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First, I'm a little late to the game - never saw anything "fail-proof" that actually was - BUT - couldn't agree more with John's statement - DELAY - and like David and DC, I'll be happy to contribute to "the" or "a" solution.

That said: I've operated the superb contest station on Curacao - PJ2T - and what Jeff and company have constructed and maintained there is terrific. Granted, it's not a remote control station but excellent practices are in place there. If you are not familiar with the station and the CCC - you might want to take a look at their homepage and explore a bit;

http://www.pj2t.org/ccc/pj2t.station.home.page.htm

I've attached a pdf (and jpg's of each page) of how (for one of the stations) they are using the Bandmaster III with a Top-Ten Six Way Antenna Relay Box - as far as I know, there have been no failures in this "automatic" setup - as far as I know. Now, I'm not suggesting that we duplicate this - it's just info because it involves the use of the Bandmaster III.

My problem in making suggestions is that (probably like most of us) I really don't know just how we have this all wired (kludged?) together. What goes to what, etc. I know doing a drawing is a pain in the ass - but it would be very helpful.

Couple Questions Please:

1. Just what is the 160 meter antenna?

2. Do we have a schematic of the antenna routings and interconnections?

3. Do we have a drawing of the physical layout of the antenna "field" ?

4. Do we need to simply do some relay switching with additional coax lines?

5 Any ideas just why the Bandmaster is dead?

Next time I'm out to the ranch, I'll make an effort to get down there and take a look see. In the meantime, throwing money at it is about all I can do without more information.

'73 es gud dxing -- Don N4HH

BTW - for those that knew, my vocal cord surgery apparently went well :) and I'm doing "ok" - have a follow up on Monday.