[TowerTalk] Rotors - your thoughts please (AlphaSpid Question).

[Phil Camera]

No noise issues with mine and I work all band including VHF & UHF.  Phil

Lou Laderman wrote:

>Some reviews on eHam.com note noise issues with the AlphaSpid
>controller. Here are some quotes:
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>NOISY - on 50MHz and on 144MHz !!
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>Control box: yes, generates noise on HF (signal sometimes 9), but not on
>all frequencies.
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>Controller is making noise on HF. That`s the problem of IC`s driving
>display and the display. Maybe producer will build new one with LCD
>display? Noise will disappear, lower power consumption, cost is the
>same. Now I have to switch off the controller every time I'm rotating
>antennas.
>So... for controller I can give 1
>
>Others don't mention any issues at all.  The rotor itself sounds great,
>but does anybody have any experiences with the AlphaSpid controller? 
>
>Lou, KB0CJ
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