Bill,
If the motor is a stepping unit, it is a WOMLY/Antenna Mart switch.
I'm sure Alan Bond at MGS could provide documentation in that case.
Try: info@mgs4u.com.
If it is not a stepping (ratchet) motor, you probably have the
outdoor half of a Drake RCS-4.
The W0MLY/Antenna Mart switches were housed in small Hoffman type
boxes while the Drake switches were in anodized sheet metal
enclosures.
73,
... Joe Subich, W4TV
microHAM America, LLC.
www.microHAM-USA.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 8:38 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Identify Remote Rotary Antenna Switch
>
>
>
> One of the things I picked up at a recent hamfest is the remote head
> for a rotary antenna switch. The switch is nearly 6" square,
> although
> one side is only 4". It has 6 SO-239 connectors and a terminal strip
> with 8 terminals.
>
> Opening it up, it has a conventional ceramic wafer switch switching
> the SO-239s, an additional phenolic wafer that attaches back to the
> terminal strip. The rotary switch is driven by what looks like a
> phonograph or clock motor through a geared reduction.
>
> I'm guessing this unit takes 25-30 vac to run the motor, which then
> stops when the correct detent is chosen. As I don't have the control
> head, I'd appreciate any information on this type of switch.
> I figure
> I can build a control box pretty easily with the right info.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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