About Radio 63 more details about the Antenna tuning drive mechanism

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   turntablist2 says:

   January 17, 2014 at 9:30 AM

   Nice video editing 😀

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   AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

   January 17, 2014 at 9:20 AM

   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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   AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

   January 17, 2014 at 9:06 AM

   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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   ROBRENZ says:

   January 17, 2014 at 8:14 AM

   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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   f0ggy2006 says:

   January 17, 2014 at 7:22 AM

   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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   cny02253 says:

   January 17, 2014 at 6:26 AM

   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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   SkydiveCarpathian says:

   January 17, 2014 at 5:28 AM

   Fantastic job with the mechanicals and with the video editing. I await your
   videos with eager anticipation!

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   AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

   January 17, 2014 at 4:31 AM

   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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   AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

   January 17, 2014 at 4:09 AM

   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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    thefekete says:

    January 17, 2014 at 3:52 AM

    I thought that was a carriage bolt!

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    AllAmericanFiveRadio says:

    January 17, 2014 at 3:28 AM

    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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    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    January 17, 2014 at 3:11 AM

    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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    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    January 17, 2014 at 2:32 AM

    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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    AndyDaviesByTheSea says:

    January 17, 2014 at 1:55 AM

    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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