[Flexradio] RX2 Protection during transmit

2011-08-24 Thread John Wagner
All, As I understand this, when using RX2 with a receive-only antenna ( for example) and the RX2 input configured to RX2 IN, there is no protection for RX2 during transmit. The only time there is protections for RX2 occurs when the input is set to RX1 Tap. Makes using a separate antenna on RX2 a

Re: [Flexradio] RX2 Protection during transmit

2011-08-24 Thread Jerry Flanders
This has been discussed before, and Gerald posted some actual RF levels that were known to be safe for the receiver front end. I would simply measure on all bands and verify that my setup was below these levels. Attenuate in some way if not. Search the archives for the earlier posts on this

Re: [Flexradio] RX2 Protection during transmit

2011-08-24 Thread Tim Ellison, W4TME
Jerry is correct on all points. The FLEX-5000 has a stout front end and it will take a signal in excess of 0 dBm to saturate the ADCs. You should be OK unless the RX antenna is in the near field of the transmitting antenna and you are running very high power. My antennas are in the near

Re: [Flexradio] RX2 Protection during transmit

2011-08-24 Thread n3wt
? Curious. John, N3WT - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison, W4TME t...@flex-radio.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:33:41 - (UTC) Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RX2 Protection during transmit Jerry is correct on all points. The FLEX-5000 has a stout front end