I would like to mount an amateur radio antenna on the roof rack of my SUV. I need to lower it to enter the parkade at work. I am looking for advice on a suitable motor that I can encase in a 3D printed case and a mounting bracket.
I would like to have momentary push switches to raise and lower and have the travel limited mechanically or by sensor between vertical and horizontal resting positions.
If possible adding voice command through google would be a bonus but not essential.
Any advice on what would work for this project would be appreciated.
Hello @Ham_pi and welcome to the RobotShop community,
I assume that the antenna should not be too heavy so the torque won’t be a limitation and you could simply choose from the variety of servos available in the store, a quick way to do your search is using the comparison list.
You mentioned that you want to 3D print the case for the structure that will move the antenna, so it would be good if you choose a model with a CAD file available or one that specifies al the dimensions. However I thought I should mention that maybe you could be interested in a pan and tilt kit, there are many available in the store and they mention which servos can be used and what weight they can support.
You could use an RC remote control with included RC receiver to control the motion, you can find some options in the Wireless RC / PWM Servo Controllers section. If you are only operating a pan servo, you really only need one channel, though given that wireless chips can handle much more, RC remotes normally start at 3 channel but higher channel models are not much more expensive.
I hope this information can help you
Let us know if you have further questions!
