RX2 Antenna Input Failure

[jerryco]

Darrin,

I noticed the RX2 antenna input goes away when RX2 is tuned to any other band than RX1. I have two separate antennas connected to RX1 and RX2 but the antenna signal goes away on RX2 if I try to monitor a different band than the band RX1 is tuned to.

I have the antenna form set to "Simple" with Receiver1: RX1 IN, Receiver2: RX2 IN & Transmit: ANT 1.

I have tried power cycling the Flex 5000 and PSDR but I get the same results. Is this a glitch or pilot error somewhere in the setup?

Thanks very much - Jerry

[ke9ns]

Jerry,

So your using the the BNC connector on the back for RX2?

Because I have 2 antennas as well, I put my main antenna on ANT3 (instead of ANT1).
So RX1 is ANT3, and RX2 can now be either RX1 tap or ANT1 depending on the band,
This works for Simple or Advanced.
Try the ANT3, ANT1 and see if it works?

I have never tried "RX2 IN" BNC on my radio before.

If the ANT3, ANT1 setup does not work, then I would do a setup->factory defaults. (it will backup your current database to the desktop before the reset).
Make sure when you power back up that you see EEPROM pop-up message boxes reading the RX and TX calibration data into your new database.

Now see if its OK. If it is, you can always try installing some other database backup that you have.

Darrin ke9ns

[jerryco]

Darrin,

I did a reset and RX2 is working fine now. I also installed v2.8.0.109 and the RX2 Panadapter display works great when RX1 Waterfall display selected.

Thank you very much!!

Jerry