Very interesting and important points being made here. I, for one, had no idea that the wisdom file was PC specific! Well, I have no idea of a lot of things that make Thetis such a uniquely positioned platform in the world of ham-radio !

Juha

Mark,

Good to hear from you, but I am confused. Install Thetis that generates that file BUT I need to delete it...... Why would Thetis generate it IF that degrades the performance of Thetis?

JJ

The Digital Mixer enables use of more than one ASIO instance which is one of the reasons that I bought one. So, I have no need whatsoever for Voicemeeter or VB anything and just love the way things sit.

Thanks!
Juha

Scott,

I sure value your comments. :)

My 2 main audio chains are as follows:

1. Thetis->
External Analog Mic-pre/EQ ->
Digital Mixer/Audio Interface (Soundcraft which comes with native VST plug-ins, too) ->
Live Professor 2 (DAW)

2. This is the same as above except, I have taken the DAW out and ...

James,
I appreciate your feedback!
Juha
NI2M

I exchanged messages with Bryan - W4WMT - several months ago, asking him about use of cmASIO and Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) when processing audio. He is, I would imagine, part of the group having written some of the code, I don't know. Bryan, I hope you don't mind me bringing up your name ...

Scott,

Wonderful that you keep things moving and updated!

Juha
NI2M

SOLD (pending receipt of full payment)!

Love the 7000 DLE MKII so much that I acquired another one so I have now two of them. Decided to sell the latest acquisition (1st owner bought it new in July/August 2022) as I want to buy another "toy." Cosmetically, it is 9.5/10 and I will provide more detail along with more pictures to serious ...

Scott,

I did, but I am still confused and can't figure out which FPGA the radio has in it. From what I read, the physical radio must have "MKIII" printed on it for the Orion board to have the Cyclone V FPGA on it! However, from earlier exchanges with Doug several months ago, he opined that the ...

Scott,

I am confused with regard to which ANAN 7000 DLE radios come with the Cyclone V FPGA installed? ALL radios after
July 1st, 2022?

Would sure appreciate more CLARITY on this and, apologies, if the answer to my question has already been answered!

Juha

I appreciate the response Roger!

Juha

Hi Roger,

Thank you for your post. I would be very interested in learning about your findings.

I am not familiar with the G2 at all so I have no idea of how many firmware versions are currently available and if bouncing between them makes any difference! Out of curiosity, it would be awesome if ...

Rick,

I value your time.

Incidentally, I noticed - upon additional testing - that on 10 and 17 (from memory) I do see the 2 "spurs" when the amp is not in line when I transmit a carrier, using "TUN". None to be seen when I was on 40, 20 or 15. But, again, the experiment with SDRPlay in line did ...

Hi Rick,

Very curious and intrigued by your response.

NOTE:
I do not see any of those "spurs" when I run bare-foot! As soon as I put the amp in line, I do see them. The spurs aren't there when I put my other 7000 in line. Perhaps, I give this version a shot, just the same ;) ! My problem is that I ...

UPDATE:
Note that the "spurs" I have been alluding to appear around 15kHz above and below my actual TX frequency (regardless of whether I am on SSB or CW). They don't appear when operating barefoot, only when the amp is in line.

Warren emailed me in March a couple of times (see relevant partials ...

Just wondered if Apache-Labs currently ships from Australia? Not that it helps all that much in terms of tariffs. My other ANAN radio (bought it second-hand) is Made in Australia although, I guess that may have been the result of Covid and disruptions to supply chains.....I don't know. I assume that ...

Scott,

Your consistent feedback is very much appreciated. Will look at the math in detail.

When I am talking S-9/+40dB, I am referring mostly to local contacts on 40m where I am extremely strong, on receivers with calibrated S meters. On 20, I also do get very strong signal reports, +30dB every ...

I was pulling my hair out over an odd problem that had to do with flashing the correct firmware onto my ANAN 7k. When I received my box (my 2nd 7k), it merely showed FW v2.2.2 which is designed to work with the MKII model if I understand correctly. The FW it actually had on it was either v2.2.2A or ...

Scott,

I appreciate your comments. In another thread on "S meter calibration" - https://community.apache-labs.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3981&p=31655&hilit=s+meter+calbration#p31655 - I also touched on the level of "spurs" (CW vs SSB) and my concerns. I am not sure if there is really anything else I ...

You cannot use readings from the panadapter to determine S-units except for CW:

https://apache-labs.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2463

My old Flex 3000, and now the ANAN, finally made me "comfortable", because RF system design is my day job. I despise the so-called metering on KenYaeCom ...

Yes Scott.

Scott!

I am a happy camper! :D

Spoke with 2 other fellows about this as well. And, I must give Doug many thanks :) :) ! He was incredibly generous with his time and suggestions! It seems that the FPGA is a Cyclone V series one to boot which belies the S/N on the bottom of the radio. Some repair ...

I tried finding P2 FW version as per "Subject," but can't! Can someone send me a link, please!

Juha

I tried using Static IP address as well, just for grins, but no joy :cry: !

After having flashed a FW version on it and having switched the bootloader to the OFF position (included in the FW versions, v2.2.2 that worked beautifully just a few days ago) and powering up the ANAN, the right red LED ...

Scott,

I use CAT8 (overkill) cables. Put in radio #1 in line this morning and all works very well. Using an unmanaged Ethernet switch (have been for more than 3 years now) capable of 1 GBit/s speed.

With regard to P2 FW, I tried several of them. Radio #2 had been running well on FW v2.2.2 for ...

Thanks Scott!

I already had FW v2.2.2 P2 on radio #1 and it didn't really work very well. Will roll radio #2 back to FW v2.1.18 P2 and see if that makes any difference. With regard to both radios looking "similar," I want them both looking as radio #1 does currently.

Update:
I guess radio #2 does ...

I have two 7000 DLE MKII radios and I believe both have the same FPGA ( EP4CGX150F896 Cyclone IV series FPGA) in them as well although I am not 100% certain. One radio runs on FW v2.1.18 P2 ("radio #1" in the screen-capture below) and radio #2 runs on FW v2.2.2 P2. Note, I tried FW v2.2.2 on radio ...

Tack sa mycket Sam!

Appreciate the comments.

73,
Juha
NI2M
(OH1HX)

Valid points Scott and I will be doing more research in cyberspace. Plenty of information can be had there. The reason I posted on this forum was mainly because that new PC will be a dedicated ANAN machine and I might get some more "relevant" input here. As I now have 2 ANAN 7000 DLE MKIIs perhaps ...