[ADXA] bright ideas needed

[David Norris]

I have no trouble with tailtwisters - just keep a spare ready to go up and don’t overload them. 

73 

David A. Norris, K5UZ
Director, Delta Division

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> On Mar 21, 2024, at 9:30 AM, Charles McKenzie, KF5TL via ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> I gave up on tail twisters and bought a Yaesu 2800 , and a heavier one if it fails.
> I even hate to give the blinking twisters things away with all the issues I had with them!!
> If you can stand the little extra an Antenna Genius is a great option, it will control 2
> rotors, your direction indicator is a compass on the antennas boom. you need 2 wires to the
> Rotor for power and a cat 5  or 6 to the compass. The genius needs a cat 5 or 6 cable.
> Thats what I am going to for both towers rotation controls. With a rotating tower a
> piece of PVC attached to the tower just above head height will suffice.
> 73 KF5TL
> Charles
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>> On 2024-03-20 18:58, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
>> My rotator quit indicating.  It rotates, but the pot in the motor unit
>> has opened up.  I can run outside and see which way it is pointing,
>> but that isn't very elegant, especially since my back and neck are
>> still a little messed up.  I need a way to temporarily tell the
>> direction until I get it fixed.
>> I thought about a camera, but the way our house is arranged, the only
>> window I can put one in faces West and gets direct sun into the lens
>> several hours a day.  Its a cheap camera, and it might not hurt
>> anything, but it would make the camera unusable for that time.  I
>> could probably get an outdoor-rated camera and point it somewhere out
>> of direct sun.  That's the only real solution I can think of.
>> The antenna and rotator are on a Hazer that only comes down to the
>> garage roof.  I can't climb on the roof anymore, so I think the Hazer
>> is going to go away in favor of a more standard configuration.
>> Someone who knows way more than I do is coming by later in the week
>> and will advise me.
>> I will probably put the Force-12 C3 back up but I sure wish there was
>> something I could do to make it work better, or at least have a better
>> SWR, on 12 meters.  I guess a QRO antenna tuner would be the best
>> option.  The 4.5 SWR on 12M doesn't make the amp very happy.  I have a
>> Dentron tuner that is stout enough, but it does not have a bypass
>> switch.  It would probably be easy to rig something with two switches,
>> but that would have the possibility for accidentally running power
>> into an open feed would always be there.  The C-3 has two direct
>> coupled elements for 10 meters, and one is for operating FM above 28.9
>> Mhz.  I wish I knew what would happen if I extended that element to
>> make it resonate on 12 meters.  I plan to get help to get this all
>> done in one shot, so I don't have the luxury of time for antenna
>> experimentation.
>> Ideas or comments are welcome!
>> 73,
>> Dennis
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