[TowerTalk] Emotator 1105MS Rotator & Controller

[Roger Parsons]

Thanks Don

I could only get onionskin paper on a pad rather than for a printer but I tried it anyway. It printed OK, and is significantly better than normal printer paper, but is still quite grainy/papery with the back lighting.

So I'm still looking.

73 Roger
VE3ZI



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From: "n8de at thepoint.net" <n8de at thepoint.net>
To: Roger Parsons <ve3zi at rac.ca>; Roger Parsons <ve3zi at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, 24 October 2011, 15:30
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Emotator 1105MS Rotator & Controller

I would try 'onion skin' paper, or very translucent paper which could be made even LESS opaque by rubbing it with OIL.
73
Don
N8DE


Quoting Roger Parsons <ve3zi at yahoo.com>:

> A while ago my controller stopped indicating the antenna direction,  although everything was OK otherwise. Significant messing around  later I found that a drive belt in the controller had perished. To  my amazement I found a source of the correct belt and now it works  fine again.
> 
> However:
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> The direction indication was a printed translucent sheet held  between two transparent pieces of polycarbonate. Disassembling the  unit to fit the new belt made the translucent sheet fall apart - it  was after all at least 20 years old. I was able to draw a  replacement sheet pretty much exactly as the original, but I can't  find the proper material to print it on. If I use a transparency it  is much too light and the works of the controller are clearly  visible though it. If I use paper, the back illumination emphasises  the grain in the paper and it looks really amateurish.
> 
> Any suggestions for the best material to use? I use an inkjet  printer, but if laser is necessary I could take it to a shop for  printout. Thanks for any help.
> 
> 
> 73 Roger
> VE3ZI
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