[Towertalk] Rotator Help

[Mark]

Check the start capacitor .. Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Hackler" <rhackler@mindspring.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 11:12 AM
Subject: [Towertalk] Rotator Help


> Hey all:
>
> I picked up a nice looking rotator in Dayton that I believe is a Ham-IV.
> Not completely sure, but that is my best bet.  It has a tag on the bottom
> where it was rebuilt by C.A.T.S in 1991.  The AMP commector was installed
in
> the rotator and the cable end was still in the plastic bag from C.A.T.S.
> with the installation instructions.  Doesn't look like it was ever
installed
> after it came back from the rebuild.
>
> Does anyone have a sure fire (or close) way to identify the rotator as a
> HAM-IV, HAM III, HAM-II, or a HAM-M?
>
> It came with a CDE control box.  Here is the fun part.  After wiring the 8
> wire cable to the AMP connector to plug into the rotator, checking for
> shorts and opens, all was well.  I wired pin one of the cable to terminal
> one of the controller, and did the same all the way trouugh #8.
>
> Noticed that the ground lug had been cut off the AC cord to the control
box,
> but figured, what the heck.  Plugged the control box in, turned the power
> switch on, and promptly got the heck shocked out of me.  Blew the 3 Amp
fuse
> in the control box.
>
> I don't have a manual for the thing, so heres my plan:
>
> Replace the power cord with one with a good ground.  Replace the fuse.
> Doublecheck my wiring to the rotator.
>
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> 73 and think Field Day!  Listen for us as N4N running 5A from Georgia.
>
>
> de KN6RO
>
> Roger Hackler
>
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