In this video I give the dimensions of the drive unit and show you the other motors that I’ve bought. Please read the rest of this box. I’ve found a good sup…
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  1. AndyDaviesByTheSea
    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    Hi thanks for the input, can you send me some more hours in the day as
    well? My mind is buzzing with ideas but I only have a limited number of
    hours to do everything I want to do. Thanks for the feedback, I’m sure
    it’ll feed the imagination of others looking in. Kind Regards … Andy
    GWØJXM

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  2. AndyDaviesByTheSea
    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    Hey, well spotted, I flogged it through one full revolution of the rotor
    and then copied and pasted it to give me five full revolutions for that
    sequence. That sequence with the yellow bar runs for one minute, (5 RPM.)
    The frame rate is 29.9 fps. I’ve spent about 9 hours editing this video
    today so thanks for the feedback. I need all the encouragement I can get,
    hi hi. All the best… Andy

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  3. ROBRENZ
    ROBRENZ says:

    Hello Andy, I posted some additional ideas on your video #61. I realized
    that you could also use the typical wrapped string drive instead of the
    timing belt with all the rest being the same. you can fine tune the degrees
    by adjusting the crank arm length. You probably have a bunch of those
    string drive pulleys in your parts bins.

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  4. f0ggy2006
    f0ggy2006 says:

    Hi Andy another great video.Thanks for all your hard work and time
    explaining how its made.I see AllAmericanFiveRadio follows you as well he
    helped me with a QRP transmitter problem last year.You both make Ham radio
    fun 73s Colin GØFOG

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  5. cny02253
    cny02253 says:

    This entire series is great! Impressive project, and impressive editing.
    Elegant design, and thought provoking. Inspiring new ideas for not just my
    own antenna projects, but other things too! Well done Andy, much
    appreciated.

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  6. AndyDaviesByTheSea
    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    Hey, with comments like that I’ll be having to widen the door frames to get
    my head through, but keep them coming. Seriously thanks for the feedback, I
    love to see it when someone actually picks up on one of my ideas and builds
    it, and I love to think that hopefully this information will be in the
    public domain for years to come. I’d like to see how other people can take
    this and make their own improvements to it. All the best… Andy GWØJXM

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  7. AndyDaviesByTheSea
    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    Hey, eager anticipation … I sense a marketing opportunity here. But
    seriously I hope you don’t get bombarded with adverts with my videos. When
    I signed up for YouTube a chose the no averts option as it really annoys me
    when the video starts with an advert, I usually immediately go back a step
    in the hope that someone gets the message. Anyway, hopefully not to long
    till the next video from me. All the best… Andy GWØJXM

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  8. AllAmericanFiveRadio
    AllAmericanFiveRadio says:

    Hey Andy, Very nice motors. They should spawn many useful projects. Your
    Antenna tuning mechanical drive, I guess you will house it a weather proof
    box. I would thing it would not produce much heat at all, which should mean
    a very long life, and very little electrical noise also. Really nice
    project. Regards, Rick

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  9. AndyDaviesByTheSea
    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    I’ll use one of those reasonably heavy duty moulded boxes with the ‘O’ ring
    seals in the lid, I’ll have to get some silica gel descant to go in as
    well. I was over the moon with the little motors; I plan to make a
    capacitor drive for my magnetic loop antenna today, that’ll require an
    insulated mechanism because of those pesky high volts that want to jump
    about a bit in series resonant circuits. Man, I tell you, since retiring
    there just aren’t enough hours in the day. All the very best …Andy

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  10. AndyDaviesByTheSea
    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    Hey I don’t care what I use so long as I can make it ‘fit-for-purpose,’ but
    it was a bit annoying to find I hadn’t got what I wanted to hand. All the
    best … Andy GWØJXM

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  11. AndyDaviesByTheSea
    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    Hi Colin, yep I think that Ricks channel ‘AllAmericanFiveRadio’ was the
    first channel that I subscribed to, full of good radio stuff. Ham radio is
    a great hobby as there are so many facets to it and I’ve made contact with
    a lot of nice people over the years. All the best… Andy GWØJXM

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