[VHFcontesting] Rotor Controller Problems

[Jerry Siegmund]

Thanks Eric.. I opened it up and sprayed some contact cleaner in there.. 
seems to work now.. all be it intermittently !  The Newer controllers 
supposedly will work if Pins 3 and 7 are 500 ohms.. and the Cap is 
across 4 and 8.. and I am guessing this is an ealy 70's or late 60's ! 
Time to invest in a New One I guess.. but I have bought vehicles for 
less than that ! Thanks agn for the advice..

kb7dqh at donobi.net wrote:
> Interesting... I would think that by puzzling out the wiring of the switch
> one should be able to replace it with "something"... even if it means a
> big stack of 4PDT relays and separate pushbuttons for each function!
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> Just how ancient is this rotator anyway?  I ran into a situation where a
> friend of mine obtained a rotator from one source and a controller from
> another... both "8 wire" Hygain/CDE devices, but, the rotator wouldn't
> turn
> when wired with the "standard wire terminal one through eight to terminal
> one through eight" so I disassembled the rotator and found out the
> internal wiring didn't match that of the schematic of the rotator supplied
> with the controller, so I "made it fit"... and, after replacing the
> phase-shift capacitor with one that actually worked, I had full rotation,
> and, proper indication!
>
> Eric
> KB7DQH
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>> My Controller just decided to quit working One Direction. I am using an
>> older CDE Ham M.. with the switch that moves Right for Clockwise.. Left
>> for CC. Any easy fix or replacement for the switch ?  I have the newer
>> style controllers but they do not seem to work with this Rotor.. ( I am
>> thinking it may be a Model I or II up top which will not work with the
>> newer CDE or Hygain Controllers )
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