Hamplus FOUR STACK II Manual instruction

FOUR STACK II
Setup and Operation Instructions
Four Stack II Control Box Four Stack II Switch Box
The Four Stack II was designed to operate any array of one to four antennas within the same band.
It is also possible to operate with two different antenna arrangements, one for reception and one for
transmission.
When the station has more than one Four Stack II, such as one for 10m and another for 15m, a
maximum of four, it is possible to operate in a network. Network operation allows any of the Four Stack
II commands to operate the Switch from another Four Stack II.
1- Individual operation
In this mode each control box controls only the relay box in which it is connected. The choice of
antennas is made by pressing the push button corresponding to the desired antennas. One touch
connects and another touch disconnects. The illuminated push button indicates that the antena
is connected.
To use an arrangement of antennas in transmission different from the arrangement used in
reception proceed as follows:
Press and hold the ENTER push button and choose the desired antennas by pressing the
corresponding push button. The chosen antennas will be signaled by the red LEDs located above
each push button.
The switching of the reception arrangement to the transmission arrangement will take place
when the PTT of the Radio is activated
2- Network operation
Network operation is only applied when two to four Four Stack II sets are used. The purpose of
the network operation is to allow the control of a Four Stack II to operate the switch box of an
other Four Stack II.
a- First step - Place addresses in each of the Four Stack II.
Proceed as follows:
Press the ENTER push button for about ten seconds until all the push buttons blink a few
times. The ENTER push button will continue flashing. Then choose the address by pressing one
of the four push buttons, Ant1, Ant2, Ant3, or Ant.4.
The address chosen for the Four Stack II will be shown by the red Led in the Band column.
Repeat this procedure for all Four Stack II by placing different addresses in each of them

In the figures above each Stack has its address, from 1 to 4 shown in the Band column and in
the Busy column the address of the other Active Stacks
b- Second step- how to change control.
Now that all Four Stack II are with their respective addresses we will start the procedure for
the exchange of control
First: release Stack control.
In the Four Stack II that will be controlled press the ENTER push button for approximately
two seconds until it blink once . This operation should turn off the red light on the Band
column. If it only changes, repeat the operation until all LEDs in the Band column are cleared.
Second: Changing address in Stack control
In the Four Stack II that will be the controller press the ENTER push button for
approximately two seconds until it blink once. This operation performs the address change that
is shown in the Band column.
Repeat until you get the address you want.
In this explanation Stack 1 is controlling the 15 m Band and Stack 2 is not controlling any Band. Since
Band 1 has run out of control, any of the Stack can be addressed to control it.