Hello Joel
Many TV rotators have similar construction like Alliance U110 Stolle
I have adapted the Stolle for the the elevation ,
have also a position feedback indicator to this Stolle with suitable gears
turned out of Delrin
See the youtube videos
Okay, that sounds familiar, John. It had pots that may have been belt
driven that increased or decreased the resistance depending on rotation.
Something else I remember - the person put a plastic garbage can over it
to keep out the rain. I know why he did that. I just find it amusing
that
Joel Black wrote:
@KO6TH: I like your approach. Let me see if I got my head wrapped
around your design - serial interface to the FODtrack board which then
controlled your controller? That's pretty cool.
Hi Joel,
Well, sort of. FODTrack has two different Az/EL rotor interfaces which
you
Joel,
I am not sure if thats exactly what u are looking for, but here is some
material which might help you further. The setup is not strictly for 2 x u110
rotors, but can be adapted for other
simple non-feedback rotors (radio shack etc.) as well.:
Original idea, setup and software from K8DAV:
I'm pretty sure this isn't the article you were thinking of, but I made my
own Az/El rotor from a U-110 and a regular Ham-type rotor, with a Basic
Stamp-based controller. Has both manual and automatic modes. See the
pictures and links to the design documentation at the top of:
