{"id":1147,"date":"2016-05-15T13:02:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T12:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2025-05-10T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:38:03","slug":"ameritron-rcs-8v-interface-ham-radio-deluxe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/ameritron-rcs-8v-interface-ham-radio-deluxe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ameritron RCS-8V interface with Ham Radio Deluxe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a Ameritron RCS-8V 5 way antenna switcher from <a href=\"\/\/www.hamradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ham Radio Outlet,<\/a> this uses a rotary switch in the shack&nbsp;to select a remote relay to energize, this allows up to 5 antennas to use a single coax.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_160618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1148\" src=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_160618-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_160618\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_160618-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_160618-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_160618-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I use <a href=\"\/\/www.hamradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ham Radio Deluxe<\/a> as my program of choice, this software has a feature to allow automated switched depending on the Band in use via the computers Parallel Port (<a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AuxiliarySwitching.pdf\">Auxiliary Switching).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/8-relay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1149\" src=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/8-relay.jpg\" alt=\"8 relay\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/8-relay.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/8-relay-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I bought an 8 relay&nbsp;interface off eBay for \u00a318 and mounted it inside an enclosure, the Parallel lead from the PC to the interface was also from eBay and cost \u00a32.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160416_174101-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1140\" src=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160416_174101-Large-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20160416_174101 (Large)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160416_174101-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160416_174101-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160416_174101-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160416_174101-Large.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inside of the RCS-8V is a simple two pole rotary switch, one pole switches 12v to the panel LED, the other pole switches 12v to the output connections for the relay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160420_182513-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1144 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160420_182513-Large-e1463311985774-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20160420_182513 (Large)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160420_182513-Large-e1463311985774-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160420_182513-Large-e1463311985774-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160420_182513-Large-e1463311985774.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The above picture is of the opened external relay unit, the first thing I noticed was that the relay armature had jumped out of position in transit&nbsp;and was on the wrong side of the contact, this fortunately was easily sorted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160417_142116-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1145\" src=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160417_142116-Large-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20160417_142116 (Large)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160417_142116-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160417_142116-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160417_142116-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160417_142116-Large.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The On\/Off switch on the RCS-8V is a single pole double throw, I decided that for normal operation, &nbsp;when the RCS-8V&nbsp; was in the ON position, control was only via the rotary switch, with the switch in the OFF position, control of the RCS-8V&nbsp; will be from the relay interface, power for the interface will also be switched from the RCS-8V.<\/p>\n<p>The connection from the interface to the RCS-8V&nbsp; is via an 8 pin connector which needs a16mm hole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160423_103244-Large-e1463312919856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1139\" src=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160423_103244-Large-e1463312919856-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20160423_103244 (Large)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160423_103244-Large-e1463312919856-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160423_103244-Large-e1463312919856-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160423_103244-Large-e1463312919856-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160423_103244-Large-e1463312919856.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diodes were soldered&nbsp;across the rear of the rotary switch, this allows independence of switching, so if the rotary switch is left on antenna relay 3 for example, when the front RCS-8V switch&nbsp;is set to OFF, power is applied to the interface and whatever relay switches becomes the master (example below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1135\" src=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111510-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20160515_111510\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111510-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111510-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111510-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RCS-8V switched ON, no power to relay interface, rotary switch selected antenna 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1136\" src=\"\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111519-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20160515_111519\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111519-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111519-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160515_111519-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RCS-8V switched OFF, power to relay interface ON, relay 4 switches antenna 4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.cdarc.org.uk\/downloads\/magazines\/cambeam201605.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cambeam 2016<\/a> the Cambridge &amp; District amateur Radio Club newsletter has a great article on using an Arduino for automating antenna relay controls and is worth checking out. Article by Bob Cowdery G3UKB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a Ameritron RCS-8V 5 way antenna switcher from Ham Radio Outlet, this uses a rotary switch in the shack&nbsp;to select a remote relay to energize, this allows up to 5 antennas to use a single coax. I use Ham Radio Deluxe as my program of choice, this software has a feature to allow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/ameritron-rcs-8v-interface-ham-radio-deluxe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ameritron RCS-8V interface with Ham Radio Deluxe<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[198,197,196],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio-ham","tag-ameritron","tag-antenna-relay","tag-hrd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ameritron RCS-8V interface with Ham Radio Deluxe - My Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/ameritron-rcs-8v-interface-ham-radio-deluxe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ameritron RCS-8V interface with Ham Radio Deluxe - My Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I bought a Ameritron RCS-8V 5 way antenna switcher from Ham Radio Outlet, this uses a rotary switch in the shack&nbsp;to select a remote relay to energize, this allows up to 5 antennas to use a single coax. 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