[Flexradio] Rf in the Shack

2014-01-13 Thread Marty
I know this is a basic question; but I am stumped. Any help would be appreciated. Yesterday I put up my 160m L . I had used this antenna before with good results. When I hit the Tune button on Psdr, the psdr 7.2 crashed. I had to shut down the radio (5K) wait and reloaded. I reoriented the L in

Re: [Flexradio] Rf in the Shack

2014-01-13 Thread Greg
How far is the feedpoint from the shack? I would start with good chokes at the feed point and another at the shack entrance or whatever antenna switch ou are using. Do a google search for K9YC common mode choke. He has done some excellent work on these. GL Greg AB7R On 1/13/2014 7:28 AM,

Re: [Flexradio] Rf in the Shack

2014-01-13 Thread Mike va3mw
Marty Invest in some mix 31 chokes and add them at the antenna feed point, at the radio and on the FireWire cable. Reviewing this will help you out. http://www.yccc.org/Articles/W1HIS/CommonModeChokesW1HIS2006Apr06.pdf I did some tests with my vna and it confirmed that those chokes will do

[Flexradio] RF in the shack.

2014-01-13 Thread Marty Blluhm
First of all, Thank you to all who responded, it was great. The good news is that it is up and tuning and hopefully will work some good stuff. This only goes to show how one thing can screw up your station. I had disconnected everything and connected the L directly to the radio. In doing so,

[Flexradio] RF in the shack - Flex 5K

2013-03-25 Thread W1JCW
Granite cable is the best solution to RF back to the computer or into the Flex. Once I replaced my cheap 1394 cable with Granite all issues disappeared. 73- W1JCW John ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] RF in the shack - Flex 5K

2013-03-25 Thread Robert Costa
To: Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:53 AM Subject: [Flexradio] RF in the shack - Flex 5K Granite cable is the best solution to RF back to the computer or into the Flex. Once I replaced my cheap 1394 cable with Granite all issues

Re: [Flexradio] RF in the shack - Flex 5K

2013-03-25 Thread k4elo
: W1JCW w1...@hotmail.com To: Patrick Greenlee patric...@windstream.net; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:53 AM Subject: [Flexradio] RF in the shack - Flex 5K Granite cable is the best solution to RF back to the computer or into the Flex. Once I replaced my cheap

Re: [Flexradio] RF in the shack - Flex 5K

2013-03-25 Thread David Movius
. Dave, W7IWW -Original Message- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of k4...@fastmail.fm Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 4:05 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RF in the shack - Flex 5K Haven't been following this discussion Robert but 2