Robert: I would like to give you an official answer to go with your solid answer:
The FLEX-1500 and FLEX-5000 both have separate low power transverter ports. These ports completely bypass the driver and PA sections so they will always have nominal output in these ranges: FLEX-1500: -15dBm to +3dBm FLEX-5000: -15dBm to +8dBm with VU5K: VHF/UHF - -10dBm to +10dBm (from respective antenna ports) Please note these are all NOMINAL outputs and not specifically calibrated. You will need to take care to measure your output level and set it appropriately for your particular transverter operation. Some VHFers choose to run more than milliwatts in their transverter IF paths. Up to 10 watts in some cases. There are pros and cons to this but people do. I'm guessing you are in this camp. The FLEX-1500 and FLEX-5000 hardware is perfectly capable of supporting higher power transverters. Today you can drive your transverter out of the antenna ports simply by going to 28.1MHz and setting the proper output power level for your transverter. What isn't currently implemented is the ability to support transverter frequency display from the antenna ports. We have captured your request as User Story US377 in our Rally tracking system. Your request will be prioritized and factored in for possible completion in a future PowerSDR release. So... to answer your last question: "I wonder if anyone on the Flex team actually uses these radios with transverters?" N5AC - Steve - V.P. Engineering N5AC/r - 6,2,222,432,902,1296,2304,3456,5760,10G,24G Rover (Steve uses a FLEX-3000 for 6m) K5GJ - Greg - V.P. Sales and Mktg K5GJ/r - 6,2,222,432,902,1296,2304,3456,5760,10G Rover (I run a FLEX-1500 for 222 in the Rover and for 1296 at home) K5UHF - Ken - RF Design Engineer K5UHF/r - 6,2,222,432,902,1296,2304 Rover (Ken runs a FLEX-5000 as his primary radio for all his bands) Robert, we understand your transverter requirement and will do our best to get it into the software. It's significantly more complex to implement that you might think as we'll have to re-factor the transverter section of the code to support this. Thanks for letting us know this is a need for you. Customer inputs drive our priorities! 73, Greg - K5GJ/r em10ag On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Robert delaney <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that is a solid answer! > Looks like Flex missed the boat yet again, I wonder if anyone on the Flex > team actually uses these radios with transverters? > I woud hope that eventually they could write something into the software > to allow a transverter display while using the main power output on their > rigs. > > > 73, Bob > KA9UVY > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Strongin" < > [email protected]> > To: "Robert delaney" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 7:19 PM > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] 1500 transverter question > > > NO you can't transverter output is low level out only, I've been >> through it already with mine. Sam kf4yox >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Robert delaney >> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 7:40 PM >> To: FLEXRADIO >> Cc: Flexedge >> Subject: [Flexradio] 1500 transverter question >> >> >> I asked this a long while back but never really got a solid answer so now >> that the rig has been out for a while I will ask again. >> Can you use the full 5 watts of RF to drive a transverter and still set >> the software up to display the transverter frequency? (ie) 144.200,432.100 >> etc. >> I know on my 5K you only get to setup the transverter screen to use the >> split ot common RF Ø DBM ports and cannot drive any transverters that need a >> few watts. >> It is a shame that you cannot divert 5 watts of RF out of the transverter >> port on the 5K. >> >> 73, Bob >> KA9UVY >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> [email protected] >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flexradio.com/ >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- 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.
