Stan, Guess I won the dummy award of the year on the 1st?day.? The QMX+ was in Digital mode.? Set it to CW and all is well!
Tnx,
Tom KT4XN
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First checks:
1) do you have the QMX+ in CW mode?? It will not react to the key in Digi mode
2) does a 'P' or an 'S' appear on the display after the frequency?? If so, you are in Practice mode or the SWR protect has triggered, and in either of those cases transmit is disabled.? Practice mode can be disabled via the menus, and if SWR protect is
triggering, you have a connection problem with your dummy load.
3) what kind of a 9V battery are you using?? The QMX+ will draw about 1A on transmit, and if you are using a standard 9V alkaline battery, it may be dropping the input voltage very low while trying to transmit, giving a very low output power.? You can
see what voltage the QMX+ sees if you set the display option to show the battery voltage.? Then monitor it during TX to see what is happening.
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If none of these quick-checks is the problem, we have to dig deeper.
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Stan KC7XE
