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1. [TowerTalk] Diagnosing a stuck rotator (score: 1): Author: al.n6ta@gmail.com; Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:41:44 -0800; I find myself in a bind in that my DB36 is not turning when commanded. I have a 5 year old GH RT21 driving a year old M2 Orion OR2800. I am using beefy cable due to the 250' run to the positioner. Th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-12/msg00017.html (9,581 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Diagnosing a stuck rotator (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:19:52 -0500; enough voltage to turn. I would not say 13 AWG wire is beefy but I do not know the Orion's amperage and acceptable voltage loss. You can try different GH ramp settings. I assume that the SteppIR is; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-12/msg00019.html (10,802 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Diagnosing a stuck rotator (score: 1): Author: Steve Harrison <k0xp@k0xp.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:25:10 -0800; On 12/11/2023 8:19 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote: From your post is sounds like your rotator is either stuck or does not have enough voltage to turn....... ............. It is a long run, broken at the tow; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-12/msg00020.html (9,443 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Diagnosing a stuck rotator (score: 1): Author: George Skoubis <geo.skoubis@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:06:46 -0700; Al, If you can see your antenna from your hamshack try this: Put your RT-21 in DBG mode (Debug, it will ignore the absence of the reed switch pulses and provide voltage to operate the motor). Use the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-12/msg00021.html (15,287 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Diagnosing a stuck rotator (score: 1): Author: al.n6ta@gmail.com; Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 21:14:41 -0800; I got a lot of great messages about how I should proceed and some details on problems that one would not expect. Some are cable related, some parts inside the rotor and compatibility of the controlle; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-12/msg00026.html (11,561 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Diagnosing a stuck rotator (score: 1): Author: Gary Schafer <garyschafer@largeriver.net>; Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:22:04 -0600; I had an Orion that was intermittent and it turned out to be a bad reed switch. Gary K4FMX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk ma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-12/msg00027.html (13,145 bytes)

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