Re: sBitx --> Transverter for 2m/70cm SSB/CW
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Very much appreciated.? ?A lot of reading went into figuring some of that.? ?Not something I've ever done before.? We're mostly "wire-antenna" people hereabouts.? Gordon KX4Z
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 11:04?PM Ashhar Farhan via <farhanbox= [email protected]> wrote: Gordon,
That is correct! I used the K3NG to control our monster ground station antenna array with a G5500.
On Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 9:29 AM Gordon Gibby KX4Z via <docvacuumtubes= [email protected]> wrote: On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 07:26 PM, Ashhar Farhan wrote:
Thanks, Ashhar!? ?If I understand this properly....(please correct if I'm misunderstanding)
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gpredict outputs commands via tcp/ip to rotctld, which has interfaces to allow it to control several different types of controllers, including the EasyComm and Yaesu G232 protocols.? ?rotcld can run on the sBitx Raspberry, so no additional hardware is needed.
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Then the K3NG Arduino code takes the output of rotcld? (it is configurable for a few different input protocols, including EasyComm and Yaesu G232) ?and is able to control Yaesu and several other types of rotators, either by direct relay control of motor electricity and reading of potentiometers for positioning,? or by properly providing input to rotator control boxes.
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Thus there are several different packages required? in series to accomplish the goal of making motors turn antennas to desired directions.? ? Our group has dealt with K3NG's code before (we built a dozen WINKEYER emulators using a board I drew up).? ??
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73
Gordon KX4Z
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