[TowerTalk] Ham IV rotor control box

[Dale L Martin]

:-)

I have a Ham II  and it says .75 ohms...manual dated 1/74

(Yes, Tom/K5RC, it's still up there and still working!)

73,
dale, kg5u


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bill Hider (N3RR)
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 14:28
> To: David O Hachadorian; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Ham IV rotor control box
> 
> 
> 
> 
> My Ham IV manual, page 20, says that the resistance across 
> terminals 1 and 2
> should read .4 Ohms.
> I see no place where resistance should be 4 Ohms.
> My HAM IV manual is dated 1 Aug 84 and is PN 801935-1, S/N 84348
> 
> Bill, N3RR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of David O Hachadorian
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:06 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ham IV rotor control box
> 
> 
> 
> My Tailtwister manual says .4 ohm. I think your manual
> has a typo.
> 
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
> K6LL@juno.com
> 
> 
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:19:55 -0500 "Dan Evans" <n9rla@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > A local friend brought over a Ham IV control box this past weekend.
> > He told
> > me it quit working, and wanted me to check it out for him.  I've
> > never owned
> > a Ham IV, but luckily he brought the manual over with it.  I ran
> > through the
> > test procedures outlined in the manual and everything seemed OK
> > except for
> > one part.  The manual says checking resistance across terminals 1
> > and 2 [and
> > several others] should read 4 ohms.  My meter shows this as .4 ohms.



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