[Flexradio] Why doesn't MON button work in AM

2011-10-28 Thread Rod Brink
In AM mode the MON button is greyed out and the monitor function disabled. I first noticed this when I recorded another station and played it back to him over the air. I could see it on the panadaptor and the other station heard it OK, but all I heard in my speaker was some feedthru squeaks.

Re: [Flexradio] Why doesn't MON button work in AM

2011-10-28 Thread Bob McGwier
In order to get the carrier through the QSE (the exciter), it must be offset from zero. This means you would hear a loud heterodyne and offtuned double sideband speech. It would not be very pleasant to listen to. Bob N4HY On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Rod Brink k...@comcast.net wrote: In

Re: [Flexradio] Why doesn't MON button work in AM

2011-10-28 Thread Tim Ellison, W4TME
And I believe the same is true for FM too. -Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com

Re: [Flexradio] Why doesn't MON button work in AM

2011-10-28 Thread Bob McGwier
In the case of FM, you get the fully FM'd carrier but you need to offset in case there is no modulation because the AC coupling in the QSE would block it so that much is indeed the same. Bob On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Tim Ellison, W4TME t...@flex-radio.comwrote: And I believe the same

Re: [Flexradio] Why doesn't MON button work in AM

2011-10-28 Thread Edwin Marzan
...@flexradio.com CC: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Why doesn't MON button work in AM In the case of FM, you get the fully FM'd carrier but you need to offset in case there is no modulation because the AC coupling in the QSE would block it so that much is indeed the same. Bob

Re: [Flexradio] Why doesn't MON button work in AM

2011-10-28 Thread W1AEX - Rob
It would be great if a monitor function for AM was present in the Flex hardware but since it's not, many Flex operators who run AM build a little RF sampler to monitor the quality of their AM transmissions. The one I built is based upon a design from the East Coast Sound section in the