Re: [IRCA] Perseus problem

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

While I don't have an SDR, I always set my automated scans for a time when I'm almost never DX'ing nor using the computer - like 4 am. That way, even at LBI it isn't a problem.

Russ Edmunds
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--- On Fri, 3/16/12, Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Perseus problem
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, March 16, 2012, 1:14 PM
> Jim
> 
> You might try defragmenting your hard drive.  I had
> choppy recordings once with my Excalibur, and defragging
> fixed it.   Otherwise, the HD takes longer to
> write your files if they're not in one big contiguous
> chunk.
> 
> The problem during playback may be from some other program
> or process running at the same time.  Try running Task
> Manager during playback and clicking on the performance
> tab.  If the CPU load looks high, then there might be
> something else competing for the CPU's
> time.   Or you may simply need a newer,
> faster computer.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> On 3/16/2012 09:39, Jim Renfrew wrote:
> > Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
> > 
> > My Perseus occasionally starts to hiccup and choke at
> times, typically when the AVG scan kicks on as I am
> reviewing files.  It's overloading and the audio starts
> to go wacky.  So I've learned to shut off the scan when
> I am working with the Perseus, or to run the scan before I
> begin to review files.
> > 
> > Several times now, once in Newfoundland, and now at
> home, the hiccuping and choking has happened during
> recording,  Case in point, my MAR 10 2157-2202 EST
> recording.  Starts out fine, but two minutes in it
> begins to go bad.  In the latter case, I think this may
> have happened because I was nearing capacity on my hard
> drive.  I still had several GBs space available, so
> maybe it becomes harder for it to find actual physical space
> on the drive at that point. Just my best guess.
> > 
> > One technique that helps me recover useful audio from
> this section is to choose short 10-15 second segments and
> then loop it.  It continues to choke, but on the second
> or third try it begins to even out and I can understand
> it.  Still a hiccup or two (usually in the middle of
> the ID!) but it seems to work.  However, it slows down
> an already slow process.
> 
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