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Subject: [TowerTalk] Ham IV rotor control box
From: k6ll@juno.com (David O Hachadorian)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:05:34 +0000
My Tailtwister manual says .4 ohm. I think your manual
has a typo.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
K6LL@juno.com


On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:19:55 -0500 "Dan Evans" <n9rla@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> A local friend brought over a Ham IV control box this past weekend.  
> He told
> me it quit working, and wanted me to check it out for him.  I've 
> never owned
> a Ham IV, but luckily he brought the manual over with it.  I ran 
> through the
> test procedures outlined in the manual and everything seemed OK 
> except for
> one part.  The manual says checking resistance across terminals 1 
> and 2 [and
> several others] should read 4 ohms.  My meter shows this as .4 ohms. 
>  Now I
> don't have any reason to doubt the accuracy of my meter, but this 
> isn't much
> resistance.  Does this sound like a problem?  Is this an indication 
> of any
> common failures?
> 
> All of the voltage checks the manual called for were correct.
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> Dan
> 
> 
> Dan Evans N9RLA
> Scottsburg, IN 47170
> {EM78}
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