I also have a Microham StationMaster (as well as some of their other products)
and think its a great addition to shack automation.
Like you I use it to perform several tasks, including antenna switching.
I have a SteppIR and several antennas that overlap on different bands and the
unit auto switches flawlessly. Where I have multiple antennas for a single
band it auto-switches my default antenna and lets me select the others or a
dummy load at the push of a button.
I especially like the protection it affords me with my amplifier and the
SteppIR antenna, by preventing me from keying up until the antenna has tuned
itself to the new band or frequency.
Marv K7IU
Sent from my iPad
And YES it's cool!
> On Feb 26, 2019, at 12:10 PM, VE6WZ_Steve <ve6wz@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> After posting my video link about TX and RX direction switching, I have
> received some emails asking about how I switch my various transmit antennas.
>
> This morning I built another video that describes my frequency dependant
> switching system that uses the Station Master band decoder.
> What might be unique about the system I use is the requirement to switch
> multiple frequency segments within each band in order to deal with some of my
> narrow bandwidth antennas. I require more than just band switching.
> I discuss the capabilities of the unit, how it is programmed and how I have
> distributed the control lines to the various antennas.
>
> Perhaps this might give some ideas to others with complex antenna switching
> requirements or those planning a remote.
>
> https://youtu.be/n2yR4AU0lkA <https://youtu.be/n2yR4AU0lkA>
>
> 73, de steve ve6wz
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