[ADXA] bright ideas needed

[Dennis Schaefer]

It’s in a retraining process now.  It may be a struggle :)

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 9:47 AM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:

> You do realize that the “K5OVC rotor” will only turn toward SSB DX, don’t
> you??   😊
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> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *Dennis Schaefer
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2024 9:45 AM
> *To:* charles at mckenziemonuments.com
> *Cc:* ADXA <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] bright ideas needed
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> Thanks, Charles.  I have had good luck with my Ham-IV so far.  I bought it
> in 1986 and replaced the direction pot once.  That’s about 18 years between
> repairs.  I know I have been very lucky!  The current antenna is probably
> 40 lbs and not a tremendous amount of wind loading.  I had a big Mosley, 81
> pounds, for years, and it held up.
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> I’m going to put in the spare Ham IV, which formerly belonged to K5OVC,
> and hope the OVC magic holds up!   I will keep in mind the Yaesu
> suggestions in case I run into any frustrations.  Maybe they even eliminate
> the necessity of shimming the mast unless it is the exact size.  That’s
> always an irritant with CDE rotators.
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> 73,
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> Dennis
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> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 9:29 AM <charles at mckenziemonuments.com> 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Ideas or comments are welcome!
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> > 73,
> > Dennis
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