Mid-Afternoon - I call a local ham who saw my posting looking for some on
the internet, says he has selsyns...lives about 2 miles away from work -
agree to see him a little after quitting time...he gives directions.
5:15 PM meet nice guy (Noah, WB4WMW) and his wife - he says here it is and
shows me a chassis with 4 selsyns and a tachometer attached to it
5:30 PM after filling him in on our rotator project and thanking him for the
deal on the selsyns I head home to catch the 6:30 t-ball game my grandson is
in
6:00 PM get home, everyone else is off to the game, I wolf down casserole
(tnx Mom) and head over to the game, but first put a post on the towertalk
reflector asking how you hook up selsyns
6:30 PM T-Ball is underway, I arrive to see Ohmar hit two triples and make
some major RBI's ensuring his teams victory...Teresa (wife) and Patty
(Ohmar's Mom) join in chants cheering on our hero
8:00 PM get home...read e-mail from friends on towertalk about how to hook
up selsyns..
8:30 PM start dismantling chassis with all those selsyns, you gotta love
mil-spec stuff - wish my car was built like this stuff is...I decide to take
gears off selsyns but keep them attached to the chassis...
9:00 PM finally get things mechanically ready....debate whether or not to
hook em up...do not have a fuse or fuseholder...if it is wrong, smoke...but
I cannot take the anticipation.
9:30 PM twist on last wire nut and plug into 110V - VOILA
Houston - we have selsyns!
These things are too cool....
9:35 drag wife out of bed to show here how these neato things work...
9:45 post thank you note to Noah and my friends on towertalk...
:-)
73,
Jim, K4OJ
k4oj@ij.net
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the price of the heaviest antenna rotators." W6NL
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