I agree. The capacitor is the first thing that I would try. Just clip
another one in and see what it does.
73
Gary K4FMX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Chuck Smallhouse
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:46 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Sluggish Ham 4
>
> Ray,
>
> The phasing capacitor, an AC one, can lose its capacity with
> age. Most times a sluggish rotator can be corrected with a new
> capacitor. An over abundance of capacitance and voltage rating, in
> the new AC capacitor, doesn't seem to affect the rotator's new
> performance . You will probably have difficulty in getting the exact
> rating and size locally. I've even had to mount a new larger sized
> capacitor externally to the control box. Fortunately its leads go
> across two of the external interface terminals.
>
> Chuck, W7CS
>
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