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Re: Rocky 1.2 released, with SSB mode

Fred Krom
 

Hi Alex,

I did install the version 1.2 and try to run it at 96KHz, there is a strange
sound. At 44KHz it works ok.
When I look at the m-audio 44 control pannel I see the it is at 44khz when
rocky is at 96KHz? When I switch it to 96KHz (and lock it) rocky works ok.
Is it a program error or is it somting in my installation.

73, PE0FKO
Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex, VE3NEA" <alshovk@...>
To: <softrock40@...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 5:12 AM
Subject: [softrock40] Rocky 1.2 released, with SSB mode


SSB is now supported, with a twin-PBT filter. Another new function is
continous wav playback.

Download:

73 Alex VE3NEA





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20 meter v5.0 SoftRock playing well

kb9yig
 

Good Morning All,

A v5.0 SoftRock setup for 20 meters is now playing nicely. I don't
have a calibrated source for 20 meters to check its MDS but it seems
to hear about as well as my SDR1000.

The toroid cores needed to complete the v5.0 alpha kits still have not
gotten to me. If the cores are delivered today, it will be Monday
before the alpha kits can be shipped.

Later today I will post the updated v5.0 schematic to show what
component changes were necessary to get the 20 meter SoftRock to play
properly.

73,
Tony KB9YIG
Re: SoftRock v5.0 alpha kit update - S/N #2 alive and well

 

Bill,

The pics look very good. I was looking at the IQPRO manual that just got on the internet, and I was wondering if the Rocky 1.2 phase and amplitude error compensation would also help with LO phase and amplitude errors? Any ideas on that?

Also the IQPRO looks like it will be a little pricey. All we would need for the Softrock v.5 would be digital quadrature signals, not the very good sinusoidal signals from the IQPRO which uses a 9854. Any thoughts??

Bill, WB5TCO

Bill Tracey wrote:

I got my SoftRock V5 alpha board built today and it seems to be working
quite well. Phase and amplitude balance look good and seems plenty
sensitive hooked to an antenna. For pics
see:

Cheers,

Bill (kd5tfd)




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SoftRock v5.0 alpha kit update - S/N #2 alive and well

Bill Tracey
 

I got my SoftRock V5 alpha board built today and it seems to be working quite well. Phase and amplitude balance look good and seems plenty sensitive hooked to an antenna. For pics see:

Cheers,

Bill (kd5tfd)
SoftRock v5.0 alpha kit update

kb9yig
 

Good Morning All,

One more order of materials, (the toroid cores which were shipped on
10/31), for the v5.0 SoftRock alpha kits has not gotten to me as of
Thursday, November 3. So far two of the v5.0 kits have been mailed,
one of which was a built 40 meter unit for Alex to play with. If the
toroid cores come in today I will get the rest of the alpha kits
mailed out later today. Sorry for the delay in getting the kits sent
out.

I am currently building a v5.0 with the top board configured for 20
meters. Hope to have it playing properly later today and I will post
info concerning its performance.

73,
Tony KB9YIG
Re: Calibrate Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable?

qrper723
 

Sorry for mistype.
avairable -> available

ja9mat
Re: Calibrate Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable?

qrper723
 

John,

Thanks and I feel the same phenomena in using Rocky here!
No reaction is occur when I start the program. hi.
My lap-top pc has external Soundblaster Caad into the USB port
and input sound card set to this.
And the output soundcard set to internal.
But nothing occures...

No signal can be heard and no signal appears on the Rocky's
screen.

So I gave up today. hi.

Maybe my pc has less power...

Anyway thanks for your advice.
72!

ja9mat hidehiko



I have the same problem using my Dell 650MHz notebook but not with
the
3Ghz P4. I have a simular problem with Rocky and the automatic I/Q
balance. My guess is the computer is too busy and I/Q is running
in the
"background" when the computer finds the time.

With Rocky I am trying minimizing the program and letting the
screen
saver (blank only) kick in - then uses my DDS sig gen to sweep the
band
VERY slowly. I don't know how it will work yet.

John
WA8KNE
Re: Calibrate Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable?

qrper723
 

Bill,

Thanks and I feel relieved to hear you!
Softrock will be my favorite receiver with QRP transmitter.
I plan to make a tiny transmitter suitable for this samll SDR.

Regards.

ja9mat hidehiko

You are correct - image null on the SoftRock with PowerSDR can only
be done
manually on the DSP tab. The auto calibration needs the SDR 1000
hardware
to work (have to look into why that is one of these days).

Regards

Bill (kd5tfd)

At 06:53 PM 11/2/2005, ja9mat hidehiko wrote:
<... deleted ...>
Is the calibration of Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable
for
Softrock-40?

Sorry for...this might be a FAQ.
72!

ja9mat hidehiko
Re: Rocky v1.1

Robert McGwier
 

And no one agrees with this more than those of us working on the PowerSDR software. Rocky is a much better fit for the SR40 and we celebrate what Alex has shared with us. That said, watch 1.4.5 as it progresses. A MAJOR discovery was made in the callback from the audio system that, in my case, greatly increased the efficiency of the system, and on my personal machine, it really improved the overall responsiveness. Alex has done some brilliant things in Rocky and they are detailed on the web site. Watch this space as imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

I love my SR40, Rocky, SDR-1000, and PowerSDR.

Bob
N4HY


Phil Covington wrote:

Now, you really cannot do a fair comparison of Rocky and PowerSDR. The PowerSDR software was developed to support the SDR-1000 which is
MUCH more complex than the SR40. Support for the SR40 was added to
PowerSDR first by Bill Tracey and now officially by Flex-Radio in the
latest release. Rocky supports the SR40 and multiband variants but
does not support the SDR-1000.

I do believe that Rocky is a better fit to the SR40 than the PowerSDR
program is.

Phil N8VB


--- In softrock40@..., "wb8yqj" <wb8yqj@y...> wrote:

Hi Guys,

I loaded the Rocky software last night. I was suprised
to find that it seemed to make a better receiver with the SoftRock40 than the Flex software. Is it all in the mind?
Prehaps the Flex software can be dialed in with some time and
attention where Rocky is more ready to play.
I can say that with my setup (2.4GHZ Dell and Soundblaster Live),
the Rocky program is noticably more snappy to operate than Flex
from the interface standpoint.
Having loads of fun here with the entire setup. Alex did a fabulous job - my thanks.
de Don WB8YQJ/6
Carlsbad, Ca

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Re: Calibrate Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable?

John Young
 

qrper723 wrote:
Hi,
I'd add the external sound card for my lap-top pc yesterday.
My version of sound card is Sound Blaster Digital Music LX [SBDMULX] and
it was about $42-USD from Amazon.
I found I can adjust the image to null by DSP TAB manual adjustment of
the PHASE and GAIN between the I-Q signals.
But I found also I can not adjust image to null automatically by using
Calibrate Image Null from General TAB.Always appear "ERROR"....hi
Is the calibration of Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable for
Softrock-40?
Sorry for...this might be a FAQ.
72!
ja9mat hidehiko
I have the same problem using my Dell 650MHz notebook but not with the 3Ghz P4. I have a simular problem with Rocky and the automatic I/Q balance. My guess is the computer is too busy and I/Q is running in the "background" when the computer finds the time.

With Rocky I am trying minimizing the program and letting the screen saver (blank only) kick in - then uses my DDS sig gen to sweep the band VERY slowly. I don't know how it will work yet.

John
WA8KNE
Re: Calibrate Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable?

Bill Tracey
 

You are correct - image null on the SoftRock with PowerSDR can only be done manually on the DSP tab. The auto calibration needs the SDR 1000 hardware to work (have to look into why that is one of these days).

Regards

Bill (kd5tfd)

At 06:53 PM 11/2/2005, ja9mat hidehiko wrote:
<... deleted ...>
Is the calibration of Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable for
Softrock-40?

Sorry for...this might be a FAQ.
72!

ja9mat hidehiko
Calibrate Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable?

qrper723
 

Hi,

I'd add the external sound card for my lap-top pc yesterday.
My version of sound card is Sound Blaster Digital Music LX [SBDMULX] and
it was about $42-USD from Amazon.
I found I can adjust the image to null by DSP TAB manual adjustment of
the PHASE and GAIN between the I-Q signals.
But I found also I can not adjust image to null automatically by using
Calibrate Image Null from General TAB.Always appear "ERROR"....hi

Is the calibration of Image Null from General TAB is NOT Avairable for
Softrock-40?

Sorry for...this might be a FAQ.
72!

ja9mat hidehiko
Re: Rocky 1.2 released, with SSB mode

[email protected]
 

Alex,

Rocky just keeps getting better and better. Thank you !

73 Kees K5BCQ
Re: Rocky 1.2 released, with SSB mode

KD5NWA
 

He might be referring to the Zipped file you download, I know I rename them so I can keep several versions in my Hard Disk.

At 07:38 AM 11/2/2005, you wrote:
Hi Joe,

Good to know that Rocky works on WinME. There are two confirmed cases now,
perhaps I should change the statement re. ME on my web page.

It is an industry standard to give the same file name to different versions
of the executable so that installation of a new version replaces the old
one. If you want to keep the previous version, install the new one in a new
directory, or just rename the old exe.

AM mode is in my plans, but it is not a top priority since it is rarely used
by hams on HF.

73 Alex VE3NEA



Hi, Alex

It works fine with my WinMe***

Would it be possible for you to rename the new versions
so we could keeep them and go back to previous if something
fails or for comparisons?

Would it be very difficult to add AM mode?

Many thanks for all your nice works and support.

73

de Joe - CT1AXG

Citando "Alex, VE3NEA" <alshovk@...>:




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Cecil Bayona
KD5NWA
www.qrpradio.com

I fail to see why doing the same thing over and over and getting the same results every time is insanity: I've almost proved it isn't; only a few more tests now and I'm sure results will differ this time ...
Re: Using SDR for study

KD5NWA
 

I would think that most people would be interested in a real time recording, so you could go back and listen to the contacts. A synopsis or just the waterfall display would be useless compared to the real thing.

What would be nice, would be to be able to set a time limit to the recording so you only record for X amount of time, after all, most bands are not open 24 hours a day.

At 07:32 AM 11/2/2005, you wrote:
Hello Alex,

I/Q recordings take a lot of disk space. At 96 KHz, a 24-hour file is
going
to be over 46 Gb in size! Perhaps it makes sense to save just the
waterfall,
at 10-second resolution only 64 Mb per day are required.
An excellent point! I had not considered the possibility of capturing an
entire days worth of data but that certainly does appeal to me.

Considering the size and cost of hard drive space today, not to mention how
cheap writeable CDs are, I wonder if a one second resolution would be
acceptable. Would this be 640 Mb per day? Or am I getting the math all
wrong? It's pretty early in the morning for me now. 8-)

Bill Walker - WV7G






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KD5NWA
www.qrpradio.com

I fail to see why doing the same thing over and over and getting the same results every time is insanity: I've almost proved it isn't; only a few more tests now and I'm sure results will differ this time ...
Rocky Instructions .PDF

Chuck Carpenter
 

SR Folks,

With permission, the basic instructions for Rocky are posted in the Files section in PDF format.

They are also available in MSWord 2k3 .DOC format. If this version is useful it can be uploaded too.


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Re: Laptop Soundcards

Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
 

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Not when compared to a similar performing rigs that cannot be taken mobile easily @ >$10k.? ;)

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Eric Wachsmann

FlexRadio Systems

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-----Original Message-----
From: softrock40@... [mailto:softrock40@...] On Behalf Of Stan Rife
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 7:11 PM
To: softrock40@...
Subject: RE: [softrock40] Laptop Soundcards

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??? 299 bucks is a little stiff, to have the capability on your laptop.

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Stan Rife
W5EWA
Houston, TX
K2 S/N 4216
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-----Original Message-----
From: softrock40@... [mailto:softrock40@...] On Behalf Of Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 4:08 PM
To: softrock40@...
Subject: [softrock40] Laptop Soundcards

Ray,

We have just finished qualifying a new soundcard for use with laptops
and the SDR-1000.? It is called the PreSonus FireBox.? It is a firewire
(IEEE-1394) soundcard with 6 inputs and 10 outputs.? It will take a
hefty processor to run it (~1.5GHz+), but will give comparable
performance to the Delta 44.


Eric Wachsmann
FlexRadio Systems


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I know the Delta-44 is the "preferred" sound card by many for SDR use,
however I wonder which external card has shown the best performance
for use with a laptop.

The SB Audigy 2 NX USB and the SB Audigy 2 ZS Laptop (PCMCIA) cards
seem to have pretty good specs however I've noticed a bit of list
message traffic concerning difficulties a few users have had with
these cards when used with the Rocky software.

Have these difficulties been resolved in the most recent versions of
Rocky ? Any comments on the use of these cards (or others you have had
good luck with) with Rocky and other SDR software would be welcome.

Thanks & 73,

Ray WB6TPU
Re: Rocky 1.2 released, with SSB mode

Leon Heller
 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex, VE3NEA" <alshovk@...>
To: <softrock40@...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [softrock40] Rocky 1.2 released, with SSB mode


Hi Joe,

Good to know that Rocky works on WinME. There are two confirmed cases now,
perhaps I should change the statement re. ME on my web page.

It is an industry standard to give the same file name to different versions
of the executable so that installation of a new version replaces the old
one. If you want to keep the previous version, install the new one in a new
directory, or just rename the old exe.

AM mode is in my plans, but it is not a top priority since it is rarely used
by hams on HF.
More MF than HF, but AM is still used on 160 m in the UK.

Leon

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Re: Thanks for the Ray Andraka FPGA Info

Leon Heller
 

----- Original Message -----
From: "John H. Fisher" <k5jhf@...>
To: <radio_dspic@...>; "AQRP" <aqrp@...>; <softrock40@...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:14 PM
Subject: [softrock40] Thanks for the Ray Andraka FPGA Info





This guy is terrific, I particularly enjoyed:



and

/We Demo'd a shortwave radio in a SpartanII at FCCM
<> in Napa, April 8-11 and at MAPLD
<>, Sept 8-11 2003. /

//on his home page.
That's what I was thinking of.

Leon

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Re: Rocky 1.2 released, with SSB mode

 

Hi Joe,

Good to know that Rocky works on WinME. There are two confirmed cases now, perhaps I should change the statement re. ME on my web page.

It is an industry standard to give the same file name to different versions of the executable so that installation of a new version replaces the old one. If you want to keep the previous version, install the new one in a new directory, or just rename the old exe.

AM mode is in my plans, but it is not a top priority since it is rarely used by hams on HF.

73 Alex VE3NEA

Hi, Alex

It works fine with my WinMe***

Would it be possible for you to rename the new versions
so we could keeep them and go back to previous if something
fails or for comparisons?

Would it be very difficult to add AM mode?

Many thanks for all your nice works and support.

73

de Joe - CT1AXG

Citando "Alex, VE3NEA" <alshovk@...>:
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