Hi Harold;
I fell your pain !
Couple of suggestions, suggestion one is try it with a dummy load if
it is working then it is probably RF coming back down the antenna
coax , this is a common problem with many antenna types and certainly
with OCFD type antennas . I know because I have that problem at my
location.
The cure was to install a Sheath choke right at the feed point of the
dipole.In my case I used a Radio Works 1:1 choke just under the 4:1
Balun. I run legal limit and that took care of it.
My antenna is right over the back of the house which can really cause
unbalances in the antenna and the feed line .
Some computers are more effected by RF, I had one that would just go
nuts with any RF , the cure was to run a ground wire from the metal
case to the ground wire on the 115 vac plug, it was a Apple Power Book
and ran off the power adapter , so it did not have a ground, just
connected to the DC supply. If I may be of help to you just email me .
Dan
K8ICB in Florida
On Jun 20, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Harold Rosee wrote:
I just received my FLEX 3000 yesterday. It hooked up pretty easy
and receives well.
My problem is with the transmit. As soon as I turn the power up
past 60 watts RF is
getting into something and the software locks up. The transmitter
does stop transmitting
but I finally get a host error screen and have to kill and restart
the software and then is all
back until I transmit again. I am a little concerned since I don't
even have my amp hooked
up yet.
I do have a lot of wire in the shach and probably more then the law
allows hooked to the
computer but they all serve a purpose and are needed. I also have 2
computers using the
same keyboard/video/mouse through a KVM switch.
So, what do I do? This isn't going to work as it is. Do I have to
have a dedicated computer
not hooked to anything else to make it work? Not sure that is worth
the trouble or going to
happen at my shack. I did put a coke at the computer end of the
firewire but that made
no diffreence.
Can anyone give me some suggestions.
Thanks,
Harold
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