Re: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control?

2013-07-18 Thread Andrew Faber
, etc.). Never had a problem. 73, Andy, AE6Y -Original Message- From: Hop - AC8NS Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:54 PM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control? There are others. I use a SERDO8R purchased from EasyDAQ.com. It has an RS232 interface and eight

Re: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control?

2013-07-17 Thread Greg
, but I have no experience with them. 73 de AC8NS Hop - Original Message - From: Tom tom...@videotron.ca To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:06 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control? Hi Can anyone tell me what would be the most

Re: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control?

2013-07-17 Thread Tom
no experience with them. 73 de AC8NS Hop - Original Message - From: Tom tom...@videotron.ca To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:06 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control? Hi Can anyone tell me what would be the most popular rs232 (or USB

[Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control?

2013-07-16 Thread Tom
Hi Can anyone tell me what would be the most popular rs232 (or USB) relay board for use in computer control of a k3 setup? I use the canakit 4 relay USB board. Are there others? Thanks Sent from my iPhone __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control?

2013-07-16 Thread iain macdonnell - N6ML
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Tom tom...@videotron.ca wrote: Can anyone tell me what would be the most popular rs232 (or USB) relay board for use in computer control of a k3 setup? I use the canakit 4 relay USB board. Are there others? I've not tried these myself, but bookmarked them a

Re: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control?

2013-07-16 Thread William Evans
I have used the denkovi 16 relay set and the 8 relay set with ethernet access to design and build a controller which automatically selects either my normal antenna for each band or an alternate antenna for that band. I use the K3's BCD outputs to determine the band, and a arduino programmed to

Re: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control?

2013-07-16 Thread Tom
Hi, I wondering about the USB versions. They have a caution in the docs about a power cycle, which causes the relays to switch several times during power up of the computer. This could cause some undesirable effects I would think. The serial and Ethernet do not seem to be affected. And, what is

Re: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote control?

2013-07-16 Thread Hop - AC8NS
Channel Relay Board ForAutomation, currently selling for $41, but I have no experience with them. 73 de AC8NS Hop - Original Message - From: Tom tom...@videotron.ca To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:06 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Relay boards for remote