Re: [TenTec] Orion antenna relay stuck?

["JAMES HANLON" <knjhanlon@msn.com>]

John,

I'm far from an Orion expert - I'm only on the list because I have an Argonaut 
505 - but I do know a few things about relays.  It is unlikely that a relay 
would "stick" at the beginning of an operating period and then work properly 
for the rest of the day's operation.  If you could get to the relay in question 
with an volt/ohm meter, you should be able to find out what it is doing quite 
easily.  Measure the coil voltage to see if the relay is being energized when 
it should be, and measure continuity from the relay swinger to its two 
stationary contacts, normally closed with no power applied and normally open 
with no power supplied, to see if it is functioning properly.   

Jim, W8KGI