I don't know about practical or not. It's certainly slick though. I had a
setup with a bidirectional beam electrically switched. N1MM set the rotor
to the hemisphere indicated based on it's database. Worked great because
the beam's F/B was only about 10-15 db so even if the wrong direction was
picked I could still hear the caller. Now guys listening to me thought I
had some kind of defect on my system because the sig strength kept jumping
up and down with each caller into my run.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Schuster
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 1:02 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re computer switching of beverages
Aside from all the great answers as to how to interface the computer, is
this really practical? Does anyone really leave it up to a computer to pick
the best beverage for weak signals in the noise? I've only had two beverages
but would prefer manual selection and MY ears to decide the best receiving
antenna. JACK W1WEF
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