selected (from either ANT-2 or ANT-3) to the selected Tx Ant in the Antenna Control matrix. Jeff's implementation actually might make more sense than what has been done be...

W2NBC (Jeff) did some beautiful artwork and created a new button set and new sliders. He added some custom console panels and came up with some really nice skins. You can download the full skins, or if you would like to only install the buttons or sliders into an existing skin just browse to the bot...

I am using Thetis v2.8.11 for all the features it offers and the incredible performance it delivers. In addition to what has been mentioned above I would add that the Zeus Radio software is great fun to tinker with and it is fully RX and TX capable. It is not free but you can play around with the de...

I agree with Scott's comments Pierre. My move from v2.7.0_a3 to the 2.8.11 version went very smoothly. I did start with a fresh database provided by v2.8.11 but I had no problem exporting all my TX profiles from v2.7.0_a3 and then importing them directly into v2.8.11 32-bit and 64-bit. I use VAC to ...

Hi Dave, All the skins should be compatible with PowerSDR mRX PS and Thetis. That being said, now and then a button slips by and that is what happened with Joe's skins. I found the error and fixed it in the downloadable button pack at the link below. If you download it and then unzip it into the Con...

"Also shouldn't the APF RX1 button change colors when selected? When I click it, it moves a bit and I get a small APFm message in the VFO A window. I think a lighted button would be nice." Dave, You didn't mention if you were using one of my "skins" but if so, older versions will...

I installed the 32-bit and 64-bit versions and then imported my current database into each version. It all went in smoothly and both versions are working beautifully with my P1 and also my P2 firmware. Nice job with this whole project Doug and Warren and thank you Scott for all the documentation. I ...

As Scott said, the datapath command line works great for steering the startup command to different database.xml files or even completely different versions. I created a shortcut for Thetis version 2.6.6 so that I could run it with one click instead of Thetis version 2.7.0_a3 whenever I wanted to com...

Yeah, I run my audio through VAC1 and I have the same OCD fixation with not being able to disable the MIC button. There is a sneaky way to trick Thetis but it will take a little effort. There are two png files for the MIC button in the console folder of each skin. One displays the OFF state and the ...

The blue faced 7000DLE MKII looked like this picture:

Just being curious, I flipped the switch on my AL-82 and ran SSB mode with the amp set for CW mode. In CW mode the amplifier sets the pair of 3-500 tubes very close to cut-off. The short story is that Pure Signal corrected the amplifier without any issue. The tubes barely showed any color when runni...

The little square indicates that you are dropping frames. Go to the Display tab in setup and make sure that you switch to Direct X for your driver engine. You may find that you can set your refresh rate as high as 60 fps when Direct X is enabled. The panadapter and waterfall run much more smoothly w...

Laurence,

No apology needed! We are all very grateful for all that you (and of course many others) have contributed and for the enjoyment of playing around with the Thetis/Andromeda interface. Thanks for taking a look at this.

73, Rob W1AEX

A little bug report with 2.7.0 a3: I just noticed that when you are on the HF bands, the HF buttons for the Andromeda "Set RX1 Band" panel work fine for all the bands, including the time standard frequencies, however, clicking on the SWL button brings up all the correct buttons but none of...