dave, i have a 2m mirage bilinear at home, do we want to put it on the tiny fm/ssb rig sitting on top of cabinet. it would let us use it or for a backup 2 m ssb rig. george w6nre santa barbara, ca web page is www.balanceindustries.com for my company cell 818-370-9407 From: dave@xxxxxxxxxx To: sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sarcmembers] Re: SARC Memorial Day Weekend activities... Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 09:41:49 -0700 No amps were hooked up. The antenna was attached directly to the radio just for testing, and then I had such good results I continued using it. In discussions I have had with various members, we are trying to make the station “idiot proof”. It is our goal to make the station configuration such that people can walk in an operate without much thought. Some of the items at the station lend themselves to this by default, others are problematic. The VHF/UHF station might have problems because of the various configurations possible. I am thinking that in order to minimize confusion and constantly pulling the equipment out to see how it in connected, we should have a laminated piece of paper with a few possible block diagrams of the equipment in question. The current block diagram could be marked with a grease pen or similar marker. If a deviation occurs from the existing block diagrams, either it should be returned to a standard configuration after use, or the new configuration should be added to the laminated paper. Many people are hopefully going to use this club station. We want to achieve the goal of maximum enjoyment by all. We need to have the flexibility of being able to change configuration for the advanced users while at the same time being able to have ease of operation, failsafe operation, and predictability for the beginners. We should design the station with this in mind. A few of us are discussing a switching method for the HF stations that would allow both stations to share all of the HF antennas (lf course, not the same one at the same time). It would be simple to use and involve a simple rotary switch at both operating positions with a column of LEDs. One LED would illuminate green to show which antenna was used at your operating position, while another would illuminate in Red to show the antenna selection of the other operating station. Failsafe circuitry would ensure that both stations could not be on the same antenna. This would not solve the issue of rotor placement, however. Since there are likely to only be two HF antennas on rotors, we could possibly do the same thing with the rotors. If we got exactly the same rotor and control box for both HF towers, we could literally use one rotor box at each station and switch which one was used at which operating position. Anyway, much thought needs to go into this in the future. This is just an glimpse of the things we can do to achieve the stated goals and maximize the enjoyment of all. See you all next week, right? It’s a busy ham radio month. Club meeting, VHF contest, field day, swap fest. 73 Dave KA6BFB From: sarcmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sarcmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of george bernard Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:45 AM To: john maetta Subject: [sarcmembers] Re: SARC Memorial Day Weekend activities... dave, is the te-400 hooked up to the 736 and also is the 432 brick in the line. i had everything hooked up temporarily last week and worked some 432 ssb. there were power supplies required, one for the 400 and one for the mirage brick amp. george bernard i will probably go to the stn this morning, sunday and look things over. i am planning to purhase some dsp speaker amps when i find out which ones are preferred, at this moment it looks like the mountain air units. santa barbara, ca web page is www.balanceindustries.com for my company cell 818-370-9407 From: dave@xxxxxxxxxx To: sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sarcmembers] Re: SARC Memorial Day Weekend activities... Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 22:45:08 -0700 All More work occurred at the station. Eric WB6FLY added some hooks for cabling beneath the operating table to keep the cables off the floor. It definitely is tidier. Bob W6RFH added a few more shelves. Bob and I cut some of the long cables, and lengthened others. The 2M radio now is back on its normal vertical. The circularly polarized 2M AZ/EL antenna is now connected to the 736R. I worked a few 2M SSB stations with it this evening. Bob figured out that the rotor with the big HF Yagi was not working because somebody wrapped the cable around the pole. For the time being, there are no mechanical stops. Be cognizant of the cable wrapping while using this antenna. I borrowed the manual on the Log Periodic. It is not available on the internet, and I wanted to make a PDF of it for our own use before it gets lost. I will scan it and put it with the rest of the manuals I have on the club network. I believe we have manuals for most if not all the club equipment in PDF format. The operating position is starting to come together. Here are some pictures.
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