Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER

2012-02-14 Thread Brian Miller
meaningful result when sending CW. 73, Brian VK3MI ZL1AZE -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison, W4TME Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:38 AM To: Jim Jannuzzo Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz ; t...@flexradio.com Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER You can try lowering

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER

2012-02-14 Thread dan edwards
welcome to Flex world Brian! 73 OT, w5xz, dan... --- On Tue, 2/14/12, Brian Miller brianmil...@xtra.co.nz wrote: From: Brian Miller brianmil...@xtra.co.nz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER To: t...@flexradio.com, Jim Jannuzzo jsqu...@msn.com Cc: flexradio@flex

[Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER

2012-02-13 Thread Brian Miller
I have recently acquired a new Flex-3000 radio (running SDR v2.2.3) and have been giving it a test drive into a dummy load. All seems well except that the output power reading on the TX meter fluctuates from about 70W to 105W when transmitting CW dots or dashes at 30 wpm and 100% drive. Is this

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER

2012-02-13 Thread Ray, K9DUR
Brian, I believe that that is normal. Without looking into the code to be certain, I would guess that the meter samples the output at some interval averages the result. Depending upon how the samples line up with the cw waveform, the average power during any one sample period will vary. 73,

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER

2012-02-13 Thread Tim Ellison, W4TME
Ray hit the nail on the head. It does have to do with the sampling cycle frequency and the RF at that point in time. Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln, Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email:

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER

2012-02-13 Thread Jim Jannuzzo
: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:44:36 -0500 From: t...@flex-radio.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER Ray hit the nail on the head. It does have to do with the sampling cycle frequency and the RF at that point in time. Tim Ellison, W4TME

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER

2012-02-13 Thread Tim Ellison, W4TME
rates, or decrease one of hte Peak Hold times? Jim KJ2P Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:44:36 -0500 From: t...@flex-radio.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-3000 FLUCTUATING CW OUTPUT POWER Ray hit the nail on the head. It does have to do with the sampling cycle