[Flexradio] Flex-5000 & X2 Connector

[Dale Boresz]

Hi Ray,

The FLEX-5000 provides three connectors specifically for 'keying' 
external devices. See the "AMP RLY" TX1, TX2, and TX3 connectors here:
http://www.flex-radio.com/Explore_f5ka_bpnl.aspx?topic=vt_flex5ka_rp
PowerSDR provides for additional control of these three ports.

The FlexWire port provides all kinds of possibilities for future 
expansion and control.

Dale
WA8SRA


Ray Andrews, K9DUR wrote:
> Now that my Flex-5000A has been ordered, I have been looking at all of the
> features a bit more in detail.  I notice that what was called the X2
> connector on the SDR-1000 appears to have gone away.  Or, in my feeble old
> age, I have simply overlooked it.  (I just retired in May, so my friends
> claim that, by definition, I must be feeble-minded.)
>
> I am in no way criticizing the design decisions that were made.  I was not
> in the design meetings, but having been in many of them myself over the
> years, I know that there had to have been overriding factors that drove the
> decision to eliminate the X2 connector.  However, I hope that a future
> FlexWire accessory will be able to restore this functionality or an
> equivalent.
>
> The multiple antenna connectors are great, & I plan to make use of them,
> using one for HF & another for 6m.  However, since I use an amplifier on HF,
> the HF antenna switching has to be done at the output of the amplifier & not
> at the output of the transceiver.  This could easily be accomplished on the
> SDR-1000 using the X2 connector connected to a remote antenna switch.  A
> very nice feature indeed!
>
> 73, Ray, K9DUR
>
>
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