[TowerTalk] Speaking of the Han Series of rotators...How doyoutell the difference.

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 10/26/2010 4:18 PM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
> On 10/26/2010 5:34 AM, Todd Coulter wrote:
>> Roger,
>>
>> Maybe this page from Norm's Rotor Service will help.
> A little, but I already know it's a ham series due to the extended brake
> housing that adds about 4" to the height.
>
> What I can't find are any designations stamped on the base of the
> housing. I'm assuming that means the bottom outside of the base?  There
> is no mast extension to cover the base. There is a single digit followed
> by a dash and IIRC 3 digits,

Those numbers are 5 604 (space between the 5 and 604) and are the only 
thing on the base.There is nothing on the outside of the base cover 
which is the brake and nothing on the bell.

It appears to be a Ham IV, but could be a older Ham M and I do not know 
how to tell them apart based on appearance and parts.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> but nothing that resembles the codes
> depicted on norms page which BTW if you wear bifocals is very difficult
> to read with the text overlaying the charts.
>
> Even then, there is nothing to tell me what's different between the
> different models even if I do find a designation which seems to be
> missing. The controller is just the generic "ham" controller.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>> http://rotorservice.com/serv3%20identify.htm
>>
>>
>> 73's
>> Todd
>> N4JRZ
>>
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>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Speaking of the Han Series of rotators...How do you
>> tell the difference.
>>
>> I recently inherited a couple of basket cases. They appear to be ham
>> IV's but how do you tell the ham IV rotator minus control box,  from the
>> other models?  Other than having to clean out a lot of dirt and replace
>> the bearings...I replaced the terminal strips with the TailTwister
>> pigtails and connectors. Welll... I really didn't have to replace the
>> bearings, but I like shiny bearings rather than old dull black ones.
>> That and I discovered you can purchase them from Hy-gain including the
>> retainers for between 1/3 and 1/4 the price at the hardware store which
>> used to be an inexpensive place to get things like that.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
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