Good afternoon, All I relocated my shack in my house for the summer Stew (lower noise location), but ran out of time to hook up the Hi-Z receive antenna relay and control box.
I finally got around to hooking up the receive interface this weekend. I had this receive interface working perfectly with my Flex 3000 and THP 1.2 KFX through the winter on 160. Now I cannot get the RTR-1 to work properly. As in no signal at all, almost like a disconnected antenna. I triple checked the connections on the back, but still nothing. Receive antenna hooked to RECEIVE ANTENNA IN, main antenna hooked to MAIN ANT IN, radio connected to RADIO. Additional troubleshooting: 1. Is there a signal coming from the receive antenna? Yes, I connected the receive antenna directly to Flex 3000 and I can hear strong signals on the receive antenna. 2. Is there power to the RTR-1? Yes, I tried wall wart and 13.8 VDC supply. No change. 3. Is the TX relay in the RTR-1 working properly? Yes, I have it hooked up with the amplifier included. When I transmit from the Flex 3000, the amp comes on and the RTR-1 disables the receive antenna (exactly as it should). 4. Does the RX/MAIN switch work on the RTR-1? Yes, when I switch to MAIN I can hear the main antenna input. But I can't hear any signals when I switch to RECEIVE antenna. So I am stuck. Basically, it seems like the signal is not getting to the radio from the receive antenna through the RTR-1. Somehow I have this sneaky feeling that the problem is between the chair and the keyboard. This was simple to hook up last time, and it worked flawlessly. Me thinks I did something wrong, but not sure where. Any suggestions appreciated. Mark Lunday WD4ELG _________________ Topband Reflector
