Compaq FLEX-5000A manual

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  • Page 1

    From J uly 2008 QST © ARRL PRODUCT REVIEW Mark J. Wilson, K1RO  Product Re view Editor  k1ro@arrl.org Bottom Line Key Measurements Summary Revie wed by Rick Lindquist, WW3DE NCJ Managing Editor As we said in May 1998 QST when revie wing the first commercially av ailable strictly computer controlled Amateur Radio transceiv er , the Kachina 50[...]

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    From J uly 2008 QST © ARRL T able 1 FlexRadio FLEX-5000A, serial number 5107-5268 Manufacturer’ s Specifications Measured in the ARRL Lab F requency cov erage: Receive, 0.01-65 MHz; Receive , as specified (sensitivity transmit, 1.8-2, 3.5-4, 5.3305, 5.3465, degrades belo w 0.2 MHz). 5.3665, 5.3715, 5.4035, 7-7.3, 10.1-10.15, T ransmit, as spec[...]

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    From J uly 2008 QST © ARRL T able 1 FlexRadio FLEX-5000A, serial number 5107-5268 Manufacturer’ s Specifications Measured in the ARRL Lab FM adjacent channel rejection: Not specified. 20 kHz offset, preamp on: 29 MHz, 59 dB; 52 MHz, 44 dB. FM two-tone, third-order IMD dynamic r ange: 20 kHz offset, preamp on: Not specified. 29 MHz, 59 dB*; 52[...]

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    From J uly 2008 QST © ARRL of the FLEX-5000A box and the PC. It of - fers 100 W (PEP) on all bands 160 through 6 meters, general-cov erage receiv e (0.01- 65 MHz, same as the SDR-1000) and lots and lots of features, including several that weren’t av ailable on the SDR-1000. For example, the newer model offers substantial impro vement in CW opera[...]

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    From J uly 2008 QST © ARRL Figure 5 — Y ou can split the Po werSDR screen to show an y combination of the panadapter and waterfall displays. Figure 6 — P owerSDR offer s 3 or 10 band graphic equalizers for both receive and transmit. dow and seemed tacked on as an afterthought (or maybe the y just ran out of space). I liked the combination pana[...]

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    From J uly 2008 QST © ARRL The dual equalizers, one for transmit and one for receiv e, go far above and beyond the “tone controls” of many hardware transcei v - ers. Both offer a choice of 3 or 10 bands (see Figure 6). The 3 band EQ unit is great for quickly compensating either transmit or receiv e audio; the 10 band unit allo ws you to apply [...]

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    From J uly 2008 QST © ARRL Jots and Tittles (in No Particular Order)  The nearly 200 page Owner’ s Manual (updates av ailable online) is comprehensiv e, but the manual and its sev eral supplements can get highly technical. The book includes some guidelines to set up the radio for that first QSO. In addition, FlexRadio’ s support staff and t[...]