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Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]>
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Tnx Jim.  It's a whole new world.   Good luck with future programming.

73, Steve KW3A

On 12/24/2015 9:38 AM, Jim Shaffer wrote:
> The Flex radios digitize the incoming RF from 30 KHZ to around 74 MHZ.  Then
> they allocate "slices" out of that spectrum which become receivers.  So, a
> receiver is essentially a digital "slice" of the spectrum.  In other words,
> you can think of a slice as a VFO.  The 6300 has two slices, analogous to
> VFOs A and B, that we all know and love.  A Flex 6500 has 4 slices, so I'd
> use VFOs A through D to represent them with JJRadio.  I didn't implement
> that in this release, because I have no way at present to test it with a
> real radio.
> --
> Jim, KE5AL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Forst
> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 7:42 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: jj radio
>
> Jim,
>
> I've heard you use the term "slice" a few times, either on the list, or
> on the Friday night  echolink net, in discussing JJ Radio and the Flex.
>
> I'm not familiar with the term.  Could you give me  (and others I'm
> sure) a short layman's idea of what a slice is in a SDR radio?
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 12/23/2015 11:15 PM, Jim Shaffer wrote:
>> Colin, yes, JJRadio should work with the 6500.  It will only use 2 slices
>> though.
>> --
>> Jim, KE5AL
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colin McDonald
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 8:44 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: jj radio
>>
>> don't mean to highjack this thread, but will the JJ software work with the
>> flex 6500?  Our club has one and I'd like to give it a shot if it works.
>> I
>> know the 6300 is one of the radios that the software works with, but I
>> don't
>> know about the 6500.
>> If so i'll give it a shot next week when I'm at our club station.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: howard kaufman
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 6:36 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: jj radio
>>
>> I don't have the latest version, but when I loaded the software, and
>> selected the radio and comport settings, it took off like a bird, and
>> everything worked as advertized.
>>
>> Everything except the cw transmit.
>>
>> Maybe I missed something, of a menu setting in the 590 needs adjustment?
>>
>> Its an amazingly full featured program.
>>
>> Jim put a lot of thought and creativity in to it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Howard Kaufman MSW LCSW
>>
>>
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