Thanks for all the replies... Well, it would appear my rx is gone for sure since I posted this thread. I don't have the USB interface, so I can't tell if it has anything to do with the parallel port. All I know is that my rx will not come alive this time. I can hear some signals, however very weak, like - 135 dbm. I thought something may have happened to the feedline/antenna, but the SDR transmits fines with low SWR. Does this sound typical of front end failure tothe receiver or could it be something more obvious and user repairable?
Thanks, Brian / w5ami On 11/12/06, WARD,AL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really wish you guys had not brought up this subject as my SDR-1000 as > of just a few hours ago has now started to go in to the xmit mode at > will and will not respond to any attempts to make it go to receive. I > have rebooted my computer and it has no effect. I restart my Forebox, > the SDR, and turn off and restart the software and it gets stuck in the > xmit mode more time than it is in receive. At one point, it seemed that > slight touching or movement of my mouse would bring it back to receive > but then you let go and it is back in xmit. I have just the 1w version. > > At present, my SDR-1000 is stuck in transmit. > > Any ideas? No hardware changes here since getting it up and running a > week ago. > > It worked great on 2M JT65 last night. > > 73 > Al W5LUA > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Loen > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:07 PM > To: A.R.S. - W5AMI > Cc: Flex Radio > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDR X2 and dead rx > > A.R.S. - W5AMI wrote: > > >It seems like I've seen some discussion on this before, but I could > >not find it in the archives. > > > >Once in a while when I power up my SDR, the X2 will activate the key > >line to my AMP or external TX, etc. I have no idea why it would do > >this. > > > > I have had similar symptoms, but I don't know if my X2 is involved or > not. No amp is involved, at any rate. > > What usually happens in my case is that when I put it in CW mode, it > will go into a "keydown" mode as if I had put a rock on my CW key (this > ends up being a set of dits or dahs, then, based on the current keyer > setting for speed). > > The cure has so far been to reseat the parallel cable a couple of times. > > Then, once it finally and randomly goes away, to screw down the > connection to the parallel port well in hopes of preserving the good > connections. > > I've had the problem with both USB and parallel -- slightly less often > with the latter, actually. > > I've also had it simply assert transmit upon powering up the rig, but > not as often, certainly not as often of late. > > There does seem to be something touchy somewhere in how the parallel > cable relates to T/R switching, but since I usually get past it fairly > quickly, I've never really tracked it down. > > > > Larry WO0Z > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
