[TowerTalk] Identify Remote Rotary Antenna Switch

[kd4e]

You might try the BAMA list for manuals of remote switches
to see which is closest.

I have the manual for my Heath SA-2040 if that is the one.
Have ot run to church so won't have time to compare
dimensions just now and expect company later, may be
evening before I can.

> One of the things I picked up at a recent hamfest is the remote head  
> for a rotary antenna switch. The switch is nearly 6" square, although  
> one side is only 4". It has 6 SO-239 connectors and a terminal strip  
> with 8 terminals.
> 
> Opening it up, it has a conventional ceramic wafer switch switching  
> the SO-239s, an additional phenolic wafer that attaches back to the  
> terminal strip. The rotary switch is driven by what looks like a  
> phonograph or clock motor through a geared reduction.
> 
> I'm guessing this unit takes 25-30 vac to run the motor, which then  
> stops when the correct detent is chosen. As I don't have the control  
> head, I'd appreciate any information on this type of switch. I figure  
> I can build a control box pretty easily with the right info.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>              -- Wilbur Wright, 1901


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