I'll pile on. I use the LDG Z-11 (oldest version) with the FLEX-1500 and it works fine in AUTO mode. I run between 1w and 5w depending on the mood.
73, Greg - K5GJ On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:15 PM, richard allen <[email protected]> wrote: > Graham and others, > > In preparation for using with my new 1500 (just shipped today), I was > testing an LDG at100proII tuner on one of my fully loaded sdr-1000's. Each > band I went to, I lowered the power output to 10 watts with the internal > tuner off. Started at 40m then > 20 and all was ok. The LDG box auto tuned perfectly. I then raised the > power to 75 w out and all was fine. > > I then went to 18 MHz and forgot to drop the power from the default > setting. When the LDG started to autotune, the sdr1000 stopped putting out > any power. It appears that I have blown the sdr1000 final since it did not > have foldback power limiting > (I guess). > > Reading the caveats in the new 1500 manual about a proper 50 ohm load, I am > concerned about how the 1500 will respond to an external autotuner. Will I > be ok in not lowering the output power each time I autotune? > > Regards, > > Richard W5SXD > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Greg Jurrens - K5GJ VP, Sales and Marketing FlexRadio Systems Inc. T: 512-535-5266 x203 E: [email protected] SKYPE: WD0ACD “Tune in Excitement” ™ _______________________________________________ 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 beta versions of the software.
