Single antenna operation

Gary Schulz

Apologies for what seems to be a very **** and basic question but how do you use a Flex (6700 in this case) radio with a single antenna?  I have one off center fed dipole and I need to use it for both TX and RX but that seems to be not possible??  When I configure the TX and RX on the same antenna the radio just drops out (RX goes dead) like there is no antenna connected at all.  How do you configure things to use the same antenna for both TX and RX.

I guess I am used to radios where you just connect an antenna to a port and it just works for TX and RX seamlessly.

Up until now the radio has been used as SWL only...

Thanks

George KF2T

Peter Porschenova

Gary Schulz

K1DLM

Gary - Make sure you’re not using the RX Antenna input. Just connect your antenna to the Ant 1 port. That way it can be used for both RX and TX.

Gary Schulz

K1DLM

Then as long as you’re within a ham band, and you’ve selected Ant 1, you should be able to transmit.

K1DLM

Also make sure you’re not running under “split” mode.

Earl

Gary Schulz

Gary Schulz

I don't understand what you mean by "only one radio at a time via transmission line switch"?  It is only one radio...

K0FLY

Gary Schulz

N9VC

Andreas Junge

Gary Schulz

N9VC

Andreas Junge

Gary Schulz

Al K0VM

Mark Erbaugh

Gary Schulz

Andreas Junge

Gary Schulz

Andreas Junge

Looks as expected. No loop enabled. 

Gary Schulz

I would rather not spend $200 on an experiment to see if it fixes this situation.  I would think that the radio should work correctly on version 1.9.13.  I am just trying to make sure I am not doing something ****!

Bill -VA3WTB

Gary, it should not be working this way, I would start a help ticket right away and not waste more time.

Gary Schulz

Gary Schulz

Thanks Bill...

K3SF

George KF2T

Quick thing to try - with both TX and RX on ANT1, and your OCF dipole in ANT1, try to run the automatic antenna tuner. A reset should have cleared it, but I wonder if an old ATU memory is causing this issue.