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Flex Station Setup click to enlarge. VAC1 is used for digital modes. VAC2 is used for remote listening. Set to the ALC to 1,20, This allows you to keep your avg ALC up close to 0db but allows peaks to cross over 0db without distortion. Enable the Leverer and use the ALC. Although Condenser microphones are typically superior in sound quality and possess a lower bottom end, there are some downsides. They are typically large, heavy, and very sensitive to noise.

I added shielding over the connector when I was done. This is a Hidden menu function and requires an Array Solutions, Inc. DO NOT touch anything on this page unless you are willing to brick your radio if you mess up.

Select 1 Band that you would not normally use, just in case you mess up. PowerMaster: This zip file contains a folder with the latest PowerMaster 1 firmware, manuals, and Windows PC programs to communicate with the PowerMaster via the serial port. And assuming your external Watt meter needs no correction, the powermaster.

I just used a high wattage 25 ohm resistor used in RF applications. Click here for a sample file. You insert the gain or loss values for your particular Power Master coupler.

You may need to tweek each band value seperately. The Powermaster coupler correction values will scroll onto the Production PA test right side window. They wont match the values in the powermaster. No external equipment needed. The Flex will calibrate for 1w, 2w, 5w, 10w, 20w, etc.

Green would be if all bands passed. Red means something failed. It doesnt need to be done on bands you just did a Run PA Cal on. You may lose transmit capability on the band you just attempt to calibrate if the calibration failed to finish properly.

You will need to shut down and start over. If the calibration crashes, you will lose transmit on the band you were calibrating. You will need to shut down the flex and start over. If the powermaster loses communication with the flex, you will need to shut down the flex and start over. Try again. I believe this is a software glitch. The calibration may not be able to properly calibrate a particular band to watts.

If the Run PA Cal routine finished you will still be able to transmit, you just will not be able to make watts at full power.

The max watts out will be whatever the routine topped out at. Below is a short youtube iphone video I took showing how do the PA Calibration. This was kept hidden because Class A will get the finals very hot. Limit your output to 20watts only. Change the 1 and 2 to 2 and 4 and Click on the Bias to readjust the Bias. Calibrations will not work correctly unless you are at Factory Defaults. Tests will fail when the console is maximized. This can be used to program any I2C IC.

But its for use only with the XVTR screen. This section allows you to override them. This section allows youto override them.

PowerSDR 2. With generous help provided by Flex Radio Systems, Inc. Thank You! PowerMate code was provided by Griffin, Clev R. It is automatically added to the SWL. This file is to determine the US State. ALSO: vcruntime Do a full rebuild the first time you open the project in VS, before doing anything else.

DLL to the list. Navigate to the Relase folder you placed it in. Now you will have a full working PowerSDR version that you can start your own modding 10 Remember PowerSDR C is based on 96dpi resolution and Photoshop default is 72dpi , so images created on Photoshop will be too big unless you set the DPI to 96 and then select your canvas size in pixels.

NOTE: v2. The higher the better. The effective SunSpot number is more accurate than the optical. The only number you want low is the K high K means signals will likely be scattered rather than reflected VOACAP propagation uses the ef , so its more accurate, but it doesn't take high K values or SpW geo storms into account.

VOACAP propagation assumes you have a rotatable dipole or 3 element beam at 35' if you select it Dots: The Dots show signal strengths computed for the exact locations over the map. Areas on the map with small or no Dots have the weakest signals. Large Dots have stronger signals. Blue is the strongest signal, then Green, then Orange, then Yellow, then Gray Contours: Contour lines are derived by a formula from the dots, but can sometimes be difficult to see coverage gaps on the map.

Blue is the strongest, then Green, then Orange, then Yellow, then Gray. The problem with contours is it is hard to determine the Gaps in coverage.

You may see a Blue contour line, but if you change over to the Dots map, you will see no signal strength adjacent to the Blue area of the map.

Reasons you may hear stations when the Propagation map shows no conditions: Some Ham Radio stations have large Antenna arrays and may show up on an empty part of the Propagation map, due in part to their very large Effective Radiated Power ERP when compared to a wire dipole.

If you were to close down your bandpass to around 10hz, the signal within that bandpass and the S-Meter should now be the same dBm if both meters are running at the same refresh rate and you take into account any averaging being done. So, as you open up the bandpass filter, the S-Meter will rise as you add sum more bins. This is as it should be and works the way a traditional S-Meter works. Note: the S meter scale on the right side of the Padapter is approx because it only follows the dBm markings found across on the left side of the Panadapter.

But if you use the Auto Pan Lvl button, the Max value will change automatically. Update SWL listing. Tweak Diversity panel button skins. For lightning and Cloud maps only. Real-time Mosaic of images but missing the lower center section.

Left Click for standard Spotter World Map. Something in. Add right click on FM button to toggle 2k,5k,wide FM dev modes. Add: Cursor over Spotter Window to automatically "Pause" Spotter screen, visable by a yellow "Paused" when spots are coming in too fast. Panadapter and world map spots continue to update, only the Spotter window is paused.

Fix ToolTip Flicker in spotter screen. Update DXCC. Updated BandText for most GHz ham bands. Those running Win11 will notice a slight difference in appearance see above for a visual. Its a little easier to see checked boxes. And the corners of all the windows and interfaces are now rounded similiar to what I did to the console screen a while back. If "Pause Scan" is yellow due to a squelch break busy channel , click on Pause scan to resume scan, or Wheel Click on the memory channel to bypass this channel from the current memory scan.

Mouse wheel click over zoom x0. Update SWL listings. Fix: If you Stop the Memory or SWL scanner while its paused, it will stop where it was paused and not go to the next channel.

Download and install 2 times. Select Repair the 2nd time. Open up VU5K 2m module to receive from mhz to mhz not sure how sensitive it is below mhz, but it works well up to mhz. Fix xvtr band buttons for RX2. CAT devices that Poll on their own do not need this box Checked. Update SWL file. But external transverters can only use RX1. All are now capable of Dual BandStack.

Fix: Properly hide the RX2 Band button panel if 2nd meter is on the bottom right. Update FCCData callsign file. If TX2 is unchecked, works as before. Fix RX2 preamp always defaulting to ON. Google on how to enable it. Work in progress. If you have a Flex with RX2 it will also select the Mode. Mod: All Message box sceens will now always appear on top of PowerSDR to prevent being hidden behind , along with progress bars.

Force display into Spectrum to avoid issues running in Hi-Def Panadapter mode that prevented the Calibration from running. When the mouse is over the spotter screen, but not over a DX Callsign, you can hit F1 or F2 for help. Rag chew. Now will work for all screen resolutions. Add: Length timer to hz repeater tone. Spectrum Grid Low value. Now shows actual values for both Max and Min settings.

Improve Grab of Panafall adjustment bar. Update SWL listings file eibispace. Fix: Hopefully fix issues with the database not saving changes on power-down. SWL update. Correct VFO "Dial" alignment to properly match frequency due to imperfect dial image. Fix antenna amp TX1,2,3 help. Update SWL data. And try to prevent a jumpy SWR. Use WAVE to make recording. Moved " hz " repeater Function button to [ F7 ]. See updated keyboard map pdf for all keyboad definitions.

Now the N1MM freq indicator matches the spectrum correctly. NB1 and NB2 operate from a slightly different perspective. Trying to see if I can improve on it. Allows you to Name each program your connecting to. This can take the place of DDUtil in many circumstances. Rotor Control still requires DDUtil.

Indicator upper right to show when external TCP connection made. Fix a compile issue. Fix lag issue when right click on QuickAudio Play button when manually selecting a QuickAudio file to play back over the air OpenDialog issue.

Other locations now use openweathermap. Update SWL. Fix PEQ Octave value not saving correctly. Fix: Spotter screen accepts spots from CWSkimmer i. You can use the URL: "localhost" or " Not final GUI interface, but working.

Improve moving Console panel around with Title bar disabled you can now Left click on an open area of the Console and drag the console around, or right click on lower right square to minimize Console. Allows you to see under the Grayline area with more clarity. Tweak VFO Dial placement. Currently the list will show empty lines masking the filtered bands, but the list updates on the fly as you change bands. Grab symbols in lower right corner to move and size console.

Fix check for updates. Scanner screen will now check for the "Scan" checkbox, and skip ignore any unchecked memory channel when you do a "Memory Scan". This will help if a particular memory channel frequency has noise tripping the squelch, but is grouped with other memories you wish to scan. An "X" is placed on the Scanner Memory list to indicate a Memory channel to be skipped from the Group. If you update the Scan checkbox s on the Memory screen, you must retype the group name in Scanner "memory Group to scan" box.

BandStack panel will automatically move right click on "BandStack" text, top center of Console. Allow Color select and Transparency Alpha for 3D.

Can be combined with Pan fill. Real-time Panadapter spectrum data is presented at the front, and older data History is shift back into the screen with a 3D effect. The oldest data falls off the very back of the display. The History length depends on the FPS setpoint.

Click on blue 3D button on console to toggle. Still tweaking. Requires more CPU horsepower in 3D mode. Although you can combine Waterfall and 3D pan and even RX2, I am not sure how well things will perform.

Left: click to enlarge, Right: Click to watch video in operation. You can slow down the data transfer if your having troubles. Pauses on active channel and waits until channel is clear before continuing scan.

Required modifying DttSP. Fix issue of Grayline not appearing when turned Off and back On. Channels still appear in the BandText display area and you can right click on the BandText display to show all information within the Pan. Also added 60m channels to SWL2 listing to see channels without the blue channel guides.

Updated SWL listing eibispace. Fixed issue where SWR and lo-hi freq scanner always would "pause on squelch break" ignoring the checkbox. Updated SWL. And I have not tried this on the Flex or Flex yet. Updated the SWL listing from eibispace. Standard PowerSDR shows max of points, "Hi-Res" mode shows max of points Because of the finer detail, you may see more signals on the screen, but also more Spurs.

Add FT4 mode and freq to Spotter screen. Fix: Autofocus works, but you probably would only use it if you have a 2nd monitor and dedicate PowerSDR to its own monitor.

This mod does NOT alter your transmit capability, it just takes you to khz. Just makes it easier to keep track of signals as you scan around the band.

Fix mistake in. Fix mistake in Memory screen. Update SWL eibispace. Will not affect your MARS. Fix: voltage RED when over When checked senses when the DSP freezes, and automatically restarts.

Fix: DXCC checking for entities with leading zero's and being properly checked.. Europe with , instead of. Pink if you have this Station on this Band, but unconfirmed, LightPink if you have this Station on some other Band but unconfirmed. Orange indicates you have this Stations dxcc entity confirmed but not this actual Station.

Fix bandtext for IARU3. Update SWL list from eibispace. But all Flex, , radios get a firmware update. The firmware update will NOT alter Mars radios.

You can clearly see the Ch 3 overlap. Updated SWL file. Updated BandText, Updated some Turf stuff. Update SWL listing from eibispace. And Update the SWL file from eibispace. It does not verify max watts out, just the drive and tune levels. Image names contain Mode, Freq, date, and time If you want to email a screen shot, just right click on the Camera icon, start to COMPOSE your email and just drag and drop the jpeg image from the QuickScreen folder directly into your email.

Fix check for missing quickauido file. Fix SWR reading Now will read 0. Fix CWX panel not working after its closed and reopened.

You no longer need to Reset your Database to update the BandText. If you select "Panadapter" Mode, you can view up to 5 Scans at the same time.

Panafall mode allows you to view 1 of the 5. Data from forcast. Update: SWL listings from eibispace. Enter in a Local time, and you will see the UTC time below. Cuts off Transmit if you exceed the Time-Out setpoint. Requires you to clear Pop-up Screen before allowing TX again.

Update SWL brought to you by: eibispace. With circle show approx coverage area. Thanks to Don Cross for some of the routines I lifted from his web site.

Fix Moon tracking. Fix Check for Updates link back to this web page. Click on the Settings wheel of the Gamer mode pop-up window and turn off the "Show Gamer mode" option and also click ON "User gamer mode for this game". Just experimenting.

Mod: "Scanner": can now stop the "Memory" scan and click on a memory shown in the list and go directly to that frequency. This makes it easier to see your ALC and power out at the same time. Add Group name to scanner output screen. Within a few seconds or 10's of seconds during a contest , you will see your post appear at the top of the DX Spotters window. Also, your posting under your Callsign as the Spotter.

Fix TxWaterID text mistake. You may need to move your mouse over the callsign box to update your callisign image to your current transmit bandwidth. Right Click on Meter to pullup meter color menu. Fix 60m for Europe lines and bandtext Need to reset database to update bandtext.

Be sure to preset the drive levels for each band before locking. It will not prevent the levels from changing when you change bands. Moved RX1 mute checkbox down next to RX2 mute. Self contained Installer file contains NET 4. Modified PowerSDR ke9ns v2.

Fixed: CWX panel issue closing with poll cw key checked. Update SWL file from eibispace. This number is determined from ionospheric mid-latitude foF2 observations, as opposed to the SunSpot number "ss" which is optical. Add: Turf designation to the end of the serial on the top line of main console window. Add "Call CQ" button. Band Text for the new 60m segment has also been added. Say Yes.

The First time you run T12 Windows may popup a Firewall block access message, make sure to allow access, otherwise you will not be able to DX spot, or get solar weather. Now it does. This will start the 10 min countdown timer synced to the nearest minute, so the first go around may be less than 10 min.

Make sure this box is Green. You now have a permanent ID message. Fix: voacap map stop updating when spotter form closed. Remember if you set the "AVGp" button for the Panadapter, the S readings on the Panadapter will not be the same as the Meter unless you select Avg for the Meter as well.

You would need to create a new database file. Click to Start timer. Flashes the ring color when its time to ID and repeats every 10 min. Also attempts to compensate for large K index values by reducing contour signal strength. Update SWL file from www. Not as precise as using the cwx, but doesnt require a mode change.

Dots represent the Signal strength of a person at that location around the Dot trying to Receive your Transmission. Might try converting Dots to Contour lines?. Works up to 30mhz. This is required to get the Date correct when the time is updated to your PC. Fixed "Beacon chk" and "Time Sync" not allowing dx spotting to reappear back in the spotter windows when you turn the "Beacon chk" back off, or as soon as "Time Sync" is done.

Only issue is hz required sample time needs to be a little longer than a k SR, so automatically set SR to 96k during WWV time decoding. Frequency, Filter, SR, Buffer parameters are saved during the decode and restored after the decode is done. This can take up to 1. Watch the "Tone" indicator to make sure it is following what you are hearing as far as the Ticking sound of WWV.

If the Tone indicator is not following, then the Signal strength of the sub-carrier is too weak, signals are fading, or a storm is disrupting. Decoding process takes milliseconds. Fixed: Upated to latest SWL. This current version uses signal strength and simple filters,so it doesnt work well needs to very strong and clean WWV. Fix mistakes in the Beacon scanner. Fix: Save the last Beacon Signal readings, Until you start a new 3min or 15min scan. Repeating every 3 minutes.

You will see a list of Beacon stations upper left corner and the current 5 stations transmitting. Slow Scan : Starts on You can select the starting band 1 through 5. It repeats this quick 5 frequency scan 18 times to get a complete Beacon map in 3 minutes, but is not as accurate as the Slow Scan.

You might notice a startup lag of up to 10 seconds because PowerSDR needs to be in perfect sync with the Beacon stations. You must select 1 side of a virtual COM port pair. DDUtil will automatically convert the beam heading into the proper format for your Rotor control. Refresh rate sets the update time in msec.

Still experimenting. Fix: HttpServer no longer requires anything special other than a "Port Forward" in your router only if you want outside access. Setup Port and UserName and Password. Fix: forgot to include dll's in installer for the mp3 creation. Between the SWL. Checkbox to have them show up on the Map or just the Spotter window. Much more compact file size. Easier to email or IM to someone. Works, but needs more work. I am trying not to break anything while adding this feature.

Fix issues with clicking on memory column headers or starting with an empty memory file. Working on adding an MP3 output to save more space. Add: CW Key Poll feature. Add: K-Index to space weather on the main console window. Fix: geo storm ind. Updates once per hour. Fix Geo storm indicator. Already had Radio Blackout levels. Update to the current latest SWL.

You can adjust the speed. Lets see what happens. TX2 has all the same meters as TX1. Fix: shut down waterfall when radio off and in Track mode. Moved Hero's Menu item, over to the right a few spots to help allow Spotter Menu button room on small Displays. Update to SWL. Fix: Panfill alpha. Fix: MON turns on when in CW mode if Sidetone is on , but wasnt turning back off in when changing back to other modes if you originally had it off.

Add inverted Analog meter. Fix: Meters not working when operating on Extended mode freq. Fix if socket shuts down, you can get out of it without restarting PowerSDR.

Fix certain freq spots where SWL spots disappear from screen. Update to latest SWL. Fix: Keyboard shortcut issue, caused by touching the waterfall ID callsign box.

Its a work in progress. Fix: Recall color and alpha on startup for GrayLine. This eliminates the CPU time wasting caused by adding items to the display code. The nice side effect is that everything drawn into the display automatically draws over the top of the GrayLine.

Also doubled the resolution of the Gray Line for a better image. New : SWL. You probably want to run this with Grid Lines Off. World skin I Photoshopped is a Robinson Projection that I darkened to allow for easier viewing of the Panadapter, however I scrunched it vertically to properly fit the Panadapter proportions.

I will try to add Grayline. Work in Progress. If you resize PowerSDR window, it could take up to a minute before it does its next update and moves to the correct position on the map. I may need to change the map projection to make grayline easier.

Was hz. Now you can set up to hz. Instead of creating multiple TNFs to cover up a noise. REC will set Drive to 0, Key radio to record yourself. Fix: Allow DX spot window to grow if you stretch the window size. Fix: Rx2 dislay off with mousewheel Add: more Dx spot parsed modes: split,ssb,cw,am,fm, psk,rtty,olivia,sstv,packat,jt65,mt63,drm, Add: click on Spot DX a 2nd time to close, but when you click again to reopen it will continue to use the old spots you dont loose the last spots now unless you change the DX cluster node Add: Smother Dx window update screen.

Add: Pause dx window button. Add "Keep on top" to Spotter and Scanner forms. Fix dx spots correct freq on fractional khz. Change AF to MON when transmitting to make it clear the function of the slider has changed during transmit. Uses Band you are currently on and starts with Default band edges, but you can override them. Fast scanning wont catch signals. I want to use the waterfall history to detect signals to stop at instead of the squelch level.

Redo socket stream reader. Fix DX spot text window not removing dups. Learn something new everyday. Now you can click on the DX cluster status line "Spotting" to check if you still have a live connection. Fix mistake in exclude NA spotters. Any Exception Faults will show up in the text window for diagnostics.

Fix mistake that dropped first DX Spot when the 2nd was received. A loose "Thread". Turn off SWL spot when transmitting. Turn off SWL spots over 30mhz.

Note: currently DX cluster must have echo turned on to work. SWL Spotter Still needs tweeking, but it works. It can take 1min to fully load. But many SWL stations are beaming to other parts of the world this list has that information so I need a way to remove spots that cannot be heard at your location. Draw Vert lines first so Calls go over Vert lines.. Almost finished with SWL spots. Data now loads and is parsed ready to display. During playback, you can tune around anywhere in the recorded passband.

AF …Controls overall audio monitor level. Drive … Not used. Squelch … Adjusts squelch… mainly useful for FM, but active in all modes. BCI rejection … Not used.

Other controls in this group are not implemented. Display Selector … Determines what is displayed in the graph window. Settings are on the Display tab in Setup.

PowerSDR Only. Sliders determine the routing and mixing of audio from the main and sub-receiver. When Sub RX is on, there are two passbands displayed… green for main and blue for sub. Mode Specific Controls… Panel changes depending on Mode setting. Set to match your K3 CW Pitch setting. This is particularly helpful when working split and looking for an open frequency in a CW pileup. This can be used as a quick way to change bands.

Modes not supported in K3 are ignored by K3. Modes such as DRM require additional software to decode. Width and Shift … Follow passband indicator on the pan display. But there are limitations to the use of this, since Shift cannot be linked. This can cause erratic behavior, especially if you try to adjust the lower side of the passband.

RX Me ter … allows several different modes for the S-Meter to be selected. Wide display is far left in zoom bar, PAN should be centered. In addition to the highlighted areas, there are several other controls which are useful. They are accessed in the toolbar at the top of the program. The equalizer can be set in the Equalizer pull down menu at the top of the program.

Memory … save popular frequencies for recall. All rights reserved. Pricing and specifications subject to change without notice. Please help Scott and his team with their work on this software with a donation if you use it and like it. Unzip the file, and then click on the resultant folder. Click on either file to start installation.

Note: The version referenced in the pictures you see will read v1. You will see the lower left screen. Click Next to continue. You will then see the lower right screen. If you are the only user on your PC, click on either of the choices. Accept the default installation folder and click Next.

Click on the IF Frequencies tab. Shown above is the screen for K3. Units with serial number below would use a Global Offset of 0. Global Offset needs to be fine tuned to exactly center the signals in the pan window. This procedure is covered in the Calibration section. Below is the screen for Yaesu. Typical values are shown. Older models may need a larger value. Once again, this has to be fine tuned.

Since only the K3 reports actual mode offsets, you will need to enter values for other rigs.