K2, LP-100 and HRD etc

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K2, LP-100 and HRD etc

Mike Walkington-3
All,

It seems to me that is should be possible to write a piece of software that
controls the K2 transmit frequency (steps it up in increments), reads the
LP-100 SWR, power etc, and produces plots for each ham band of frequency
versus SWR, power etc. It would sure be nice if this was built into HRD.

Mike
VK1KCK
K2#2599

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Re: K2, LP-100 and HRD etc

N8LP

The LP-100 Plot software does this already if you use DXlabs Commander
(freeware) or TRX-Manager. It doesn't matter what rig is selected, it
will work with any supported rig. You set the start and stop frequencies
and step size, then hit Run. The program controls the rig and gathers
the data. You can select the parameters to plot either before or after
running, and save the plots to a file in CSV format for later recall or
export to a spreadsheet.

It may be possible to add HRD, but I don't see a linking component for
them that accepts all the incoming commands needed.

You can see a screen capture of the LP-100 Plot software at
www.telepostinc.com/lp100.html, along with a comparison to a couple of
antenna analyzers I own as well as my HP87510A VNA.

73,
Larry N8LP



Mike Walkington wrote:

> All,
>
> It seems to me that is should be possible to write a piece of software that
> controls the K2 transmit frequency (steps it up in increments), reads the
> LP-100 SWR, power etc, and produces plots for each ham band of frequency
> versus SWR, power etc. It would sure be nice if this was built into HRD.
>
> Mike
> VK1KCK
> K2#2599
>
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