[TowerTalk] Ham 4 wrong indication

[Robert Harmon]

Bob,

I have been following the responses and I thought the same thing as the others that a wire connection swap would solve it.  Since you tried another control box and also a wire connection swap to the box, and your spare rotator works properly,  I guess the only thing left is the rotator itself.  I don’t understand what could be happening in the rotator that could be causing the reverse rotation thing though.  There are a couple of rotator repair sites on line Norm’s Rotators is one that does a lot of the Ham 4’s and Tailtwister repairs and refurbs.  I would email him and see what he thinks.  Of course the first thing he is going to say is the wires are reversed,  hihi.  

73,
Bob
K6UJ

> On Mar 12, 2019, at 4:36 AM, robert <wa1fcn at charter.net> wrote:
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> 
> GM All
> 
>     First thanks to all who offered ideas.  Yes the most logical thought
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>     would be I did not match wires from control box to rotor.  I double
> 
>     checked and they were correct . Next I changed to another
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>     spare control box.  Same results. I tried a couple wire connection
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>     swaps as suggested.  I got proper indication that way but no rotation.
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>         I have removed rotor and installed another spare and will continue
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>         to use that.   Thanks once again to all.
> 
>             BoB WA1FCN
> 
> On 3/11/2019 7:38 AM, Michael Clarson wrote:
>> Do you have the right meter scale? There were two. One for when stop is North, and another with stop south. -- Mike
>> 
>> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 8:09 PM robert <wa1fcn at charter.net <mailto:wa1fcn at charter.net>> wrote:
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>>    GE all
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>>             Well I am not sure what is happening. This is my third
>>    attempt
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>>         to send this message.
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>>             I purchased a Ham 4 rotor from a sk estate (N4KG) very cheap.
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>>             I was surprised to find it worked. Unfortunately When I
>>    turn to
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>>             west it goes East.  South goes North. The antenna does
>>    rotate.
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>>             I have gotten used to using reverse buttons, but was
>>    wondering
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>>             if there is a simple fix ?
>> 
>>                 BoB WA1FCN
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