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Remote Supported Radios

Pez T
 

Hi Simon,

I hope all is well. I am wondering if there is a published list of Radio's which are supported via the Remote (over internet) feature of Sdr-Console? (And then, if they offer RX support and/or TX support). I have looked on the website but I couldn't find anything that made it clear. 

I have an ELAD FDM-DUO that I hoped to use IP Remote, but if that's not going to be possible then I want to know what other Transceivers I can use for my Remote station. 

Thanks in advance,
Pez
Re: RSPdx Display Question

agene
 

The RSPdx comes in a metal case.

Mike.

------ Original Message ------
From: "Kriss Kliegle KA1GJU" <kliegle@...>
Sent: 10/08/2022 8:59:31 AM
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] RSPdx Display Question

Looks like QRM from something nearby. Could be via the Coax, Antenna, or via (through) the plastic enclosure. Is the RXR
sitting next to the video monitor, or Vdc lines from a switching power supply or a UPS?

I have seen a bad ground connection in a USB cable ( open from one end to the other on the shield ) give terrible QRM. Have you tried a different USB cable?


I also had to wrap my RSP1A in copper foil to reduce external QRM sources. Not sure it the mfg applied any screening to the DX model.
From the image, it appears to about 350 KHz apart, which is little wider than the normal switching power supply QRM.

73 Kriss KA1GJU 
Re: Afedri AFE822X dual channel Diversity/phasing support?

daiche
 

As far as digital phasing, we may very well have the simplest solution right now. Instead of the SDR vendor software combining the two channels in the recording, they simply need to lay down the 2 channels in side by side streams in the RIFF file and build the software that can playback the 2 streams while at the same time providing variable digital delay to one or the other channel, all done after the recording process is done. This process needs to be standardized to allow any 'raw' 2 or more channel recordings to be digitally phased and played back after the fact.

Right now we lay down the SDR RIFF recording with a fixed phasing schema which 'freezes' the delay into the recording. Not doing that, opens up the possibility for variable digital phasing, after the fact.

Dave Aichelman     N7NZH     Grants Pass, Oregon
Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

jdow
 

A mass of code that does not always work. That is why it got pushed back on the project stack.

{o.o}

On 20220810 08:33:08, Simon Brown wrote:

I'll take a quick look tomorrow.

The RX888 actually doesn't have an API DLL or library as such, just a mass of code.
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Dirk via groups.io <dottensm@...>
Sent: 10 August 2022 16:05
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 

[Edited Message Follows]
[Reason: Typo]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 01:14 PM, Simon Brown wrote:
Ah,
 
Well, the RX888 and RX888 MkII are supported. From the API I think they're the same thing..
 
Simon Brown
Just to make clear, what I was talking about in my starter post:
Other than the RX888 the RX-888 MKII has a digital attenuator (PE4312) only for HF and a VGA (AD8370 [the RX888 has a fixed LNA!]) for both HF and VHF.
That means, the attenuation/amplification range of the RX-888 MKII is from -41,5 dB to +33 dB for HF and from 0 dB to +55 dB for VHF (as Jinze Peng wrote).

I don't know what the driver API allows for the RX888 and the RX-888 MKII, but for a fully supported RX-888 MKII I would expect:
1. Slider for attenuation -31,5...0 dB for HF only
2. Slider for gain -10...+33 dB (?) for HF and VHF (or even extended range, if the R828D allows additional gain stages!)
3. 2 checkboxes for HF- and VHF-Bias-T on/off


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Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

jdow
 

MKII features higher sample rates - at least.

{^_^}

On 20220810 04:14:33, Simon Brown wrote:

Ah,

Well, the RX888 and RX888 MkII are supported. From the API I think they're the same thing..
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Siegfried Jackstien via groups.io <siegfried.jackstien@...>
Sent: 10 August 2022 12:08
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 

i bet he want the rx888mk2 to be added in radio list

greeetz sigi dg9bfc

Am 10.08.2022 um 06:32 schrieb Simon Brown:
Add what functionality?
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of skyking_comms via groups.io <skyking_comms@...>
Sent: 09 August 2022 19:34
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 
Are there any plans to add this functionality to SDR Console?

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Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

jdow
 

It is in my project queue. I can feed Simon with information about distinguishing one from another and controlling stuff RX666 does not have. One of the items in the project queue here has fallen into the recently done pile. So there is hope. Maybe I can get back to what I'd been doing in a week or so.


{o.o}


On 20220810 04:08:53, Siegfried Jackstien wrote:

i bet he want the rx888mk2 to be added in radio list

greeetz sigi dg9bfc

Am 10.08.2022 um 06:32 schrieb Simon Brown:
Add what functionality?
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of skyking_comms via groups.io <skyking_comms@...>
Sent: 09 August 2022 19:34
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 
Are there any plans to add this functionality to SDR Console?

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Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

Dirk
 

Doesn't the MKII have 64Mhz BW?

Think it would be helpful to have the option of choosing RX-888 or MKII in the receiver list, especially with the differences Dirk mentions
Yes, the RX-888 MKII has a lowpass filter 64 MHz in the HF path, so it is built to use the HF input up to 64 MHz and VHF above 64 MHz. With the RX888 this limit is -as far as I know- 32 MHz.
So a driver for the RX-888 MKII would have to switch between the RF inputs at 64 MHz. This is also a difference to the RX888.
Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

skyking_comms
 

Doesn't the MKII have 64Mhz BW?

Think it would be helpful to have the option of choosing RX-888 or MKII in the receiver list, especially with the differences Dirk mentions
Re: RSPdx Display Question

Bart AA7VA
 

Metal case vs "shielded" plastic case - 
KA1GJU gave the cure above - I use aluminum and ground to station ground and toroid's on the input lines, makes a huge difference in my instance
Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

Simon Brown
 

I'll take a quick look tomorrow.

The RX888 actually doesn't have an API DLL or library as such, just a mass of code.

From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Dirk via groups.io <dottensm@...>
Sent: 10 August 2022 16:05
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 

[Edited Message Follows]
[Reason: Typo]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 01:14 PM, Simon Brown wrote:
Ah,
 
Well, the RX888 and RX888 MkII are supported. From the API I think they're the same thing..
 
Simon Brown
Just to make clear, what I was talking about in my starter post:
Other than the RX888 the RX-888 MKII has a digital attenuator (PE4312) only for HF and a VGA (AD8370 [the RX888 has a fixed LNA!]) for both HF and VHF.
That means, the attenuation/amplification range of the RX-888 MKII is from -41,5 dB to +33 dB for HF and from 0 dB to +55 dB for VHF (as Jinze Peng wrote).

I don't know what the driver API allows for the RX888 and the RX-888 MKII, but for a fully supported RX-888 MKII I would expect:
1. Slider for attenuation -31,5...0 dB for HF only
2. Slider for gain -10...+33 dB (?) for HF and VHF (or even extended range, if the R828D allows additional gain stages!)
3. 2 checkboxes for HF- and VHF-Bias-T on/off


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Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

Dirk
 
Edited

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 01:14 PM, Simon Brown wrote:
Ah,
 
Well, the RX888 and RX888 MkII are supported. From the API I think they're the same thing..
 
Simon Brown
Just to make clear, what I was talking about in my starter post:
Other than the RX888 the RX-888 MKII has a digital attenuator (PE4312) only for HF and a VGA (AD8370 [the RX888 has a fixed LNA!]) for both HF and VHF.
That means, the attenuation/amplification range of the RX-888 MKII is from -41,5 dB to +33 dB for HF and from 0 dB to +55 dB for VHF (as Jinze Peng wrote).

I don't know what the driver API allows for the RX888 and the RX-888 MKII, but for a fully supported RX-888 MKII I would expect:
1. Slider for attenuation -31,5...0 dB for HF only
2. Slider for gain -10...+33 dB (?) for HF and VHF (or even extended VHF range, if the R828D allows additional gain stages!)
3. 2 checkboxes for HF- and VHF-Bias-T on/off
Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

Simon Brown
 

Ah,

Well, the RX888 and RX888 MkII are supported. From the API I think they're the same thing..

From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Siegfried Jackstien via groups.io <siegfried.jackstien@...>
Sent: 10 August 2022 12:08
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 

i bet he want the rx888mk2 to be added in radio list

greeetz sigi dg9bfc

Am 10.08.2022 um 06:32 schrieb Simon Brown:
Add what functionality?
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of skyking_comms via groups.io <skyking_comms@...>
Sent: 09 August 2022 19:34
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 
Are there any plans to add this functionality to SDR Console?

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Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

Siegfried Jackstien
 

i bet he want the rx888mk2 to be added in radio list

greeetz sigi dg9bfc

Am 10.08.2022 um 06:32 schrieb Simon Brown:

Add what functionality?
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of skyking_comms via groups.io <skyking_comms@...>
Sent: 09 August 2022 19:34
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 
Are there any plans to add this functionality to SDR Console?

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Re: RSPdx Display Question

Tom Crosbie G6PZZ
 

This has never happened with my RSPdx…

Sorry, I know this doesn’t help!

Tom G6PZZ

 

From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> On Behalf Of Siegfried Jackstien
Sent: 10 August 2022 00:41
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] RSPdx Display Question

 

solar inverter or other switching psu ... could even be the charger of your smartphone

dg9bfc sigi

Am 10.08.2022 um 00:19 schrieb George Stein - NJ3H via groups.io:

Please see the attached screen capture.  whenever I start the subject radio in SDRC I have the diagonal lines.  Also when I the screen comes back on after the screen saver has been invoked, I have similar diagonal traces in the waterfall. After a period of time, things straighten out.

My settings are in the attached picture called Home.  For some reason, I cannot get the menu screens to stay open in SDRC.  Taking a snapshot closes them before the picture is made.  There must be a setting that I have forgotten somewhere to allow the menus to stay open.

Any idea as to why this is happening?  Other receivers are not doing this

Thanks,
George

Re: Fw: [SDR-Radio] No RSP useable in SDR Console #sdrplay

Simon Brown
 

Sven,

I'm sorry - I have no idea what has happened with the new APIs. It works for some people with API 3.09 - maybe others with RSP radios can comment here.

One thing - SDR Console is a 64-bit program, I think the others are 32-bit.

From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Sven SM6FMB via groups.io <svempa42@...>
Sent: 09 August 2022 18:16
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: Fw: [SDR-Radio] No RSP useable in SDR Console #sdrplay
 
Den 8/8/2022 kl. 6:39 PM, skrev Simon Brown:
Sorry,

No idea. The API software will not initialise - does SDRUno work for you? Which version of the API do you have installed?
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Sven SM6FMB via groups.io <svempa42@...>
Sent: 08 August 2022 17:21
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: Fw: [SDR-Radio] No RSP useable in SDR Console #sdrplay
 
Hi Simon!
Have you found out what sdrplay_api_Fail mean? Have tried different approach but no success!!
73 de Sven SM6FMB
PS: I miss my SDRPLAYdx and your fantastic application!

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Hi Simon!


SDRuno 1.42.0728  works with  SDRplay RSPdx receiver with API 3.09 b and SPARksdr 2.0.22 at the same time! SDR Console do not working at all!



SDRuno 1.42.0728  works not with SDRplay RSPdx receiver with API 3.10b and not with SPARksdr 2.0.22 at the same time! SDR Console do not working at all!


73 de Sven SM6FMB


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Re: RSPdx Display Question

Simon Brown
 

PSUs maybe?

I always run RSPs with AGC On.

From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Kriss Kliegle KA1GJU via groups.io <kliegle@...>
Sent: 09 August 2022 23:59
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] RSPdx Display Question
 

Looks like QRM from something nearby. Could be via the Coax, Antenna, or via (through) the plastic enclosure. Is the RXR
sitting next to the video monitor, or Vdc lines from a switching power supply or a UPS?

I have seen a bad ground connection in a USB cable ( open from one end to the other on the shield ) give terrible QRM. Have you tried a different USB cable?


I also had to wrap my RSP1A in copper foil to reduce external QRM sources. Not sure it the mfg applied any screening to the DX model.
From the image, it appears to about 350 KHz apart, which is little wider than the normal switching power supply QRM.

73 Kriss KA1GJU 


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Re: SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

Simon Brown
 

Add what functionality?

From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of skyking_comms via groups.io <skyking_comms@...>
Sent: 09 August 2022 19:34
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3
 
Are there any plans to add this functionality to SDR Console?

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Re: RSPdx Display Question

jdow
 

So can you catch a screen shot with a menu showing? For that the main screen shot is about your only trick.

{o.o}

On 20220809 16:38:08, Siegfried Jackstien wrote:

i keep the ribbon bar closed to save room ... for a screensot there is a button in top row

see pic

dg9bfc sigi

Am 10.08.2022 um 01:24 schrieb jdow:

These are likely locally sourced from a power brick.

Do you have your ribbon bar configured to hide itself? You can change that. You don't have to, though. You can use the print screen button on your keyboard will show the menus dropped down from the ribbon bar if it is showing when you reach over to the button on your keyboard.

{^_^}

On 20220809 15:19:38, George Stein - NJ3H via groups.io wrote:
Please see the attached screen capture.  whenever I start the subject radio in SDRC I have the diagonal lines.  Also when I the screen comes back on after the screen saver has been invoked, I have similar diagonal traces in the waterfall. After a period of time, things straighten out.

My settings are in the attached picture called Home.  For some reason, I cannot get the menu screens to stay open in SDRC.  Taking a snapshot closes them before the picture is made.  There must be a setting that I have forgotten somewhere to allow the menus to stay open.

Any idea as to why this is happening?  Other receivers are not doing this

Thanks,
George
Home.bmp


Screenshot-2022-08-09-150609.jpeg


Screenshot-2022-08-09-155928.jpg

Re: RSPdx Display Question

Siegfried Jackstien
 

solar inverter or other switching psu ... could even be the charger of your smartphone

dg9bfc sigi

Am 10.08.2022 um 00:19 schrieb George Stein - NJ3H via groups.io:

Please see the attached screen capture.  whenever I start the subject radio in SDRC I have the diagonal lines.  Also when I the screen comes back on after the screen saver has been invoked, I have similar diagonal traces in the waterfall. After a period of time, things straighten out.

My settings are in the attached picture called Home.  For some reason, I cannot get the menu screens to stay open in SDRC.  Taking a snapshot closes them before the picture is made.  There must be a setting that I have forgotten somewhere to allow the menus to stay open.

Any idea as to why this is happening?  Other receivers are not doing this

Thanks,
George

Re: RSPdx Display Question

Siegfried Jackstien
 

i keep the ribbon bar closed to save room ... for a screensot there is a button in top row

see pic

dg9bfc sigi

Am 10.08.2022 um 01:24 schrieb jdow:

These are likely locally sourced from a power brick.

Do you have your ribbon bar configured to hide itself? You can change that. You don't have to, though. You can use the print screen button on your keyboard will show the menus dropped down from the ribbon bar if it is showing when you reach over to the button on your keyboard.

{^_^}

On 20220809 15:19:38, George Stein - NJ3H via groups.io wrote:
Please see the attached screen capture.  whenever I start the subject radio in SDRC I have the diagonal lines.  Also when I the screen comes back on after the screen saver has been invoked, I have similar diagonal traces in the waterfall. After a period of time, things straighten out.

My settings are in the attached picture called Home.  For some reason, I cannot get the menu screens to stay open in SDRC.  Taking a snapshot closes them before the picture is made.  There must be a setting that I have forgotten somewhere to allow the menus to stay open.

Any idea as to why this is happening?  Other receivers are not doing this

Thanks,
George
Home.bmp


Screenshot-2022-08-09-150609.jpeg

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