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Re: [TowerTalk] Spid RAK-1 Rotor Reed Switch?

To: "Don Moman VE6JY" <ve6jy.1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Spid RAK-1 Rotor Reed Switch?
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Reply-to: richard@karlquist.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:15:39 -0700
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Don Moman VE6JY wrote:
> He's measuring the resistance of the current limiting resistor (inside the
> rotor housing) which is in series with the reed switch.  This is typical
> of
> a lightning strike event that welded the reed switch contacts closed.
>

That's interesting.  It is hard to understand how the contacts
could be welded without burning out the resistor...

Rick N6RK

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