[TowerTalk] Ham Rotor Question

[Gene Fuller]

Hi Todd -

It's not too unusual for the brake wedge to get hung up in the drive gear on 
the Ham-m. If you could twist the mast back and forth a bit and perhaps rap 
a little on the housing it might free it up without having to take it down 
and apart. I had a similar experience a few years ago. I think that's why 
MFJ is selling (and I installed) a brake application delay circuit. Good 
luck with it.

Gene / W2LU


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Coulter" <Coulter at bellsouth.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 9:37 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Ham Rotor Question


>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
>
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