[hpsdr] On the air with Alex + Question...

[n3evl]

As Luis reminds me, the ribbon cable actually goes to Mercury:-)

Pete

On 9/5/2011 3:25 PM, n3evl wrote:
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> I'm pleased to report that my hpsdr setup, including the recently 
> installed Alex, is up and running and has scored its first QSO on 
> 40m.  Condx were pretty horrible today and the other station was 
> running 800W;  he was amazed to hear me with my 15w or so from 
> Pennywhistle to my G5RV!  Got good audio report and haven't even 
> attempted to optimize the mic characteristics yet.
>
> Question:  I'm seeing the expected amount of power going to the 
> antenna via my external meter but not seeing any indication on the 
> PowerSDR meter during TX - just shows 0mW; no indication during tune 
> either.  I have the 3-wire cable running between Mercury and Penelope 
> and, of course the 10-wire ribbon between Alex and Penelope.
>
> I'm running PowerSDR v1.19.3.4 baseSVN 3444 (W5WC - 8/15/11) which I 
> think is new enough to have the mods to support the power 
> measurement/swr calculations based on the data provided indirectly via 
> Alex.  Am I missing something?
>
> 73, Pete, N3EVL
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