I wanted to say thanks to those who provided help on this ! My goal was to
turn the antenna towards Fla to keep in touch with a brother while I am out on
medical. With the help of a good digital ohm-meter and schematic of the rotor
I made a dozen measurements on the ground. The bottom line was this: It was
easy to find the #1 and #2 conductors because two of the wires in the cable
were one gauge heavier (which I originally did not realize but quickly took
advantage of) and because the solenoid ends up going through the #2 conductor.
Conductors 3 and 7 were easy because they are for the pot. That meant 4
conductors remained. I was not able to measure any differences for the
windings going direct or through the limit switches so I was basically stuck
with 4 unknowns. In the end, I may have had the starting cap coming in through
the wrong terminal but the needed connections were made which allowed me to
turn the antenna. Thanks again.
73
Gedas
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