[TowerTalk] Ham IV Stuck

[Ron 'KF5JRA' Rosson]

First of all “Merry Christmas & Happy New Year”

After a ton of googling I thought I would expand my issue to a stronger brain trust than Google.

I have a ham IV nestled in a Glen Martin Roof top tower with a 6’ mast and a K4KIO hexbeam (picture can be found here (http://www.oneinsane.org/kf5jra). When I installed it I set it up so that my offsets CW/CCW are set at 180 and true north should be my zero in the middle of the ham IV rotation.

Somehow I have gotten the rotor stuck/wedged at the CW 180 stop and no matter what I do it aint moving. I can hear the brake solenoid disengage/engage when I attempt to move int but get no movement. With my installation be a little over three and half years old’ could something have failed already? All meter readings are within specs so cable is good. Is it that with the cold weather ( I live in Loveland, CO (7 miles south of Fort Collins & 55 miles north of Denver)) that I should just wait till I get a decent warm spell and part that this is just a frozen due to the cold.

Any ideas or assistance is much appreciated.




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73 de KF5JRA
Ron
kf5jra at oneinsane dot org