Lightweight 12v Antenna rotator
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Heres a look at my homebrew 12v antenna rotator. Its built as light as possible to work portable on a lightweight roach pole.
The whole project took a day to assemble from various parts, some old, some new.
main parts used in this project..
3 x 1.5 inch couplers
1 x 1.25 inch adaptor "to fit mast"
A short 1.5 inch tube
2 x 1 inch couplers.. "Removed ridge inside to make them slip over 1 inch tube"
A short length of 1 inch tube.
1 x 12v 6RPM 38mm diameter geared motor "amazon"
1 x 6mm brass coupler "to fit on motor output shaft" Ebay
1 x 10mm socket
1 x speed controller "ebay"
Very nice - detailed build video would be awesome.
Great to see you back posting vids again Mark. Cracking build project. 73
Thanks. I've been beavering away .. just haven't grabbed any footage..
@@mk1tina Hello, cool project, I would like to try to repeat, can you share the materials, the code?
Hi. REALLY interesting. questions:
1-do you build&sell them?
2-resilient to weather (permanent outdoor installation)
3- could you get more into details about materials&assembly?
Tnx!
Great conexion idea
That is one well-fed kitty. 😃
Nicely done, thanks for sharing!
Great job.
73, good DX
Gust ON6KE
Thanks for your kind comment
Brilliant project for inspiration. Thank you for sharing
You are so welcome!
hmmm this would be ideal for an MFJ 1886 receiving loop! Thanks for the ideas!
Thanks for your comment
@@mk1tina Hello, cool project, I would like to try to repeat, can you share the materials, the code?
Great video, thanks for sharing Mark
Nicely done and very effective. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Cheers!
This is just what i need for a small receiving loop antenna but i need a slower rpm just cant find one anywhere
👍Thanks for taking time to share. Clever and effective.
Only thing I was curious about was exactly how the 10mm(?) socket is attached to the motor. Think you said it was screwed on. Would appreciate anymore info please?
hi Steve. i used a solid 6mm shaft coupler.
Hi
Fantastic video thanks for sharing .
Am just about too make one off these do you have the link or the size of the control project box please ? Thank you.
👍
Box is second hand and is 110x64x30mm
@@mk1tina great thank you very much
That's where the 10 mm socket went 🤣
Yeah, did u need it lol
Awesome mate great video
Thanks 👍
Would be great to actually see the project being built.
Just for those that may find it more useful to follow visual instruction rather than narrated instruction.
Well done though on this project. Nice bit of homebrew kit for portable ops. 👍👍
Brilliant! Thats just what I could do with. I just made a 5 ele (which may become a 7 ele soon) for 2M and I need something just like this to turn it. How do you get the reversed polarity to turn back and forth (clock/anticlockwise). The good old 7 ele ZL looks great too. Made a few over the years. Well done. 73 G1IML
Hi. The easy way is to use one of these www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3A-Reversible-PWM-80W-DC-Motor-Speed-Controller-1203BB-Adjustable-6V-28V-Driver-/164760342794?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
Hi Can you remember the type/ size of bush you used ?
Sorry it's a long time ago
Now that is what Ham Radio is about. Lots of fun. Great job and thanks for sharing. 73 Leo k1zek. UA-cam channel k1zek. da dit da