Fred: I doubt that you did anything wrong to hurt the radio, or that the upgrade to 2.0.16 caused it either. Please call/email Dudley on Monday to get an RMA. Sounds like a failed relay in the 20/30 Meter filter. We will turn it quickly for you.
--- Graham /KE9H == On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Fred Spinner <f...@spinner.org> wrote: > Possible.. no matter what it has to go back. I just thought the timing of > the symptoms to bit a bit too coincidental. I went from working TX (but > with too many audio dropouts on the two machines I was able to try it on) > with 2.0.8 to not putting output on ANY band in 2.0.16 to working on all > bands except 20m/30m in 2.0.8 to then doing the same on 2.0.16. Timing was > very suspicious but anything is possible. Maybe it took out a relay? Maybe > it's all coincidence It's possible I guess.. I've been having that sort of > luck lately... > > I just got back home from my mother-in-law passing away and have a week of > work to make up at work.. also discovered that my rotor doesn't like the > cold. It works.. eventually.. been that sort of day/week already. > > I'll call flex tomorrow during the day and try to get it off to them on > Tuesday. Bummer... > > Really three and a half months waiting to get this thing working well for > me is starting to seriously get on the nerves. But I think with 2.0.16 Flex > is finally at the level they should of been at when delivering these units > in stability and usability. Except for the dead TX band, the rig works the > way I thought it would, finally, when I bought it. I really wanted to make > a few 20m PSK Q's with it today though... :O( I suppose I could do a 40m Q > but it's getting late... > > Fred W0FMS > > > Nov 14, 2010 08:54:53 PM, br...@lloyd.com wrote: > > =========================================== > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Fred Spinner wrote: > I on my own reloaded 2.0.16 and now notice the same symptoms-- works > except on 20m/30m. Previous to the downgrade/upgrade I was getting no power > out on all bands.. now just 20m/30m isn't working. I theorize that somehow > the TX filters weren't getting properly switched and when I tried 80m/40m, > 6m etc.. it was transmitting through the 20m filter and damaged it (opened > up a cap or coil in the filter). > > Sounds like a bad relay switching the bandpass filter. The 5W PA is not > going to burn out a bandpass filter. It just won't be able to deliver power > into it. That the radio produces power on all the other bands says that the > PA is fine but that the 20m/30m bandpass filter is not being switched in. > Like I said, sounds like a bad relay. > Sounds like it needs a trip home. > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 3191 Western Dr. > Cameron Park, CA 95682 > br...@lloyd.com > +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) > +1.931.492.6776 (USA) > (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
