[hpsdr] 50mw power on penelope

[Steven Doyle]

Hi,

I have come across this problem many times, I have never really investigated it, but a clean install of PowerSDR solves the problem.

73s

Steve
G1YLB


From: David Dessardo 
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 6:23 AM
To: tfox at knology.net 
Cc: hpsdr at openhpsdr.org 
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] 50mw power on penelope


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Hi, the lower the gain figure on the pa panel, the more out put i get. However, the lowest figure it allows is 38db and that gives me 50 mw. Is there some way or start up flag that i can disable this limit? Cheers vk3tc /dd

> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 00:43:23 -0400
> From: tfox at knology.net
> To: david_dessardo at hotmail.com
> CC: aa8k73 at gmail.com; hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] 50mw power on penelope
> 
> If I remember correctly, and you are using PowerSDR, the power levels 
> for the individual bands is set to that 50mW level. My setup is down at 
> the moment, but go look for a setup page that allows transmit power 
> controls for each band. Move the level up for the band/bands that you want.
> 
> I had the same issue when I first fired my Penelope up, and found that 
> the above did the trick.
> 73s
> Terry, WB4JFI
> 
> On 10/3/2010 12:21 AM, David Dessardo wrote:
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> > Hi Mike,
> > yes, I have gone through all the errata and it is all ok. The board is 
> > direct from Gerd. I suspect that it is some form of calibration issue 
> > or HPSDR issue, since only 3 of the LEDs come on at full power, 
> > however, when I try to use the calibrate routine in the HPSDR, 5 LEDs 
> > come on and there is about 290 MW. However, the calibrate routine 
> > fails and then I am back to 50MW. From that, I can only deduce that it 
> > can output all the power, however something the SW/Firmware won't 
> > allow it. Penelope is at version 12 and Ozy at 17 with the latest 
> > modified HPSDR loaded. /DD
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "AA8K73 GMail" <aa8k73 at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 1:55 PM
> > To: "David Dessardo" <david_dessardo at hotmail.com>; <hpsdr at openhpsdr.org>
> > Subject: Re: [hpsdr] 50mw power on penelope
> >
> >>
> >> If you have a TAPR Penelope, have you checked for a T2 manufacturing 
> >> reversal?
> >>
> >> < http://openhpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=Penelope_-_Trouble_Shooting
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike - AA8K
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/02/2010 10:11 PM, David Dessardo wrote:
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi, I can only get 3 leds worth of power from Penelope. This equates to
> >>> about 50mW. All drive levels are set to max. Is there something I am
> >>> missing?
> >>> /DD
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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