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No power on HF, but transverter still works

Ben Sinclair
Ben Sinclair Member
edited April 2019 in FLEX-6000 Signature Series
My Flex 6300 has suddenly stopped transmitting on my HF antenna port. If I press tune, I don't see any power output, in SmartSDR or on my external meter. Transmitting doesn't seem to do anything either.

However, if I switch to the transverter side I do see power out on the transverter's display, and can hit a local repeater.

This just suddenly started while I was using the radio. I tried powering off and on again, but no luck.

Does anyone know what might be causing this? Thanks!

Comments

  • Mark_WS7M
    Mark_WS7M Member ✭✭✭
    edited January 2016
    Well another gent here had a similar problem and ended up having to replace the finals.

    Before going that far how about the following:

    1) Try switching antenna ports, IE move your antenna to 2 and try transmit on 2

    2) Do you have the ATU?  If so try disabling it and reenabling it.

    3) Are you sure you are in band? There are interlocks that prohibit out of band transmit.

    4) Lastly try a factory reset.

    If none of that works and other suggestions then a call to Flex is in order.

    Mark
  • EA4GLI
    EA4GLI Member ✭✭✭
    edited November 2016
    There is a transmit inhibit option in the setup menu, make sure that it is not selected.
  • Tim - W4TME
    Tim - W4TME Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited March 2017
    If you suspect a hardare related issue, it is imparative that a HelpDesk support ticket be submitted.  For you convenience, I have converted this topic to a support HelpDesk ticket (http://helpdesk.flexradio.com) for expedited issue resolution.  If anyone else is experiencing an issue similar to this one, please submit a HelpDesk support ticket for issue resolution.
  • Ben Sinclair
    Ben Sinclair Member
    edited January 2016
    As I was tinkering with it this morning I ended up shutting down my station power supply power completely, and on reapplying power the Flex started seems to be transmitting!

    Maybe something was just a bit wonky and totally cutting power reset it.

    Thanks!
  • EA4GLI
    EA4GLI Member ✭✭✭
    edited November 2016
    With any of the many software package out there you can see the voltage the radio is receiving. DDUtil, FRStack, etc... all of them have the feature. Which, by the way, I truly think should be part of SmartSDR. (in a future revision?)
  • WBB
    WBB Member
    edited April 2019
    This happens to me a lot Does not key up on transmit at times To correct I change the profile Then it works starts to work Not sure why this happens and why this corrects it But it does on a continuous basis

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