Greg, Thanks for the link to KK1L, his isolation specs are great.... Mine is almost done and will be 2x5 Switch. I hope my isolation will be adequate, Can't wait to try it on the REAL THING.
73's Ken W9IE ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg To: Ken Buser Cc: [email protected] ; Tim Ellison Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] 6000 Series Antenna Questions A 2x6 antenna switch for so2r should work great for this. Check out the kit from KK1L. 73 Greg AB7R On Aug 12, 2012 7:52 AM, "Ken Buser" <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Tim, In my mind I was trying to associate a SCU with a path from a Specific SO239 Connection, Your Wording of "Transceiver Port" Helps clear that up. I should have know this thing was more "Flexable" than that. I still need the ability to switch multipal antennas to either of the transceiver ports. I think the unit I am building will help in that area. Thanks again for the reply. Ken W9IE ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Ellison To: Ken Buser ; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] 6000 Series Antenna Questions Ken, The internal ATU is only in the TX signal chain, so it is not connected to either SCU. Remember, the SCU is a wide band RF spectrum ADC, so if you are transmitting on one frequency, you still have the ability to receive on the other slice receivers defined on that SCU or other SCU in the case of the FLEX-6700. There are (2) SO-239 transceiver connectors on both the FLEX-6500 and the FLEX-6700. The FLEX-6500 has one RX in/out loop that can be assigned to it's SCU and the FLEX-6700 has two RX in/out loops for it's two SCUs. SCUs can be assigned to a RX only or a transceiver port. I suspect that the manual will not be available until the software is available. In regards to the needed "Support Group" to help manage SWS (SDR Withdrawal Syndrome), we have been selling a few FLEX-1500s to help bridge the gap. ;-) Tim Ellison On 8/11/2012 12:07 PM, Ken Buser wrote: To Tim, or someone at Flex I have on order a Flex 6700 and am planning for what I believe will be necessary in the order of external Antenna switching. I have designed and am in the process of building an Antenna Matrix which will allow for any of 5 Antennas to be connected to either of the 2 SCU's. There will be Pic Processor control which will stop any invalid connection, Like more than 2 Antennas selected or more than one connected to the same SCU. My External Antenna Tuner, Amp, and Power Master unit can be put in line with either of the SCU's. or not used at all. In the process I started thinking about the Internal ATU..... Can it be used with either SCU ??? Will it keep settings if I were to switch transmitt from one SCU to the other on different Bands ? Also I assume the 6500 only has one SO239 connector on its SCU on the rear.... Will we be able to see a Manual some time before the first units start shipping in Q4 ?? I think we need a support group for those of us that have sold their Flex's and are now FlexLess until the new 6000 series arrives hi hi 73's Ken W9IE _______________________________________________ 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. 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.
