Oh, to have the time, the space, and the money. Very nice setup! Bill KJ4SLP
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Phil Theis <[email protected]> wrote: > I have 22 bands integrated into my 5000A and am just getting around to > working high power on the lower bands. > Have 1500 watts from 160m - 70cm and good power beyond that in frequency. > I worked the PA QSO party this weekend and although I had a little rf in my > audio system (another issue that will be addressed) I had some significant > issues when running cw. > On SSB things seemed to be ok, but on CW I got some funny things happening > on occasion with the mode window in PowerSDR. It seemed like it would > momentarily switch into SSB mode. But that was so quick, I couldn't tell > for sure. > More disturbing was reports of sounding like having ac hum on the line. I > had reports of need to check my power supply. I'm sure it's not the power > supply as I am on a battery isolated by a Power gate product for keeping the > battery charged. > I have the usual rf choke installed on the Firewire line as well as an > additional ferrite core around that cable. > All devices are grounded well to a heavy ground that circles the house. > Using an ACOM 2000a amplifier. > The amplifier is located approx 20 feet away from the Flex near the antenna > switching frame where antennas are switched. > I added a DX Engineering Ferrite isolation choke to the input of the > amplifier but it did not make a difference. > I'm thinking next steps would be to start adding ferrite and coils to the > coax feeding the amplifier to keep rf from coming back toward the Flex. > I am looking for other folks experience and suggestions for next steps in > being able to run full power on CW. Like I said, SSB seems to work fine. > Thanks for input. > 73, > Phil K3TUF > > ______________________________**_________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexedge_**flex-radio.biz<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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
