KCR2 versus Bandmaster III

[Lewis Phelps]

Does anyone have experience with the Bandmaster III station control unit offered by Array Solutions? I’m interested how it stacks up against the Elecraft KCR2. Looking to mate one or the other to my K3.

thanks,

Lew


Lew Phelps N6LEW
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Elecraft K3-10 / KXV144 / XV432
Yaesu FT-7800
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[Jorge Diez - CX6VM-2]

I have two bandmaster with sixpack and two K3 and all work perfect with automatic bands switching

73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W

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> El 10 ene. 2016, a las 11:39, Lewis Phelps <[hidden email]> escribió:
>
> Does anyone have experience with the Bandmaster III station control unit offered by Array Solutions? I’m interested how it stacks up against the Elecraft KCR2. Looking to mate one or the other to my K3.
>
> thanks,
>
> Lew
>
>
> Lew Phelps N6LEW
> Pasadena, CA DM04wd
> Elecraft K3-10 / KXV144 / XV432
> Yaesu FT-7800
> [hidden email]
> www.n6lew.us
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> Generalized Law of Entropy: Sooner or later, everything that has been put together will fall apart.
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[Ed Muns]

I use KRC2s, SixPak and FL-1/W3NQN BP filters at home.  In Aruba, we have
the BandMaster III, SixPak and FilterMax BP filters.  Both systems work
great.  I like them equally well.  The cabling is simpler between the
BandMaster and FilterMax, which is convenient.

Ed W0YK

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From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Lewis
Phelps
Sent: 10 January, 2016 08:40
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Subject: [Elecraft] KCR2 versus Bandmaster III

Does anyone have experience with the Bandmaster III station control unit
offered by Array Solutions? I'm interested how it stacks up against the
Elecraft KCR2. Looking to mate one or the other to my K3.

thanks,

Lew


Lew Phelps N6LEW
Pasadena, CA DM04wd
Elecraft K3-10 / KXV144 / XV432
Yaesu FT-7800
[hidden email]
www.n6lew.us

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[Rick Tavan-2]

Another nice solution, especially for more complex stations, is the new
Band Aide band decoder from Top Ten Devices. The optional K3 ACC cable
provides clean integration or you can build your own. You can do "wire
ORing" internally to let multiple bands select the same multi-band
antenna. The box provides front panel LEDs for 160-6 band selection
including 60 and WARC. It has a rotary switch that offers manual selection
of an antenna other than the one normally selected for a band and five
optional positions that leave the default selection active but also
activate a separate output line that can drive an external relay to select
among alternate antennas on a band. It's simple to use in basic stations
and flexible to use in more complex situations. I have two in my SO2R
station and like them very much.

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Ed Muns <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I use KRC2s, SixPak and FL-1/W3NQN BP filters at home.  In Aruba, we have
> the BandMaster III, SixPak and FilterMax BP filters.  Both systems work
> great.  I like them equally well.  The cabling is simpler between the
> BandMaster and FilterMax, which is convenient.
>
> Ed W0YK
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Lewis
> Phelps
> Sent: 10 January, 2016 08:40
> To: Elecraft
> Subject: [Elecraft] KCR2 versus Bandmaster III
>
> Does anyone have experience with the Bandmaster III station control unit
> offered by Array Solutions? I'm interested how it stacks up against the
> Elecraft KCR2. Looking to mate one or the other to my K3.
>
> thanks,
>
> Lew
>
>
> Lew Phelps N6LEW
> Pasadena, CA DM04wd
> Elecraft K3-10 / KXV144 / XV432
> Yaesu FT-7800
> [hidden email]
> www.n6lew.us
>
> Generalized Law of Entropy: Sooner or later, everything that has been put
> together will fall apart.
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>
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[Joe Subich, W4TV-4]

Another alternative is Station Master from microHAM.  It uses
CAT/RS-232 interface and provides completely flexible configuration
for both bandpass filters *and* antenna switching plus support for
automatic amplifiers (Icom or Yaesu interface), support for SteppIR
controller and/or support for antenna rotator.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 1/10/2016 11:39 AM, Lewis Phelps wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with the Bandmaster III station control unit offered by Array Solutions? I’m interested how it stacks up against the Elecraft KCR2. Looking to mate one or the other to my K3.
>
> thanks,
>
> Lew
>
>
> Lew Phelps N6LEW
> Pasadena, CA DM04wd
> Elecraft K3-10 / KXV144 / XV432
> Yaesu FT-7800
> [hidden email]
> www.n6lew.us
>
> Generalized Law of Entropy: Sooner or later, everything that has been put together will fall apart.
>

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I have several of the original six band Top Ten Band Decoders. I rewired
my old Yaesu cables to accommodate the K3S and it works great for
automatically switching bandpass filters and antennas.

John KK9A

Rick Tavan rick at tavan.com
Sun Jan 10 13:33:27 EST 2016

Another nice solution, especially for more complex stations, is the new
Band Aide band decoder from Top Ten Devices. The optional K3 ACC cable
provides clean integration or you can build your own. You can do "wire
ORing" internally to let multiple bands select the same multi-band
antenna. The box provides front panel LEDs for 160-6 band selection
including 60 and WARC. It has a rotary switch that offers manual selection
of an antenna other than the one normally selected for a band and five
optional positions that leave the default selection active but also
activate a separate output line that can drive an external relay to select
among alternate antennas on a band. It's simple to use in basic stations
and flexible to use in more complex situations. I have two in my SO2R
station and like them very much.

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