[1000mp] Mark V and VL-1000

Sat, 24 Jan 2004 10:37:17 -0800

H Glenn,

To address your question:

Please refer to the following page:

http://farson/ab4oj/quadra/interface_mp.html

To quote:

4. Barefoot Operation: If the VL-1000 RF unit is turned off via its POWER
button, and the VP-1000 power supply is powered up, the ANT1 relay (RL7001)
on the ANT-SW Unit board is held operated by default, thus maintaining the
receive signal path via the ANT1 socket. The INPUT 1/2 selection relay
(RL4003) on the Divider Unit board is non-operated, maintaining the signal
path to the INPUT 1 socket.

If the VP-1000 is powered down, RL7001 releases and opens the receive signal
path.  The VP-1000 must be  powered up to keep the receive signal path up.
This has the added advantage that the auto-routining feature will exercise
all relays in the system for contact-wetting (cleaning) purposes.

When the REMOTE switch on the rear panel of the VL-1000 RF unit is ON (the
normal configuration when using a Yaesu exciter with the BAND DATA 1 cable),
the VL-1000 POWER button is disabled. Powering down via the exciter POWER
switch will shut down the VP-1000, and break the receive signal path. Thus,
to allow barefoot operation with the VL-1000 (but not the VP-1000) powered
down, the REMOTE switch must be OFF.

There is  lot of other VL-1000-related information on my Quadra page. I use
an IC-756Pro II as the exciter.

Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 09:16
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Subject: [1000mp] Mark V and VL-1000

Greetings,

I have a Mark V and VL-1000. Most of the time, I don't use the VL-1000, so I
would like to keep it powered down when I use the Mark V barefoot.  Problem
is, I've connected the power supplies, transceiver and amplifier as
recommended in the manual.   While this provides a nice "one switch" on/off
feature, it doesn't allow me to run the Mark V with the amplifier powered
down.  I must be missing something here, or is the expectation that the
amplifier should remain powered up whenever I'm using the Mark V?   Any help
would be appreciated.

Thanks and 73,
Glenn, W3QQQ
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