Greg: The brochure says for the 6500, transmit and receive up to 77 MHz. 160m-6m is full power. The remaining transmit bands are 0 dBm typical. It only mentions coverage of 135-165 MHz for the 6700 offerings.
The brochure has been identified here as having a typo. The frequency coverage should contain the following region 0.03 MHz (30 kHz) to 77 MHz as the "HF" region. Bob On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Greg Zenger [N2GZ] <[email protected]> wrote: > Gerald, > According to the datasheet, the Receiver of the FLEX-6500 is .3-77MHz like > you stated below, but for the Transmitter it is listed to be .5-150MHz. Is > this correct? Does this mean the FLEX-6500 can be used to Transmit on 2m > (and 77MHz-150MHz) via the Transverter port? > Greg, N2GZ/1 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Youngblood > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:43 AM > To: Scott Myers > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Which one do I want? > > Scott, > > Let me make sure that everyone understands that the transverter (XVTR) > connector covers 30 KHz to 77 MHz on all models. In addition it covers 135 > MHz to 165 MHz on the FLEX-6700 only. TX is 0 dBm nominal, +10 dBm maximum > on the XVTR port. RX noise figure on 2m is projected to be in the 4-5 dB > range. > > Glad the others issues are becoming more clear. We know that we need to > provide more white papers and FAQs to address a number of common questions. > We feel we are in the middle of a DX pile up and we are the DX. ;>) > > 73, > Gerald > > Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR > President and CEO > FlexRadio Systems(TM) > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com/> > > Tune In Excitement (TM) > PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems > > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Scott Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Eric, >> >> >> >> Again, thanks for the information. Exciting on the low band stuff. Even >> 2200 M. Wow. I just need to figure out how to stretch out that mile of >> wire around my property now. J >> >> >> >> Your write up still didn't clear it up for me on the diversity > receive/beam >> steering. However, I did talk with Gerald. After he explained it 3 >> different ways, the light finally came on. It comes down to you need to >> two >> SCU's to get the physical phase delay which must be captured from our >> analog >> world. (That is the "additional information" to which you refer.) You >> have >> to have the separate SCU to get the additional information into the system >> on the second antenna. Slice receivers won't do it, as you are only >> getting >> the same info or other bands on the slices. Hence the need for the 6700. >> I >> get it! I'm slow on the uptake. But I'm not afraid of asking stupid >> questions until I do get it. >> >> >> >> Bummer on the misinformation on 2M. sigh >> >> >> >> 73, >> >> Scott AC8DE >> >> >> >> From: Eric Wachsmann [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:07 PM >> To: Scott Myers >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Which one do I want? >> >> >> >> We understand the need for clear information and are working towards a >> dynamic FAQ that we can publish and expand on the website. Please bear >> with >> us as we are still recovering from the Dayton trip. In the interest of >> some >> clear answers, see my comments below. >> >> >> Eric Wachsmann >> FlexRadio Systems >> Tune in ExcitementT >> >> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Scott Myers <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> snip >> >> >> >> 1 - 2 Meters >> I thought both the 6500 & 6700 had 2 meter. At least this is the info I >> was >> given at the show, before I pulled the trigger. Another post said the > 6500 >> didn't have 2 meters. >> >> >> [Eric] Only the 6700 will support 2m without external transverters. The >> output is 0dBm nominal. The brochure is somewhat confusing on this and >> we'll clarify this on the spec table. >> >> >> >> 2 - Diversity receive and beam steering >> I'm really trying to get my head around why only the 6700 will do this. I >> assumed the 6500 would do this. (Pardon my thickness on this.) Since the >> 6500 has a "Receive A" and standard antenna connector, why won't it do it? >> I read a previous post on this subject, but it read like Greek to me. >> >> >> [Eric] While you can have up to 4 or 8 slice receivers depending on the >> model (6500 = 4, 6700 = 8), there is another important distinction. The >> 6700 includes a complete second RF front end. This includes the >> preamplifiers, filters, and the wideband ADC. We call this a Spectral >> Capture Unit or just SCU for short. While you could put multiple slice >> receivers from the same SCU on the same frequency and do "diversity" on > it, >> it would serve no benefit as the digital data used would contain no >> additional information. In order to do diversity like we do with the >> FLEX-5000, you need a separate front end to provide an input from a >> separate >> antenna. >> >> >> >> 3 - Satellite operation >> Is the 6500 going to be sufficient for Satellite operation? >> >> >> [Eric] With the appropriate external hardware to run 70cm and any > necessary >> amplification of the nominal 0dBm output on 2m, the answer is yes. >> >> >> 4 - 600 Meter operation >> I know this is somewhat of an unknown thing yet. But being a SDR, will > the >> 6000 series (or any Flex) be able to handle RX and TX on the newly to be >> assigned 600 meter band? >> >> >> [Eric] Yes! This, 2200m, and 4m are all covered on both receive and >> transmit (again low power, nominal 0dBm output). >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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