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Re: Is there a place to donate?
Dave,
I would also like to thank you for your contribution to Amateur Radio via your suite of software tools for us trying to track our contacts, visualize our contacts, interact with LOTW and the nearly infinite number of other aspects of your software. Every day I learn something new since I started using your tools a few months back. Thank you. Mike KM2B
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Re: Commander 15.0.9 is available
Dave AA6YQ
+ AA6YQ comments below
I had same issue with a K3 not seeing the SWR in commander during TX. Looked in old messages and realized the "Interrogation on TX" needs to be OFF (unchecked). Then works fine. Dan KI6X + Yes, the "No interrogation while transmitting" option (Configuration window, General tab) must be disabled. 73, Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: Commander 15.0.9 is available
Daniel Violette
I had same issue with a K3 not seeing the SWR in commander during TX. Looked in old messages and realized the “Interrogation on TX” needs to be OFF (unchecked). Then works fine. Dan KI6X
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Re: Is there a place to donate?
MARK KEMPISTY
Dave
Two thumbs up for your suggestion and all the work you do! Mark AA3K
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Re: Second PC layout transfer
Dave AA6YQ
+ AA6YQ comments below
I have DXLabs on my main shack PC. I plan to load it on my laptop and put the database on my cloud server so that I am able to use it at my second station (cabin). + Yes: see https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/MovingBetweenPCs + This works best if DXLab is installed in the same folder (e.g. the default C:\DXLab) on each system. Otherwise, you'll have to manually adjust every setting that specifies a folder or file pathname. 73,
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Second PC layout transfer
Craig Sharp
I have DXLabs on my main shack PC. I plan to load it on my laptop and put the database on my cloud server so that I am able to use it at my second station (cabin).
Is there a way to keep the layouts consistent without having to manually do setups on each separate system? I want the SC and DXK layouts to be the same.
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Re: Digital operation on old rig [TS-850S]. Signalink USB a good solution?
Joe Subich, W4TV
Kenwood transceivers are unique in the way they handle digital audio.
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If you are connecting to the ACC2 jack (as the Signalink cable does) you must supply hardware PTT on that jack (pin 9 "PKS") in order to select input audio from the ACC2 jack *and* to mute the microphone. Only the TS-480 (which does not have an ACC2 jack) and the TS-2000, TS-890, and TS-990 (which haves a separate CAT command to duplicate the function of PKS) are exempt from the "hardware PTT on PKS" rule. 73, ... Joe, W4TV
On 2021-04-14 9:31 PM, Dave Fugleberg wrote:
As others said it appears as another sound card, and your computer can deal with multiple sound cards just fine.
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Re: Digital operation on old rig [TS-850S]. Signalink USB a good solution?
Dave Fugleberg
As others said it appears as another sound card, and your computer can deal with multiple sound cards just fine. Regarding PTT, you have at least 3 options: 1) use the radio’s own VOX 2) use the VOX circuit that’s built in to the signallink and connect its key out line to the PTT input of the radio 3) use a separate serial port on the PC and a simple keying circuit to connect to the radio’s PTT input. From a practical standpoint, option 1 is the simplest and has worked well on every radio I have tried it on. You may need to adjust the VOX controls on the radio for reliable operation. Option 2 works fine too and I have never had any issues with excessive delays. I no longer use or have a signallink, and simply use a cheap external sound card and VOX on my K3 with no problem.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:10 PM w6de <w6de@...> wrote:
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Re: Commander 15.0.9 is available
Dave AA6YQ
+ AA6YQ comments below
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swr shows right where s meter reading shows when in receive .. + It looks like Win4K3Suite is not conveying the "report SWR" command from Commander to the K3S, or the response from the K3S back to Commander. 73, Dave, AA6YQ
On 4/14/2021 6:29 PM, Jim N7US wrote:
Thanks for the update, Dave, and all that you do for us.
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Re: Commander 15.0.9 is available
swr shows right where s meter reading shows when in receive ..
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On 4/14/2021 6:29 PM, Jim N7US wrote:
Thanks for the update, Dave, and all that you do for us. --
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Re: Digital operation on old rig [TS-850S]. Signalink USB a good solution?
w6de
The SignaLink appears as an additional sound card. Your laptop sound card is still there and active. The only drawback is that the SignaLink only has provisions for VOX (tone) activated PTT for keying your radio. I made another serial port cable (from my computer) to miniature phone plug for PTT and modified the SignaLink box with a miniature phono jack to accept the PTT signal direct from my computer. Doing this cuts out the slight delay that it takes the VOX based PTT to activate.
73, Dave, w6de
Note: I no longer use the SignaLink as I switched to a MicroHam micro KEYER II a number of years ago. I don’t recall the details of the connections inside the SignaLink I made for the computer derived PTT. However, it should be obvious from looking at the SignaLink schematic.
From: DXLab@groups.io [mailto:DXLab@groups.io] On Behalf Of dwfred@... via groups.io
Anyone have experience using the Signalink USB audio interface box? It looks like an easy way, with a pre-made cable, to hook my notebook up to my TS850S for digital modes. What I'm curious about is how it affects the notebook's sound interface. When the USB interface is enumerated, does the Signalink appear in Windows as an additional sound card? Does this disable the notebook's built-in sound card for regular Windows output? For example, say I want to watch a YouTube video while doing FT8. Can I listen to the sound from the YouTube video's audio in my regular PC speakers while still using the audio interface for the Signalink USB for JTDX?
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Re: Commander 15.0.9 is available
Dave AA6YQ
+ AA6YQ comments below
I'm not seeing the SWR with my K3S while transmitting. Where should I be looking? + It might. Try connecting Commander directly to your K3S. What happens? 73,
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Re: Digital operation on old rig [TS-850S]. Signalink USB a good solution?
Joe Subich, W4TV
On 2021-04-14 6:53 PM, g4wjs wrote:
yes.If you are careful and configure both Windows and WSJTX properly (I would not touch JTDX since it departs from WSTJX in important ways). 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2021-04-14 6:53 PM, g4wjs wrote: On 14/04/2021 22:44, dwfred@... wrote:Anyone have experience using the Signalink USB audio interface box? It looks like an easy way, with a pre-made cable, to hook my notebook up to my TS850S for digital modes. What I'm curious about is how it affects the notebook's sound interface. When the USB interface is enumerated, does the Signalink appear in Windows as an additional sound card? Does this disable the notebook's built-in sound card for regular Windows output? For example, say I want to watch a YouTube video while doing FT8. Can I listen to the sound from the YouTube video's audio in my regular PC speakers while still using the audio interface for the Signalink USB for JTDX?Hi Dean,
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Re: Digital operation on old rig [TS-850S]. Signalink USB a good solution?
g4wjs
On 14/04/2021 22:44, dwfred@... wrote:
Anyone have experience using the Signalink USB audio interface box? It looks like an easy way, with a pre-made cable, to hook my notebook up to my TS850S for digital modes. What I'm curious about is how it affects the notebook's sound interface. When the USB interface is enumerated, does the Signalink appear in Windows as an additional sound card? Does this disable the notebook's built-in sound card for regular Windows output? For example, say I want to watch a YouTube video while doing FT8. Can I listen to the sound from the YouTube video's audio in my regular PC speakers while still using the audio interface for the Signalink USB for JTDX?Hi Dean, Yes, no, and yes. 73 Bill G4WJS. -- 73 Bill G4WJS.
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Re: Commander 15.0.9 is available
Joe Subich, W4TV
On 2021-04-14 6:29 PM, Jim N7US wrote:
I am using Win4K3Suite to control the radio, with the radioYes, contact the developer of Win4K3Suite to see if it passes the "report SWR" command. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2021-04-14 6:29 PM, Jim N7US wrote: Thanks for the update, Dave, and all that you do for us.
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Re: Commander 15.0.9 is available
Thanks for the update, Dave, and all that you do for us.
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I'm not seeing the SWR with my K3S while transmitting. Where should I be looking? I am using Win4K3Suite to control the radio, with the radio connected to that program. Might that be the cause? 73, Jim N7US
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From: DXLab@groups.io <DXLab@groups.io> On Behalf Of Dave AA6YQ via groups.io Sent: Monday, April 12, 2021 00:53 To: DXLab@groups.io Subject: [DXLab] Commander 15.0.9 is available If you are using Window Defender Antivirus (Windows 10), update it to its latest malware definition in https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions before installing or upgrading to Commander 15.0.9 This release - updates CW speed shown in Main window's Mode panel when it changes (tnx to Norm KC1BMD) - correctly display spectrum data from an Icom transceiver if started with low-pass filtering enabled with a value of 1 (tnx to Floyd K9AC) - when controlling an Elecraft K3, KX3, or KX2 whose firmware supports the SW command, display the SWR while transmitting (tnx to Phil F5PHW and Greg VK3VT) - updates the TXMeter.htm documentation file Notes 1. in this version, the Secondary CAT Port's "CAT Protocol" selector can be set to "FlexRadio PGXL", but this is not yet working correctly with a FlexRadio PGXL amplifier. 2. Update your firewall and anti-malware applications to consider this new version of Commander to be "safe" - 0 of 56 antivirus scanners accessible via Virus Total detected malware <https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload> - 0 of 15 antivirus scanners accessible via Jotti detected malware <https://virusscan.jotti.org/> - submitted for online analysis by Microsoft Windows Defender: no malware detected 3. If this upgrade doesn't work correctly, see the "After an Upgrade" section of http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/ApplicationStoppedWorking 4. After upgrading, to revert to the previous version of Commander, see http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/RevertApplicationVersion Commander 15.0.9 is available via the DXLab Launcher and via http://www.dxlabsuite.com/download.htm 73, Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: Spot Collector not showing spots
Dave AA6YQ
+ AA6YQ comments below
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:33 AM Grant Kesselring <kesselg75@...> wrote: It sounds like something in SpotCollector is hanging (i.e. waiting for a response to some request, and blocking other work from proceeding). Some suggestions to consider, to try to isolate the problem: * Disable Email and Audio alarms (if you have them enabled) * Disable TNC Serial Port (you didn't mention having a TNC, but just in case...) * Disable the web server (if enabled) * Disable all spot sources except one (the one you can't live without?), and see if the problem recurs, then, if not, re-enable one at a time Did you do recomputes of your log database (in DXKeeper) and your spot database after changing your award objectives? Failure to do so shouldn't cause SpotCollector to hang, but you mentioned the award objective change as the apparent origin of the problem. Another option might be to enable "Log debugging information", then examine the ErrorLog.txt when the problem occurs to look for clues. You could probably email it directly to Dave for his analysis too. Note that the log could grow quickly, especially with multiple spot sources enabled. + I would prefer that Grant conduct the "boot Windows into Safe Mode with Networking" test first. 73, Dave, AA6YQ
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Re: Spot Collector not showing spots
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:33 AM Grant Kesselring <kesselg75@...> wrote:
It sounds like something in SpotCollector is hanging (i.e. waiting for a response to some request, and blocking other work from proceeding). Some suggestions to consider, to try to isolate the problem: * Disable Email and Audio alarms (if you have them enabled) * Disable TNC Serial Port (you didn't mention having a TNC, but just in case...) * Disable the web server (if enabled) * Disable all spot sources except one (the one you can't live without?), and see if the problem recurs, then, if not, re-enable one at a time Did you do recomputes of your log database (in DXKeeper) and your spot database after changing your award objectives? Failure to do so shouldn't cause SpotCollector to hang, but you mentioned the award objective change as the apparent origin of the problem. Another option might be to enable "Log debugging information", then examine the ErrorLog.txt when the problem occurs to look for clues. You could probably email it directly to Dave for his analysis too. Note that the log could grow quickly, especially with multiple spot sources enabled. 73, ~iain / N6ML
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Re: Setting unto serve Spots to outside world?
David Reed
Thanks Dave! Got it all up and running just like I wanted!
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73 de W5SV - David F. Reed
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Re: Setting unto serve Spots to outside world?
Dave AA6YQ
+ AA6YQ comments below
I currently successfully have SpotCollect configured to serve a webpage of my filtered spots on my internal internet. I have a new need developing in which as I travel and operate remote base, I want to access my current needs same as I spot them at home. Rather that maintaining a up to date copy of my log as I travel, I am thinking that some form of port forwarding would put this info available to me in the outside world. I am unsure how to do this in general, so I am hoping someone here has the requisite knowledge to share to help me get this going. + See " Viewing the Spot Database Display from Another Computer, Tablet, or Smart Phone" in https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/SpotCollectorWebServer 73, Dave, AA6YQ
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