FSM software update - V1.11
 

Announcing release of FSM V1.11.

FSM (for Field Strength Meter) is a software application that extends
a conventional SSB receiver to allow measurement and calculation of
field strength of radio signals, noise or interference. FSM is a
software implementation of the technique described by Ed Hare of the
ARRL in "Manual Testing of Field-Strength Levels Using Conventional
Receivers" dated August 2004 .

Version 1.11 revises the algorithm for calculating receive power from
the Step 2 and Step 3 measurements to increase FSM's flexibility and
accuracy at lower measurement levels, allowing measurement of noise
levels with Fa below 0dB.

This has allowed relaxation of some limits that were needed for the
older algorithm, and an associated change to the calibration utility.
Documentation has been updated accordingly.

For more about FSM, go to http://www.vk1od.net/fsm/ .

To download the installation package, go to
http://www.vk1od.net/fsm/support.htm .

FSM announcements are published in the VK1OD-Newsletter. To subscribe
to the newsletter, send email to


Owen

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FSM software update - V1.11
 

OK I downloaded it and now it says it is not a valid Win32 Application
?????????????????????

Ron WA0KDS


Owen Duffy wrote:
Announcing release of FSM V1.11.

FSM (for Field Strength Meter) is a software application that extends
a conventional SSB receiver to allow measurement and calculation of
field strength of radio signals, noise or interference. FSM is a
software implementation of the technique described by Ed Hare of the
ARRL in "Manual Testing of Field-Strength Levels Using Conventional
Receivers" dated August 2004 .

Version 1.11 revises the algorithm for calculating receive power from
the Step 2 and Step 3 measurements to increase FSM's flexibility and
accuracy at lower measurement levels, allowing measurement of noise
levels with Fa below 0dB.

This has allowed relaxation of some limits that were needed for the
older algorithm, and an associated change to the calibration utility.
Documentation has been updated accordingly.

For more about FSM, go to http://www.vk1od.net/fsm/ .

To download the installation package, go to
http://www.vk1od.net/fsm/support.htm .

FSM announcements are published in the VK1OD-Newsletter. To subscribe
to the newsletter, send email to


Owen

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FSM software update - V1.11
 

it may have not downloaded all 1mb, try again.

1st time i downloaded, it only downloaded about 1/4 of the 1MB for some
reason - indicated 1mb file but terminated 1/4 way through. 2nd attempt got
it all

Greg


"Ron" wrote in message ...
OK I downloaded it and now it says it is not a valid Win32 Application
?????????????????????

Ron WA0KDS


Owen Duffy wrote:
Announcing release of FSM V1.11.

FSM (for Field Strength Meter) is a software application that extends
a conventional SSB receiver to allow measurement and calculation of
field strength of radio signals, noise or interference. FSM is a
software implementation of the technique described by Ed Hare of the
ARRL in "Manual Testing of Field-Strength Levels Using Conventional
Receivers" dated August 2004 .

Version 1.11 revises the algorithm for calculating receive power from the
Step 2 and Step 3 measurements to increase FSM's flexibility and accuracy
at lower measurement levels, allowing measurement of noise levels with Fa
below 0dB.

This has allowed relaxation of some limits that were needed for the older
algorithm, and an associated change to the calibration utility.
Documentation has been updated accordingly.

For more about FSM, go to http://www.vk1od.net/fsm/ .

To download the installation package, go to
http://www.vk1od.net/fsm/support.htm .

FSM announcements are published in the VK1OD-Newsletter. To subscribe
to the newsletter, send email to


Owen

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FSM software update - V1.11
 

Yup it took me 25 tries finally to get it downloaded..


Ron WA0KDS


gcd wrote:
it may have not downloaded all 1mb, try again.

1st time i downloaded, it only downloaded about 1/4 of the 1MB for some
reason - indicated 1mb file but terminated 1/4 way through. 2nd attempt got
it all

Greg


"Ron" wrote in message ...

OK I downloaded it and now it says it is not a valid Win32 Application
?????????????????????

Ron WA0KDS


Owen Duffy wrote:

Announcing release of FSM V1.11.

FSM (for Field Strength Meter) is a software application that extends
a conventional SSB receiver to allow measurement and calculation of
field strength of radio signals, noise or interference. FSM is a
software implementation of the technique described by Ed Hare of the
ARRL in "Manual Testing of Field-Strength Levels Using Conventional
Receivers" dated August 2004 .

Version 1.11 revises the algorithm for calculating receive power from the
Step 2 and Step 3 measurements to increase FSM's flexibility and accuracy
at lower measurement levels, allowing measurement of noise levels with Fa
below 0dB.

This has allowed relaxation of some limits that were needed for the older
algorithm, and an associated change to the calibration utility.
Documentation has been updated accordingly.

For more about FSM, go to http://www.vk1od.net/fsm/ .

To download the installation package, go to
http://www.vk1od.net/fsm/support.htm .

FSM announcements are published in the VK1OD-Newsletter. To subscribe
to the newsletter, send email to


Owen

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FSM software update - V1.11
 

On 21 Jun 2006 18:56:09 EDT, Ron wrote:

OK I downloaded it and now it says it is not a valid Win32 Application
?????????????????????

Some advice:

1. Check to see the download completed properly (ie that the file has
not be truncated). It seems that some clients may not warn you if the
download failed for some reason. FSMSetup.exe v1.11 should be exactly
1,062,400 bytes (right click the file name in explorer and click
properties to get the exact file size).

2. Scan your computer (and the download) with an up to date and
effective virus scanner, there are a number of viruses that exhibit
these symptoms.

If you are confident that you do not have virus infection, the file
FSMSetup.exe is actually a self extracting ZIP file. You should be
able to open it with WINZIP, Powerarchiver, PKUNZIP etc (if you have
one), extract the files to a temporary directory, and run the
setup.exe file. That will bypass the issue that you seem to have with
the self extractor.

If the file cannot be opened with ZIP, it is a pretty sure sign it has
been corrupted (even if the length is correct).

Owen
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FSM software update - V1.11
 

On 22 Jun 2006 02:25:46 EDT, Ron wrote:

Yup it took me 25 tries finally to get it downloaded..

Well Ron, I am sorry you have had so much trouble.

I am at a loss to explain it, I have just downloaded it 10 times
without a hitch (they are all the correct size and pass a PKUNZIP -vt
test).

Owen
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FSM software update - V1.11
 

I finally got it downloaded. I am not sure why but it would only down
load about 100 to 200KB at a time. I have never had this happen before.
I have downloaded 30 MB files with no problem even on my 56K modem
all it takes is a lot of time but I never have the download just stop
and think it was over.

Anyway it is downloaded and seems to be OK now.

Ron WA0KDS



Owen Duffy wrote:
On 22 Jun 2006 02:25:46 EDT, Ron wrote:


Yup it took me 25 tries finally to get it downloaded..


Well Ron, I am sorry you have had so much trouble.

I am at a loss to explain it, I have just downloaded it 10 times
without a hitch (they are all the correct size and pass a PKUNZIP -vt
test).

Owen
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