Topband: YCCC 9 circle/5 square

Mike VE3CKO ve3cko at interpc.ca
Thu Feb 21 09:27:13 EST 2019


Yes George did dig up that manual, I'm going to pick up a used CC-8 
antenna switch box that will do the trick. Must have thrown out 4 or 5 
printer/rs232 switch boxes before I became a hoarder :)

73, Mike Kovacich - VE3CKO

On 2/20/2019 4:56 PM, George Dubovsky wrote:
> The controller is trivial; look at the manual still available on the 
> DXEngineering site. You could probably hardwire it in an old printer 
> switch box. Anything that has a rotary switch inside a housing.
>
> 73,
>
> geo - n4ua
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 4:38 PM Mike VE3CKO <ve3cko at interpc.ca 
> <mailto:ve3cko at interpc.ca>> wrote:
>
>     There seems to be no controller board available, just the pre-amp,
>     switching and phasing boards. Did I miss something?
>
>         RX-amps, you will get 10 pieces for 20 euro.
>         Switch-board you will get 5 pieces for 20 euro.
>         Phase board you will get 5 pieces for 20 euro.
>
>     https://www.pi4cc.nl/tech-info/rx-array/iwantone/
>
>     If your putting an order together, count me to split up.
>
>     73, Mike Kovacich - VE3CKO
>
>     On 2/19/2019 2:03 PM, David Olean wrote:
>     > Mike,
>     >
>     > You can get boards from PI4CC HF club in the Netherlands. The
>     problem
>     > is that you get more boards than one person needs. The boards are
>     > coming from China. I think it is a shipping situation. You can
>     get 10
>     > preamp boards and then five of the switching/phasing boards and
>     five
>     > of the controller board.  I am looking to pool an order for a nine
>     > circle array, so I need ten preamps (one spare) and a single
>     switcher
>     > and a single controller. I don't want or need five!  Even
>     splitting it
>     > two ways is a good deal for the cost.  (20 EU for five ) Check
>     out the
>     > page.
>     >
>     > https://www.pi4cc.nl/tech-info/rx-array/controller/
>     >
>     >
>     > Dave K1WHS
>     >
>     > On 2/19/2019 5:40 PM, Mike VE3CKO wrote:
>     >> I see the YCCC 9 circle/5 square kits are no longer available
>     from DX
>     >> Engineering. Is there somewhere to buy the kits or at least
>     some key
>     >> parts like the PCBs?
>     >>
>     >
>     >
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