Eric,
In one of your other posts you mentioned a Y connector. That's
exactly how I accomplished it. To the best of my knowledge, there is
no such animal available commercially. So, I made my own.
What I did was buy a few RS232 A/B boxes. IIRC, I bought them from
cyberguys.com for about $5 each (this was several years ago). I
removed the A/B switch, and rewired the connectors in a Y
configuration. Besides being relatively neat wiring, in a nice
enclosure, it was significantly cheaper buying the box complete, than
buying individual RS232 connectors!
Each radio's band data goes to a TTD Band Decoder. Output from each
decoder goes to a serial port on the computer and a Six Way antenna
switching box via the modified A/B box. In my case, the Six Way
control lines are again split with another A/B box to control the
Bandpass filters and stub switching (yup, stubs here, too).
If I had the forethought and motivation to draw coherent wiring
diagrams of what I did (as I think back to seeing the volumes of
documention of W2PV's station in the 70s), I'd send you a copy. But,
I didn't...
73,
Barry
On 22 Jan 2005 Eric Hilding wrote:
> Barry, W2UP wrote:
>
> ===
> My setup is not exactly the same (FT1000/FT990, Top Ten Band Decoders
> and Six Ways, NQN bandpass filters, homebrew SO2R audio switching).
> However, I have one related suggestion: Connect your Band info
> decoders to the radios, not the computers. Why? Suppose you want to
> do a little operating and the computer is not turned on. Your
> antennas won't switch. Let the radios supply the band info. Don't
> require an extra loop where it's not needed. ===
>
> Tnx for the very interesting tip, Barry. However, I have one related
> "question":
>
> How on earth (or otherwise) do I then get rig control from the Kenwood
> RS-232 to the computer logger? I'm also thinking now I should have
> indicated I use TR on CW and WriteLog on SSB.
>
> Hmmm...maybe this will help:
>
> Dear Santa Claus:
>
> Do you make "early" deliveries? I hope so, 'cuz I'd really like a
> whiz bang SO2R setup with 2 radios and ALL the necessary "stuff" all
> wrapped in to one lightweight enclosure about the size of a briefcase
> that weighs no more than 5 pounds. This would make it very convenient
> for CONTEST-Pedition travel. Any time within the next week would be
> fine.
>
> Tnx very much, Santa.
>
> 73...
>
> Rick, K6VVA
>
> P.S. BTW, do you like Chocolate chip cookies with those new colored
> M&M's, and whole milk or 2% (in case you're on a diet)?
>
>
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Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
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