I hope this is not repetitive. I sent this request ealier this morning
but since it han't shown up on the reflect yet I suspect something went
wrong.
I am in the process of putting up a beam for 40M and have recent
acquired a prop-pitch rotor that I would like to use as the antenna
rotator. I have one small problem - I know nothing about the electrical
requirements of a prop-pitch. The unit had been previously used as
an antenna rotator so most of the hardware is there, antenna clamp,
tower plate, and AC syncronous tX/rx for the direction indicator.
My main questions at this time are:
1) What voltage does the prop-pitch opperate at? is it AC or DC?
2) What can I do to give it a good check out before putting it up on the
tower? Short of tearing the whole thing apart and rebuilding it.
3) How does one wire the AC syncronous tx/rx pair? Each has screw
terminals marked - "X", "Y", "1", "2", and "3". Also each unit
has on it that they are 115V 60hz type syncros.
4) I noticed that the output shaft of the prop-pitch has essentially no
backlash. Should I be woried that the unit is ceased and will need
some serious overhauling? or is this normal for a prop-pitch?
Any help would be greatly apreciated.
Cheers and hope to see you on 40M soon,
Chuck Claver de NJ6D
claver@noao.edu
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