I received my SDR over the weekend and finally got it up and running Monday (advice to Flex-Radio: please include DC Power cable *and* a female-to-female stereo adapter when shipping the radio. This will save an unanticipated trip to the store and much grumbling).
Very cool radio and I'm having lots of fun playing with it and programming my ShufflePro. However, I am experiencing an annoying problem.
Sometimes, as I step through the bands (typically I go from 40, through 60, to 80 meters, and vice-versa), the radio suddenly goes deaf (signals become very very weak). I'll need to cycle through the bands a number of times before the signals return to their normal levels. Very frustrating, especially when it happens a number of times throughout the evening.
My guess is that there's something flakey in the band-switching relays (flakey contacts or poor drive to a relay or incorrect relay decoding), but I wanted to check if there were any known software bugs which might cause this problem.
If it's a problem with the relays - is there some way I can determine which one? Which relays are turned on at what times?
Thanks!
- Jeff, WA6AHL
