[WT-support] Rotator

[I4UFH HRS]

Fine Bob

this is ur opinion, but in my own applicaton, I have  4 antennas in 4 different beam directions , an automatic switch without press two keys on the keyboard is extremly useful. Otherwise u can define the range of the rotor so that if the typed call is in the degress range of the previous QSO no switch is done or rotation is done. adding also the beamwith of your antennas, allow all of these functions.

Large system most of time have fixed of semi fixed antennas in different direction, with limited range of degrees, so in these envioriments the rotator is limited to a 50/90 degrees
and with the adding of the antenna beamwith  u can simple select automatically the right antenna and if is not enough with keyboard commands override it and beam directly.

In SO2R all that can be automated is an help, ur need to beam only when u want depend most from ur antenna system, and operating tecnique, in my side in a MS MM
envioriment when u can access to the call with a simple click from the band map, have an automatic heading is better that ALT F12, obviously, all this automation can be overide
from the keyboard commands. 

Otherwise adding a toggle enable/disable is not too terrific in Tool/Data Entry/Beam Heading Auto|Manual

Thank's for answer

73 de Fabio I4UFH




----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Wilson, N6TV 
  To: support at win-test.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [WT-support] Rotator


  On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:33 PM, I4UFH HRS <i4ufh at hamradiosolutions.com> wrote:


    Should Shift F12 be enabled automatically ?


  In my humble opinion, no. 


    Mean during Call typing after the country and the prefix has been decoded ,
    where WT is mostly sure that the typed characters are a sort of valid call,
    obeing also at the K1TTT rules, does WT send over the network the SP heading
    without pressing Shift F12 ?

  I certainly hope not.  I don't want my rotator moving a few degrees left or right every time I make a QSO when running a pileup.  When doing S&P or SO2R, I don't want my antenna turning every time I type a callsign, becaues the more you use a rotator, the sooner it will wear out.  I even had an old Orion with a heat sensor in the motor that would open whenever the rotator got too hot.  It would take an hour of cooling before it would start working again.  I got rid of that rotator a long time ago.

  If doing SO2R, it would only make sense to rotate when YOU decide it is time to work the multiplier, not every time you type a call in the secondary radio window (including dupes and non-mults)?

  73,
  Bob, N6TV


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