[Towertalk] remote controlling a cap

[Norman Hockler]

But make sure you have some kind of turns stop or torque limiter cause if 
you twist it at the end of the
movement you will bust the cap.

Norm  N8NH


At 09:21 AM 6/13/02 -0400, you wrote:

>   Hi Howard - I have a small cordless screwdriver which I think is made by
>Black & Decker.  I see them for sale at Home Depot for around $15.  It's
>cylindrical in nature and about 10" long.  I often thought something like
>that might work well to remotely tune a capacitor or inductor.  You could
>easily connect the shaft of the screwdriver to the shaft of the cap.  It
>offers plenty of torque.  The switch on the screwdriver could easily be
>remoted back to the shack and about the only other thing, is providing it
>with a DC source so it doesn't have to run off of batteries.  Just a
>thought.
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>73
>Ken K4ZW
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