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Re: [TenTec] remote control of Hercules II from OmniV

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] remote control of Hercules II from OmniV
From: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
Reply-to: ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:52:01 -1000
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Hi Allan,

     Seems like the solution would be to build your own custom cable 
that connects the appropriate band select output pins of the Omni V to 
the appropriate band select input pine of the Hercules II. The connector 
bodies and pin inserts are available from several sources (Mouser, 
Digikey, Allied, etc.) as are the crimp tool to install the pins on the 
wires. May be more economical to buy a "Connector Designer Kit" which 
includes the pins, bodies and crimping tool. You'll have a lot of extra 
connector parts left over, and you'll save time with the ordering. If it 
is more complicated than just each transceiver band select pin 
connecting to one amplifier band select pin each you may need to build a 
diode matrix. It occurs to me that the Omni V has fewer bands than the 
Hercules II, so it is just a matter of skipping the bands on the 
Hercules that the Omni V does not have.

    On the other hand if you are one of those hams that buys ready made 
wire dipole antennas, because it is too technical for you to build one 
yourself, you'll have get someone else to build a cable.

DE N6KB

Allan Taylor wrote:
> I have been enjoying remote control of a Herc II from an OmniVI for
> some time. I have recently acquired a 2nd Herc II and would like to
> use
> it with the backup rig, OmniV. The issue here is that the band data
> available from the V differs from that of the VI. The differences only
> apply to the
> WARC bands but will end up having the HercIIs input circuits set one
> position off for the 3 WARC bands. Am I missing something here? Does
> it
> not matter if the band selected on the Herc II is off one? Of course,
> I could switch it manually when using WARC bands, but remembering to
> do so
> will be tough.
>
> This issue is particularly ironic in that the Herc II came out BEFORE
> the OmniVI yet matches its band data outputs exactly while not
> matching the
> V.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>  Allan    K7GT
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