[pomwtin]

That is so sweet, now no one can suspect a damn thing.

@pomwtinf, if you want to learn more about antennas, you should do a Ham Radio course, they teach a lot about that.
I am about to get my Ham radio license....

Thanks for advice. If i find some time i will look into it 😉

and about project: today i didnt do anything but calclate length of counter weight holder 😟
expect update on friday or saturday 🙂

[x34c]

Is that a time machine?

Or a intersteller laser beam destroyer?

[pomwtin]

hehe, intersteller laser beam destroyer 👍
it just happened that i have one spare reactor core laying in my basement, so i have to use all that energy somewhere 🤭

[JackChitt]

Interesting project! I have a TV antenna that has a rotation remote. May have to follow in your footsteps. I get tired of having to go adjust my antenna after a storm..

[pomwtin]

Thank you 🙂
NIce to see you again on forums, its been a while.
Yes, if you live in stormy place, this rotors are time savers (as i read on forums while searching for them).

[JackChitt]

Thank you 🙂
NIce to see you again on forums, its been a while.
Yes, if you live in stormy place, this rotors are time savers (as i read on forums while searching for them).

Yea.. Kinda caught a 3 month ban and a rep fuck for posting in the wrong section and telling HF staff to fuck off in a contact form message.. Oh well.. 😁 First time for everything I guess..

[pomwtin]

Well... sh*t happens ;)
Welcome back :D

[toogood]

Aye WB Jack was wondering what happened to you :)

[TheGrayAviator]

and telling HF staff to fuck off in a contact form message.. Oh well.. 😁 First time for everything I guess..

Nice work mate, I don't blame you for doing that. I wonder what really happened to the freedom of speech?

[pomwtin]

Since i got home a quite a bit later than usually, there is only minor update... just cant wait to go to sleep... tired as hell 😟

Anyway, i confirmed my synchronization method.

This are original instructions:

PHP Code


<?php 
Synchronizing and Testing
Follow these steps to synchronize and test the antenna rotator.
1. After you wire the drive motor and the control, plug the control’s
power cord into a standard AC outlet (120 volts, 60 Hz).
2. Turn the control's dial fully clockwise. You can hear the control’s
motor running as the red dot on the control’s dial slowly moves
clockwise and the top of the drive motor turns. When the rotator
reaches the end of rotation, the top of the drive motor stops turn-
ing, the control’s motor turns off, and the dot stops moving.
Note:
Depending on the original setting of the drive motor, it might
stop turning before the control motor turns off. If this happens,
wait for the control’s red dot to stop moving before you proceed to
Step 3.
3. Turn the control’s dial fully counterclockwise. When the control’s
motor turns off and the dot stops moving, the control and the drive
motor are synchronized. Setting the control’s dial to
N
(north)
should align the two arrows on the side of the drive motor — one
on the side of the base and one on the side of the rotating top.
Note:
If the arrows do not align, try Steps 2 and 3 again. If the
drive motor’s arrows still do not align when you set the control’s
dial to
N
, take the antenna rotator to your local RadioShack store
for assistance.
4. Disconnect the rotator cable from the control so that you can
mount the drive motor. 


Now since i wont be able to turn antenna (up-down rotation) for full 360 degrees something needed to be changed, and i found this solution 🤗 :

- disconnect rotator from control panel and turn position button it fully clockwise and wait for controll panels motor to stop.
- connect rotator back to control pannel and turn position button fully counterclockwise and wait for controls panel motor to stop.

Thats it, control pannels position button (indicator) and rotator are now fully sinchronized, with minimum rotators rotation needed.
However, three aditional switches (one for each rotator cable) needs to be installed on control panel for easier disconnection/connection of rotator. I have ordered them today.

Tomorrow at about same time as now, i will post video of ALMOST fully functional antenna- the only things missing will be sensors, which i did not received yet.
After that, all steel parts will be send to galvanization.

[pomwtin]

And it is alive 👍

[pomwtin]

Ok smaller update today:

Steel parts were galvanized and welds painted to decrease possibility of rusting.

[img]http://shrani.si/t/3G/En/29e8cZf5/img20141017195820.jpg[/img] [img]http://shrani.si/t/2i/yx/2UkCKDO7/img20141017195825.jpg[/img] [img]http://shrani.si/t/2E/3X/SxouLIP/img20141017195833.jpg[/img]

Well.. what is point of antenna if there is no cracking rig, right? 😉

So, while paint on welds is drying, i will be testing temperatures on my graphic cards and if needed replace termal tabs 👍

[img]http://shrani.si/t/35/y8/15aOBfHF/img20141017200122.jpg[/img] [img]http://shrani.si/t/2B/2Z/4LpK9JYv/img20141017200436.jpg[/img]

[Mad76e]

Well.. what is point of antenna if there is no cracking rig, right? 😉

So, while paint on welds is drying, i will be testing temperatures on my graphic cards and if needed replace termal tabs 👍

[img]http://shrani.si/t/35/y8/15aOBfHF/img20141017200122.jpg[/img] [img]http://shrani.si/t/2B/2Z/4LpK9JYv/img20141017200436.jpg[/img]

Yeah... Thats more like it.. However normally you don't have to change heatsink or fans. those cards can handle the temp up to 90 degrees Celsius.. just keep it ventilated as you do when you're mining.

[pomwtin]

well actually i never tried to mine :p
cards will be used with risers, so there will be some space between them, and grid will be in climated room.
i opened one, and thermal pads were more like thermal dust.. so this is why i decided to test them seperatly and change pads in oppened one :)
right now i am setting kali up on usb, and then testing begins :)

[abansb]

wow nice job looks nice can't wait to see how it performs I was wanting to build antenna like this may try it here soon