Our News

New Computer Line-up announced

SDR users now have four computers specifically designed and tested, component by component, for optimum performance.

A new computer designed for small operating spaces, RVs, dxpeditions, etc., is available. The Incredible Small-Form-Factor Computer has the power to run Flex-3000s and 1500s with a low power-consumption footprint.

The new "King of the Hill" is The Ultimate Op Computer. This is a crazy-powerful machine, powered by Intel's i7-3930 6-core, 12-hyperthread CPU which blows the lid off of benchmarks. Connect up to 6 monitors and know you have a machine that your son/grandson will tell his friends about!

The premium The Dx'ers Dream Computer is using the Intel i7-2600 CPU, which is the most performant versus cost processor Intel has ever produced. This dream machine will meet all of your needs for many years in the future.

A new Entry Level Computer rounds out the new line-up of SDR computers. Sporting the powerful AMD Phenom II X6 965 4-core CPU, you will comfortably drive all Flex radios at an incredible price.

All systems now use Windows 7 64 bit operating systems.

Spot 1.9.12 enters beta test

Spot version 1.9.12 is available for beta testing. This version fixes the incorrect headings and some small bugs. The main bug remaining is with alarm notifications.

Send email to K3NC if you would like to test!

K3NC Review in Oct., 2008 CQ Magazine

Read Neal's review of the fantastic Flex-Radio Systems Flex-5000a transceiver in the October 2007 CQ Magazine or download a pdf version from the Flex-Radio website (click here).

Neal Campbell, K3NC, Receives Software Excellence Award.

On May 17, 2008 at the FlexRadio Banquet and Forum held at the Dayton Hamvention, a Flexi Award was presented to Neal Campbell, K3NC, in honor of providing services and solutions to all Flex Radio operators. Flex-Radio stated that Flexi award were given to people who recognized an opportunity to unselfishly give of themselves a knowledge or skill that advanced the cause of software defined radio and benefited the FlexRadio community as a whole. You can read more about the Flexi awards on the FlexRadio web page at this URL: http://www.flex-radio.com/Users.aspx?topic=flexies.

virtuallY

A virtual Y cable, for Windows platforms, makes connecting amateur radio programs to each other possible. Go to download page for version 1. If you are a PowerSDR user, use K5FR's DDUtil program.

DXBase 2007 Label Designing Capabilities

Select order of fields in log

DXbase includes a built in Designer Module that provides tremendous flexibility in a WYSIWYG screen presentation for creating your own QSO and Address labels, QSL cards, and QSO database reports. Using this module, you simply select the database fields that you want to appear, position and format them on the template, add any additional fixed text or graphics pictures, and you're done. You can adjust the appearance of nearly every aspect of the label or list.For the advanced user, this module includes a built in formula feature that allows you to conditionally place fields. For example, you could create a formula that says something like, "If band is 20 meters print the field in Red", "If the field is empty, skip it".

You can also perfrom some clever activities such as putting a picture of a cw key on a label if the mode is CW, place a microphone if it is phone, and so forth.  Use as much or as little of this power and flexibility as you want.  Or, simply use the defaults that we provide.

Label design features

  • Create as many different label types, QSL card types, or reports as you want. DXbase allows you to select which one you want to use each time you get ready to print.
  • Supports any size label. Hundreds of predefined sizes or you can define your own.
  • Output to screen, printer, html, jpg, rich text and other formats.
  • DXbase ships with dozens of label formats all ready for you to use.
  • Place multiple QSOs on a label or QSL card, as many as you want.
  • Address labels, including your own return address label.
  • Standard report for easily matching QSO labels with address labels.
  • Print preview so you can see it on the screen before you print to the printer.
  • Choose from a large list of ready to use labels and QSL cards, or modify them to your own needs.
  • Exchange your label, QSL card, and reports designs with other DXbase users so they can use them with their own data.
  • Use the DXbase Wizard to automatically extract records from your database for labels and reports. For example, extract label data from all QSOs that would be a new country, and so forth.
  • Place graphics on labels. Notice in this example, DXbase automatically knows what graphic image to place on the label based on the modes of the QSOs that appear on that label.
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