[TowerTalk] Rotator won't turn east

Rob Matherly jimrob at gmail.com
Wed Aug 4 13:10:26 EDT 2021


Hi all -

Question that's hopefully got a simple answer. I have a bell rotor that was
recently overhauled. I hooked it up to my controller before installing it
on the tower and verified that everything worked properly.

I set the rotor to north before putting it up, and oriented my beam that
direction. When I try to rotate it, the rotator will only turn to the South
counter-clockwise. If I try to go South clockwise (i.e., turn it to the
east) it will stop at North. I've verified that the coax isn't hung up on
anything and that there's no obstructions.

Any ideas? I wondered if perhaps the rotator is mounted 180 from where it
needs to be and I just need to go spin it around or something.

Thanks,
Rob Matherly, W0JRM
Centerville, Iowa - EN30nr
NAQCC #7688, SKCC #29, FISTS #19246, QRP ARCI #16952

http://w0jrm.robmatherly.com


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