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antenna 1 high SWR, antenna 2 low SWR

Russell Locke
Russell Locke Member
edited April 2020 in FLEX-6000 Signature Series
Everything else being equal, why would Antenna 1 show off the scale SWR while Antenna 2 is low.

Answers

  • Jim Gilliam
    Jim Gilliam Member ✭✭
    edited February 2020
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
  • K5CG
    K5CG Member ✭✭
    edited February 2020
    Are you  sure you switched the TX and not only the RX to both antenna ports?
  • Pat N6PAT
    Pat N6PAT Member ✭✭
    edited February 2020
  • N8AUM
    N8AUM Member ✭✭
    edited February 2020
    Was the tuner ON with ANT 1 ?
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
    I'm fairly certain I switched both TX and RX.  I don't know what is meant my "ON."  I didn't need to use the internal tuner for Antenna 2 and Antenna 1 would not tune.
  • Dan-N7HQ
    Dan-N7HQ FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager admin
    edited April 2020
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
  • Tim - W4TME
    Tim - W4TME Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited February 2020
    All things being equal and configured properly, this would be indicative of a hardware issue.
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
  • Luis del MOlino
    Luis del MOlino Member ✭✭
    edited February 2020
  • John KB4DU
    John KB4DU Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2020
    Russell;

    Curiosity question. Do you receive signals the same on ANT1 and ANT2, same level etc?
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
    Good question.  I don't think I noticed but I am going to check it out now.  And question answered:  No difference in received signal level on Ant1 vs Ant 2.
  • N8AUM
    N8AUM Member ✭✭
    edited February 2020
    If u have a sig gen source see if theirs any difference between Ant 1 & Ant 2 for starters 
  • Kevin J. Darrah
    Kevin J. Darrah Member ✭✭
    edited February 2020
    You were perfectly clear.... people just don't comprehend what they read. It was very simple the way you stated it. Some of these comments I read above were rediculous. 
  • Tim - W4TME
    Tim - W4TME Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited February 2020
    Russell, I recommend that since what you are experiencing may be a hardware issue that you open a HelpDesk support ticket to have once of our technical support engineers work with you directly.
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
  • Rick WN2C
    Rick WN2C Member ✭✭
    edited February 2020
    If it is under warranty it would be. In the future you may want to have the use of ant 2 and having it fixed after the warranty expires may be costly.
  • Tim - W4TME
    Tim - W4TME Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited February 2020
    There was a course of action recommended in your ticket but we never received any response from you.
  • Russell Locke
    Russell Locke Member
    edited February 2020
    Tim,

    I tried the reboot and it worked!  Thanks!
  • Doug Seyler
    Doug Seyler Member ✭✭

    I have the same problem. Antenna 1 shows very high swr without the tuner. Move the antenna to antenna B input and it shows proper low swr for same antenna. What was the recommended course of action for Russell?

  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin

    @Doug Seyler

    Please open and support ticket and if you can, also supply 2 pictures or screen shots of the 2 different readings.

    You will need to say what version of the software and hardware you are using and if it is on the exact same feedline, meaning you physically moved the feedline from ANT1 to ANT2.

    73

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