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December 22nd 04, 03:39 PM
AB2RC
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On 2004-12-22,
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I am a under funded newbie ham. I am wanting to set up a base station
at home. Can I make my own rotor cheaply? Maybe using a dc motor or
something? How would I go about doing it? I have a catalog to surplus
center that has many in it.
Making your own rotator system is probably more trouble than it is worth.
For smaller antennas you could always use an "Armstrong Rotator" -- in fact,
the more you use one of these simple rotators, the larger the antenna array
you will be able to move.
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