Here's the latest regarding my June order from the Florida store manager.

"Good Morning Dennis,

We do not have an estimate on when they will ship.? I apologize for the delay.?

Dominic,

Wonderful response. Thanks for the hints to further my education.?

After posting this query, I installed WSJT-X and that process included an OS restart.? Followed that up with actually enabling the 'Activate' button in the flrig transceiver setup. Then I heard relay clicking in the TX500 and I was online with CAT control.?? I did notice that the modem group was temporary so i shall practice the user settings as suggested.

End result: once I found and selected the correct sound adapter for WSJT-X, there were stations being decoded and I was able to call CQ.? Got one to respond and we logged the exchange.? Success!? Next step is to find the audio level adjustments in the sound adapter to get the audio a bit stronger so the radio is sending a few more watts.? It's very QRP right now.
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Grace & peace,
Tim AF6TF

I love this. It's every Linux thread ever :D

Tim Fairbairn <af6tf.tim@...> wrote:

Searched for help with flrig in Linux and found this thread. I found other
help that recommended to use udev (what's that mean?) to list changes when a
USB device is added with
sudo udevadm monitor -u

This produced the following when I plugged in a DigiRig interface which has
both sound and serial built in:

[...snipped...]
UDEV [47419.512528] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2
(usb)
UDEV [47419.515288] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/
1-1.2:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [47419.518040] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/
1-1.2:1.0/gpio/gpiochip824 (gpio)
UDEV [47419.518197] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/
1-1.2:1.0/gpiochip1 (gpio)
UDEV [47419.519902] bind /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/
1-1.2:1.0/gpiochip1 (gpio)
UDEV [47419.523843] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/
1-1.2:1.0/ttyUSB0 (usb-serial)
UDEV [47419.551451] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/
1-1.2:1.0/ttyUSB0/tty/ttyUSB0 (tty)

Based on this, I gathered that ttyUSB0 is the serial port. But linking this
port in flrig to the lab599 TXR doesn't yield a connection. So I tested the
commands shown by VA3SYS with these results
tim@af6tf-ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Feb 7 15:47 /dev/ttyUSB0
tim@af6tf-ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0
tim@af6tf-ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crwxrwxrwx 1 root dialout 188, 0 Feb 7 15:47 /dev/ttyUSB0

As chmod 777 is probably fine *for the moment* - this is not a permanent
solution because udev will re-assign the rules on the next re-connection
of that device. I suggest adding the user to the dialout group that has
per default write permissions on that device.

`sudo usermod -aG dialout $USER`

Will add you to that group. No chmod will then be needed again, this is
also true for other devices that result beeing in that dialout group.
If you want to know more about groups and permissions you may want to
read some manpages within your terminal, `man chmod` and ` man udev`
could be a good start.

If you find something that mentions *verbose* or *debug* enable it and
try to get a logfile so we can see what flrig is actually doing.

You could try launching flrig from within a console which sometimes
already gives useful information about the program and what it actaully
tries to accomplish (and where it failed).

-dominic

I don't yet know what a dial-out group is but I can see the file permissions
have all be granted. After completing these steps, flrig still doesn't connect
the lab599 TRX when I've selected '/dev/ttyUSB0' as the port.

Looking for help to get this going. Ubuntu can be such a good OS and I have a
lot of learning to get there.

--
Grace & peace,
Tim AF6TF

--
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).
- Mark Twain

Check port speed and format. Should be 9600 8N1 no flow control.
Also I would try some terminal app, minicom for instance in order to connect and send some commands to trx directly by hand and check what happens.

If i understand correctly, you are trying to control the vfo on tx-500 with flrig ?
Are you getting any errors on flrig when using the /dev/ttyUSB0 ?
Also keep in mind that every time you unplug/plug back in you will have to run chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0 unless if you add your linux user to group named "dialout".

Searched for help with flrig in Linux and found this thread.? I found other help that recommended to use udev (what's that mean?) to list changes when a USB device is added with
sudo udevadm monitor -u

This produced the following when I plugged in a DigiRig interface which has both sound and serial built in:

UDEV? [47418.867835] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV? [47418.870668] change?? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV? [47418.873202] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV? [47418.874987] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV? [47418.877095] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.312860] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.315781] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.317213] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.2 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.317510] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.1 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.317721] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.3 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.319556] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.1 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.321208] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.2 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.321730] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/sound/card1 (sound)
UDEV? [47419.322322] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.3/0003:0D8C:013C.0012 (hid)
UDEV? [47419.324923] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/sound/card1/pcmC1D0p (sound)
UDEV? [47419.326561] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.3/0003:0D8C:013C.0012/input/input66 (input)
UDEV? [47419.327621] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/sound/card1/pcmC1D0c (sound)
UDEV? [47419.333277] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.3/0003:0D8C:013C.0012/hidraw/hidraw2 (hidraw)
UDEV? [47419.354216] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/sound/card1/controlC1 (sound)
UDEV? [47419.356620] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.379321] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.3/0003:0D8C:013C.0012/input/input66/event21 (input)
UDEV? [47419.381297] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.3/0003:0D8C:013C.0012 (hid)
UDEV? [47419.383386] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.3 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.390802] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.395253] change?? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/sound/card1 (sound)
UDEV? [47419.512528] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.515288] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0 (usb)
UDEV? [47419.518040] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/gpio/gpiochip824 (gpio)
UDEV? [47419.518197] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/gpiochip1 (gpio)
UDEV? [47419.519902] bind???? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/gpiochip1 (gpio)
UDEV? [47419.523843] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/ttyUSB0 (usb-serial)
UDEV? [47419.551451] add????? /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/ttyUSB0/tty/ttyUSB0 (tty)

Based on this, I gathered that ttyUSB0 is the serial port.? But linking this port in flrig to the lab599 TXR doesn't yield a connection. So I tested the commands shown by VA3SYS with these results
tim@af6tf-ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Feb? 7 15:47 /dev/ttyUSB0
tim@af6tf-ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0
tim@af6tf-ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crwxrwxrwx 1 root dialout 188, 0 Feb? 7 15:47 /dev/ttyUSB0

I don't yet know what a dial-out group is but I can see the file permissions have all be granted.? After completing these steps, flrig still doesn't connect the lab599 TRX when I've selected '/dev/ttyUSB0' as the port.

Looking for help to get this going.? Ubuntu can be such a good OS and I have a lot of learning to get there.

--
Grace & peace,
Tim AF6TF

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Turn around for my tx-500 was about 15 days to and from the Middle East (I think). I picked up a “you-never-know” spare so I wasn’t counting days.?

Did anyone have any updates on service turnaround ?

thanks

Hey all,

When running FT8 on 10m, I'm only getting out on 8w instead of 10. My power is set to 100 on the radio and both my sound output & pwr meter in WSJT-X are set to 100%. My SWR is 1.7 on 10m.

I would attribute it to SWR but on 15m, I'm able to get out on 10w with the same SWR reading.

Has anyone run into this type of problem before? Thanks!

At least the DIF function is there, I had the Xiegu X6100 briefly, that was a horror story of loud, un-moveable birdies.

I don't see any change in performance with the DIF option on or off apart from the expected shift in the birdies.?

The radio does have quite a few birdies, some of which are in annoying locations. From memory, there's one around 7032kHz which is a common frequency for low power and SOTA ops. Another strong one at 14063 kHz, again a common QRP area. These can be shifted using the DIF function which makes me wonder why the designer couldn't just map them all out and have the radio automatically IF shift to make them invisible to the user....

I think the performance difference mentioned in the manual just refers to IF DSP being enabled or not. Which would make sense that if all DSP functionality being disabled, then the performance of the receiver would be lower.

Tim
?Thanks for the info.

I understand the IF shift part but I have seen no explaination in the manual that states receiver performance is reduced If DIF is OFF.
Larry
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Yes, the bandpass filter was the solution. I just wasn’t sure what the problem was yesterday.
Usually the offending signal is on a lower frequency, this was the other way around and not harmonically related.
This was an all qrp activity but the antennas were all rather close.
I am sure my bandpass filter will take care of this issue.
I still don’t know what difference DIF makes to the receiver other than moving the IF.
Although it does state in the manual that with it OFF performance is slightly degraded but no explaination is given.
Larry
n0sa

It wouldn’t hurt to use them. ?On Field Day with a lot of different radios so close to each other, it’s a good idea to isolate the band your on to avoid spill over. ?

David
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Larry,

Just a bit of a follow up. I did a bit more testing.
It seems the overload from strong out of band signals on 10m causes the spurious signals to appear.
This is an overload condition with the preamp on. If I turn off the preamp the issue goes away.
If I leave the preamp on and add a 15m bandpass filter in front of the radio the issue goes away.
Ths DIF function moves the spurs but does not eliminate them.?
I guess my question now is, does the radio perform better with DIF engaged or disengaged and what is the difference in performance?

Larry
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