Re: [Flexradio] Automatic antenna selection & amp keying with the Flex 5000
By using the K3TUF http://www.k3tuf.com/FW.html and a http://www.electrokit.com/en/relay-board-x16.47368 im able to switch 16 relays 73 de Lars SM4IVE I have a Flex 5000 + RX2 + ATU + VU and am using four 4-position manual coax switches to select from 13 antennas covering 160 meters to 70 centimeters. I would like to replace these manual switches with some electrically operated switches that will allow selection of the proper antenna and key the required amp as the band is changed on the Flex. The antenna form in PSDR does not have the capacity to handle the number of combinations I require. I seem to recall that someone once made a board or boards that in conjunction with Flexwire and DDUtil provided more options. I have searched the Knowledge Center without success. Since the Flexradio Wiki is not operating, I was unable to search it. Does anyone know if those boards are still available, who supplied them and the instructions for setting up and operating them? Thanks. John, N8WNA ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Automatic antenna selection & amp keying with the Flex 5000
I'm interested in the same thing for my Flex-1500. Switching between transverters shouldn't require flopping manual switches. Someone was working on a board called the MOASU or mother of all switching units. I think it was someone associated with the grid pirates, but I may be confused. I tried to order one of these from the group that was making them but if I remember right the batch of boards was stuck in storage somewhere and unaccessible. If I remember correctly some engineering was required to make it all work but it at least did handle a large amount of IF RF lines and key lines. I'm currently looking at using the Elecraft KRC2 Band Decoder to control two of the six position top ten band switches. This only takes care of six positions for both the RF and key lines and while it isn't very elegant my hope is that it will work, be slightly turn-key, and easily usable for all of my VHF+ transverters. Please do let us know what you find to solve this issue. I'd love to have a working solution that allowed easy band runs from 6m to 24g. Thanks, Eric, KR0VER At 01:04 PM 1/22/2013, John Swink wrote: I have a Flex 5000 + RX2 + ATU + VU and am using four 4-position manual coax switches to select from 13 antennas covering 160 meters to 70 centimeters. I would like to replace these manual switches with some electrically operated switches that will allow selection of the proper antenna and key the required amp as the band is changed on the Flex. The antenna form in PSDR does not have the capacity to handle the number of combinations I require. I seem to recall that someone once made a board or boards that in conjunction with Flexwire and DDUtil provided more options. I have searched the Knowledge Center without success. Since the Flexradio Wiki is not operating, I was unable to search it. Does anyone know if those boards are still available, who supplied them and the instructions for setting up and operating them? Thanks. John, N8WNA ___ 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/
[Flexradio] Automatic antenna selection & amp keying with the Flex 5000
I have a Flex 5000 + RX2 + ATU + VU and am using four 4-position manual coax switches to select from 13 antennas covering 160 meters to 70 centimeters. I would like to replace these manual switches with some electrically operated switches that will allow selection of the proper antenna and key the required amp as the band is changed on the Flex. The antenna form in PSDR does not have the capacity to handle the number of combinations I require. I seem to recall that someone once made a board or boards that in conjunction with Flexwire and DDUtil provided more options. I have searched the Knowledge Center without success. Since the Flexradio Wiki is not operating, I was unable to search it. Does anyone know if those boards are still available, who supplied them and the instructions for setting up and operating them? Thanks. John, N8WNA ___ 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/
