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Re: [TowerTalk] Indicator wiper issues

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Indicator wiper issues
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 06:02:06 -0800
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On 11/9/14, 12:53 AM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
On 11/9/2014 2:05 AM, Tod wrote:

My thoughts:

I've seen two distinct problems with the same results.

#1 is the vibration already discussed and

#2, is a short oscillation of the antenna system back and forth. It
takes very little wind. Just a light breeze for anything from a medium
size tri-bander and larg

Or, maybe we should push the manufacturers to go away from the legacy potentiometer feedback pot?

There's all manner of inexpensive optical and/or hall effect encoders are readily available now. And, they're potentially really, really rugged (think of the crank position sensor in an automobile)

These days, it is trivial, if not cheaper, to have a microcontroller to "close the loop" rather than relying on comparing two voltages and driving relays.


I suppose, for all the popular inexpensive (cheap) rotors out there, the development costs have long since been recovered, and as for many things sold to hams, the volume isn't there to justify redesign. How many *new* installations of rotors are there? (as opposed to replacements).

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