Okay John, I'll give it a shot. Thanks to both you and Wally. Brian w5ami
On 9/28/06, John Basilotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 2 SDR-1000 and run them in an SO2R in a 1500 watt environment. The > only other precaution I take is that I ground the antenna input of the radio > not in use when I'm transmitting. I use a relay switching system I devised > for this purpose. > > John P. Basilotto > W5GI > Marketing and Product Manager > FlexRadio Systems > Office 512-250-8595 > Mobile 512-663-6727 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of A.R.S. - W5AMI > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:57 AM > To: Wallace Watson > Cc: Flexradio > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDR1K use w/external tx - Eric? > > Thanks for the suggestion Wally. I'm still concerned about > overloading the front end of the rx if it doesn't go into a full > standby. Even with the antenna changeover, a legal limit RF field can > be quite strong for a nearby rx. > > Eric, have you any comments on this? > > Thanks, > Brian w5ami > > > On 9/28/06, Wallace Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian, > > There is an input on the SDR-1000 X-2 auxiliary connector which is for > > muting the receiver while transmitting with another transmitter or other > > such optional operation. I am using this input to mute the receiver when > I > > use my foot switch to key another transceiver. > > This is not designed to put the SDR-1000 into a full standby state but > > mutes the receiver only so that when un-grounding this input the receiver > > immediately returns to full panadapter display and receiver input. > > I designed a small plug-in board which mates with the X-2 auxiliary > > connector on the SDR-1000 which provides this input, an input for an > > external foot or hand PPT switch and an optically-isolated FET driver for > > switching a Linear Amplifier. > > 73's, Wally - M0ZAZ. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > > > -- "There is nothing more uncommon than common sense." -- Frank Lloyd Wright _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
