So I just got my Flex 5Ka last week. Got it all setup, antennas plugged in, software, etc... It's fully functional and I'm running PowerSDR 2.0.8.
I had heard some mixed reviews about the internal ATU, but I got one anyways. Until today, all I had was a Hustler 6BTV and a Cushcraft 5-band 20-10m beam. However, today I put up a random-length wire antenna fed by a homebrew Magnetic Longwire Balun into a broomstick with a coil of about 30'of AWG14, finally going to a straight run of another 70-80' of AWG14 ending at the big willow tree in my backyard. On average, it's about 2.5-3 storeys above ground. I was going to go buy a manual tuner for it, but I thought I'd hook it up to ANT3 and see what it would do. IT TUNES EVERY BAND FROM 80-10M WITH NO HIGHER THAN 1.4:1 SWR!!! I'm currently doing some PSK31 on 40m, but it's stable and working quite well. I still need the tuner for 160m (although I'm trying to figure out if I can add another 30' or so and give it another try), but the ATU rocks everywhere else. Just thought I'd share with the group J vy 73 de VA3QR _______________________________________________ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
