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6 Meters and using the the 6600 built in ATU

N8AUM
N8AUM Member ✭✭
edited July 2019 in FLEX-6000 Signature Series
Am I missing something? So far the 6600 seems to be working but when I try the ATU on 6 meters the TUNE POWER slider goze to 0 and not the usual 10 watt level like on all the other bands.

Answers

  • Mark NS9N
    Mark NS9N Member ✭✭
    edited February 2019
    Set it to what level you want and see if it stays when you switch bands and return to 6. Persistence should remember what level you set it to.
  • N8AUM
    N8AUM Member ✭✭
    edited April 2019
  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited February 2019
    Can you add a screen shot of the settings on the  VFO when you do a tune?  Do you have split on and you are going outside your TX band?

    If you are inband, then you may want to export your profiles and do a radio reset and then test again.

    Mike
  • Mark NS9N
    Mark NS9N Member ✭✭
    edited February 2019
    For sure try what Mike has stated. I went back and changed the levels on my 6600 and percistence holds the values when changing bands. Only one more thought as I have missed this before myself. Make sure ATU is selected.
  • bahillen
    bahillen Member ✭✭✭
    edited February 2019
    I have had the same problem at times. I have a lot of things going on with multiple wsjt-x instances and CW Skimmer s. I then went back to just the radio only with two panadapters and two slices and it doesn’t work per manual. I had to reboot Flex6600 to get it working again. I suspect something with transmit profiles or 3rd party software API parameters. My amp really groans when hit with 100 watts. When adding CW Skimmer some unexpected things happen but haven’t followed up yet. 73 Bill W9JJB
  • N8AUM
    N8AUM Member ✭✭
    edited April 2019
  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited February 2019
    It looks like your RF power and Tune power are set to Zero watts.

    What was it set to before you hit tune?  You will want the Tune value set to something like 5 or 10 watts.

    Mike


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  • Rick WN2C
    Rick WN2C Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
  • N8AUM
    N8AUM Member ✭✭
    edited February 2019
    Makes no difference what they are set at, as soon as the ATU starts they both go to zero than after finding a decent SWR it stops and both RF Power & Tune Pwr return to whatever it was set ato.. FYI, there is no option for setting the ATU value while it's like there is with Powersdr. 
    Vidas
  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited February 2019
    Time to open a support case.  I would recommend resetting the radio after exporting your profiles.
  • N8AUM
    N8AUM Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
  • N8AUM
    N8AUM Member ✭✭
    edited March 2019
    Makes NO difference what they are set at, as soon as I hit ATU they both go to zero than return to whatever I had them set at after the ATU finishes it tuning routine.
  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited April 2019
    I have converted this to a helpdesk ticket.  The support team will be in touch next week.  

    Sorry  you are having issues, but we will get it sorted out.

    Mike

  • Eric Gruff
    Eric Gruff Member ✭✭
    edited July 2019
  • Eric Gruff
    Eric Gruff Member ✭✭
    edited July 2019

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