Is there any Linex software for rotator control?

Thanks much!

dave

Even with the best coax, you will have tremendous loses. A solar/battery control station may be possible. However, you'll have to have enough power for both the rig and the  control station.

dave

I just bought an Aphex 203 voice channel mic pre-amp/compressor, but when I try to hook it to a mic in through line to mic in adapter, there's a bad hum. It sounds like 2 hums of different frequencies, creating a flange effect. Even with the mic unplugged, I get he same issue.

Any advice?

Thanks much!

dave

I can see it now, Socialism seeping into Ham Radio...

It's not fair for you to have a better antenna, more powerful transmitter, a more sensitive receiver or a more comfortable ham shack chair than your fellow ham. With that reasoning,  we'll all be reduced to running CW QRP on a whip antenna.

dave

BTW, I'm not sure that everyone's aware that there are already many ham shacks for rent out there now. So, we aren't discussing something that 'could be'. It already IS and has been available for a while.

dave

Isn't HRO, AES and other Ham stores making a profit off Ham Radio? Isn't the radio manufacturers making a profit off Ham Radio. If you follow your suggestion to its logical conclusion, we'll need to go back to the Marconi days and home-brew everything in order to be properly legal.

HRO, to name one, sells us the 'Ham Radio experience' whenever we buy a rig there. Same with building out a station and renting out the place to someone. We are selling the 'experience', we are not asking anyone to get on the air a run commercials for payment. I think you may be stretching the FCC rule on this to says something that it's not saying.

dave

One of the most dangerous things to a totalitarian government (besides the Internet) is it's citizens having a way to communicate to each other and the outside world. That government would want to end the public use of the spectrum.

I'll agree with K6OK. I built a fabulous remote station on a 2000 ft mountain top with a 60 ft. tower and four antennas. I allow a retired friend use my remote station while I'm at work. He also pays me for some of the electricity and the Internet connection. After 5 pm, he knows to sign off and turn the station over to me for the evening. Weekends are mine too, unless I'm away and my friend want to operate. We are both flexible.

Though I don't actually make a profit - not trying to, I can see that having enough property and someone renting out a shack to a ham might be a great way to get around having a small, postage stamp sized lot where putting up a formidable antenna may be impossible.

The FCC rule of not making a profit applies to on the air activity only. I would love to own or manage a large mountainous property and build a few towers and shacks to rent out - building those systems would be fun - as was my remote station.

Another way to do it would be to make memberships available - like a time share. There's a bunch of different ways to arrange it.

dave

Without saying who, a company offered an SDR alternative a while back. It's highly efficient, easy to use and configure and ultra cost effective.

dave

Good point. 

Thanks for the feedback, Fred. I'm running 100w on 6m with a TS-480HX - only on rig. No others are in the equation.

I was afraid of that. As it stands now, and after you sound advice, the mast (on top of the tower) doesn't have adequate room to accommodate the vertical. They would interact.

However, a 20 foot mast away from the tower is doable.

I appreciate the input, Fred.

dave

The 6m yagi is the third antenna at the top on the mast (15ft mast on top of 60 ft. tower). I work the SSB portion of the band (about 50.200 or less). Since 6m is pretty active in San Diego, I'd like to put a 1/4 wave vertical with radials above the yagi. How far do I need to separate them so that the is no mutual effect in the SWR?

Here's the 6m ground plane: http://www.arrowantennas.com/gp/gp52.html

Here's the 5 El yagi: http://www.m2inc.com/index.php?ax=amateur&pg=77

Thank much!

dave

Why does the Ameritron webpage for the RCS-12 say that it's not compatible with the TS-480, but then you can buy the automatic control cables from HRO and DX Engineering? Will it or won't it?

If not, is there am Auto Antenna Switch that reads band data?

Thanks much!

dave