[TowerTalk] Ring Rotor problem

[Tim Duffy K3LR]

Hello Jon!

Sounds like a bad direction pot in the rotor housing. Try measuring the resistance on the 3 pot wires after removing them from the control box. End to end the pot is 500 ohms.

Good Luck!
73,
Tim K3LR

Jon Zaimes AA1K wrote:

> My Tic Ring Rotor has been working fine for a couple of years, turning a HyGain Explorer 3-el 40m yagi. I last used it a couple of days ago.
>
> This morning when I turned on the control box, the meter indicator immediately pinned to the left. (The beam had been
> left around NNE).
>
> When I changed the preset a few degrees and hit the start button, there was no change. When I changed the preset
> a greater amount (to 150) and hit start again, the meter initially pinned to the right. And the beam did not move. Then
> I hit start again, and the relay in the box clicked intermittently as long as I held the start button on, and the meter
> moved back to about 135 degrees but wobbled. Still no movement of the beam.
>
> Any ideas for debugging?
>
> 73/Jon AA1K
>
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