[CQ-Contest] Tic Ring separate direction indicator

[Dan K2YWE]

I have no experience with that unit, but I have successfully used a Dremil
tool with a thin abrasive disk to carefully open enclosures on which a
razor or knife did not work.

73, Dan

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 9:43 PM Randy Martin via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> I have a ring rotor which is maybe 15 years old. It has a separate
> direction indicator module. The pot started acting up and finally broke,
> so I climbed the tower and removed the indicator unit. At the time I was
> thinking, wow this is great, I don't have to take off the motor. I'll
> pop in a new pot and get it working again in no time.
>
> Well, I got it down in the shop and find that the thing appears to use
> some sort of plastic housing. It has been coated with some sort of
> weather proofing paint. I have tried opening the joints with a drywall
> knife but can't get anything to move.
>
> Has anyone successfully opened one of these up and replaced the pot?
>
> Does anyone know if Tic Ring is still in business?
>
>
> 73 Randy K0EU
>
>
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