Hey Randy
It is doable but I can’t remember exactly how but the utility knife rings a
bell.
Chuck
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> 1. Re: 2025 WW Digi Results Published (Saulius Zalnerauskas)
> 2. UR5MM (w1rm@comcast.net)
> 3. Tic Ring separate direction indicator (Randy Martin)
> 4. Re: Tic Ring separate direction indicator (Dan K2YWE)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:32:56 +0200
> From: Saulius Zalnerauskas <ly5w.sam@gmail.com>
> To: ed@w0yk.com
> Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>,
> rttydigital@groups.io
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 2025 WW Digi Results Published
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> Hi all,
> Merry Christmas. Fantastic news.
> Question - is my plaque sent to Lithuania from USA?
> If still not, please send to my American address - KD9CVR.
> KD9CVR [image: USA flag] USA
>
> Saulius Zalnerauskas
> 18 W 155 Buckingham Ln
> Villa Park, IL 60181
> USA
>
> If sent from EU Union country is OK to my home address.
> Problem is what I need pay over 40 euro's (45 USD) for this for customs
> purposes, when directly from USA to EU.
> Sam LY5W
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>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 1:41?PM <ed@w0yk.com> wrote:
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>> https://ww-digi.com/results/
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>> Plaques "are in the mail".
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> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:32:01 -0500
> From: <w1rm@comcast.net>
> To: "'CQ-Contest Reflector'" <cq-contest@contesting.com>,
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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] UR5MM
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> I am looking for any information about Rudi, UR5MM. Is there any way to
> contact him?
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> Thanks!
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> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
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> W1RM@Comcast.net
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:14:02 -0700
> From: Randy Martin <rkmassoc@comcast.net>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Tic Ring separate direction indicator
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> I have a ring rotor which is maybe 15 years old. It has a separate
> direction indicator module. The pot started acting up and finally broke,
> so I climbed the tower and removed the indicator unit. At the time I was
> thinking, wow this is great, I don't have to take off the motor. I'll
> pop in a new pot and get it working again in no time.
>
> Well, I got it down in the shop and find that the thing appears to use
> some sort of plastic housing. It has been coated with some sort of
> weather proofing paint. I have tried opening the joints with a drywall
> knife but can't get anything to move.
>
> Has anyone successfully opened one of these up and replaced the pot?
>
> Does anyone know if Tic Ring is still in business?
>
>
> 73 Randy K0EU
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:40:10 -0500
> From: Dan K2YWE <dan.k2ywe@gmail.com>
> To: Randy Martin <rkmassoc@comcast.net>
> Cc: reflector cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Tic Ring separate direction indicator
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> I have no experience with that unit, but I have successfully used a Dremil
> tool with a thin abrasive disk to carefully open enclosures on which a
> razor or knife did not work.
>
> 73, Dan
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 9:43?PM Randy Martin via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
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>> I have a ring rotor which is maybe 15 years old. It has a separate
>> direction indicator module. The pot started acting up and finally broke,
>> so I climbed the tower and removed the indicator unit. At the time I was
>> thinking, wow this is great, I don't have to take off the motor. I'll
>> pop in a new pot and get it working again in no time.
>>
>> Well, I got it down in the shop and find that the thing appears to use
>> some sort of plastic housing. It has been coated with some sort of
>> weather proofing paint. I have tried opening the joints with a drywall
>> knife but can't get anything to move.
>>
>> Has anyone successfully opened one of these up and replaced the pot?
>>
>> Does anyone know if Tic Ring is still in business?
>>
>>
>> 73 Randy K0EU
>>
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