FlexRadio Systems FLEX-6000 Signature Series User Manual

FLEX-6000 Signature Series - SmartSDR for Windows Software User’s Guide
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• All Slices placed on a Panadapter must use the same receive antenna as the Panadapter.
Changing the receive antenna for a single slice will change the receive antenna for its host
Panadapter and all Slices within.
• The FLEX-6700/6700R and FLEX-6600/M models allow simultaneous reception from two
receive antennas. The FLEX-6500, FLEX-6400/M and FLEX-6300 operates from a single
receive antenna.
• The receive RF Gain control located on the Panadapter ANT pop out menu is tied to its
respective SCU/ receive antenna combination.
• Transmit antenna selection is completely independent of the receive antenna. Only one
transmit slice can be active at one time.
• The transmit slice is selected by clicking on the large “TX” button on the slice flag, which will
illuminate the button in red.
• ANT1 and ANT2 ports allow transmission at 100W on 160m through 6m amateur bands. The
XVTR port allows continuous coverage low power (+10 dBm max) transverter IF from 100 KHz
to 165 MHz.
• Each slice can have its own transmit antenna selection, which may be the same as or different
from the assigned receive antenna.
• Each SCU on the FLEX-6700 has the option of a dedicated receive-only antenna designated
RX A and RX B respectively. These inputs are hard wired to their respective SCU and may not
be switched between SCUs.
Note: This does not preclude using RX A with ANT2 or RX B with ANT1.
• The single SCU on the FLEX-6500 has the option of the dedicated receive-only antenna input
RX A.
• LoopA and LoopB on the FLEX-6500 and FLEX-6700 are provided to allow connection of
external preamplifiers or pre-selectors. The internal relay switching is identical to RX A and
RX B respectively. However, LoopA and LoopB is a logical designation that assumes that their
input is from one or both of ANT1 and ANT2. This means that a preamplifier installed in
LoopA will be functional if either LoopA or RX A are selected. Logically RX A will assume a
receive-only antenna connected to RX A and LoopA will assume that a device is connected
between RX A IN and RX A OUT.
• The XVTR input/output port may be used on the FLEX-6300, FLEX-6400/M, FLEX-6500, FLEX-
6600/M and FLEX-6700 as another receive-only input or may be used as a transverter
transmit or common receive port. RX A and/or RX B on may be used for split transmit receive
operation when selected as the receive antenna and XVTR as the transmit antenna.
• PIN diode silent CW QSK operation on ANT1 and ANT2 require that both receive and transmit
be on the same antenna or that a dedicated receive-only antenna be used on RX A, RX B, or
XVTR. If ANT1 and ANT2 are used separately as receive and transmit antennas, the
transmitter reverts to mechanical relay TR switching. Each slice has a QSK annunciator that
indicates when PIN diode TR switching is engaged.

FlexRadio Systems FLEX-6000 Signature Series Specifications

General

Brand	FlexRadio Systems
Model	FLEX-6000 Signature Series
Category	Transceiver
Language	English