Default antenna setting

DL4RCE

Hi, is there a possibility to set a default antenna?

I do have different antennas for 80m, Vertical and Dipole. When I start my system default 80/40m is Vertical but I want to have that on the Dipole.

Any ideas?

Volker

John KB4DU

Don’t know any way to set a default, but the persistence should have it come up the same antenna as was shut down.

DL4RCE

Hi John, unfortunately it does not save the last used antenna.

Volker

VE7ATJ_Don

Hi Volker... do you have the dipole on ANT2? What I've seen on the persistence is that whatever ANT port I was using when I shut down SMARTSDR is the same one that is connected for that slice when I restart SMARTSDR. So, if I was using the dipole on 80m when I shut down (Slice A, ANT2), then when I come back to 80m (SliceA) it shows ANT2 as my selected RX and TX antenna.

However, I tend to use only 1 slice and the Flex itself is left on 24x7.

DL4RCE

It is ANT2 on PA2 but always has defaulted to my vertical but I want to have the dipole. I could not find any setting in the AG tool to do so :(

Volker

Mike-VA3MW

The use of a Transmit Profile should do this for you.

Transmit Profiles are related to the last TX Antenna Port used.

Create 2 Transmit Profiles, called ANT1 and ANT2 (or something like that).

You want to read section 18.2 of the SmartSDR manual.