That is a very common problem with ham-m and ham-4 rotors. Hygain is
the current manufacture, if you live close to a large city, you may
find a shop that repairs rotors and can get the parts from them. Look
in your hammy mags for rotors repair service in the ads.....check with
your local club members for where they get stuff like that....get on
the air and check into a swap net and ask. I always listen to the
traders net out of texas on 3922 Sunday a 19:30...some of those old
boys have barns full of stuff....
73,
Paul ka6van in Arkansas
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> My 16 year old HAM-IV's direction indicator stopped working past East
> recently. Yesterday, I took the rotor down, and I found that it has
> a
> break in the potentiometer winding. My question: Does anyone have
> recommendations on who to contact for replacement parts? Is HyGain's
> parts department the best choice?
>
> For the time being, I pressed a short piece of copper wire between
> the
> windings and the plastic support to short together the turns on
> either
> side of the break. That should fix it until Feb when it is -10
> degrees
> outside, the VU4 shows up, and my beam is pointing west...
>
> Thanks, Drew
>
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