Antenna Rotor Remote Control Hacking

In this video I replace an outdated rotor motor control technology with an small hand held UHF remote. I can now control the position of the antenna from anywhere. This will work with any rotor based on the Channel Master CM-9521 design. Business enquiries please contact me here: [e-mail]

[@fonte935]

I always wondered why these things had a motor in them. Never had one but tinkered with other people's. Thanks for the explanation!

[@Mister1Slime]

@Peter Fairlie what do you do for a living? where did you learn so much?
thanks for the hard work! great video

[@GothGuy885]

i have CCTV cams on my house, and your mod gave me an idea.
I could use this to rotate one of my cams to cover more area, since I dont have PTZ cams at this time. 😀

[@peterfairlie2296]

Cool idea

[@AB-ns8ix]

perhaps a digital compass IC and a cool readout next?

[@PhonePhreak3z]

Very very cool! Do you keep track of the position of the antenna by using the antenna, even at night?. Anyways very cool, wish I had stuff like that laying around I live in an area nicknamed purgatory because there's nothing I have yet to find a tv antenna that picks up any stations. One cell carrier works with one bar (sometimes) out here T Mobile and that's it.
Thanks again for the interesting video!

[@rodneyhodge652]

Gave me a great ideal for the rotor for my hygain 3 element beam.

[@HangryGiant]

Cool video, thanks for sharing

[@birdpump]

Interesting technology

[@MrDubje]

Cool mod. Never knew how those things worked. Then again, antennas on roofs aren't a common sight anymore over here. How do you protect the connected equipment against lightning? Just unplug it if thunderstorms are forecasted?

[@skater4169]

Hi Peter great video keep them coming, I don’t suppose you would know where to find the brown spindle that’s driven by the controller motor as the one in mine has split and I can’t find any one in the UK who stocks spares thanks in advance Steve.

[@koobydotnet]

I didn't know such a thing existed! How common is or was this in the USA? In Australia it just isn't a thing as far as I know.

[@OneWhoWas]

Where I was at, it's was the "well off" families that had a rotor 😂

[@OneWhoWas]

Indeed they did. I found it amusing because it was the thing to say "don't spin around in circles!!"... Cause the coax would wrap around the mast eventually and stall it out or unplug itself.
I always wondered if it was installed wrong and the cable was to go inside the mast pipe with a swivel connector

[@joostluyten_ON3JT]

Just bought two of them at a trunk sale (for just 20 dollar). But is it correct that there are no end switches in them? In your modded version they could turn over 360 degrees?

[@josephcauthen882]

My channel master 9537 rotator has terminal 1,2 and 3. which one is common?

[@peterfairlie2296]

3

[@josephcauthen882]

Thanks

[@BrianG61UK]

I think, strictly speaking, the capacitor advances the phase of the current, rather than delaying it.

[@stask4499]

cool

[@WitoldWitkowski]

Would some sliprings be appropriate to eliminate cord winding?

[@user2C47]

Might not work for RF.