Save power setting for individual slices.

Peter · January 26

Could we have a facility to remember the power setting for each individual slice.
I use my Flex6600M on 144Mhz with a Q5 transverter, I use a solid state PA for Meteor Scatter/FT8 and other digi modes utilising 2 slices. I also have 2 slices open, 1 on the calling channel and 1 on my local repeater, a total of 4 slices at once.
If I change from slice A (Meteor Scatter) with a power setting at 52, which gives me 400w output, when I change to slice D (Local Repeater) if the setting remains at 52 I get well over 400w NFM into my local repeater. Currently the only way is to manually adjust the power down to 15-20 to give me 50w output, sometimes the old grey matter forgets and the repeater gets 500w.

Mike-VA3MW · January 26

Peter,

You should be able to this using profiles. Global, Transmitter and Mic.

Roughly, try this:

Set for MSK144 and FT8 on 2M in DIGIU (both are in the same mode group)
Set all your mic, drive, bandwidth, filters, etc.
DAX ON
Create a Transmitter profile after you are all setup. Call it something like 2M-DIGU
Create a MIC profile - Digital so you can use it on other bands
Now, once you are happy, save it all as a Global Profile - 2M-Digital as example.

Next, repeat all the above for 2M FM

Mode NFM
Power, offset, CTCSS, etc
Mic settings
DAX OFF
Save MIC Profile (FM - as you can use this on other bands)
Save Transmitter Profile (2M-FM)
Now, save it all as a Global Profile "2M FM"

Now that you have your new Global Profiles you can toggle back and forth by selecting the Global Profile you want.

Add a StreamDeck and FRStack and you can hotbutton right from your desktop.

Give that a try. Mike va3mw

John KB4DU · January 26

Another option is the memories in FRstack. They store much more information than the the Flex profiles and most of it is in one place.

Mike-VA3MW · January 26

I don't think FRStack memories remember power level.

Peter · January 27

Hi Michael

Thanks for your input, I already have over 30 profiles set up and stored, as well as TX and Mic profiles.
My point is that when I have four slices open using Data and NFM, or SSB or any other mode, if I change from a Data slice to a slice for NFM for example, the power slider remains at the same level, irrespective of what slice is selected.
All the other settings including volume, squelch, tone, mute, mode etc are all saved in the slices apart from the transmit power.
I don't want to be changing profiles if I hear somebody on the 2m NFM calling frequency, I want to change to that slice and immediately be able to transmit at the power level I have set for that particular slice.
At the moment if I have all four slices active the power remains constant and does not change when I select a different slice.

I also have a fully programmed Stream Deck and Corsair Keyboard with programmed G keys and I am a user of FRStack, but again this does not fix the issue.

I hope I have explained this clearly enough for you to understand, its not an issue with profiles etc I understand these and how they function, but I also believe it would be beneficial to be able to set the power level independently for each slice.

Peter

Peter · January 27

Further to my last, after looking more closely at this it would also be beneficial if the TX profile and Mic profiles could be allocated or stored to each slice, this would also solve the power slider issue as this is part of the TX profile.