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Hang tight. I can't remember off of the top of my head. I made a video about that months ago. I'll have to re-watch it so I can jar my memory.

Do you have the Spark SDR downloaded and ready to go?

@@KP68videogatesI do not, hope to get that done this evening after work.

Lol. Where were you when we needed you man?

@ 😂

Lol. You can turn that frown upside down. The interference is gone!🙂

Hey Nick! I am using both Cakewalk and Thetis audio tools together. For this profile I am using 2dB of compression (selected and adjusted on the Thetis main screen) then CFC Enable and Post -CFC EQ Enable. Both CFC I use slightly just to tighten up the low audio frequencies and to smooth out the high frequencies. I'm trying to get an old school 1970's AM broadcast sound. Sightly muted highs, warm mid lows, and a tiny bit of distortion. If done properly, a little bit of distortion can sound very nice.

Always here for you my friend.

Hello Justin. Hopefully it wont get any worse. Not only do I love both HAM and CB, I enjoy late night shortwave radio listening.

Hi Darren. It's usually pretty quiet here as far as the power line noise goes except for tonight. The temperature is nearing 0 deg F and when that happens I notice that the power lines and communication lines become tight as a drum. Maybe a loose connection on the pole somewhere? I'll check out the right click on the NB button tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by!

Search for the sv3ora youtube channel, for a revolutionary noise blanker I designed (called NR-1), which will solve all of your power line noise problems once and for all.

It really is amazing. From insanity to sane again with a click of a button. Thank god!

I've heard of people tying to catch paranormal activity on the old school analog TV's tuned to a blank station. Creeeeeepy!

Sometimes when I'm plugged into a dummy load I swear I can sometimes hear faint voices. 3 possibilities. 1) A strong radio signal of someone transmitting in the area. 2) I'm so used to hearing people taking on the band my ears are playing tricks on me and I'm loosing my mind😵‍💫 . 3) 👻 Interesting fact is that that a certain percentage white noise that is heard when tuned to a blank station is cosmic in nature from our Milky Way galaxy. Pretty cool!

Hey bud. Right now I am not using voicemeeter banana. I have it downloaded and ready to install but for now, keeping it simple as in this video is working just fine for me. I might mess around with it on my other computer though.

@@KP68videogates ok when you are ready I will be here, keep up the good work you are doing , I am always lookin foward to your videos

Hello there good Sir. Sure there's no reason to use analog inputs with Thetis but at the same time for me, there is no reason to use Voicemeter either. BUT, I am not ruling it out and it is on my next to do list. In fact I might download it today and toy around with it. THANK YOU Sir for the instructions! I'll give it a shot.

No problem my friend. I know it can be quite frustrating at first, but once you get it working it will be awesome!

You don't have to run cakewalk. You can use any audio processing that suits you best or non at all and just use Thetis audio tools which are amazing. As far as lag or latency goes with Cakewalk, my computer is lightning fast and I have no such issues.

Damn, I hate to admit it but yes, collecting dust lol. The rack gear is pretty much bullet proof but all in all the benefits/pros of the DAW far outweigh the pros of the rack gear.

@KP68videogates I fully agree. Awesome videos my friend. Keep em going. 73s. RC120 ✌️

Stand by Nick. It's hard to explain in the comments section here. I will make a video, hopefully today.

@ thanks KP looking forward to it

Ha ha! No worries, I don't know what's going on either lol. This is my amateur radio station. This setup along with an antenna in my backyard, I can listen to radio signals world wide and also communicate with other radio operators world wide.

And happy new year to you as well my friend! I've been in a rut lately but trying to climb my way out. Lots of nutty videos to come this year 😜. Thank you so kindly for tuning in sir.

Hey there Thunderbuilt77! Good to hear from you. It was about $3000. This is a HUGE step up from my last computer. Hope all is well and Merry Christmas to you and your family!

@@KP68videogates Same to you brother, Merry Christmas. I was guessing in that ballpark because if it were a I-9 Intel, it would be significantly more. Good luck with it. P.S. still not sure about that win11 yet myself.

Oh ok. If you can, email it to kp68videogates@gmail.com I would appreciate that sir. Thank you.

Or, put a link here.

Hello! I use my JBL soundbar which connects to my computer with an HDMI cable, then in my computer settings I have the audio (Thetis receive audio) routed to HDMI out. I have Cakewalk permanently set to speakers OUT which loops back into line IN with a small patch cable. If you haven't seen it, here is the video where I try to explain how I do it. th-cam.com/video/YiSv3-7XQ9M/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching my videos. I'll try to keep the madness going lol.

@@KP68videogates Thank you so much

Sorry for the late reply! Very interesting about the Pure signal and asymmetry. I'll download the REA AM monitor on my new computer here and run some experiments.

Hello sir. Because there are so many variables, it's a tough question to answer. If you are just getting into this I would recommend a dynamic mic at a price point of a $100 or less. I still have my Shure SM58 and it's a great mic at about $100. I've heard some $50 mics that sound very nice but in general you get what you pay for so don't go too cheap. In the end, whether it be a $50 mic or a $500 mic, most of it depends audio processing. I've heard very expensive mics sound horrible because of improperly set audio processing (like me🤪 lol) and a $50 mic sound great with proper audio processing. Whichever mic you decide on, get settled in with it and over time you'll be able to get a feel what you like or dislike about it and then you'll know what to look for in a mic if you decide to upgrade.

@ In the video you done with the Hermes with no processed audio was you using the SM 58? I was in the flex world years ago, got out of the hobby and now coming back in.

@@tyjohnson6553 That was my Electrovoice RE320 and still is. Before that was my RE20 and before that was my SM58 and before that was my Shure SM57. The only mic that I didn't care for was the Shure SM57. As you can see, I went through a few before settling into my RE320.

"In other words, no hi-fi" Absolutely false.

Not sure what you mean but keep on rocking!

Ya, narrowing down to 2k is a bit narrow for my ears but to each their own.

Hey there rockhaller. Cakewalk has it all to start and it's all free, everything you need to sound great. Third party plugins also work with Cakewalk but you have purchase them, although some you can find for free. Me personally, I don't mind spending money on certain third party plugins that are extremely useful. For example, some of the plugins that I bought are the PAZ analyzer and my VU meters. Here is a link to where I go to purchase plugins. www.waves.com/plugins#sort:path~type~order=.default-order~number~asc|views:view=grid-view|paging:currentPage=0|paging:number=18

No problem my friend. I am going to make an update video on this tomorrow to show in more detail why this works for me.

K1GMM, the man with the golden voice. Damn you I'm jealous lol! I'll always be a newbie. Always learning. Thank you so kindly for stopping by. 73!

Thank you sir! 73 right back!

I'm also curious what his receive and transmit bandwidth were set to bandwidth wise along with your settings for Var1 on LSB.

Only 1 guy so far on the Hermes. I'm trying to others interested in it but we'll see what happens. Thanks for the kind words!

@@megamind2289 We were both transmitting and receiving 5kc. The VAR button was lit because I manually stretched out my receive filter a little bit past 5kc to 5055. We were experimenting with various transmit bandwidths and after we were done experimenting, I forgot to click on the 5k receive filter button. I always try to match my receive bandpass filter to the transmitting stations transmit bandpass both on the high audio frequencies and the low audio frequencies.

For receive audio. Unchecked/OFF there is no receive audio.

I like pushing things to the limit. Thetis and the 7000DLE mkii are an incredible combo!

Hello there RogerWilco486. I misspoke. I had the Icom on the crap power supply. I don't always need full station power up and depending on what I'm doing up here, I might only need half of my station powered. Also, I like to have independent power for my experiments.

Hi John! I must say, the NR2 has come a long way.

Ha ha!!! I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I considered punting it into the woods or use it as a hammer lol.

@ could make a great target 🎯 😁

@@UDX-3030 Oooo! Great idea! Strap on some Tannerite to it while I'm at it lol

@ Now we’re talking 😂😎 sounds like a party to me ! Got any more of them 😀

Indeed it can! Often difficult to track down and can creep its way into many things and drive you/me insane!

My pleasure sir!

Indeed! Everyone sounded fantastic and looked great in the spectral display. Razor sharp filters.

Thanks! Thetis software is awesome!

Hello Doug. Yes he does! Sounds great through my JBL sound bar and subwoofer.

Ok, I watched an older video as well and I can confirm that this antenna at that height gets you at least 1 s-unit higher than the other antennas. I can't remember how high you had the other antennas.