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Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator won't turn east

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator won't turn east
From: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 15:59:45 -0500
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Have you checked the limit switch? Check it with an ohmmeter and make sure it's not open. If it's open, try shorting across the limit switch terminals temporarily and see if it turns.

--Kirk K4RO


On 8/5/2021 2:46 PM, Rob Matherly wrote:
I set the rotor to north before putting it up, and oriented my beam that
direction. When I try to rotate it, the rotator will only turn to the South
counter-clockwise. If I try to go South clockwise (i.e., turn it to the
east) it will stop at North. I've verified that the coax isn't hung up on
anything and that there's no obstructions.

Any ideas? I wondered if perhaps the rotator is mounted 180 from where it
needs to be and I just need to go spin it around or something.

Thanks,
Rob Matherly, W0JRM
Centerville, Iowa - EN30nr
NAQCC #7688, SKCC #29, FISTS #19246, QRP ARCI #16952

http://w0jrm.robmatherly.com
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