At 08:44 5/30/2009, Jim R wrote:
Dave
I'm doing it without DDUTIL on my 5000. The 3000 should be the same.
Here's the e-mail I sent the other day with the details explaining
how. Jim K5HY
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From: rizzo...@hotmail.com
To: n...@esedona.net; da...@wcf.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Tokyo HyPower
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 01:24:14 -0500
All
I have the HL-1.5 KFX. It works directly with the flex 5000
using my computer serial port connected to the Kenwood serial port
on the THP amp. You have to set the Flex CAT control tab settings
to 9600 8-N-1, check the "enable CAT" and "Allow Kenwood Al
Command" checkboxes. COM 1 is the only choice shown and my computer
serial port is set for COM 1. The band switching works fine this
way without using DDUTIL. Of course you need a serial port on your
computer which most machines do not have nowadays so you may need a
USB to serial converter which are sometimes finicky. Jim K5HY
OK, I did the above, strangely when I checked "Enable CAT" all the
port speed, data bits and stop bits greyed out. Is that normal????
Tried testing the tracking (THP set to Kenwood), change bands on
PowerSDR without transmitting, the THP did not light any band
light. It did work in manual. Here are my possible culprits:
1. PowerSDR bug, explains greyed out choices
2. Wrong port used (my comp has 2). I tried not to do this
3. Bad cable (I have another but it is close to too short)
4. Bad THP (I kind of doubt this unless it is a problem in the
Kenwood port, because manual works).
Any comments, clues or ???
Also, there is a caution in the THP literature that high power spikes
on the first part of a transmission can overload the finals,
shortening their life. Anyone have any experience with this on Flex radios???
--
Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE gomberg1 at wcf dot com
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