Hello all

I have a th5 at 45 feet and generally have no problem finding its
direction by a simple method - peaking the station which I want to work.

Further, if the band is open the change in noise level is a good
indicator, particularly on 10 M.

If I want to point to a given direction and I don't currently know the
direction, I wind it totally to the end stop one way or the other, then
time the rotation.  As 360 degrees takes a minute, then very simple to
convert seconds into degrees.

This method is, of course, not very satisfactory, but I can see two
solutions.

1.  The feed back from the rotator to the control unit has three lines,
earth, left and right (clockwise or anti clockwise).  If a VCO is placed
across these then no problem converting to direction with a bit of
calibration.

2.  Their are some parallel port driven antennas which you can drive
from some logging software - one of these is a modern solution.

73 de G3YXX

I think you wrote  below <[log in to unmask]>,
Louis Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Yes, I have an HD-73 that I never know where it is pointing!
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>At 07:36 PM 3/10/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>Yeah, I'd like a copy too, Tony, if you have it.  I generally don't archive
>>my QST's that far back.
>>
>>Another use I had for my Carl Conway meter was to use it across the meter of
>>an old  rotor.
>>
>>It seems to me there was a device for reading the direction on a Ham-m
>>rotor, if anyone has info on how to adapt a rotor to know its direction,
>>please share it with the list.
>
>Louis (Kim) Kline, A.R.S.  K2LKK
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