Subject: Re: Beverage control
> The thought had occured to me to use the new FM-6 for a 6 beverage hub.
> This is a neat board with sealed small signal relays. I think it would
> work well for outdoor use.
>
> The interface could be the RatPak 6 antenna LED switch. And it could be
> automatically driven from the TTL output of an LPT port through our
> Level converter/ relay driver option.
>
> So the parts already exist Rich, its a SMOS. 8o)
>
> Merry Christmas friends.
> Jay
>
>
>
> KL7RA wrote:
>
> > TR loggers and loggereets:
> >
> > Pete, N4ZR, asked a good question on the tower talk reflector
> > about selecting beverages. The answers ranged from good and
> > simple to some really bizarre micro processor at the tower stuff.
> >
> > I also have been looking at a beverage system and selection. I
> > know beverages work. Often we hear the East coast multi-op
> > signals on top band but they CQ in our face until we can get
> > them to select the correct beverage. It seems to me this antenna
> > selection should be quick and robust. Several weeks ago I was
> > drawing out some "simple" circuits using a large dial for direction
> > when it occurred to me that everything is in place with TRLog,
> > almost.
> >
> > The band "bits" on the parallel bus are not used for anything useful
> > at this location. They could be "switched" off and beverage bits
> > turned on. Two keys could select the "rotation" and of course
> > space bar would select the right direction after decoding the call
> > prefix.
> >
> > The interface would have to have manual/TRLog control for
> > path slewing but Jay at Array solutions could design all that
> > for the folks that didn't want to hack one out themselves. I
> > see a small blue box with 16 LED's in a circle with a switch.
> >
> > 73 Rich KL7RA Latitude with attitude
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
> --
> Jay Terleski
> Array Solutions - RME Filters, Inc.
> 972 203 2008
> Military Communications Systems, Phased Arrays, RF Switches, Antennas &
> Towers
> http://www.arraysolutions.com
>
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