Thanks for the heads-up guys, I'm glad to know it's not an isolated event....
I'm going to make up a small manual pre-selector and see how that goes, as I'd like to use the rig on LW as well as the bcb.... I rcvd an ICE high pass filter that makes a world of difference in the noise floor above 3Mhz, and when I finish the initial cabling I'll do some screen caps to show the difference.... I actually don't mind needing a preamp on 6m, as I'm putting one at the antenna shortly. My preliminary tests A-B with my 706IIG show a difference of ~10dB favoring the ICOM ( with 706 preamp on ). I didn;t go farther into testing as I was concerned about the gain drop being due to the cables.... More later.... 73...Jordan VE6ZT To: outposte...@shaw.ca ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Flex5KA gain drop-out...? Jordan, In reference to your AGC comments, I have observed exactly the same behavior as I use the AM mode frequently. There is a bug report, 2240, that addresses this issue. It was introduced in 1.18.1 and I sure hope it gets fixed as it is quite annoying and a step backwards for AM reception. 73, Harry W0LS > From: outposte...@shaw.ca > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:18:44 -0600 > Subject: [Flexradio] Flex5KA gain drop-out...? > > Hi Flexers.... > > I've noticed during A-B rig testing that the 'pop' caused by the coax switch > tends to kill the gain in the AM mode for anywhere from 1-2 secs, to even 10 > seconds at times... > Is there a NB adjustment or is it an AGC-T issue...? > I've noticed that if I select a different mode and then switch back to AM, > the gain goes back to normal.... > > I also wonder what SW and BCB listeners are using to help clean up the < > 1.8Mhz frequencies....? > > Is it possible to convert that segment to an IF frequency like 28-30Mhz...? > I think a very popular product would be a uP tuned preselector driven by the > 5KA...... > > Great ride on the learning curve...! 73...Jordan VE6ZT > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > Message delivered to willisw...@msn.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
