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Flex 6600m
Flashing red power button when I operate the push to talk on the mike or when I hit the dit or dah on the paddle. When I first turn on the radio the power button the light is green and stay that way until I attempt to transmit. The radio receive okay. This is a brand new radio right out of the box received it yesterday. Any help is appreciated Len, K6ANP I should have added after the power button flashes red a few time the radio shuts down
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I am so sorry that you are having this happens, right when you want to smell that 'new radio' smell while working DX!
When the red light flashes, does the radio 'reboot' (ie, show the Flex Radio logo, etc.)?
In the Hardware reference manual in the downloads area, there is a manual that explains all the flashing lights:
The front panel of the 6400/6600 contains only the Power button and the radio’s backlights. The Power button is used to turn the radio on and off and is illuminated with a number of colors to indicate the radio’s operational state:
You didn't mention how many flashes.
• FLASHING GREEN: Radio is starting or shutting down
• SOLID GREEN: Radio is in receive mode
• FLASHING RED: See Error Conditions below
• SOLID BRIGHT RED: Transmitting on PA
• SOLID DIM RED: Transmit engaged, but transmit interlocks are not ready. Refer to the SmartSDR documentation for description of the transmit interlocks.
• SOLID ORANGE: Transmitting on XVTR port with low power
• SOLID PURPLE: Radio is performing a software update
• FLASHING WHITE: Radio is performing a reset to factory defaults
• OFF: Radio is off
One red flash: Fan malfunction
• Two red flashes: Software crash
• Three red flashes: Boot failure
• Four red flashes: Input power over voltage
• Five red flashes: CPU overcurrent
• Six red flashes: Input power under voltage
When the optional GPS Disciplined Oscillator is installed:
• SOLID AMBER: Radio is off, GPSDO is powered for stability
• FLASHING YELLOW: GPSDO is warming up
• SOLID YELLOW: GPSDO is “holdover” mode (has lost satellites)
• SHORT FLASH BLUE: GPSDO is locking
• LONG FLASH BLUE: GPSDO is in “hold phase” mode
• SOLID BLUE: GPSDO is locked
73, Mike va3mw