A local ham friend had the same thing happen. He found that one of the
screws at his lighting rotator arrestor box had come loose. He tightened
all screws and it now works.
I'd suggest you check all possible connections, both screws and plugs.
If you cannot hear the brake wedge release, then as advised, try to rock
the mast or antenna to see if it will rotate. If not, you may want to put a
new starting capacitor across the proper rear terminals and see what
happens. You may have to remove one of end of the existing internal cap
first.
Ray,
N6VR
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 8:54 AM Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I used that brand of rotator, I always kept a spare to switch it out.
> Of course, I didn't buy brand new ones either.
> There may be a stuck brake. Do you hear the noise of the brake release?
> Maybe you can "rock" the rotor back and forth to get it to release.
>
> Chuck W5PR
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 9:50 AM Ron 'KF5JRA' Rosson <kf5jra@oneinsane.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Went to go and try to work E6Y today and found out that I can not turn
> > my rotor. So at lunch time when it got warmer I did what any good ham
> > operator would do and started troubleshooting:
> > Check connection at the pigtail of the Green Heron (good)Metered out the
> > pins at the plug (disconnected from the GH) (good)checked with original
> > hygain controller (failed)Climbed up on the roof and loosened the bolts
> > on the rotor for the mast to make sure thrust bearing was not seized.
> > Mast and antenna turned like a champ.Tested rotor for rotation (failed)
> >
> > So I put everything back the way it was and am now reaching out since I
> > have exhausted my knowledge of what else to test before attempting to
> > remove the rotor.
> >
> > This antenna system has only been up just barely over two years, see
> > (http://www.oneinsane.org/home/roof-top-tower-installed) the only thing
> > I can think of is I am binding somewhere and like I mentioned I have
> > exhausted my knowledge base.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> > 73 de KF5JRA
> > Ron
> > kf5jra at oneinsane dot org
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