[TowerTalk] Rotor control

[john at kk9a.com]

You should convince your friend to join towertalk.  You didn't say what kind 
of rotator that your friend is using.  If it uses a pulse for direction 
indication he may have a problem using a 750 foot cable.  Otherwise the 
rotator should work fine if you use large enough wires to minimize voltage 
drop.

John KK9A




Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotor control
From: "Its from Onion"
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:25:36 -0600


I have a question that was asked of me and I thought I would put it to the
group.

A friend needs to control his rotor from a rather long distance of 750 feet
away.
My first thought was ditch the 'traditional' rotor box and just run power to 
a
step-down transformer
of the correct value and use wireless video for a 'spotter' to check 
direction.
Then I thought, is there a company that builds a digital encoder/decoder for
this exact application?
Of course, lighting protection is always a issue.

BTW, thanks everyone on the dipole help.  The wire went up Sunday, but 
Monday I
gave birth
to a 1.2mm bouncing baby kidney stone!  It was my first and, WOW!  Anyway, 
the
dipole is delayed
a bit while I recoup.
Also to answer another question about that antenna, it is for mulit-band use
and I live on a hillside
so an inverted 'L' was a no go first off.

Thanks all and

73,
Lee
KE4VYN