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Flex 5000a Questions
Chris Tucker
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I got my new to me Flex 5000A hooked up to my computer, however, I dont hear any sound, and my Yaesu Mike does not key up the radio. Is the Yaesu mike 1200 wiring the same as this radio ? I can see the signals on the band, but no sound at all
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Go up into the mixer and check the sliders1
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LOL, I am so lost, where is the mixer on the screen ?0
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LOL, The headphones did the trick !!!!!!!0
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OK, I now have the mike working as well !!!!!!!!
The previous owner had the radio set for some other mode, switched in into USB and voila !
I can see I have a LOT to learn, but I am proud of myself, I got this working pretty much by myself.
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Yes, the Mike works perfectly, however, when I turn my solid state amp on or off, it freezes the software0
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The amp is putting a lot of RF on start up and shut down. The most likely place for RF to get into that radio is the fire wire cable.2
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Bill, remember me ?
I had the gaming computer with no extra slots on it for a firewire card. I returned it, and found a Hewlett Packard Z420 Computer. The seller and I installed a Firewire card, and when I got home and read the manual, Guess what ?
This computer comes with not only a firewire card, but it also has firewire connections front and back !
LOL, Windows 10 found the firewire ard I put in, and now I have 2 Firewire cards installed.
I am plugged into the front firewire port, and all is fine, until I try and run my Ameritron 1300 solid state amp.
I can turn the amp on, but if I key it, even for a split second, the software freezes.
And, if I turn the amp off, even w/o keying it, it freezes.
The firewire cable has a big ferrite bead on the radio end, and thats how the manual says to do it.
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Your Firewire card must have the TI (Tx Instruments) chip. Otherwise it will lead to frequent freeze up. You can tell the brand because a genuine TI chip will have a little outline of Texas on top and be marked "TI" or spelled out.
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Excellent!! New radios, especially with this much new technology always take a while to figure out. Glad you got it working.
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Bob, The Firewire card that came IN this computer is not identified in device manager as a Texas Instruments Card. However, the Card I Installed in this computer is a texas instruments card, and even says so in the device manager.
BOTH Firewire cards are installed, maybe I should try the Texas Instruments one. Right now, I am using the one that comes in this computer0 -
Glad you got a computer suited for your radio. What you can do to narrow this down is run without the amp foe a while and see if it still freezes. If the freezing stops then it is not caused by the card. You may still need more ferrites on the cables. but anything can be an antenna, like headphones wire, speaker wires, mic cables, you can eliminate one thing at a time till you find it.
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The echo is usually RF in the audio. So your work is not done yet Chris. Very possible it is coming in through the mic cable or mic. Here is some good advice. If you plan on staying with that radio, look for a Granite Fire Wire cable, Flex used to sell them. That will stop any RF problems in the fire Wire cable at least. If you don't already have one. I don't expect you do since you have had RF problems.1
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Those Granite Cables are still sold, how many pins should they have for the Flex ?
I also saw some really cool looking Firewire cables on Ebay from Canada, that have ferrrite that are wound, on both ends!0 -
I have HEIL Mike Cables that are much too long, for my needs. So, I found the stock hand mike from my Yaesu FT 1200, It works, however, I need to actually talk to someone on the air to see if it has solved my RF Problem.
I also drove to Tampa today, and bought the last 2 Mix 31 Ferrite donuts he had.0 -
what mic are you going to stay with? use that mic and put a ferrite donut at the end as many terns as you can where it plugs in. If I can hear you I can meet you on air any time this aft on 40 meters?1
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THAT is the problem Bill. These Mix 31 ferrite donuts are the small ones, so I can only get one turn through them, w/o unsoldering the cable. Good News though !!!!!
I just talked to 3 different people on 75, and even with the amp on, No Reverb with the stock hand mike !!!!!!
This tells me that the long **** mike cables on my Boom Mike setup are the problem.
Now, what I need are either different shorter mike cables and/or Large Ferrite Donuts, so I can get some wraps on them.
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Is your good mic an XLR?1
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Let me qualify that. I am using the HEIL Mike cable with the hand switch.
The actualy mike cable is XLR on the Mike end, and phono plug near the radio0 -
Ok, XLR cables generally do not have an RF problem. But it may need a ferrite on it. but here is what I'm thinking. You know you had or have RF in on the Fire Wire cable, and you put some Firrite on it and now it does not freez up your software. I suspect you still have some on it. Add more if you have any.. and again look for the Granit cables.1
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Question, how many Pins do I need on a Firewire cable for the Flex 5000a ?
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I looked at mine,,for the Flex 3000, it has 6 to 6 i think if I counted right
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Is your computer card a 4 pin or 6 pin1
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