g0cgl wrote:
Since the inception of the TX Proc module, at least 3 MB1 users have experienced TX audio/power out/ALC adjustment issues.
Gianni IS0CAK reported via Skype: I can not find the right adjustment between mic gain and compressor. They are always in the red alc area or do not come out of power.
Erik EI4KF reported: there is something wrong with the ALC metering. It is since the new Processor module was introduced. If I reduce mic gain until ALC is in green area, I have very little power out and it makes no difference whether mic AGC is enabled or not. It seems that the ALC meter over-reads and does not show the true ALC level. The only sure way to adjust mic gain / compressor now is to see TX waveform on the panorama and check audio through the monitor. I also got some friends to listen to my audio over the air. Best quality and narrowest bandwidth was confirmed but ALC meter well in to red area.
Manfred DK3UD reported: Erik, what you said about the meter, I can confirm completly! The same here at my end. Today a radio friend on 80m told me, my transmit signal is not very clean. He was using another well-known SDR-Radio, and I think he knows about what he is talking. He told me my IMD3 is only about 20 dB, which is a rather bad value.
The Expert Electronics' USA agent, Yuri N3QQ, responded with: If you did not had this problem with older version of software simply downgrade. Tnx and 73.
This represents a new low in the level of customer service for EE. The solution is not to work with and improve the current software but to dismiss it and go back in time to something that worked??? What kind of attitude is this? I am astonished. We deserve better as your customers who have spent a lot of money on your "high-end" MB1. Are we being discouraged from reporting symptoms in the ESDR2 software that are bugs or results we don't understand, and instead being told we should revert to some old version? I cannot believe it.
It seems logical to downgrade until the issue can be fixed, and when it's reported as resolved you can upgrade again, no? This is all beta software correct? Doesn't beta mean not production ready, try at your own risk? Without beta versions it's very difficult for software development to get the feedback it needs to debug software. There is no way EE could possibly replicate every users software installed base to predict bugs.
I have held off installing this software just for these reasons, I want to use what works. I am grateful for those trying it and reporting issues though, thanks to all of you and your help in making it better.
73
NI0Z