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Can I use diversity using antennas on ANT1 and RXA IN on 8600

LewisM0YZV
LewisM0YZV Member ✭✭
in FLEX-8000 Signature Series

SmartSDR allows me to use diversity and ESC across these antenna ports, RX/TX’ing into ANT1 and obviously receive only into RXA IN.

Reading the manual it kind of says diversity works across the two receive ports, but as it lets me enable it I assume my config works as well?

Are the two RX ports hard wired into SCU units 1 and 2 respectively or can they use either?

Cheers

Lewis

Answers

  • Rich M5RIC
    Rich M5RIC Member ✭✭✭

    You can use any of them in any combination, the only restriction is you can't use more than 2 RX antennas at any one time - as you only have 2 SCU's.

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

    Yes. The software ensures that you have 2 antenna on different SCUs.

    While RXa and XVTRa are on SCU0 and RXb and XVTb are on SCU1, Antenna 1 and Antenna 2 can use either and this is done automatically and dynamically to ensure you don't have 2 DIV antennas on the same SCU.

    73

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