What autotuner are you using? -Tim -------- Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 16, 2010, at 9:21 PM, Graham Haddock <[email protected]> wrote: > All: > > I personally use my FLEX-1500 with an automatic antenna tuner > at the full five watts. No problems. Just leave the drive at 100 percent > and let it tune away. I don't see any reason to turn down the power > for tuning. The output transistor is rugged and not running anywhere > close to its limits. > > --- Graham > > == > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:20 PM, David McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just picked up a used Z-817 from HRO. When it arrives I'm going to see >> about interfacing it with my 1500. It's 0.01-20W and runs on batteries. >> >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Tim Ellison <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The 1-125 is the operating wattage of the auto tuner. The manual does >> not >>> state what the minimum wattage is for tuning but the max wattage is 25 >>> watts. It will be interesting if it will actually tune with 5 watts. >>> Please let us know when you get the FLEX-1500. >>> >>> >>> -Tim >>> ----- >>> W4TME >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Richard Allen [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:24 PM >>> To: Tim Ellison >>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] 1500 to at100proII tuner >>> >>> Hi Tim, >>> >>> Specs say 1-125 watts. If needed, the LDG folks have another that >>> claims 0.1 watts on the low end. >>> >>> The question still remains. >>> >>> Richard W5SXD >>> >>> On Jul 16, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Tim Ellison <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Will your autotuner actually tune with 5 watts? Mine needs a little >>>> more than 5 watts to get an accurate SWR reading so my autotuner >>>> doesn't actually work with the FLEX-1500. >>>> >>>> >>>> -Tim >>>> ----- >>>> W4TME >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:flexedge-boun...@flex- >>>> radio.biz] On Behalf Of richard allen >>>> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:15 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] >>>> Subject: [FlexEdge] 1500 to at100proII tuner >>>> >>>> Graham and others, >>>> >>>> In preparation for using with my new 1500 (just shipped today), I >>>> was testing an LDG at100proII tuner on one of my fully loaded >>>> sdr-1000's. Each band I went to, I lowered the power output to 10 >>>> watts with the internal tuner off. Started at 40m then >>>> 20 and all was ok. The LDG box auto tuned perfectly. I then raised >>>> the power to 75 w out and all was fine. >>>> >>>> I then went to 18 MHz and forgot to drop the power from the default >>>> setting. When the LDG started to autotune, the sdr1000 stopped >>>> putting out any power. It appears that I have blown the sdr1000 >>>> final since it did not have foldback power limiting >>>> (I guess). >>>> >>>> Reading the caveats in the new 1500 manual about a proper 50 ohm >>>> load, I am concerned about how the 1500 will respond to an external >>>> autotuner. Will I be ok in not lowering the output power each time >>>> I autotune? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Richard W5SXD >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Flexedge mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz >>>> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It >>>> is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and >>>> experimentalist who are using alpha and beta versions of the software. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flexedge mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz >>> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is >> used >>> for posting topics related to SDR software development and >> experimentalist >>> who are using alpha and beta versions of the software. >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flexedge mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz >> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used >> for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist >> who are using alpha and beta versions of the software. >> > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
