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Les Brown
Les Brown Member ✭✭
edited December 2017 in FLEX-6000 Signature Series
When keying the Flex 6500 transmitter with a key plugged into the 6500, is it normal to see on the panadapter not only a peak at the selected transmit frequency but also side lobes at about plus/minus 6 kHz from the main peak, attenuated by something like 40 dB?

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  • K1FR
    K1FR Member ✭✭
    edited February 2017
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    Les:  On my 6700 they are more like 80 db down from the peak.   73, Tom K1FR
  • Tim - W4TME
    Tim - W4TME Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited December 2017
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    Yes, what you are describing is normal.
  • Les Brown
    Les Brown Member ✭✭
    edited November 2015
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    Tim,

       Thanks for the quick response. My next question is somewhat delayed because I was in Korea last week.

       What is the cause of the sidebands at about plus/minus 6 kHz from the main carrier? Does it represent an actual transmitted signal or is it a receiver anomaly?

    Les, VE3ABN

  • Tim - W4TME
    Tim - W4TME Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited December 2016
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    They are artifacts from receiving the transmitted signal internally in the radio.  They are NOT transmitted as RF, hence my characterization as being artifacts.

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