https://openhpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=HELIOS&feed=atom&action=historyHELIOS - Revision history2024-03-28T19:19:53ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.26.0https://openhpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=HELIOS&diff=4005&oldid=prevOZ1HFT: /* Helios Small Transmitting Loop Antenna and Controller */ wiki2011-04-21T16:37:24Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Helios Small Transmitting Loop Antenna and Controller: </span> wiki</span></p>
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</table>OZ1HFThttps://openhpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=HELIOS&diff=431&oldid=prevWR5H at 00:04, 21 January 20082008-01-21T00:04:15Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The controller is designed on a 2.5 by 3.75-inch PWB and can either be plugged directly into the Atlas backplane, or alternately mounted away from the backplane and connected to the Atlas by three signal wires and a ground.  The controller can be powered from the Atlas backplane or alternatively, powered from an on-board 5-volt regulator.  The power can then be supplied by a wall wart delivering anywhere between 8 and 20 volts <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ac or </del>dc.  There are five switches and six indicator lights that operate the controller.  These switches can be mounted on the PWB or can be located off-board.  Dual footprints are provided for either miniature screw terminals or headers.  Motor voltage, being significantly higher than used by the board electronics, is connected separately.  The board has two RJ-45 type jacks; one for an eight-wire CAT5 or CAT6 cable that is used to power the stepper motor; the second is for a four-wire telephone cord that brings the position pot signals to the board.  A six-pin header connects to an in-circuit programmer to initially program the PIC.  There are a number of spare inputs for experimentation and expansion.  The controller takes digital signals corresponding to the SDR DDS frequency and positions the antenna tuning capacitor so that it resonates the antenna at, or very near, to this frequency.  As the frequency of the SDR is changed over the range of the antenna, the antenna tuning motor/controller will keep the antenna at resonance.  Since the antenna exhibits the same high Q performance while receiving as during transmitting, the antenna needs to be tuned for reception as well.  Note that this controller will also be able to be adapted to many types of motor-driven local or remote antenna tuners to offer the same “always tuned” performance.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The controller is designed on a 2.5 by 3.75-inch PWB and can either be plugged directly into the Atlas backplane, or alternately mounted away from the backplane and connected to the Atlas by three signal wires and a ground.  The controller can be powered from the Atlas backplane or alternatively, powered from an on-board 5-volt regulator.  The power can then be supplied by a wall wart delivering anywhere between 8 and 20 volts dc.  There are five switches and six indicator lights that operate the controller.  These switches can be mounted on the PWB or can be located off-board.  Dual footprints are provided for either miniature screw terminals or headers.  Motor voltage, being significantly higher than used by the board electronics, is connected separately.  The board has two RJ-45 type jacks; one for an eight-wire CAT5 or CAT6 cable that is used to power the stepper motor; the second is for a four-wire telephone cord that brings the position pot signals to the board.  A six-pin header connects to an in-circuit programmer to initially program the PIC.  There are a number of spare inputs for experimentation and expansion.  The controller takes digital signals corresponding to the SDR DDS frequency and positions the antenna tuning capacitor so that it resonates the antenna at, or very near, to this frequency.  As the frequency of the SDR is changed over the range of the antenna, the antenna tuning motor/controller will keep the antenna at resonance.  Since the antenna exhibits the same high Q performance while receiving as during transmitting, the antenna needs to be tuned for reception as well.  Note that this controller will also be able to be adapted to many types of motor-driven local or remote antenna tuners to offer the same “always tuned” performance.</div></td></tr>
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