[TowerTalk] Motor drives for vacuum caps

[Jim White, K4OJ]

...a week ago I would have pointed you to some that were on eBay - but 
that was then!

GL

Jim, K4OJ



Dennis Ashworth wrote:
> 
> Has anyone discovered a reliable scheme for remote adjustment of vacuum 
> variables? I have two antennas with vacuum variables at the base and 
> would very much like to tweak them from the shack. I'd need the ability 
> to reverse direction and ensure I didn't go beyond the acceptable travel 
> of the capacitor (maybe some limit switch or turn counter arrangement?). 
> I'd prefer to stay away from LED/encoder wheels, etc in my high RF 
> environment, but that may ultimately prove the best solution.
> 
> Ideas welcome!
> 
> Thanks,
> Dennis, K7FL
> 
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