Colin,

I'm using a Channel Master  9521A.    This has been up since 2004  and 
seems to still be around, although the price has gone up since that 
time.  Looks like now over $100.

It has a small control box with  3 digit red led display that someone 
with some usable vision may be able to see.

On the box are   cc and ccw  buttons and a syncronize button.   It has 
an IR remote control which has  a keypad as well as cc and ccw buttons. 
   You can enter a 3 digit number in the remote (from 000 to 360) and it 
will go there.   There is no way to tell where you are pointed except by 
good memory or lucky guess.   There is an ability to enter  presets to 
go to  often used headings, but I've never used that feature.

It uses a very light 3 conductor wire, almost like a phone line.  No 
brake in the unit I think it will auto sync after a particular number of 
uses, if you don't sync manually.

I'm actually using this to turn a 2 element tribander.  2 elements of a 
Mosley TA-33 on a very short (4 ft) boom).  All this on a 20 ft. 
telescoping mast.   A pretty third rate HF antenna, but I work the world 
with it.  This is really overdoing it for that rotor, but it's still up 
there and still turns the antenna until I can come up with something 
better.   Actually have a Ham IV here, but not enough supporting 
structure at this time.

73, Steve KW3A


On 8/9/2012 3:33 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
> someone on list mentioned a rotator quite a while back that was fairly
> accessible.  I think it was a TV roter, but the control box had a key pad
> where you could enter headings in degrees, as well as memory storage buttons
> along with the regular left/right arrow function to move the antenna.
> What was the brand and model of that roter or perhaps it's most recent
> version?
> A VI friend wants to put up an FM broadcast band beam for receiving, and
> would prefer to have a roter control box that has some basic accessibility.
> He is also looking for recommendations on places to buy FM broadcast
> receiving directional antennas.
> Rad shack is no longer in canada so that's not an option.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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