[TowerTalk] Ham Rotor Question

[Todd Coulter]

I am presently having an issue with my Ham-M rotor. It is not rotating in
either direction and I am probably going to have to take it down for
repairs. I have eliminated the rotor controller as a possible problem by
swapping the current controller with a known good controller and the same
problem exists. It indicates the current direction, but will not rotate. I
will next eliminate the cable before taking the rotator down, but I think it
is probably the problem.

In order to make the lowering of the tower easier, I would like to manually
rotate the rotator by hand. Is it possible to push and hold the brake
release button on the controller and rotate the rotator by hand? 

If this is possible, is the rotator fairly easy to rotate manually, or does
it require significant effort as I would like to do this with a stout stick
while standing on the roof?

Thanks in advance for any help.


                                               73's

                                               Todd  
                                               N4JRZ