Key FOB transmiting from a rotating platform

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KMoffett

Joined Dec 19, 2007
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I would like to send the state of three switches on a rotating platform to a nearby stationary circuit. The platform would rotate from 15 to 200 RPM. I'm wondering if anyone has done this using a multi-button key FOB transmitter on a rotating device, sending to a stationary receiver. Only one switch would be active at any given moment.

Ken
 

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KMoffett

Joined Dec 19, 2007
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Thanks. That looks like it may be the best solution, at that price. But I would still like to know if a rotating FOB transmitter might work.

Ken
 

KJ6EAD

Joined Apr 30, 2011
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Of course the fob will work as long as the range limits are respected. At a few hundred MHz and close range, the antenna orientation and doppler shift will be insignificant.
 

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KMoffett

Joined Dec 19, 2007
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Of course the fob will work as long as the range limits are respected. At a few hundred MHz and close range, the antenna orientation and doppler shift will be insignificant.
That is what I was wondering. So either the FOB or the slip ring options should work.

Thanks guys.
 
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