My TIC RING 1022E recently began operating intermittently (the day
before CQ WW CW). Control box is TIC RING. I went up the tower before
the contest thinking it might have been a gear mesh issue, but it was
not. As it was pointing in a favorable direction, I left it. A couple
of days later, the thing worked, and worked throughout Thanksgiving week
and December.
On Friday Jan 10th, in preparation of an approaching storm system, it
worked fine to turn the antenna. The very next day (yesterday) for NAQP
CW, once again it would not rotate, stuck at 260 degrees (not favorable
for NAQP).
I've swapped control boxes, and the "non-working" issue stayed with the
on-tower ring.
I'm wondering if could be a water-ingress issue into the motor.
So, before the next trip up the tower, I'm open to any troubleshooting /
repair suggestions from those of you with more TIC RING experience than
I have. If repairs are needed, I would want to have needed parts on
hand before going up to retrieve the motor.
--Scott, W5WZ
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