[TowerTalk] 1 control box on more than 1 rotor

[n8de at thepoint.net]

Or a small box with ONE multi-pole switch that could easily switch  
from one rotor to another.
I mulled over this possibility for years, but rotor control boxes are  
relatively cheap, and, at the time, I purchased MUCH rotor-control  
wire on spools, so I'm not going to use one control.

Don
N8DE

Quoting john at kk9a.com:

> I'm not sure that I see the advantage to this, unless both towers are near
> each other and very far from the shack.    If you connect the motors
> together so that both turn at the same time, you will need larger wires and
> you would only be able to use the indicator from one rotator so the
> direction of the second would be out of sync.  You could install relays
> outside that would switch between the rotators and use a common cable and
> controller, but then you would need to run extra wires for the relays.
>
> John KK9A
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] 1 control box on more than 1 rotor
> From: WB4UNA at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:02:03 EST
>
> I am going to stick a couple more towers in the air and  wondering if anyone
> has tried or done  the below .
>  i would like to operate 2 or more rotors with one control  box. They will
> al
> be TX2 style rotors. I just would like to save some on running  all the
> rotor
> cable to each tower .
>   It is just a idea....
>
> Thanks Randy
>
> Carlus M. Randy Chavis
> WB4UNA since 1970
>
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