Well.... I would sure hope the new 5000 has some usable gain/ a decent preamp on 6 meters so a external preamp is not needed like with the 1000...
W9RAY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have not been on 6 with my 1000. Getting an external amp, preamp and > sequencer has always looked like a pain in the butt to config. Now the 5000 > comes along and eliminates these problems. Looks like my 1000 will be going > on ebay to pay for a 5000. > > BTW, when I first got my 1000 I still owned a Kenwood TS-850 and a Yaesu > FT-100D. I was skeptical that the TS-850 would have a better receiver. Boy > was I wrong. Both are gone now, sold on ebay. I can't even imagine using a > "regular" radio now. Why someone not want to own a radio with a panadapter is > beyond me. Seeing activity over 96khz is amazing. Never having to buy filters > is just too cool. And now this function that lets one have the preamp inline. > No other rig that I know of has ever had this ability. > > Real radios do glow in the dark. Mine has one red LED on the front! > > Zack > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tim Ellison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Zack, >> >> You have it absolutely correct. Cool, isn't it? >> >> I am using that configuration on a beta FLEX-5000 right now. I have my >> 6m antenna on ANT2 using the RX loop. My HF antenna is on ANT1. I use >> the Expert Antenna Selection setup in PowerSDR to assign this >> configuration specifically for 6m. It automatically changes to use >> other antenna connectors when other bands are selected. >> >> But, you are not limited to 6m. The RX loop can tap off of any of the >> three antenna ports. You define when it is used on a per band basis. >> Or you can configure the RX loop for all bands. Oh the combinations.... >> >> >> -Tim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:31 PM >> To: Flex Radio >> Subject: [Flexradio] Flex-5000 RX Antenna Loop Configuration question >> >> Am I reading this right? It looks like the Flex-5000 does not need to >> use a sequencer to have a 6 metre preamp in line. So I could have my 6 >> metre antenna connected to one antenna port (lets say ANT 1) and my HF >> antenna to ANT 2. Then I could have a non rf-switched preamp (lets say a >> DEMI 6MLNA) looped through RX-1 & RX-2 for receiving 6 metres on ANT 1. >> And no external switching is required for transmitting to keep the RF >> amp from destroying the pre-amp? >> >> http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10400 >> >> RX Antenna Loop Configuration (RX1 IN & RX1 OUT) One of the interesting >> features of the FLEX-5000 is the Receive only loop. You can configure >> PowerSDR to take the RX signal from ANT1 (SO-239) and route it to the >> RX1 OUT BNC connector and back in to the transceiver using RX1 IN. This >> will allow you to easily place receive only devices in-line to the RX >> signal chain. Examples of such devices would be a 6m pre-amplifier for >> weak signal work, a preselector for attenuating strong out-of-band >> signal sources, or a "wavetrap" for specific frequency interference >> nulling. >> >> 73 >> Zack >> N8FNR >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachment >> s/20070722/cadcc0e0/attachment.html >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070722/5ba9aee9/attachment.html > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
