[Elecraft] Dunstar Question - ANSWERED - Thanks

[Greg]

I've used both and both are very good.  What I really like about the
Stationmaster is it will handle just about any switching requirement
you can need and provide band switching for an amplifier as well.  And
you don't need to mess with jumpers for multiband antennas or if you
happen to change what port the antennas are on.  Simply change it in
the router software and load it to the eeprom and you're good to go.
And you can set multiple antennas per band and use a simple PS2 number
pad to change between them.

73
Greg


On 4/3/13, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/3/2013 1:43 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
>> The Elecraft KRC2 does a great of providing the control signals for
>> the Dunestar filters.
>
> As do the microHAM Station Master and the original "Band Decoder" if
> you find one of them on the used market.
>
> 73,
>
>     ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 4/3/2013 1:43 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
>> The Elecraft KRC2 does a great of providing the control signals for the
>> Dunestar filters. Just connect it to the K3's AUX IO connector, then the
>> Dunestar inputs to the appropriate KRC2 terminal outputs and you will get
>> automatic band pass filter switching.
>>
>> Jack Brindle, W6FB
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Apr 2, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Greg <ab7r at cablespeed.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think the dune star uses bcd signals.  It needs outputs from a
>>> relay driver to select the appropriate filter.  It can be set to either
>>> sink or source.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Greg
>>> AB7R
>>> On Apr 2, 2013 9:18 AM, "Dick, WN3R" <wn3r.us at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Dick.
>>>>
>>>> Dummy me opened the tuner first and posted my question after reading
>>>> its
>>>> manual.  Had I opened the AMP box first, I would have had my answer as
>>>> I
>>>> found the Y cable. Perhaps,
>>>> there should a mention of the Y cable in the Tuner manual as well.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for your help. My plan is to remote the whole thing with
>>>> the
>>>> K3/0 which is still in the box.  I have some work to do on my old
>>>> Remote
>>>> Rig boxes that are now connected to the IC-706.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Dick, WN3R
>>>>
>>>> On 4/2/2013 11:58 AM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If your K3 is now providing band data to your Dunestar, it probably is
>>>>> using
>>>>> a band decoder from the four BAND lines on the K3 ACC connector.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Elecraft KPAK3AUX cable set
>>>>> (http://www.elecraft.com/**manual/KPAK3AUX%20Cable%20Set%**
>>>>> 20Instructions.pdf<http://www.elecraft.com/manual/KPAK3AUX%20Cable%20Set%20Instructions.pdf>
>>>>> )
>>>>> includes a Y connector that enables you to connect the KAT500/KPA500
>>>>> as
>>>>> well
>>>>> as another device (your existing band decoder) to the K3's back panel
>>>>> ACC
>>>>> connector.
>>>>>
>>>>> Be careful when selecting a Y connector; some sold for VGA monitors
>>>>> may
>>>>> not
>>>>> have all 15 pins connected as you would expect.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From:
>>>>> elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.**net<elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> [mailto:elecraft-bounces@**mailman.qth.net<elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Dick, WN3R
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 7:34 AM
>>>>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>>>> Subject: [Elecraft] Dunstar Question
>>>>>
>>>>> Current configuration: K3 ---> Dunstar ---> Alpha 87A
>>>>>
>>>>> New configuration: K3 ---> Dunstar ---> KPA 500 ---> KAT500
>>>>>
>>>>> Question: How do I control the the band switching on the Dunstar? Is
>>>>> there a
>>>>> way to parallel the Dunstar from the K3 Acc? If not, which is better?
>>>>> Disconnect the Amp Aux or the Tuner Aux?
>>>>>
>>>>> This is an SO2R station. Second station is: K3---> Dunstar ---> ACOM
>>>>> 2000A
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Dick, WN3R
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