[TowerTalk] LED fix for your rotator

[Gary]

Nifty, I have run LEDs for several years. My experience has been very good as well.
 
You can see my story here:
http://www.kk0sd.net/rotorlight/rotorlight.htm
 
73,
Joe kk0sd
 
> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 20:28:01 -0700
> From: jpk5lad at cox.net
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] LED fix for your rotator
> 
> The older I get, the harder it is to read the dial on my CDE/Hy-Gain/MFJ rotor 
> control boxes.  I never could get very good mileage on the 28 volt bulbs powered
> by the internal meter power supply.  Those bulbs were not regular residents in my 
> junk box, and several attempts to provide illumination some other way were less 
> than successes.  I even tried the RotorEZ folks but they won't respond to their 
> customers' calls.
> 
> Recently, I discovered an easy to provide, inexpensive, and easily reproducible 
> way to light up those control boxes.  I just uploaded the article to my website.
> Go to the home page on my website at:   <www.hayseed.net\~jpk5lad\>
> On the lower left area of the home page menu, choose "Repairing Antenna Rotators"
> This will take you to the "Repairing a Rotator" page that gives a selection of 
> several articles on rebuilding and repairing ham antenna rotators.
> 
> The new article is titled, "Adding LED Illumination to Antenna Rotator Control 
> Box" and is menu choice #4.
> 
> I hope this provides you with some useful hints to make your ham activities even 
> more enjoyable.
> 
> 73,
> Jim - K5LAD
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