> Does anyone know if the SARtek rotor can be controlled from TR? The local
> contest station is looking at this for station control and I was curious
> about controlling it. Apparently, the rotor control is actually an ISA card
> but only gets power from the PC. The control commands must be sent in via a
> serial connection between the card and a com port. I guess they have a
> command set that would have to be implemented. Of course, some control
> would have to used to ensure the rotor was not going around like a
> turbo-prop each time a dupe check was done to different sides of the world.
I haven't heard of it, but it should be easy to add now that I implemented
my first rotor control (the Orion).
The rotor is only moved if you use the Control-P command.
> Additionally, some checking of the antenna switch would help to ensure that
> if an antena deemed as non-rotatable (or 90 degrees out of phase like a
> rotatable dipole) was accomodated.
Hmmm - tricky...
> If this is redundant, I'm sorry, I apologize, and I regret it.
Please - no regrets for asking questions!!
Can you provide me with the details on the commands and baud rates and
such things?
Tree
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