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2.0 KiB
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51 lines
2.0 KiB
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# Maps and Antennas
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## Main view
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The Main view is **two configurable panes** (per profile, Settings → General →
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*Main view*), with a **draggable divider** between them (double-click it to
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even them out). Choose from: great-circle map, locator (street) map, the
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cluster grid, the worked-before grid, recent QSOs, the **FlexRadio** controls,
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the **Icom** or **Yaesu** console, or the **Net control** panel.
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## Great-circle map
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- Short/long-path **distance & azimuth** to the worked station.
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- Selectable, **key-free** basemaps: Light / Voyager / Street / Satellite.
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- The **antenna beam lobe(s)** are drawn from the rotor azimuth.
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- **Day/night terminator** and twilight band (button at the top right).
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## Locator (street) map
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An OSM street map centred on the contacted grid square — handy for local /
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portable contacts. No API key.
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## Rotators
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An azimuthal-equidistant **click-to-turn** compass; the current heading and
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target are shown. Three rotator types (Settings → Rotator):
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- **PstRotator** — via its UDP interface.
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- **microHAM ARCO** — native, over LAN or USB: set the ARCO's CONTROL PROTOCOL
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to *Yaesu GS-232A*.
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- **GS-232A (generic)** — any GS-232A controller, ERC (Easy Rotor Control)
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included; serial speed selectable. Set an ERC to GS-232 emulation, not
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Hy-Gain DCU-1.
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## Motorized antennas (Ultrabeam / SteppIR)
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Both follow the **rig frequency** (band change → retune) and retune immediately
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when you click a spot, with three modes — **Normal**, **180° reverse**,
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**Bidirectional**:
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- The **radiating direction** is shown in green and the **mechanical boom** in
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grey, on both the compass and the map.
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- On a FlexRadio, transmit is **inhibited while the elements move**, and
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released as soon as the antenna is tuned.
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- **SteppIR — Tunable range** (Settings → Hardware → Antenna, default
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13–54 MHz): outside it OpsLog leaves the antenna and the TX interlock
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completely alone, so tuning to 30 m on a 20 m–6 m SteppIR does nothing.
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Related hardware: [[Amplifiers and Switches]] (Antenna Genius switch, Tuner
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Genius, relays).
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