Thanks for the new info Warren.
I found a website that lists MDS measurements for many receivers.
The MDS values shown for receivers in the "pre-amp off" condition are mostly quite close to the measurements that you and Mike provided for the Ensemble II. Amazingly good performance from the SoftRock I think!
The Sherwood measurement for the Heath SB-303 is -134 dB, consistent with what you said, about 6 dB better than your measurement of the Ensemble II.
I agree with you, in almost all conditions that I see at my QTH the sensitivity of the Ensemble II is better than my noise level. Only on very rare occasions (unfortunately) do I see quieter conditions on 10/12 mtrs.
To improve the sensitivity, like with other receivers, a low noise pre-amp would accomplish this.
73,
Roger
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..... make that "environmental noise", not "atmospheric noise".
It is early here......
Warren Allgyer
9V1TD
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Hi Roger
The most modern "conventional' receiver in my shack is a restored Heathkit SB-303. Using the same test setup the SB-303 measures 5-6 dB better on 10 meters than does the RXII.
It should be noted that the difference between the two would only be discernible to those who live in very quiet, low noise rural locations. For most people atmospheric noise on 10 meters will exceed -130 dBm and this would make the difference moot.
Warren Allgyer
9V1TD
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?
Hi! People say it
works:?
?? ?
cajn@...
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Re: ensemble rx ii has a problem [1 Attachment]
Quick update, emailed Tony, he didn't recognize this as any error he's seen before and has offered to troubleshoot - will ship today or tomorrow.
Thanks to all / will update with results.
K5KDT
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 7:11 AM, <km5ht@...> wrote:
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Re: Need a Little Help with Ensemble PTT/CW/CW2 Functions
After checking every connection, and measuring voltages all over the USB section. I tracked down the issue.?
Something simple.... ?[Not a bad solder joint or bridged pins.] ?The 3.5mm male phone connector I had must be slightly different in length or something because it did not stay completely "in". ?It would pop back out about a 1 to 2mm and was not making the correct connection inside the connector on the board. ??When I use a different connector from Radio Shack, I get CW and CW2 response as required. ?
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Re: quisk starting to work...
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 10:32:14PM -0400, Bill Cromwell wrote:
I now suspect my own issue with the waterfall is due to incompatible
versions of various packages. There is something called wx used by quisk
and python. I got quisk itself from my Ubuntu repository but they did
not have the wx part. I got that from somewhere else. At that point
quisk started working. I will have to check all the versions of
libraries and packages and resolve incompatibilities (if I find them)
but it should work.
This sort of nonsense is exactly why I wrote lysdr. If you pull the last tagged release (I seem to have left the absolute latest and greatest with a buggy filter on github, sorry) you could have a crack at building it. I don't know what distro you're using but it should compile on any recent-ish one if you've got the gtk2, jack and fftw3 headers installed. The README has full instructions for compiling on some sort of Debian-ish distro. -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
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Re: quisk starting to work...
Thanks Sid, This seems to be good info. I will try to get the libasound-dev, and see how it goes
73 de
Jean-Paul AC9GH @ EN61vr99
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On Apr 21, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Sid Boyce < sboyce@...> wrote:
?says portaudio depends on libasoud2-dev - shared library for ALSA applications -- development files, so it appears alsa is a pre-req for portaudio to build and work.
I don't know if this post is of any help
?- [Portaudio] Building on Mac OSX 10.6.
73 ... Sid.
On 21/04/14 04:14, Jean-Paul Louis wrote:
Hi Sid, I have been lurking into this group for several years, and I see how people refers to you as the Quisk expert for Linux builds. I am trying to build Quisk not on Linux, but on Mac OS X. Do you know if anybody has successfully built quick on OS X? My builds failed because I do not have ALSA on a Mac, but quick is supposed to work with port audio which is available on the Mac. I posted my question on the N2ADR group as N2AR is supposedly the one who wrote quisk, but all my posts were ignored. I just need to know what to change to use portaudio, as right now every build complains about a missing alas header.
73 de
Jean-Paul AC9GH @ EN61vr99 louijp ? at ? yahoo ? dot ?com
On Apr 20, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Sid Boyce < sboyce@...> wrote: Hi Bill,
Just a little less powerful than my Zotac Mag Mini PC which runs all my?
SDR software, still the difference between 1.5 and 1.6 GHz probably is?
no big deal.
Using analog rigs with Softrock as you probably already know, the?
Softrock is connected to the first IF.
I haven't played with that configuration as my TS450S and IC7200 are?
unused, just here to keep the dust off the shelf since the SDR bug bit me.
73 ... Sid.
On 21/04/14 00:20, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> On 04/20/2014 06:06 PM, MIKE DURKIN wrote:
>> What hardware are you running Quisk on?
>> What version ?
>> did you ask Sid Boyce for help with ... a setup for softrock ?
>>
>> Mike KC7NOA
>>
> Hi,
>
> That wasn't a request for help (although help wouldn't be rejected). It
> was a battle action report. I have an old clunk computer with some kind
> of AMD Sempron (I think) hobbling along at a mere 1.5 GHz with a puny 2
> GB of ram. It seems to be adequate. I have already been feeding the
> audio from my ancient radios into soundcard DSP gizmos for a while. The
> results continue to improve.
>
> I have been looking at other hams' trouble tickets here and on the Flex
> board and taking notes to help me through the maze. I don't have I-Q
> hardware operational - yet. I'm just feeding the audio in and tuning the
> SDR software (quisk) over the range that I can feed to the soundcard.
> The old sound card tops out at 48 kc so my lashup isn't going dazzle
> anybody here. The thing is I can see stations on the spectrum display
> and tune them (without tuning the radio). With the DSP solutions I've
> used so far I set them up so that I tune the signals I see to the
> operational spot I have setup up on the waterfall. That is..the signal I
> want to work crawls across the waterfall as I tune the radio to get it
> detected. With the SDR software I do have to tune a small chunk of
> spectrum with the radio but then I click on any signal of interest over
> about 15 kc to have it detected and presented to my ears. I believe that
> is what is supposed to happen.
>
> I think there is already a config file for SoftRock. SoftRock presents
> quisk (or other) with I-Q signals. My ancient, decrepit radios do not. I
> have merely opened up all the filters in the Kenwood. I'm sure I'll find
> what I need in the electronic "manuals". It'll just take a little time.
> My ultimate intent is to home brew my own I-Q radios and feed the output
> to quisk. SoftRocks are the only ones I have even considered buying.
> And..I'll (a)buse SDR to enhance the operation of my old fashioned radios.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo Groups Links
>
>
>
>
--?
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
--
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
|
Re: ensemble rx ii has a problem
I connected the radio directly to the speakers, same result - no reception, sound is the same
As far as the display without the softrock connected, mine is the same as what is shown.
Since the details about the mixer config, etc are sparse, can you point in the right direction?
K5KDT
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Re: ensemble rx ii has a problem
Let me try that screen snap again. 73 Steve, KM5HT
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Re: quisk starting to work...
says portaudio depends on libasoud2-dev - shared library for ALSA
applications -- development files, so it appears alsa is a pre-req
for portaudio to build and work.
I don't know if this post is of any help
-
[Portaudio] Building on Mac OSX 10.6.
73 ... Sid.
On 21/04/14 04:14, Jean-Paul Louis wrote:
Hi Sid,
I have been lurking into this group for several years, and I
see how people
refers to you as the Quisk expert for Linux builds.
I am trying to build Quisk not on Linux, but on Mac OS X.
Do you know if anybody has successfully built quick on OS X?
My builds failed because I do not have ALSA on a Mac, but
quick is supposed
to work with port audio which is available on the Mac.
I posted my question on the N2ADR group as N2AR is supposedly
the one who wrote
quisk, but all my posts were ignored.
I just need to know what to change to use portaudio, as right
now every build complains
about a missing alas header.
73 de
Jean-Paul
AC9GH @ EN61vr99
louijp ? at ? yahoo ? dot ?com
On Apr 20, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Sid Boyce < sboyce@...>
wrote:
Hi
Bill,
Just a little less powerful than my Zotac Mag Mini
PC which runs all my?
SDR software, still the difference between 1.5 and
1.6 GHz probably is?
no big deal.
Using analog rigs with Softrock as you probably
already know, the?
Softrock is connected to the first IF.
I haven't played with that configuration as my
TS450S and IC7200 are?
unused, just here to keep the dust off the shelf
since the SDR bug bit me.
73 ... Sid.
On 21/04/14 00:20, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> On 04/20/2014 06:06 PM, MIKE DURKIN wrote:
>> What hardware are you running Quisk on?
>> What version ?
>> did you ask Sid Boyce for help with ... a
setup for softrock ?
>>
>> Mike KC7NOA
>>
> Hi,
>
> That wasn't a request for help (although help
wouldn't be rejected). It
> was a battle action report. I have an old clunk
computer with some kind
> of AMD Sempron (I think) hobbling along at a
mere 1.5 GHz with a puny 2
> GB of ram. It seems to be adequate. I have
already been feeding the
> audio from my ancient radios into soundcard DSP
gizmos for a while. The
> results continue to improve.
>
> I have been looking at other hams' trouble
tickets here and on the Flex
> board and taking notes to help me through the
maze. I don't have I-Q
> hardware operational - yet. I'm just feeding
the audio in and tuning the
> SDR software (quisk) over the range that I can
feed to the soundcard.
> The old sound card tops out at 48 kc so my
lashup isn't going dazzle
> anybody here. The thing is I can see stations
on the spectrum display
> and tune them (without tuning the radio). With
the DSP solutions I've
> used so far I set them up so that I tune the
signals I see to the
> operational spot I have setup up on the
waterfall. That is..the signal I
> want to work crawls across the waterfall as I
tune the radio to get it
> detected. With the SDR software I do have to
tune a small chunk of
> spectrum with the radio but then I click on any
signal of interest over
> about 15 kc to have it detected and presented
to my ears. I believe that
> is what is supposed to happen.
>
> I think there is already a config file for
SoftRock. SoftRock presents
> quisk (or other) with I-Q signals. My ancient,
decrepit radios do not. I
> have merely opened up all the filters in the
Kenwood. I'm sure I'll find
> what I need in the electronic "manuals". It'll
just take a little time.
> My ultimate intent is to home brew my own I-Q
radios and feed the output
> to quisk. SoftRocks are the only ones I have
even considered buying.
> And..I'll (a)buse SDR to enhance the operation
of my old fashioned radios.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo Groups Links
>
>
>
>
--?
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed
Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu
Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all
Computing Tasks
--
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
|
Re: quisk starting to work...
On 21/04/14 03:32, Bill Cromwell wrote:
?
On 04/20/2014 09:48 PM, Sid Boyce wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
> Just a little less powerful than my Zotac Mag Mini PC
which runs all my
> SDR software, still the difference between 1.5 and
1.6 GHz probably is
> no big deal.
>
> Using analog rigs with Softrock as you probably
already know, the
> Softrock is connected to the first IF.
> I haven't played with that configuration as my TS450S
and IC7200 are
> unused, just here to keep the dust off the shelf
since the SDR bug bit me.
> 73 ... Sid.
>
Hi Sid,
Thanks for your comments. In my own case I changed a few
things in my
config file. I didn't get anything on the waterfall (quisk
calls it
'graph') but the frame around it DID change. I removed my
changes from
the config file. I do have the spectrum display. For
practical purposes
a waterfall display is a variation on the spectrum
display. That works.
Since I am not using I-Q lines I have the images there and
I just ignore
them. Incidentally I use CW and some of the issues don't
matter very much.
I now suspect my own issue with the waterfall is due to
incompatible
versions of various packages. There is something called wx
used by quisk
and python. I got quisk itself from my Ubuntu repository
but they did
not have the wx part. I got that from somewhere else. At
that point
quisk started working. I will have to check all the
versions of
libraries and packages and resolve incompatibilities (if I
find them)
but it should work.
I have a single band SoftRock and I might build it for the
8 mc IF of my
Kenwood receiver (R-559 of Twins vintage). Even without
I-Q, quisk (and
presumably other SDRs) can dramatically enhance the
performance of older
recivers. I have already been using fldigi, Spectran, and
Spectrum Lab
with receivers as old as 1930s regens right up through a
Ten Tec with
digital controls. The DSP software made big improvements
in all of
those. SDR software is another step up.
Some people are using Raspberry Pi with USB sound cards to
power their
SDR. I have one of those but it's new and I haven't yet
acquired a sound
card. A better sound card with my present computer would
be a very good
idea, too.
73,
Bill KU8H
Fine Bill,
I had been trying to get quisk from Ubuntu working for a friend here
in the UK. Eventually we went for Jim's quisk-3.6.16
when we hit some
problems which I am sure was his configuration.
I played around with the Raspberry Pi but could never get the
on-board sound to work in Raspbian. I used an Aureon 5.1 USB MKII, I
only need 1 sound card for the HiQSDR as I-Q and all communication
goes over the one Ethernet connection. I found there were audio
clicks using the Pi, not too intrusive once the ears got accustomed
to them.
For ODROID-X/X2/Raspberry Pi
-----------------------------------------
Change quisk.py
from
bmp = wx.BitmapFromBuffer(len(row) / 3, 1, row)
To
bmp = wx.BitmapFromBufferRGBA(len(row) / 4, 1, row)
After that run "make" and "make install".
That's the display problem fixed - but graph and waterfall very
jerky.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jim fixed the above problem in 3.6.14 where the above line no longer
exists.
Jim thought the jerkiness in the spectrum and waterfall was due to
the heavy demands on the CPU needed for graphics processing.
On the ODROID-X the problem disappeared by using the Mali400 GPU for
graphics processing in place of the mesa drivers.
73 ... Sid.
--
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
|
Re: quisk starting to work...
Hi Sid, I have been lurking into this group for several years, and I see how people refers to you as the Quisk expert for Linux builds. I am trying to build Quisk not on Linux, but on Mac OS X. Do you know if anybody has successfully built quick on OS X? My builds failed because I do not have ALSA on a Mac, but quick is supposed to work with port audio which is available on the Mac. I posted my question on the N2ADR group as N2AR is supposedly the one who wrote quisk, but all my posts were ignored. I just need to know what to change to use portaudio, as right now every build complains about a missing alas header.
73 de
Jean-Paul AC9GH @ EN61vr99 louijp ? at ? yahoo ? dot ?com
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Apr 20, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Sid Boyce < sboyce@...> wrote: Hi Bill,
Just a little less powerful than my Zotac Mag Mini PC which runs all my?
SDR software, still the difference between 1.5 and 1.6 GHz probably is?
no big deal.
Using analog rigs with Softrock as you probably already know, the?
Softrock is connected to the first IF.
I haven't played with that configuration as my TS450S and IC7200 are?
unused, just here to keep the dust off the shelf since the SDR bug bit me.
73 ... Sid.
On 21/04/14 00:20, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> On 04/20/2014 06:06 PM, MIKE DURKIN wrote:
>> What hardware are you running Quisk on?
>> What version ?
>> did you ask Sid Boyce for help with ... a setup for softrock ?
>>
>> Mike KC7NOA
>>
> Hi,
>
> That wasn't a request for help (although help wouldn't be rejected). It
> was a battle action report. I have an old clunk computer with some kind
> of AMD Sempron (I think) hobbling along at a mere 1.5 GHz with a puny 2
> GB of ram. It seems to be adequate. I have already been feeding the
> audio from my ancient radios into soundcard DSP gizmos for a while. The
> results continue to improve.
>
> I have been looking at other hams' trouble tickets here and on the Flex
> board and taking notes to help me through the maze. I don't have I-Q
> hardware operational - yet. I'm just feeding the audio in and tuning the
> SDR software (quisk) over the range that I can feed to the soundcard.
> The old sound card tops out at 48 kc so my lashup isn't going dazzle
> anybody here. The thing is I can see stations on the spectrum display
> and tune them (without tuning the radio). With the DSP solutions I've
> used so far I set them up so that I tune the signals I see to the
> operational spot I have setup up on the waterfall. That is..the signal I
> want to work crawls across the waterfall as I tune the radio to get it
> detected. With the SDR software I do have to tune a small chunk of
> spectrum with the radio but then I click on any signal of interest over
> about 15 kc to have it detected and presented to my ears. I believe that
> is what is supposed to happen.
>
> I think there is already a config file for SoftRock. SoftRock presents
> quisk (or other) with I-Q signals. My ancient, decrepit radios do not. I
> have merely opened up all the filters in the Kenwood. I'm sure I'll find
> what I need in the electronic "manuals". It'll just take a little time.
> My ultimate intent is to home brew my own I-Q radios and feed the output
> to quisk. SoftRocks are the only ones I have even considered buying.
> And..I'll (a)buse SDR to enhance the operation of my old fashioned radios.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo Groups Links
>
>
>
>
--?
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
|
Re: quisk starting to work...
On 04/20/2014 09:48 PM, Sid Boyce wrote:
Hi Bill,
Just a little less powerful than my Zotac Mag Mini PC which runs all my
SDR software, still the difference between 1.5 and 1.6 GHz probably is
no big deal.
Using analog rigs with Softrock as you probably already know, the
Softrock is connected to the first IF.
I haven't played with that configuration as my TS450S and IC7200 are
unused, just here to keep the dust off the shelf since the SDR bug bit me.
73 ... Sid.
Hi Sid, Thanks for your comments. In my own case I changed a few things in my config file. I didn't get anything on the waterfall (quisk calls it 'graph') but the frame around it DID change. I removed my changes from the config file. I do have the spectrum display. For practical purposes a waterfall display is a variation on the spectrum display. That works. Since I am not using I-Q lines I have the images there and I just ignore them. Incidentally I use CW and some of the issues don't matter very much. I now suspect my own issue with the waterfall is due to incompatible versions of various packages. There is something called wx used by quisk and python. I got quisk itself from my Ubuntu repository but they did not have the wx part. I got that from somewhere else. At that point quisk started working. I will have to check all the versions of libraries and packages and resolve incompatibilities (if I find them) but it should work. I have a single band SoftRock and I might build it for the 8 mc IF of my Kenwood receiver (R-559 of Twins vintage). Even without I-Q, quisk (and presumably other SDRs) can dramatically enhance the performance of older recivers. I have already been using fldigi, Spectran, and Spectrum Lab with receivers as old as 1930s regens right up through a Ten Tec with digital controls. The DSP software made big improvements in all of those. SDR software is another step up. Some people are using Raspberry Pi with USB sound cards to power their SDR. I have one of those but it's new and I haven't yet acquired a sound card. A better sound card with my present computer would be a very good idea, too. 73, Bill KU8H
|
Re: quisk starting to work...
Hi Bill,
Just a little less powerful than my Zotac Mag Mini PC which runs all my SDR software, still the difference between 1.5 and 1.6 GHz probably is no big deal.
Using analog rigs with Softrock as you probably already know, the Softrock is connected to the first IF.
I haven't played with that configuration as my TS450S and IC7200 are unused, just here to keep the dust off the shelf since the SDR bug bit me.
73 ... Sid.
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On 21/04/14 00:20, Bill Cromwell wrote: On 04/20/2014 06:06 PM, MIKE DURKIN wrote:
What hardware are you running Quisk on?
What version ?
did you ask Sid Boyce for help with ... a setup for softrock ?
Mike KC7NOA
Hi,
That wasn't a request for help (although help wouldn't be rejected). It
was a battle action report. I have an old clunk computer with some kind
of AMD Sempron (I think) hobbling along at a mere 1.5 GHz with a puny 2
GB of ram. It seems to be adequate. I have already been feeding the
audio from my ancient radios into soundcard DSP gizmos for a while. The
results continue to improve.
I have been looking at other hams' trouble tickets here and on the Flex
board and taking notes to help me through the maze. I don't have I-Q
hardware operational - yet. I'm just feeding the audio in and tuning the
SDR software (quisk) over the range that I can feed to the soundcard.
The old sound card tops out at 48 kc so my lashup isn't going dazzle
anybody here. The thing is I can see stations on the spectrum display
and tune them (without tuning the radio). With the DSP solutions I've
used so far I set them up so that I tune the signals I see to the
operational spot I have setup up on the waterfall. That is..the signal I
want to work crawls across the waterfall as I tune the radio to get it
detected. With the SDR software I do have to tune a small chunk of
spectrum with the radio but then I click on any signal of interest over
about 15 kc to have it detected and presented to my ears. I believe that
is what is supposed to happen.
I think there is already a config file for SoftRock. SoftRock presents
quisk (or other) with I-Q signals. My ancient, decrepit radios do not. I
have merely opened up all the filters in the Kenwood. I'm sure I'll find
what I need in the electronic "manuals". It'll just take a little time.
My ultimate intent is to home brew my own I-Q radios and feed the output
to quisk. SoftRocks are the only ones I have even considered buying.
And..I'll (a)buse SDR to enhance the operation of my old fashioned radios.
73,
Bill KU8H
------------------------------------
Yahoo Groups Links
--
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
|
Re: quisk starting to work...
On 04/20/2014 06:06 PM, MIKE DURKIN wrote:
What hardware are you running Quisk on?
What version ?
did you ask Sid Boyce for help with ... a setup for softrock ?
Mike KC7NOA
Hi, That wasn't a request for help (although help wouldn't be rejected). It was a battle action report. I have an old clunk computer with some kind of AMD Sempron (I think) hobbling along at a mere 1.5 GHz with a puny 2 GB of ram. It seems to be adequate. I have already been feeding the audio from my ancient radios into soundcard DSP gizmos for a while. The results continue to improve. I have been looking at other hams' trouble tickets here and on the Flex board and taking notes to help me through the maze. I don't have I-Q hardware operational - yet. I'm just feeding the audio in and tuning the SDR software (quisk) over the range that I can feed to the soundcard. The old sound card tops out at 48 kc so my lashup isn't going dazzle anybody here. The thing is I can see stations on the spectrum display and tune them (without tuning the radio). With the DSP solutions I've used so far I set them up so that I tune the signals I see to the operational spot I have setup up on the waterfall. That is..the signal I want to work crawls across the waterfall as I tune the radio to get it detected. With the SDR software I do have to tune a small chunk of spectrum with the radio but then I click on any signal of interest over about 15 kc to have it detected and presented to my ears. I believe that is what is supposed to happen. I think there is already a config file for SoftRock. SoftRock presents quisk (or other) with I-Q signals. My ancient, decrepit radios do not. I have merely opened up all the filters in the Kenwood. I'm sure I'll find what I need in the electronic "manuals". It'll just take a little time. My ultimate intent is to home brew my own I-Q radios and feed the output to quisk. SoftRocks are the only ones I have even considered buying. And..I'll (a)buse SDR to enhance the operation of my old fashioned radios. 73, Bill KU8H
|
Re: quisk starting to work...
I was just about to ask the same
question.
I have only used quisk with Softrock/UHFSDR and HiQSDR RX/TX with
the Preselector and 10W PA with good reports and even solid QSO's
with W6/W7 and VK/ZL.
One afternoon I heard ZL2JVM on 14.215 and I gave him a call not
expecting a reply but we had a 5 minute QSO, my Sigs 5&6-7 -
12W PEP and a 2-el Lightning Bolt Quad.
Hardware used, various x86_64 boxes and an ODROID-X.
73 ... Sid.
On 20/04/14 23:06, MIKE DURKIN wrote:
?
What hardware are you running Quisk on?
What version ?
did you ask Sid Boyce for help with ... a setup for
softrock ?
Mike KC7NOA
To: softrock40@...
From: wrcromwell@...
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 15:30:39 -0400
Subject: [softrock40] quisk starting to work...
?
Hi,
I have a softrock kit here waiting to be
assembled. Meanwhile I have
started playing with the SDR software. Since I run
Linux to the
exclusion of M$ Window$ I have started working
with Quisk. Today I
finally got to the point where I have audio from
my Kenwood (no I & Q)
producing a spectrum display, detecting the CW
signals, and presenting
them to my ears. That is big step and had to sort
out a lot of stuff. At
the moment the waterfall display is all solid
black. That will be
another configuration step or peripheral software
acquisition.
I expect the next step will be finding the keys to
the waterfall display
in the mountain of documentation. The results I
have today are
encouraging and I'll be using what I have so far
on the air. I have no
time some days and only a limited time on days
when I can break out the
"manual" but I expect to get it all working.
I intend to hook up the SDR to some of my regens
and the WWII receivers
that are wide as a barn door. And oh yes... to my
SoftRock kit receiver
when it is completed.
73,
Bill KU8H
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Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
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Re: quisk starting to work...
What hardware are you running Quisk on? What version ? did you ask Sid Boyce for help with ... a setup for softrock ? Mike KC7NOA
To: softrock40@... From: wrcromwell@... Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 15:30:39 -0400 Subject: [softrock40] quisk starting to work...
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Hi,
I have a softrock kit here waiting to be assembled. Meanwhile I have
started playing with the SDR software. Since I run Linux to the
exclusion of M$ Window$ I have started working with Quisk. Today I
finally got to the point where I have audio from my Kenwood (no I & Q)
producing a spectrum display, detecting the CW signals, and presenting
them to my ears. That is big step and had to sort out a lot of stuff. At
the moment the waterfall display is all solid black. That will be
another configuration step or peripheral software acquisition.
I expect the next step will be finding the keys to the waterfall display
in the mountain of documentation. The results I have today are
encouraging and I'll be using what I have so far on the air. I have no
time some days and only a limited time on days when I can break out the
"manual" but I expect to get it all working.
I intend to hook up the SDR to some of my regens and the WWII receivers
that are wide as a barn door. And oh yes... to my SoftRock kit receiver
when it is completed.
73,
Bill KU8H
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Well, my e-mail account was hacked.? Sorry about that.? Hopefully, there won't be any more.? Please disregard any bogus "click here" e-mails from my account.
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Thanks,
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- Jim
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73's
KV4JM
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Re: Sound Blaster Extigy external USB sound card
Hi Brian : Your in luck as I happen to that disk you are looking for, I can try to burn a copy for you. Let me know, 73, Ross K7RSB bellrossjr@...
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