[TowerTalk] Antenna Mart Remote Antenna Switch

[Gene Smar]

TT:
 
     I installed a set of trailer hitch connectors at the base of my tower for the rotator control lines for just that reason.  I can disconnect the control box from its own trailer hitch connector in the shack and plug it in outside at the tower when I have to watch the rotator for maintenance reasons.
 
 
73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
 



On 07/11/14, Joe Subich, W4TV 
wrote:


It's been 30 years since I had one of those switches. However, it is
a stepping relay driving the switch wafer with a second control wafer
that opens +12V to the stepping coil when the correct position is
reached.

1) check the "return" (common) wire and make sure it is not open.
2) check/clean the contacts on the control wafer
3) apply relay voltage directly to the stepping relay coil to
make sure the relay steps (coil is not bad).

It may help to take the control unit to the base of the tower and
use a short cable for testing.

73,

... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-07-11 9:03 AM, Keith Neighbors wrote:
> My antenna mart remote antenna switch model # sw7, (this is the
> successor to the W0MLY switch) suddenly does not work...the control box
> in the shack indicates proper antenna when switched but unit at base of
> tower does not rotate to indicated antenna...I can manually rotate the
> switch so it is not binding....any help to point me in the right
> direction to start troubleshooting will be appreciated.
> 73
> Keith, W4HHN
> kneighbors at grek dot com
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