[Towertalk] rotator tune-up checklist

[Mark Beckwith]

So not just was I a Dayton Virgin, I see I am a Ham-M Virgin as well?
Thanks for the tip, Jim.

Mark, N5OT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <w5lew@bellsouth.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Fred Hopengarten"
<k1vr@juno.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] rotator tune-up checklist


> HA HA HA
>
> Been there done that.....Dad used to have a special shallow cardboard box
he
> would use when he seperated the housing halves on the Ham-M....otherwise
> know as....
>
> "Their Off"
>
> boing boing boing - note this is also a good reason to use somewhat
> excessive quantities of grease upon reinstalling them - helps keep them in
> their place while you jiggle the housing halves....I often wonder how many
> of thsoe ball bearings the new home owner found when in the basement when
my
> folks moved!
>
> K4OJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@juno.com>
> To: <w5lew@bellsouth.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] rotator tune-up checklist
>
>
> >
> > On Tue, 21 May 2002 23:16:13 -0500 "Lew King" <w5lew@bellsouth.net>
> > writes:
> >
> > > I want to checkout my Ham IV Rotator I got with my free tower - lube
> > > it, check gears, components, etc, get it ready to go. Is there a
> > checklist somewhere I can use?
> > >
> > > I know about C.A.T.S. and Norm's trade-in deal, but I'd like to do
> > > it myself, if possible (please say it's cheaper that way :)
> > >
> > > Lew W5LEW
> >
> > K1VR:  As you approach this project, remember that there are only two
> > kinds of people. Those who have opened up a Ham IV and seen the
> > ball-bearings bounce and roll all over the floor, and those who have
> > never opened up a Ham IV.
> >
> > Fred Hopengarten K1VR                       hopengarten@post.harvard.edu
> > Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
> > 781/259-0088 *eFax 419/858-2421
> >
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