[TowerTalk] Ring Rotor ?

[john at kk9a.com]

As N4TZ pointed out to me a while ago, it does not have to be 500 ohm to
work with the gears and controllers however it is a very good resistance
for that application. It is nice to see it in the DX Engineering product
line. 

John KK9A 

On 2014-12-05 12:59, Tim Duffy wrote: 

> Yes, it is a 500 ohm 10 turn pot. It has to be to work with the gears and
> the controllers.
> 
> 73,
> Tim K3LR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> john at kk9a.com
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 12:49 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ring Rotor ?
> 
> In my opinion the Clarostat were the most problematic. Is the DX
> Engineering replacement a 500 ohm pot?
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> To: "'Wayne Kline'" <w3ea at hotmail.com>, <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ring Rotor ?
> From: "Tim Duffy" <k3lr at k3lr.com>
> Reply-to: k3lr at k3lr.com
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:22:24 -0500
> 
> Here is the best pot (sealed) for TIC motors.
> 
> http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-ticgen-pot [1]
> 
> All 18 of the K3LR TIC Ring Rotors use this one.
> 
> 73,
> Tim K3LR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Wayne
> Kline
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 11:13 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ring Rotor ?
> 
> Preparing for some tower maintenance... I have two Older style aluminum
> black box RR motors.....
> 
> OK I need to replace a POT My question is .....The original 1022 1032
> were they the BLACK Pots and then Carl upgraded to the Blue " Bourns 3590S "
> 
> or is it the Black Pot "Clarostat 73JA " the better WX resistant pot
> .
> 
> Wayne W3EA
> 
> PS wish I had digital I phones... to document ....years ago ...
> 
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[1] http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-ticgen-pot
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