[TowerTalk] M2 20M5 SWR - WX0B SIXPACK

[Michael M. Raskin]

Jorge - HNY!  I use it with the 7800 using the CI-V line.  Also on the CI-V live are the Stepp-IR and PW-1.  I have a Bandmaster Decoder Matrix board from McKay Radio Products (www.mckayproducts.com) that interfaces between the Six-Pak and the Bandmaster so I can override the Bandmaster using the Six-Pak (requires soldering one wire to the Six-Pak circuit board).  Really a neat gadget - contact Mark, K1PU, at McKay for more info.  The computer is running DXBase or N1MM is COM1 to the 7800 - everything switches with one click.

73,
Mike, W4UM
Florida Contest Group
South Florida DX Association
Mid-Florida DX Association
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jorge Diez - CX6VM 
  To: towertalk at contesting.com 
  Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:33 AM
  Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] M2 20M5 SWR - WX0B SIXPACK


  Hello Mike,

  Wich radio do you use with sixpack and Bandmaster?  I have this setup with a
  Kenwood radio but I have problem to use Win-test or N1MM. This software´s
  didn´t do radio control.

  About more voltage as some guys suggested me, I have it in the shack, the
  control box is 10 feets from the antennas box and my power supply is giving
  it 14V.

  Each one alone works 100% (Bandmaster & sixpack alone, N1MM and Win-Test
  without the Bandmaster), but when I open one of this contest software, they
  not follow band changes.

  Thanks!!
  Jorge
  CX6VM

  -----Mensaje original-----
  De: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
  [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] En nombre de Michael M. Raskin
  Enviado el: Jueves, 31 de Diciembre de 2009 11:45 p.m.
  Para: towertalk at contesting.com
  Asunto: Re: [TowerTalk] M2 20M5 SWR - WX0B SIXPACK

  Dale - I have never seen a post on this reflector complaining about the "six

  pack" - that being said, I can tell you that I have had intermittent relay 
  closure problems.  This has been a rare occurrence from the beginning, even 
  though my relay box is in an air conditioned shack.  It seemed to happen 
  when I "soft switched" the knob instead of turning the knob with more gusto.

  I now use it with the Bandmaster and have never had a problem since.  I 
  never blew an amp because I always listen first before transmitting - if I 
  don't hear any signal, I don't transmit.  I have always have prompt, caring,

  and knowledgeable responses from Bob and Jay.  Array Solutions is a "first 
  class" operation.  No, neither are my brother-in-law!

  Mike, W4UM
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dale Martin
  To: towertalk at contesting.com
  Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] M2 20M5 SWR - WX0B SIXPACK



  > :::: My guess? The six pack is notorious for intermittent
  > relay contacts.
  > I had several of them for years and I was always needing to yank the
  > feedlines around on them till the rcvr would come back to
  > life or the sudden
  >
  > high swr would go back to normal.
  >

  Wow. 'notorious', 'always'

  So, when can I expect my sixpak to become 'notorious'?

  That little blue box has been working just fine since March 1999.

  HNY!

  dale, kg5u


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