[TowerTalk] Tic Ringrotor Question

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 17:09:40 +0000 (UTC)
From: mikewa3c at aol.com
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tic Ringrotor Question


<Good Afternoon,
<Anyone know the secret to getting a Tic Ringrotor not to bind or skip? Working on Model CX-16/22 for weeks and can't get the darn thing to rotate more than 40 degree's before it binds or the ring will not mesh in the motor?Always' too tight or too much play <and the the gear wont mesh with the ring.
<Frustrating.
<Thanks
<WA3CMike

##  buddy  had  FOUR of  them  on  his  175  ft  rohn  45  tower  years  ago.   nothing  but  grief.   Finally  figured it  out.   On  the  ground,  with  one  tape  measure  running  N–S,  and   second tape measure  running   E-W.....
low  and  behold,  the  ring  was  exactly  .25 inch  out  of  round !!     IE:   extreme  N-S  dimension  was   .25 inch  more  than  the  E-W  dimension.   These  were  model  1024.   And  all  4  of  em  had  the  same  identical issue.

Jim   VE7RF