Flex 5000 mobile Hi-Q auto tuner
Just a thought on taking a 5000A into the field for ECOMM (Emergency Communications) mobile support operations. It would be nice to have an "screw antenna" interface/tuner that will bridge the PC...
View ArticleRX2 based on HPSDR 'Mercury' project?
Has anyone put any thought to designing an RX2 board based on the direct sampling receiver being developed by the HPSDR 'Mercury' project? I would love to be able to add the latest in digital direct...
View ArticleSuggest 5W for the Flex-1500
While 1W is great for driving transverters, I think a 5W output would make this rig much more attractive to the market because it could be used by QRP operators out of the box. (e.g. FT 817)If you...
View ArticleMIDI Controllers?
I've searched high and low and now I am assuming that there is NO MIDI support as of yet? I've been doing music production and DJ'ing for a while and have collected a quite a few controllers that I use...
View ArticleFlex 1500 Transverter Interfacing
Am hoping Flex Radio will come out with transverters that will interface easily with the 1500 and the 5000A. I understand they are working on transverters that will also have a 10 MHz reference input...
View ArticleAutomated Preselector
How about a preselector driven by the 5KA...?It could be rather small as it would only be needed in the RX chain....I'm assuming the ATU unit is designed for the ham bands mainly, or perhaps a .1-30Mhz...
View ArticlePlease procide a wide input voltage range.
Please consider a wide voltage input to the 1500. This would allow use with small lightweight batteries during portable operations. It would also allow connection to my existing home station that...
View ArticleEmbedded DSP
It is apparent that requiring Windows-based personal computers to perform the SDR functions is sometimes problematic -- PowerSDR freezing up, device driver conflicts, etc. Windows is just too busy to...
View ArticleBHI NR Unit
It's been years, and flex can't make a good Noise Reduction (NR).Don't feel too bad, as Elecraft can't make a good NR function either.I own a BHI NR unit sold in the USA by GAP.Why not make a deal with...
View ArticleTayloe detection
I am reading (and rereading) the QEX articles. Thanks for publishing them.Tayloe detection does a divide by 4 and then sums samples 1 and 3 and samples 2 and 4 and achieves amazing low noise gain. Why...
View ArticleExpresscard Firewire Cards - Got some
Hi guys- Sorry if this is slightly off-topic.In getting my IMB Lenovo laptop to talk to my new 3000, I landed up with a coupleof extra Expresscard Firewire cards. I did a shotgun approach and bought...
View ArticlePower Switch?
After getting my 5000 out of the box and ready to go... I found the power switch to be very hard to push and then to turn it off I had to pull it out. Seems like a $3500 radio would have just a little...
View ArticleFLEX-VU5K Module - why not entire UHF band?
I like the idea of having a do-it-all box to cover all aspects of my amateur activities. As I studied the specs on the 5000A everything looked great except the UHF band on the VHF/UHF option is limited...
View Articleadd new Memory feature
I would like to see, after clicking the memory tab; seperate tabs for each band and a few blank ones. This way you can add all the different memories for a single band under that bands tab; 10m, 12m,...
View Article12 Volt requirement for accessories don't exist
Hello,So far i hearing from my 6M band friend using a Flex 5000A a preamp is highly required to use on the RX loop on the backside of the Flex5000A.That's very great to be able to connect a preamp but...
View ArticleSDR Watt/SWR Meter
A software defined wattmeter and SWR meter would be a natural fit for you guys at Flex-Radio (imho).The product would include a "coupler", the probe inserted in-line with the rf stream, connected via...
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