Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor direction display is 90 degrees off

[Jim W7RY <w7ry@centurytel.net>]

is the calibrate pot pushed in?

73
Jim W7RY

On 2/23/2014 8:02 PM, n8de@thepoint.net wrote:
> When you turn the rotor to its limits, does the antenna point 90 
> degrees off at the limits?
> If so, I'd suspect something has slipped within the housing of the 
> rotor.  If not, check the Calibration.
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
>
>
> Quoting "Allen R. Brier" <n5xz@earthlink.net>:
>
> > Is it possible that the pot inside my TailTwister rotor has moved? My
> > antenna direction on my controller now shows 90 degrees off (to the 
> > West)
> > for some reason. I climbed up the tower and confirmed that the mast 
> > has not
> > slipped in the rotator clamp or at the boom to mast clamp. I checked 
> > wiring
> > connections and all seems to be ok. Did the pot move 90 degrees? 
> > Anyone ever
> > see this before? I would appreciate any advice on this before I go 
> > through
> > the trouble of replacing the rotor with a spare. BTW, I am using a Green
> > Heron Engineering controller.
> >
> >
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