After reading most of the discussions on keeping the FLEX operating when using high power, I would like to add my 2 cents (called a ticky in this part of the world) to the debate. One, is to be sure that it's the flex that is complaining, I spent several months fighting a flex RF problem only to find it was the monitor that was getting upset with the RF getting into the touch switches of the monitor. Two, was something that I discovered by accident. I tried to get going on 160 metres and in getting a vertical to load up I hooked in 2 radials/counterposes each of 40 metres length to the common point of the coax's screens, going out of the shack window. The radials ran back up on to the roof in different directions, and then as far away from the shack as I could. The result was unexpected. The levels of RF in the shack dropped dramatically. It seems in my case that although all of my aerials were correctly matched and the screens were DC connected to earth at the shack entrance, there was no good RF earth or ground plane. I don't know if the 40 metre length is critical or 2 of them is optimal but this made a great difference for me.
Regards Bob ZS6BXI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinpoint, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ 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/
