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