New DSD+ Fastlane v2.242 Released

[2020Alerts]

I was listening to some ham radio operators and they were complaining about the reception. Guess I will have to wait for the new equipment before I can do anymore tuning. The only gain I have is a free type of gain. Looking in sdrsharp this is the signal I have.

2020alerts

Your second picture showing FMPx spectrum has practically zero signal I am amazed you are getting anything from DSD+.

Until you figure out how to tune in a viable signal troubleshooting anything is pointless. I cannot read your gain value, what is it?

You need something that looks like this.....

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I noticed that sdrsharp sample rate was different from fmpa so I adjusted it to 3msps. the other image waa 6msps. Not sure if it makes a difference. Shows some signal numbers.

 

[DRL-XM43]

I noticed that sdrsharp sample rate was different from fmpa so I adjusted it to 3msps. the other image waa 6msps. Not sure if it makes a difference. Shows some signal numbers.

Ok here is FMPx and SDR# both tuned to the same viable P25 trunk system control channel frequency.

Again if you cannot haul in a viable signal you are dead in the water. Get an antenna and position it where it receives strong signals.

 

[2020Alerts]

Ok here is FMPx and SDR# both tuned to the same viable P25 trunk system control channel frequency.

Again if you cannot haul in a viable signal you are dead in the water. Get an antenna and position it where it receives strong signals.

What is the name of the plugin you used for sdrsharp where the peaks have balls dancing on top of them? I saw a video with them but couldn't figure out how they did that.

 

[DRL-XM43]

OK this thread has developed a serious case of terminal thread drift

It is called
New DSD+ Fastlane v2.242 Released

 

[2020Alerts]

Yeah, and up until now its been great to ask questions and get answers. Spending most of my time learning the ins and outs of fastlane. I may end up burned out before I get to use it properly. I'll check back in if the purchases I made didn't pan out. Later...

 

[EarHoles]

I decided i would make use of the new Amateur Feature in this release ,
I have set a defult site number and network ID,
No how the hell to do put in the frequencies?
I have keyboard enable in options, cant type in the freqs, tried left down up and right to change it with no luck.

 

[slicerwizard]

Backspace over the zeroes...

 

[EarHoles]

Backspace over the zeroes...

Thank you Mr Slicer!

 

[slicerwizard]

2020alerts

Your second picture showing FMPx spectrum has practically zero signal I am amazed you are getting anything from DSD+.

His signal is fine, as evidenced by the clean decoding rate shown in the DSD+ console window. He's monitoring a rest channel and took a screen grab while the rest channel wasn't transmitting. The channel window has no frequencies displayed, so obviously his DSDPlus.frequencies file has no valid entries for the site he's trying to monitor. Maybe we should be focusing on that.

 

[DRL-XM43]

His signal is fine, as evidenced by the clean decoding rate shown in the DSD+ console window. He's monitoring a rest channel and took a screen grab while the rest channel wasn't transmitting. The channel window has no frequencies displayed, so obviously his DSDPlus.frequencies file has no valid entries for the site he's trying to monitor. Maybe we should be focusing on that.

Well that is good news then.

 

[2020Alerts]

His signal is fine, as evidenced by the clean decoding rate shown in the DSD+ console window. He's monitoring a rest channel and took a screen grab while the rest channel wasn't transmitting. The channel window has no frequencies displayed, so obviously his DSDPlus.frequencies file has no valid entries for the site he's trying to monitor. Maybe we should be focusing on that.

Ok then, ignore the spectrum frequency tab. I changed the frequency so the feed would stop and I could screencap what was last decoded by 461.5250.

How far off am I?
Cap+, 1, 1, 463.2250, 463.2250, 1
Cap+, 2, 2, 461.5250, 461.5250, 2

 

[slicerwizard]

Ok then, ignore the spectrum frequency tab. I changed the frequency so the feed would stop and I could screencap what was last decoded by 461.5250.

How far off am I?
Cap+, 1, 1, 463.2250, 463.2250, 1
Cap+, 2, 2, 461.5250, 461.5250, 2

DSD+ told you that 461.525 is the second repeater for site #1 and that it carries timeslots 3 and 4 for the site.

You've entered Cap+, 2, 2, 461.5250, 461.5250, 2; site two, slot 2

instead of

Cap+, 1, 3, 461.5250, 466.5250, 0; site one, slots 3 and 4

 

[2020Alerts]

DSD+ told you that 461.525 is the second repeater for site #1 and that it carries timeslots 3 and 4 for the site.

You've entered Cap+, 2, 2, 461.5250, 461.5250, 2; site two, slot 2

instead of

Cap+, 1, 3, 461.5250, 466.5250, 0; site one, slots 3 and 4

I looked through my 1r log and didn't find the 466.5250 frequency. Is it a typo?

The reason I also included the 463.2250 freq is that my scanner uses that as well as the 461.5250 for the tgid's I'm interested in. The 461 is the most active and the 463 not so much. How do I figure out the other repeaters? A 460 is real active too but it never pops up on my scanner.

 

[slicerwizard]

Repeaters use a pair of frequencies.

To figure out other Cap+ frequencies, just park on them while they're carrying voice traffic. DSD+ will tell you what they are.

 

[2020Alerts]

DSD+ told you that 461.525 is the second repeater for site #1 and that it carries timeslots 3 and 4 for the site.

You've entered Cap+, 2, 2, 461.5250, 461.5250, 2; site two, slot 2

instead of

Cap+, 1, 3, 461.5250, 466.5250, 0; site one, slots 3 and 4

I admit I'm confused.


Cap+, 1, 1, 463.2250, 463.2250, 463.2250, 2
Cap+, 1, 3, 461.5250, 416.5250, 416.5250, 0
Cap+, 1, 2, 460.6750, 460.6750, 460.6750, 1

I parked on the 460 and one of the tgid's popped up that I'm interested in so it must be connected but it does not show any additional freq's.

 

[slicerwizard]

Whoa! Why have you tripled up the frequencies on each line?

 

[2020Alerts]

Whoa! Why have you tripled up the frequencies on each line?

2020.03.31 13:55:38 461.530000 is second Cap+ repeater (Ch3 and Ch4)
2020.03.31 15:08:04 463.225000 is first Cap+ repeater (Ch1 and Ch2)

The other 2 freq I haven't seen anything to identify them but tgid's are coming up in them.

Cap+, 2, 1, 463.4550, 463.4550, 4

Cap+, 2, 2, 463.2250, 463.2250, 3

Cap+, 1, 3, 461.5250, 416.5250, 2

Cap+, 1, 4, 460.6750, 460.6750, 1

His signal is fine, as evidenced by the clean decoding rate shown in the DSD+ console window. He's monitoring a rest channel and took a screen grab while the rest channel wasn't transmitting. The channel window has no frequencies displayed, so obviously his DSDPlus.frequencies file has no valid entries for the site he's trying to monitor. Maybe we should be focusing on that.

Nevermind, I found out there's more to DSDPlus.frequencies file than what I've posted. The string is longer and other files have to be modified.
Cap+ monitoring
---------------
1.DSDPlus.networks file
2. DSDPlus.sites file
3.DSDPlus.frequencies file
I Will post once I figure out what to do.

Well that is good news then.

No, my NooElec RaTLSnake M5 arrived and it boosted my signal from -40 to -26. My Uniden BCD325P2 scanner doesn't even pick up the signal but now I get clear and full conversations with the airspy mini. I would like to know if an amplifier is available because it's just on the edge of getting a clear signal. The IR console is still showing err every once in a while.

Also, I have done a lot of research to figure out how to modify the scanlist so when it changes to another signal the bandwidth stays on 12.5 instead it jumping to 7.6.

I have seen "BW=12.5 DELAY=2 Sec 1" and tried it but it didn't work. I have in fmpa batch file -b12.5 and its starts at that until the signal changes.

 

[slicerwizard]

Your IF gain is far too high.

To monitor a Cap+ system, don't use a scan list.

 

[DRL-XM43]

No, my NooElec RaTLSnake M5 arrived and it boosted my signal from -40 to -26. My Uniden BCD325P2 scanner doesn't even pick up the signal but now I get clear and full conversations with the airspy mini. I would like to know if an amplifier is available because it's just on the edge of getting a clear signal. The IR console is still showing err every once in a while.

Also, I have done a lot of research to figure out how to modify the scanlist so when it changes to another signal the bandwidth stays on 12.5 instead it jumping to 7.6.

I have seen "BW=12.5 DELAY=2 Sec 1" and tried it but it didn't work. I have in fmpa batch file -b12.5 and its starts at that until the signal changes.

On the FMPx spectrum it looks like the gain is way high. Try lowering it so the background noise drops but the signal level does not - select the spectrum, use shift g to lower it - if you manage to drop the noise level and still have a decent signal take note of the gain level and use that value in the start up batch file.

 

[2020Alerts]

The airspy has a different gain setup. Have 3 switches to move. It looks like the free setting in sdrsharp. Has LNA, mix and IF, 1 to 15 on each. The only reason I had it that high it seemed like fewer errors at that setting. Higher or lower it made more errs.

wizard I removed the 2 frequencies from the scan list and it threw up errors "wave block out". The scanlist was created automatically and only found it when I was digging to figure out how to keep the bandwidth setting from changing when it moved from one frequency to the other.

I lowered the gain and I see the err's but I seem to still be getting clear audio and full convo.