[Flexradio] Looking for Anyone using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex Radio
Greetings, I am looking to contact anyone who is using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex 5K (or Flex 3K) radio. A friend is having trouble using a SPE Expert 1K-FA amp with the Flex 5000. Problem is with the automatic internal frequency counter in the amp reading the correct drive frequency from the Flex. Seems simple enough, however there is a problem here. Anyone using an SPE amp please contact me. Thanks 73' Steve W4YHD ___ 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] Looking for Anyone using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex Radio
Steve, you might try checking the Limit Skew checkbox in the Transmit tab of PSDR and see if that helps. It was put there to solve the problem where the radios would trigger the amp's protection at the end of transmitting so it might help you also. 73 -- Original Message -- From: Steve Floyd w4...@yahoo.com To: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: 8/25/2013 3:15:51 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Looking for Anyone using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex Radio Greetings, I am looking to contact anyone who is using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex 5K (or Flex 3K) radio. A friend is having trouble using a SPE Expert 1K-FA amp with the Flex 5000. Problem is with the automatic internal frequency counter in the amp reading the correct drive frequency from the Flex. Seems simple enough, however there is a problem here. Anyone using an SPE amp please contact me. Thanks 73' Steve W4YHD ___ 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] Looking for Anyone using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex Radio
Question: Flex-1500- Trying to hook up to amps in series. A solid state qrp amp--5 in and 100 watts out into a A811H-- 100 in and 600 watts out. I am using RF sensing from the 1500 into the qrp amp and then going into the Al-811H. The 811H is keyed with relay cable from the 1500. I am getting clipping in my audio. Someone said the reason that is happening is because I am feeding a solid state amp into a tubed amp. If I had two solid state amps, that would not happen. Is there any remedy for this?? Thanks for any help you could offer. Matthew-KJ4TN ___ 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] Looking for Anyone using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex Radio
Hi Folks, The problem my friend is having with the Flex 5000 and the SPE 1K-FA amp is as follows: When the Flex 5K is keyed in any output mode, on any band, the SPE amp goes to 160 m band as the first detected input frequency and sets itself for operation on that band. Then when RF drive comes along on say 20 m, the amp faults due to wrong band set, and the antenna is not for 160 m. The Flex 5K was sent back to Flexradio for checkout and there is a 160 m low level output that does come up first, however it is way below FCC approved spurious output limits and deemed normal by Flexradio. Clearly the input sensitivity of the frequency measuring circuit in the SPE 1K-FA is very high. DDutil is being used to send band data from the Flex to the amp, however SPE keeps the input RF frequency measuring circuit active always and its detection overrides the DDutil input band data. Is there anyone out there that is successfully using a Flex5000 with the SPE 1K-FA amp??? Steve From: nealk3nc nealk...@gmail.com To: Steve Floyd w4...@yahoo.com; Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Looking for Anyone using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex Radio Steve, you might try checking the Limit Skew checkbox in the Transmit tab of PSDR and see if that helps. It was put there to solve the problem where the radios would trigger the amp's protection at the end of transmitting so it might help you also. 73 -- Original Message -- From: Steve Floyd w4...@yahoo.com To: Flex Radio flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: 8/25/2013 3:15:51 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Looking for Anyone using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex Radio Greetings, I am looking to contact anyone who is using a SPE solid-state amp with a Flex 5K (or Flex 3K) radio. A friend is having trouble using a SPE Expert 1K-FA amp with the Flex 5000. Problem is with the automatic internal frequency counter in the amp reading the correct drive frequency from the Flex. Seems simple enough, however there is a problem here. Anyone using an SPE amp please contact me. Thanks 73' Steve W4YHD ___ 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/
