[TowerTalk] Computer control antenna switch

Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net
Thu Mar 10 10:09:28 EST 2005


Does anyone know what the underlying control philosophy was?

UDP or TCP?
Messages?
http?
 (I will send him an email too..)

----- Original Message -----
From: "W4ZW" <w4zw at comcast.net>
> http://www.hamation.com/
>
> Looks like a nice concept for remote control of antenna switches and the
> like, but I am not aware of anyone who is using his products. Since it can
> be networked, it might offer some interesting possibilities for remote
> control of antennas using 802.11 wireless hardware.
>
> Has anyone on the list had any experience with this product line?
>
>
> He was at Dayton too.  I spent some time looking closely at the product
line
> and intended to buy the line-up but postponed it because of travel.  The
> entire concept and execution looked very professional and well done.  The
> networking lets you do all sort of things using standard networking
> protocols.  The system provided automatic antenna selection, band pass
> filters, etc.   I still plan on trying this system, probably by late
spring.
>
> Jon Hamlet, W4ZW



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