I have verified this issue here and agree this is a bug and a potentially dangerous one. Please be extra careful using XVTR bands on VFO B until we have addressed this. We'll definitely resolve this before the next official release.
Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Nige <[email protected]> wrote: > Just putting the shack back together and I'd thought I would check on the > progress of an issue I reported on May 2 2008 regarding transverters. At the > time I elected in fairness to make it a feature request however this time I > decided to bring it up here since the feature request system is quite > obviously no longer managed. This time I have looked more thoroughly at the > function and I am quite concerned at what I have found. > > Attempting to operate crossband results in unintended emissions on > inappropriate frequencies:- > > Example: > > VFO A 50.500 [TX] > VFO B {VHF0, 144.500} > > Transmit = normal behaviour. Next split. > > VFO A 50.500 > VFO B {VHF0, 144.500} [TX] > > Transmit = 28.500 at *full output at current drive level*. TX meter > registers 0 watts. This could potentially lead to someone driving 100w into > an empty antenna connector while trying to elicit some RF from their > transverter. > > Next, exchanging the VFO's and with TX on VFO A, everything is normal. With > TX on VFO B, there is no RF output. This fortunately has no potential for > harming the radio (providing you discount an irate op with a chainsaw) > although it is deeply frustrating. The first example however warrants prompt > attention since the best case scenario is obliviously transmitting on > completely the wrong band. The worst case scenario potentially involves > smoke and swearing. . . > > I would be grateful if someone else could corroborate these findings, > although I have just re-tested with a clean database with no change to the > results above. > > 73 > > Nige. > G7CNF > > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using alpha and beta versions of the software.
