Only
after almost 25 years of service, my antenna rotator system died under bad
circumstances.
Heavy winds and much larger load of 8 long yagis for 432MHz were too much for the
mechanical construction. A new rotator was selected but it did not fulfil the today's
requirements. State of art upgrading was badly needed. |
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Spending a budget of abt. Euro 70,= a commercial antenna rotator
system of Euro 900,= becomes a valuable instrument in todays radio amateur
shack. At
least manufacturers should be able to include this type of upgrades for much less in their
current controllers.
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This article shows how easy a commercial rotator can be
modified for today's amateur requirements. |
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