Yes, I have several new, extra large prop pitches. Had I thought it would not
hold this particular antenna I might have tried to use the brake, but instead I
removed the brake before installing on the tower. I should play with one of
the new ones. It would not be difficult to replace the motor.
I've sold a few of these prop pitches. If anyone is interested, let me know.
They are big - 102 pounds if I remember correctly which is about triple the
weight of the small one.
73... Stan, K5GO
> On May 22, 2020, at 3:33 PM, George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Prop pitch motors came with brakes, sort of a disc brake; the first step in
> converting them to ham use is to remove the brake assembly from the bottom of
> the motor. It took a slug of current to operate them so that's why they had
> to come out.
>
> 73,
>
> geo - n4ua
>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 4:25 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist
>> <richard@karlquist.com> wrote:
>> Way bigger than mine!
>>
>> Does the Green Heron only detect free wheeling when
>> in debug mode, and not merely in normal "ON" mode?
>>
>> Rick N6RK
>>
>> On 5/22/2020 12:37 PM, Stan Stockton wrote:
>> > Rick,
>> >
>> > Here is a nice video I took of the antenna about a year ago.
>> >
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-_Rq8w7Kc
>> >
>> > Boom is 45G. Vertical Truss is 55G and side trusses are 25G. Antenna
>> > weighs something like 1500 pounds.
>> >
>> > I have a Green Heron controller and if you leave it in debug mode it will
>> > show movement in the motor with the reed switch pulses for indication.
>> > Without a pot, you don't know where it is pointed, however.
>> >
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