Eric, The desired mute needs to be more than just the audio since the agc will get twanged badly. The objective, in addition to muting the audio is to have the RX up and running immediately upon release of the mute. It should, in addition to being a single hardware closure, work thru the CAT.
Richard W5SXD "Eric Wachsmann - FlexRadio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (12/14/2005 10:50) >Well, again, I'm confused by your description because we already have a >Mute feature that kills the audio without affecting the AGC. If you're >saying that you need a way to do this via an external relay, then that >is something that could be arranged in the software. You could hook one >of the X2 inputs so that it asserts the Mute when it detects that it has >gone high. > > >Eric Wachsmann >FlexRadio Systems > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry W8ER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:28 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Flex Reflector' >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Mute for SDR Receiver > >Eric .. I would like to eliminate all other receivers from my ham shack. >The Flex is the best. Occasionally I like to fire up an old boatanchor >AM transmitter or something other than the Flex transmitter. I am >looking for a way to mute the Flex receiver. Killing the audio is fairly >simple but in doing so the Flex hears the big local signal and upon >return to receive, the AGC has to recover and so forth. A good clean >mute is what I am after. > >Thanks Eric, > >--Larry > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Eric Wachsmann - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FlexRadio >To: 'Larry W8ER' <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; 'Flex Reflector' ><mailto:FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> >Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:09 AM >Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Mute for SDR Receiver > >Larry, > >I'm confused about what you want. Are you looking for a way to hook one >antenna up to multiple radios? (RX for some and TX for others?) > > >Eric Wachsmann >FlexRadio Systems > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry W8ER >Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:17 PM >To: Flex Reflector >Subject: [Flexradio] Mute for SDR Receiver > >Guy's > >I haven't found a nicer receiver than the one in the Flex. I have been >wanting to use it with a couple of other transmitters and haven't found >a way to mute the receiver during the transmit period. I guess anything >that would lift the audio would work but it would not be a very elegant >way to do it. Doing it that way would require the AGC to recover etc. I >have noticed the software mute button on "Power SDR" but that would be >cumbersome. I can't find anything in the documentation that points me in >the right direction. Any ideas? > >--Larry W8ER
