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6600M ATU Question

AA5SH
AA5SH Member ✭✭
in FLEX-6000 Signature Series

I purchased a used 6600M at Dayton a few weeks ago. So far it has worked really well. On 2 occassions though I have experienced an oddity when changing bands the ATU will start a tuning cycle keying the rig automatically. I was using SmartSDR for MacOS if that makes a difference. After it did it last night I did go into SmartSDR and tell it to clear the ATU memories, I most likely should have done a clean reset after purchase but I didn't. I think both times it was when switching to 20M. I use a Steppir so no need for the tuner on 20M. Last night I let it run for a few seconds and it did "find a match" and was as normal after that.

Answers

  • Eric-KE5DTO
    Eric-KE5DTO Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin

    I don't think any of our native software should initiate a tune on the internal tuner just due to a band/frequency change. It CAN switch in a recent successful ATU match when you are tuning around if ATU Mem is turned on, but this should be really fast as the settings should already be known.

  • AA5SH
    AA5SH Member ✭✭

    Ok that is what I was thinking. It was just odd it occurred just by switching the bands. Didn't make sense to me. I've never experienced it with my 6400M I have at my remote site.

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