Or a small box with ONE multi-pole switch that could easily switch
from one rotor to another.
I mulled over this possibility for years, but rotor control boxes are
relatively cheap, and, at the time, I purchased MUCH rotor-control
wire on spools, so I'm not going to use one control.
Don
N8DE
Quoting john@kk9a.com:
> I'm not sure that I see the advantage to this, unless both towers are near
> each other and very far from the shack. If you connect the motors
> together so that both turn at the same time, you will need larger wires and
> you would only be able to use the indicator from one rotator so the
> direction of the second would be out of sync. You could install relays
> outside that would switch between the rotators and use a common cable and
> controller, but then you would need to run extra wires for the relays.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] 1 control box on more than 1 rotor
> From: WB4UNA@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:02:03 EST
>
> I am going to stick a couple more towers in the air and wondering if anyone
> has tried or done the below .
> i would like to operate 2 or more rotors with one control box. They will
> al
> be TX2 style rotors. I just would like to save some on running all the
> rotor
> cable to each tower .
> It is just a idea....
>
> Thanks Randy
>
> Carlus M. Randy Chavis
> WB4UNA since 1970
>
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