[TowerTalk] Ham II rotor went south and won't come back.

[Bill Coleman]

On Jan 9, 2005, at 4:34 PM, Josh wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> My Ham II rotor went south  today... literally.
>
> I was operating as usual when I release the break to turn the rotor, it
> turned itself south.   Now it won't move out of that position.

Maybe the cable line for that direction of rotation shorted to the 
brake line, and energising the brake causes it to rotate all the way to 
the limit switch.

Could be a problem at the back of the control box, the terminals on the 
rotator, or perhaps the cable itself.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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