[TowerTalk] Ham Rotor Question

[Todd Coulter]

Ron,
 
Yes I do hear the typical clank when I hit the brake release and I also have a lighting protection device inline with the rotor. I am going to perform some resistance tests according to the rotor manual sometime this week when I get a chance to disconnect the cable downstream from the lightning protection device. I also have a quick disconnect, but is located only a few feet down the cable from the rotor on the tower. I will check it once I am able to lower the tower. 
 
I hope that it turns out to be something at ground level like the lightning protection device which would make the fix a little easier for now. 
 
 
                                                    Thanks,
                                                     Todd
                                                     N4JRZ

--- On Tue, 9/7/10, w4lde at numail.org <w4lde at numail.org> wrote:


From: w4lde at numail.org <w4lde at numail.org>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Rotor Question
To: towertalk at contesting.com, "'Todd Coulter'" <Coulter at bellsouth.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 7:05 AM



Todd,

 Do you hear the typical clank when you hit the break release button, do you have a lighting protection device or quick disconnect that is possibly the problem?  You can do a resistance check on the cable without the need to crank down the tower first.   I just recently saw a similar problem at my QTH with a new tailtwister and found that my quick disconnect where the rotor cable enters the home had an intermittent connection.  Old hands do not make great plugin connections hi.


Hope you solve it quickly.
73 de Ron W4LDE

On Mon Sep 6 21:37 , "Todd Coulter" sent:

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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