[aprssig] APRN status?

Jason KG4WSV kg4wsv at gmail.com
Fri Mar 26 15:35:46 EDT 2010


On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Scott Miller <scott at opentrac.org> wrote:

> Is there some sort of speed control to it, then, or is it just pulsing the
> control inputs?

I don't think our GS232 (not A) model does the speed control, but
since the motors are AC I suspect they're pulsing the TRIACs for speed
control, pretty much like PWM for a DC motor.

Not sure why the motors would be AC, unless it's to avoid line loss
getting all the way up the tower.

-Jason
kg4wsv




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