Good afternoon, All
I relocated my shack in my house for the summer Stew (lower noise location),
but ran out of time to hook up the Hi-Z receive antenna relay and control
box.
I finally got around to hooking up the receive interface this weekend. I
had this receive interface working perfectly with my Flex 3000 and THP 1.2
KFX through the winter on 160. Now I cannot get the RTR-1 to work properly.
As in no signal at all, almost like a disconnected antenna.
I triple checked the connections on the back, but still nothing. Receive
antenna hooked to RECEIVE ANTENNA IN, main antenna hooked to MAIN ANT IN,
radio connected to RADIO.
Additional troubleshooting:
1. Is there a signal coming from the receive antenna? Yes, I connected the
receive antenna directly to Flex 3000 and I can hear strong signals on the
receive antenna.
2. Is there power to the RTR-1? Yes, I tried wall wart and 13.8 VDC supply.
No change.
3. Is the TX relay in the RTR-1 working properly? Yes, I have it hooked up
with the amplifier included. When I transmit from the Flex 3000, the amp
comes on and the RTR-1 disables the receive antenna (exactly as it should).
4. Does the RX/MAIN switch work on the RTR-1? Yes, when I switch to MAIN I
can hear the main antenna input. But I can't hear any signals when I switch
to RECEIVE antenna.
So I am stuck. Basically, it seems like the signal is not getting to the
radio from the receive antenna through the RTR-1.
Somehow I have this sneaky feeling that the problem is between the chair and
the keyboard. This was simple to hook up last time, and it worked
flawlessly. Me thinks I did something wrong, but not sure where. Any
suggestions appreciated.
Mark Lunday
WD4ELG
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