[hpsdr] Alex

[Chris Smith]

... maybe the ALC feedback is via a separate 4-way cable from J2?

Chris

On 27 Mar 2011, at 10:20, Chris Smith wrote:

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> Steve
> 
> The block diagram of Alex on the wiki page indicates all that is required:
> 
> A coax patch lead from "Out to Rx" to the input of Mercury.
> 
> A coax patch lead from "Tx in" to Penny(lane)/Pennywhistle or an amplifier up to 100w,
> 
> A coax connection from "Ant 1/2/3" to your antenna(e).
> 
> The "Rx in (Internal)" to  "Out to Rx (Internal)" is provided by an SMA/B patch lead that I'm told will be provided with Alex.
> 
> As far as I can see that is all that is required apart from the ribbon cable looped from the Tx board to the Rx board then to Mercury (I think) which provides the SPI bus to control the band switching and ALC feedback.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Chris G4NUX
> 
> 
> On 27 Mar 2011, at 00:47, Steve Nance wrote:
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>> Being that Alex is *SOON* to be released I would like to get a head start
>> building the cabling needed to hook it up. Do documents exist, a manual
>> perhaps, that list the connection data and parts list for plugs, connectors,
>> etc.?
>> 
>> 73, Steve K5FR
>> 
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