[Elecraft] Rotating Antenna from a remote location.

[Rick Tavan]

Easy, Don, but there are lots of choices.

First you need a rotor control box with a digital interface. Many have
them, usually with a conventional serial port connection. If yours does
not, consider the Green Heron universal controller. It can control most
rotors out there.

Second, you need software to interface to the controller. Some logging
programs can be set up to control some digital rotor controllers and that
may be the simplest way to go. You will probably need a remote serial port.

If you don't want to rely on logging programs or if your logger doesn't
support your rotor/controller, you will need stand-alone software.

Some controllers provide their own stand-alone software and there are also
third-party programs available (see below). There are two ways these
programs can run - local-only or client-server. If you choose software that
runs local-only, you can run it on a computer at the radio site and access
it via a remote desktop program from the control site OR you can run it at
the control site with a remote serial port to the controller at the radio
site.

If you choose software that runs client-server, you run the server version
on a computer at the radio site and the client version on a computer at the
control site. Often it's the same executable at both sites and you just
select different options. This is what I do, using PstRotatorAz from
YO3DMU. It can run either locally or client-server and interfaces most
rotor controllers and logging programs. Setup is less than obvious but help
is available online and once it's working it's very robust, surviving many
sorts of configuration changes and starts and stops, an excellent program.
Extra added attractions include presets, turn-to-prefix, logging program
interfaces, and a module that controls a SteppIR antenna controller, also
remotely.

GL & 73,

/Rick N6XI

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Don Strom <d6rep at live.com> wrote:

> Am getting ready to order K3S with the remote rig duo from Elecraft.
>
> Any one out there that is rotating their antennas remotely?
>
> If so, very interested in what you are using to do the job.
>
> Thanks!  Don  W0EAR
>
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Rick Tavan
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