Brian, Yes, I want to send the ANT 1/2 switch command to the K3, say every quarter hour. I believe there is no serial port rig control from the WSPR software to contend with, just the tones from the soundcard that key the rig periodically.
So, I just need a utility to send the ant switch command over the serial port to the K3 at fixed intervals. Actually, I have found an old copy of COMMO that may run in a DOS window. I'll try it later but if someone knows of a more recent similar program pls let me know, thanks. 73, Drew AF2Z On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:02:50 +0000, you wrote: >Drew, > >Do you mean K3's internal antenna 1/2 or some external antenna switch? > >If K3's internal: > >Try the commands AN1; and AN2; in the firmware update program to see if >it does what you want. That command can easily be programed in a stand >alone program. > >If you are using rig control in WSPR, then you would need to "share" the >COM port with a program like LPBRIDGE. > >If external box, then you can kluge something mechanical/electrical up >to do the switching at prescribed intervals. > >73 de Brian/K3KO > > > >On 8/6/2013 16:36, drewko wrote: >> I've been doing some performance comparison between two antennas I am >> using. I'm compiling data of my WSPR transmissions and spots over >> periods of many hours. I got a little carried away and made up a >> spreadsheet to compare reciprocal signal reports as well as the >> performance differences between my two antennas... >> >> Basically, I am manually switching from one antenna to the other on a >> reqular basis, keeping track of which time periods each is in use. >> What I'd like to do is automate the antenna switching on my K3 at >> periodic intervals. >> >> The question is, what is the simplest solution for achieving this? >> Don't really want to install some full-blown logging-control software. >> I am wondering if there is perhaps some little generic utility >> available that will send user specified commands over the serial port >> at specified intervals. Is there anything like that available? (Years >> ago there was a great telecom program called COMMO that could do >> this.) >> >> 73, >> Drew >> AF2Z ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
