[TowerTalk] Re: HD73 Rotor Control Question

[Tom Horton]

Kelley,
  Oops! Sorry! I would have sworn it was CQ.
I am not sure that the article you found is it though.
I don't hav ethose old magazines around any more,
but I'll see if I can dig up anything on it.
If I find anything, I'll let you know.
73, Tom K5IID



>Hi Tom,
>
>I did find this while looking around. I'm trying to get a hold of the
>article (I don't have any QST's from that far back).
>
>     Jan 1983 QST
>
>     Automatic Control For The Alliance HD-73 Heavy-Duty Rotator
>
>     Joe, K4IHP
>
>Kelley - WØRK
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Horton" <k5iid at ntelos.net>
>To: <                   >
>Cc: <didier at cox.net>
>Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 8:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re: HD73 Rotor Control Question
>
>
>Kelley,
>   CQ ran an article about  an outboard controller that was designed to
>control the HD-73. It required a few mods to the controller and also
>required another complete circuit to be built.
>   I built it and it worked quite well.  It was a bit touchy to align but
>seemed
>to do quite well! Wish I had one for my Yaesu rotor.
>   I may dig the old HD-73 back out some day.
>   I'm not sure when the article came out, but know it was between
>   Jan 1989 and 1993.
>Good luck. If you happen to find it, please let me know. I'd like to
>get a copy of it.
>73, Tom K5IID
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>At 01:30 01/05/04, Didier Juges wrote:
> >At 03:31 PM 1/4/2004, Kelley wrote:
> >>Is there a digital control head available for the HD73 rotor? Something
> >>where you can set the direction and it does the work?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Kelley - WØRK
> >
> >This rotor looks similar to the Hy-Gain T4X, I do not know if they are
> >compatible. I mention it because there is a neat addition available for
> >the Hy-Gain rotor controller called Rotor-EZ which does exactly what you
> >want (in addition to optional computer interface). May be worth
> >investigating, as it is not very expensive.
> >
> >73,
> >Didier KO4BB
> >
> >
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