[TowerTalk] New product idea

[John Simmons]

Joe,

Interesting thoughts. I was thinking of including circuitry to simulate 
the 500 ohm pot in the drop-in replacement.

-J

Joe Subich, W4TV wrote on 8/30/2022 8:33 AM:
>
> MFJ already have a pulse versions of the HAM/T2X rotators.
> However that is a completely different technology and one
> can not simply "drop in" a Hall effect or magnetic reed
> relay in place of the pot.
>
> The easier update for a pot system is a multi-turn pot
> drive from the ring gear.  That probably means a 10 turn
> pot with a 20 tooth gear to mate with the 196 turn ring
> gear.  If I were going to go to that effort, I would look
> at replacing the pot with an optical encoder and removing
> the limits entirely. However, an optical encoder/reed
> requires an entirely new controller/direction indicator.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 2022-08-30 9:16 AM, John Simmons wrote:
>> OK gang, who want to make money on a side business?
>>
>> Design and build a hall effect replacement for the HyGain rotor 
>> position pot. This part is the weak link in the rotor and new factory 
>> parts sell for $65. I'm thinking lots of people would pay $100 for a 
>> better part.
>>
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