21 January 2023
Worked Ben K4QF on 10GHz CW, 1.2GHz SSB, and 432 SSB he was in EN74HX on Lookout Mountain at Covenant College - I was at the Brasstown Bald parking lot in EM84CU. Ben was Q5 on CW and 5x7 on SSB. This is a 90 mile path.
I tried to work Ott W4WSR over near Haysville on 1.2GHz but was unable - we could work on 432.
I also worked Bob W4ZST on 432 but was unable to work him on 1.2GHz.
Below is the keyer setup in my IC-705
17 January 2023 - The Flex 1500 came back to me a few days ago - I added a 10M ohm pull-up resistor between pin-8 (3.5v) and pin-3 (PTT-out open-drain) and the PTT is working now to my transverter - unfortunately my Q5 222 transverter is setup for 1-10W of IF TX power and the Flex 1500 only puts out 2mW on the XVTR port - the transverter would need to be modified to accept less power.
10 January 2023 - The Flex 1500 is being sent back to me - there were no issues found on the FlexWire - the only issues found were a few filters out of calibration and this was corrected. It looks like I will need a pull-up resistor to key my transverter - this will provide a high on RX and transition to a low on key down.
27 December 2022 - Sent the Flex to Troy Radio for repair.
25 December 2022 - Flex 1500 arrived 12/23 and HF is working great - tested with my transverter and the FlexWire interface has a low on pin-3 which is supposed to have a voltage present and go low only when keyed - checking the forum to see if this is a software/firmware issue or a hardware issue that will require a repair.
21 December 2022 - Picked up a FlexRadio 1500 this past week - should arrive on Thursday.
