[TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-4 question

[Billy Cox]

Charlie,

You may want to review the NCJ Jan/Feb 2010
article by WA2EHI ... "True Remote Control
with the Ameritron RCS-4 Antenna Switch".
(Pages 4-9)

Hope this helps!

73 de Billy, AA4NU

-----Original Message-----
>From: Charlie Gallo <Charlie at TheGallos.com>
>Hi Gang,
>I hope this is considered "On topic" as it's antenna system related
>
>Back in May, when I put in my new antennas, I put in an Ameritron RCS-4 antenna switch, and I still think it's the right switch for my use (only 3 antennas, so no need for more than that, and not having to run an extra cable for the remote switch was a big factor for me).  
>
>Anyway, the RCS-4 has no way to automate it for band switching.  Does anyone know of a retrofit kit to add this?  I'm in the middle of designing one, but I'd LIKE to not reinvent the wheel if there is already out there
>Designing one is  not hard to do for myself (Ardunio and some relay drivers, and a small matter of code), but I'm also thinking of designing one around a BCD decoder chip, 4 transistors, a few  relays etc and the like (MUCH MUCH cheaper, and would not take a computer to reprogram), and submit an article to QST
>-- 
>73 de KG2V - Charles Gallo
>Quality Custom Machine-shop work for the radio amateur (sm)
>
>My Website: http://www.thegallos.com
>