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Old 13th Oct 2018, 6:19 pm   #17
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Default Re: Poor Man's Rotator Using a Stepper Motor?

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Originally Posted by merlinmaxwell View Post
A telescope was often used to read aerial current meters up in the wires.
I used to use the telescope-thing to a signal-strength-meter located 1/4 mile away from my antennas.

It was always hit-and-miss [the Field-strength-meter was strapped to a 100-foot-high ash-tree and if there was any wind the telescope only saw it for a desperately-small period]

These days I have a field-strength-meter half a mile away, with an old iPhone closely aimed at it. I can call it and switch to video-call mode when I want a strength-reading.

Isn't technology wonderful !
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