It’s true; seeing is believing. What better way to fully understand and appreciate the visual interactive aspects of using FlexRadio Systems’ software defined radio products than with a video? Besides hearing signals, being able to see signals and manipulate them to augment your operating experience opens up a whole new dimension in amateur radio.
As the presenter states, the diversity bit happens in your head. It's a pity the radio is advertised as capable of true diversity when it can't do it. If you want true diversity buy a SDR RSP duo. The meaning of true diversity is: a method of radio reception in which the best signal impulse is automatically selected from among those available.
Hello Mike, I have a question regarding the FLEX 8000 series transmitter design. Does this new series still use Controlled Envelope Single Sideband Compression or does the "pre-distortion" feature cover that function and more? Thanks, Steve KD6KXT.
Building any product for retail does require significant revenue. You have to pay staff, pay insurance, buy raw materials, build, test, make changes and even rebuild.
I know everything that the new flex can do you can do with a Hermes Lite and a computer and some free software and will do it way better than that flex for around 500 bucks
@@greglyons2402 Sort of. Can you connect hardware directly to the back of the radio to send CAT control to the Radio? Can you do plug and play remote and get it running in 10 minutes without having a Networking degree? Does it have CESSB? Dual Transverter Support with direct integration into SatPC32? Can you run it from a MAC or iPhone? Does it have a GPS build-in for 1/2 hz frequency accuracy? 100 watts out? Can you listen to 160M and 6M at the same time or any place between 50Khz and 54Mhz with up to 8 receivers? Is it built in the US with a 2 year warranty and support from FlexRadio staff? However about a 30 day return policy if you don't like it. NTP Server?
This is a true game changer for amateur radio. Having a GPS built into the radio is huge and having an NTP server built into the radio will solve a lot of timing issues for the digital modes. Will the API be extended to provide Lat/Lon and Grid Square 4/6 information? I can't wait to see the wider receive bandwidth for the digital modes in action. Looking forward to seeing Flex in Marlborough. I know I'll have more questions.
The commands already exist in the API and apply to all radios running SmartSDR. Here is the API command and the response: c1|sub gps all S4EAD1E55|gps lat=0#lon=0#grid=#altitude=0 m#tracked=0#visible=9#speed=0 kts#freq_error=0#status=Warming Up#time=00:17:44Z#track=0.0 You will need to calculate the grid square using the LAT/LONG values. stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php
Have we lost support and update for the older models now that they lack processing power you will be building on, Having just bought a dream station 8 months ago, with a 6600 without the processing power to handle audio and many things coming seems weird lol
Is it possible, if you were to add the GPSDO module, for the Flex radio to function as a stratum 1 Network Time Protocol server? It seems like it has all the needed hardware to do so.
Still a bit unclear about the Flex setting. I presently have the receive gain value for 2m at 0 db. Does this seem right? And when I turn the Q5 off I get no sound or signals at all.
I turned mine upside down, removed the bottom cover then did the adjustments when the two pots were exposed and clear. I think this is easier than poking around through the access holes.
Initially, I used the Rx alignment method you suggested. I had serious concerns about the Q5’s (2m) sensitivity when I wasn’t copying stations that were audible on two other transverters. I decided to measure the sensitivity and saw that marginally copyable signals were showing about S1 on my 6500’s meter. I decided to adjust the Rx gain using a signal input equal to S9. Turning the Q5 on, and off, produced a very slight but noticeable increase in the noise floor. I took my findings to Cory at Q5 to get his opinion. While he said that it wasn’t a very critical adjustment, adjusting to achieve a slight increase in the noise floor is what he suggested. Fast forward to last week I noticed that I’m no longer able to get all segments of the LED indicator to come on. I’m going to use my generator to determine if it’s related to the Q5 or possibly by a diminished drive from my 6500. I need to also measure the RF output from my Q5.
Some time ago you mentioned that the military contracts would have fallout in the consumer product. I suspect that much better processing power is a portion of that - correct? I do realize that newer components is also involved, and I suspect that things such as improved DNR, Controlled Envelope Single Sideband and the like will have improvements forthcoming.
I believe many people will be happy to have just a all band Amateur and Broadcast bands receiver (without a transmit part) from Flex 8000 series with all its features, just make it in a normal receiver form factor with touchscreen 10’ display and good sounding stereo speakers, big and small knobs and buttons and so on…
The company provides terrible after-sales service. I placed my order about a month ago and there hasn't even been an update on the order, no information on a date. Terrible service
Hi and thanks for reaching out. I am not able to directly lookup you order since we can't tell who are are on RU-vid, but we do and have sent out updates on product shipments either via the FlexInsider or to those that have radios on order. It sounds like anything we sent you has captured by your ISP or your SPAM filter. You might want to investigate further and if you would like a follow up, feel free to email us at hams@flexradio.com and we usually return emails within hours. We handled over 500 direct replies yesterday.
@@FlexRadioSystems This is not true. You did not send me any email yesterday. I follow the status of my order daily and there has not even been a response to the email I sent to you 3 days ago. Regrettable.
Question: Will there be a way to use multiple samplers with ADP on the 8600? I would like ADP active on HF, but I would also like to use it with my 2m and 432 transverters.
Good question. This needs to be confirmed, but for a transverter, the radio only knows it as an rf signal at the IF frequency, usually 28Mhz. You should be able to sample the RF at a -60db and feed that back into the radio for an adaptive correction. This is a question that would be best asked in the FlexRadio community as we can that ask someone in the company to respond.
You didn't mention if you're still considering offering an outboard pre distortion sampler/interface for us 6600 owners. If the current 6600 has the processing power to do it, this would be awesome! Anyway will be watching the rollout with interest. My 6600 is only 2yrs old and I can't justify upgrading - yet. Thanks for making the video! VE7OVY
Something that caught my attention is at the 10:57 point in the video where Steve talks about the Spectrum View feature that lets the user see multiple bands at the same time. I'm curious how this differs from seeing multiple bands on the 6000 series (2, 4, or 8 bands) and, how many bands will this Spectrum View be able to see? 8 perhaps? KF4HR
That is correct. HF communications are in Mono/slice so they are output in Mono via DAX that can easily be recorded with tools such as Audacity or VoiceMeeter. Sorry, I don't understand why it has to be stereo? If with 2 slices, you record each DAX output, one on the L and the other on the R. This can be done today.
@@FlexRadioSystems you have to be synchronized in order to perform any operations on the signals. Making two separate recordings will lose sync due to missed samples and other odd events. I have tried this, and it will happen. The only way I have been able to record diversity and stay synchronized is to tell windows the default sound device is “Line 1” then record from Line 1. This is using VAC. To hear what the audio is doing, you need to run an audio repeater piping Line 1 to Speakers.
