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Old June 29th 08, 01:20 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default wireless rotator

Hi Andrea

I have never seen one. You could of course use a wireless based terminal
server RS232 thing. Many of these boxes also have I/O ports to turn
things on and off with and some of these even have analog inputs.
Cyclades make them but so do a lot of other manufacturers. They are
commonly used to extend regular RS232 over an unwired distance. They
normally map a local PC virtual serial port to the remote one but you
can also just "join" a local RS232 port to the remote one. Kind of like
a long serial cable! I would suspect that analog to analog wireless
boxes would also be available but havent checked.

Your biggest issue then will be powering the whole system remotely. If
you are running separate power wires from the control position there is
no reason you couldnt piggy back control signals onto it. In fact with
some thought you could put everything onto one piece of coax!

Cheers Bob VK2YQA

Andrea wrote:
Hi guys,
Does enyone know if exist is a wireless rotator?
I cannot run the control cable between the control box and the rotator.
Any advice is very appreciated.

Thanks

Andrea.