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FLEX-6000 Signature Series – Maestro User Guide

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14 HOW TO USE PROFILES

Profiles allow the user to name and save the state of the radio and recall it later. Profiles can even

be exported and restored on another FLEX-6000 Series radio. This facilitates convenient backup of

radio configurations and also helps IT managers of DXpeditions or contest super-stations test

configurations and then install or restore them at a site. Individual operators can also save their

favorite settings and then, after others have operated, restore the state of the radio.

There are three types of profiles: GLOBAL, TRANSMIT and MIC. Global profiles store the state of the

radio including the Panadapters and Slices that are open, the mode associated with each Slice and all

of the settings for noise blankers, AGC, filters, etc. Transmit profiles save the transmitter power level,

tune power level, transverter power level and the various transmitter delay parameters. MIC profiles

save a configuration for a specific microphone or audio source, including the TX filter settings, the

MIC selection and level and the DEXP, PROC, DAX, VOX and EQ settings.

Profiles are far superior to traditional "band stacking" in that you can save as many different

configurations as desired and give them a meaningful name for recall.

14.1 MIC PROFILES

MIC profiles manage a set of radio parameters associated with microphones and other audio sources.

These include TX filter settings, MIC selection and level, and DEXP, PROC, DAX and VOX settings. A

complete list of the parameters is provided in section 14.7, Comparing Profiles and Persistence.

The MIC profile can be selected from the Profiles control panel in the Maestro Main Menu. Tap the

name of the desired profile, then tap the Load button. See section 14.4, Saving and Deleting Profiles

for more details about using the control panels.

MIC profiles can be associated with the mode of a Slice Receiver. The MIC profile in effect at any

point in time is determined by the mode of the transmit Slice, or by a Global profile. Two Slice

Receivers may exist, set to different modes, but only one controls the transmitter and that Slice

determines the MIC profile that is invoked in the radio.

A MIC profile is associated or “linked” with a demodulation mode by selecting a profile from the

Profiles control panel at the same time that the desired mode is selected in the transmit Slice. When

a new MIC profile is created, it is associated with a mode in the same way. Note that the modes that

can be associated with a MIC profile are SSB, Digital, FM, AM, RTTY and Waveforms.

For the purpose of associating a MIC profile with a mode, modes groups are used. LSB and USB are

considered to be a single mode group (SSB), as are DIGU and DIGL (Digital), FM, NFM and DFM (FM)

and AM and SAM (AM). RTTY and each Waveform installed in the radio are treated as a separate

mode.

To associate or link a Mic profile to a particular mode group, set the transmit Slice to the mode you

wish to link, then load or save a Mic profile while the transmit Slice is in that mode. From then on,

whenever the transmit Slice is set to that mode the linked Mic profile will be loaded. For example:

• Slice A – Mode is USB

• Load Default FHM-1 Mic profile. (This Mic profile is now linked to the USB/LSB mode group)

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