[Dx4win] Antenna rotor and two diferent directions?

[ON4AOI]

Hi Anders,
The 90 deg OFFSET for your 30 meter is 100 % possible
The second question in NO since there is no parameter setup for all antennas
Meaning the selection between beam or dipole,
This can only take 30 seconds more time or you stop manually


F1 = HELP in the rotator control panel 

Rotator | Parameters 

Open the rotator control Window. 

The rotator control window lets you specify a number of operational
parameters and will accept a heading otherwise not available from the QSO
Window. 

When setting the heading, the current band shown in the QSO Window is used
to set the actual direction for the antenna using the parameters described
below. 

The Title bar of this window will show the calculated direction after
applying the Correction and a possible Offset or Reverse direction. Final
values of less than 2 degrees and more than 358 degrees are changed to 2 and
358 degrees respectively. 

The Rotate and Stop buttons (see below) can be used to see what happens,
even if no rotator control device has been enabled. 

Fields 

Heading  
An entry field to set the heading. When the rotate command is executed from
the QSO Window, this field will contain the desired heading.  
 
Correction  
A value added to the heading to correct for any misalignment of the mast in
the rotator.  
 
Offset  
A value added to heading to allow for antennas mounted in a different
direction than the main antenna. Used only when the use of the offset is
specified in the Status field (see below) for a particular band.  
 
Band  
When changing the Band field, the Status field on the right will show what
should happen when a heading is selected for the band shown in the QSO
window.  
 
Status  
This field can contain four different values for every band  

Disabled  
A command for a new beam heading will be ignored  
 
Normal  
The heading will be used as specified.  
 
With Offset  
The value of the offset field will be added to the desired heading. This
allows for example to have a 40m beam mounted at 90 degrees on the same
mast.  

Reverse  
Assumes a revers mounted antenna; 180 degrees will be added to the desired
heading.  

Buttons 

Rotate  
Use the value in the Heading field and the band from the current QSO to set
the beam heading  
 
Stop  
The rotator will stop rotating  
 
Ok  
Save all data changes made and exit.  
 
Cancel  
Ignore all data changes made and exit.  
 
    

73 Guy ON4AOI

BAND DECODER and related stuff at

http://www.on4aoi.be/banddecoder.htm

DX4WIN soft and related stuff at

http://www.on4aoi.be/dx4win.htm

DX4WIN, WRITELOG, WF1B & RITTY CW & RTTY interfaces at

 http://www.on4aoi.be/keyer.htm

ARSWIN link and related stuff at

http://www.on4aoi.be/web7.htm

DXTELNET soft and related stuff at

http://www.on4aoi.be/dxt.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces+on4aoi=skynet.be at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:dx4win-bounces+on4aoi=skynet.be at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Anders
Janis SM4RNA
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:27 AM
To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx4win] Antenna rotor and two diferent directions?

Hi!

I am about to put a horisontal dipole for 30m under my "5 band" log
periodic. The dipole will be mounted at a 90 degre angle compared to the log
periodic. The rotator is controlled with EA4TX rotator control PCB and
Arswin soft that is controlled with Dx4Win. Is there any way to get the 90
degree offset atuomatic with a 30 m band change? Is there any way to  make
DX4Win understand that the antenna is bi-directional and by automatic choose
the direction that is the closest?

de Anders SM4RNA
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