ANT lights stay red.

Ruarto · February 24

I have taken the tuner and amp out and have a line direct to the antenna and it still shows as red on the pc. It isnt getting any signal in or out that I can tell. sound is thru the front of the 8600M.

Is there a switch to flip or button to push or software thingee I need to tweek to make my new puppy bark? Ive been digging in the manual and dont find such.

I bought this in Nov, just this last week got it out of the box. (long story, hospital twice, help getting hamshack setup, life… etc). I sure want to hear it going !

VE7ATJ_Don · February 24

Hi Ruarto… I'm assuming that when you say the '…ant light is red..' you are referring to the ANT identifiers on the Slice Flag

Or the entry in the menu on the right side of the screen

If so, these are simply identifying which antenna has been selected for Transmitter (TX) output. In the case above, I use ANT2 for both Receive (blue) input and Transmit (red) ouput. It is possible (and sometimes I do that as well) to select a different antenna for input or output.

Is that what you are referring to???

As far as not getting any power out, how are you determining that? Is there nothing showing on the RF Pwr meter when you transmit? Have you tried trying to transmit into a dummy load?

Under Settings/Radio Setup/TX tab, what is Max Power set to?

Also, what is the RF Power slider set to on the side panels?

As in mine, it should be all the way to the right.

Ruarto · February 24

Those must be shots of computer screen not radio. I dont know how to show you my screen, but a friend that has a older version thinks he can help. We are going to do video chat and see if that helps/

Is there a way to make the pc screen match the screen of the flex?

Ruarto · 11:32AM

He had something come up. Ive fiddled more, not heard any sign of any station

VE7ATJ_Don · 4:17PM

/.Yes, I have a 'non-M' radio (one of the older ones) so I can only show you screenshots of the PC screen. However, many of the elements look very much the same on the screen of the M radios.

Perhaps one of our more seasoned forum patrons :-) with an M unit could show/explain how what I've shown works on the radio's screen — where things are located, etc.

n0mdh · 7:47PM

Ruarto, could you take a photo of the display of your 8600M using your phone and attach the photo here?

Trucker · 8:27PM

Ruarto,

This is what your main screen should look like.

Trucker · 8:29PM

And the buttons above the main vfo knob should look like this:

Trucker · 8:38PM

Under the Menu tab at the top of the screen on your radio, touch it and then touch Audio. You should see the below screen if the Front Speaker line has Disabled in White letters, you won't get Audio out of the front Speaker. If it shows Enabled ( black letters, white background) then you should have sound coming out of the front Speaker.

ANT lights stay red.

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