Hi Dick,
I like your idea of putting the capacitor at the rotor.
I may do just that!!
Many Thanks and 73,
Ted K2QMF
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:54:59 -0700 "K8ZTT" <k8ztt@mho.com> writes:
> Ted,
>
> I forgot to mention that you would only need to use one of the
> internal
> capacitors, so you would only hook up six leads to one of the boxes.
> 8 and
> 4 would only be to one box.
>
> I forgot about that because I do not use the capacitor in my control
> box. I
> have the capacitor(s) mounted right by the rotors. They work much
> better
> that way, and it also allows you to use the two now unneeded wires
> in
> parallel with the leads going to 5 and 6. The advantage of that is
> you now
> have less voltage drop to the motor(s); that combined with the
> capacitor at
> the rotor, gives it much better torque and better operation.
>
> Dick K8ZTT
>
>
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Dual rotor controllers
>
> Hello All,
>
> I asked this question years ago and got replies.
> However, I can't find them. Guess they are on an
> old computer.
>
> Anyway, I would like to know how I can connect
> two (2) controllers to one antenna rotator???
>
> The rotator is a HAM-4 and I have 2 controllers.
>
> I want to be able to control the rotor from 2 different
> operating positions...
>
> As I recall, you need to take the fuse out of one of
> the controllers. I don't remember anything else...
>
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
> Thank in advance.
>
> 73,
> Ted K2QMF
>
> P,.S. - I tried the archives with no luck.
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