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Old 12-12-2012, 06:48 PM   #14
N3LYT
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Originally Posted by NN5I View Post
You can probably reduce the coasting markedly by modifying the control system to short the motor when you're not powering it in either direction. This ought to be fairly easy to do with an additional relay. Shorting a DC motor is a standard technique for braking its motion when unpowered.
It's not real bad but they tune quickly and it's easy to miss it as it coasts by. I found the only effective way is with a antenna analyzer.
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