[Mldxcc] [NCCC] Rotor Stuck - Advice Needed

[Alan Maenchen]

Good job!

I forgot about that "rocking" trick. Glad it worked.

That said, it's going to happen again unless you do something about it.
Years ago, I had similar problems with a TailTwister. I tried several
things but it never got the reliability I wanted. Replaced it with a Yaesu
1000 and have not had a single problem since.

YMMV ...

73, Alan  AD6E



On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Jim Venneman <wx6v at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
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> Wow - thanks for that tip!  I did what you suggested and after about ten
> tries - the rotor started working again.
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> This rotor has been up in the tower since November of 2005 and this is the
> first time that I have ever had an issue with it.
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> I'm back in business again. Woo-hoo! Now - back to VP8STI :>)
>
> de Jim  -WX6V-
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> On Wed, 1/20/16, Bob Moore <ki6iv at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>  Subject: Re: [NCCC] Rotor Stuck - Advice Needed
>  To: "Jim Venneman" <wx6v at sbcglobal.net>
>  Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 2:08 PM
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>      Jim   -  Release the brake by pushing
>  middle button,
>        attempt to rock the rotor back and forth with the 2
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>        buttons.  These rotors are known to have them get
>  hung up with the
>        brake,  Mine acts ovvassionally, that is how I get it
>        released....................Bob,,, K6NV
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>      On 1/20/2016 12:05 PM,
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>        This morning - my CDE HAM IV rotor stuck at 30
>  degrees and won't move in either direction. I opened up
>  the Owner's Manual and ran all of the voltage and
>  resistance checks and everything checks out OK. Any ideas on
>  what to do next would be appreciated.
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>  To make matters worse - I can't lower the tower when it
>  is at 30 degrees because the 40 meter rotable will get hung
>  up in my neighbor's big Oak tree.
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>  Ideas?
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>  Thanks,
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>  Jim  -WX6V-
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