[hpsdr] ANAN-NET on Sundays at 1815Z on 14.340 Mhz

[Mike Schwendeman]

Good day;

Please note that this UPDATED information!  The ANAN-NET was on 14.340 
Mhz on Sundays at 1715Z; -It will now shift to 1815Z, as "Daylight 
Savings Time" will have ended early Sunday morning.  It will still meet 
at 12:15 Central local time, as usual.  The shift is due to "Daylight 
Savings Time" vs. "Standard Time" for those of us here in the USA.

To recap: -The ANAN-NET was, and still will be on 14.340 Mhz (Sundays at 
12:15 PM, central local time) on a permanent basis.  A GMT-time 
reference will shift by one hour, when the daylight savings time (DST) 
makes its twice-yearly shift.

Last Sunday, the ANAN-NET was somewhat abbreviated, due to the 
CQ-contest, of course.

Lou (KI6UM) had recapped his move from his previous "latest and 
greatest" firmware and HP-PowerSDR versions back to 2.5 and 3.2.10.  (If 
I wrote his PSDR version down correctly...)  His issue was that his RX 
and TX audio were "burping," as I had understood him to explain to me. 
Dropping back to earlier versions resolved his issues

Jerry (WB2OZE) in Oklahoma had reported perfect success with v2.9 and 
3.2.19, on his ANAN-100.

My ANAN-100 was still running the firmware that it arrived with, version 
2.2.  I had upgraded my PSDR version to 3.2.17, as my only update.

I had on-air reports of a too-wide RF signal, and was advised by someone 
that I feel is in the know.  (A firmware/software designer of the ANAN 
products?)  The suggested resolution was to  upgrade to 2.9 and 3.2.19.

After the net, I did the upgrade to 2.9 and 3.2.19.  All seemed to be 
fine, but I discovered that ten percent of the time, I had no RF power 
being produced at PTT!  Yet, all indications were that I was indeed in 
transmit mode! -Just no RF power.  I could make this error go away, by 
releasing, then re-pressing my PTT switch.  I'd then have transmit 
power.  (Again, the on-screen displays were as before, when no power was 
being produced!)

I deleted the wisdom file and database file, used the control panel's 
DELETE to delete the PowerSDR, restarted the computer, as usual,  Then, 
I applied firmware 3.0 and PSDR 3.2.19.  OK transmit (no ten percent 
fail-to-generate RF) but my audio was very, VERY bad!

I went through several delete-upgrade steps, and wound up with 2.5 and 
3.2.19.  Good audio, no flaws in transmit.

I still have opposite-sideband bleed!  (To recap, this was my only 
reason to move from my previous 2.2 and 3.2.17.)

I believe (??) that I can reduce the bleed issue, if I decrease the 
PREAMP GAIN SETTING in the ten-band equalizer.  But, this is at a 
distinct loss of indicated AVERAGE power.  -The PEAK POWER suffers some, 
but not a lot.  Before, my MIC, LEVELER, AGC and so on were all at or 
below the zero-dB point.  As a matter of a fact, ONLY the LEVELER was 
bumping into the zero-dB point; -The other levels were well under, at a 
max of -5 dB.

My questions:
- Is the bleed over to the opposite sideband really an issue?
- Will a FIRMWARE upgrade to 2.9 or 3.0 help?
- Aside from buying and applying the hardware for PURESIGNAL, is there 
any possibility to use the PureSignal as-is, without having to purchase 
the add-on hardware?  (I heard this mentioned as a possibility in a 
YouTube video, but it was also mentioned that this was not QUITE as good 
as the directional coupler method.)

Back to the ANAN-NET topic:  As usual, I will have my Livestream 
video/audio streaming on line for the net session.  I will plan on using 
LIVESTREAM for anyone that might have an interest in seeing and hearing 
what I see and hear from my ham station, which is South-East Minnesota.  
My Livestream link is as follows:
livestream.com/k0jta

When you first get to the linked Livestream web site, there is a short 
commercial that you will have to endure before the feed (video and 
audio) is allowed to pass to you.  There is also a several second DELAY 
in the audio and video feed, due to the internet and hardware needs.

73;   Mike   K0JTA

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