Same thing happened to me a few years ago, and it turned out that the rotary
arm had worn through, about a quarter inch of the end broke off, and the
rotor arm dropped off the stator coil. The fix is to install a new rotor
arm, or as I did, solder a short piece of #10 solid copper wire to the rotor
arm to reestablish contact with the stator. The new wire should last a lot
longer than the thin copper arm from HyGain. Good luck.
Nelson, KU0A
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:35 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Why did my Tailtwister stop turning?
Had a problem over the weekend with my T2X. It wouldn't turn. It
was working fine, then all of a sudden it was stuck at about 300
degrees. I tried the usual rocking back and forth to free the sticky
brake, but no luck. All the indicator lights were normal. I tried
several times over the next 30-45 minutes and it just wouldn't move.
I gave up the contest in disgust, and the next day checked the rotor
and it worked fine, as if there was no problem earlier.
The rotor was refurbished about a year ago and looked brand new
inside and out.
I don't think it was a thermal cut-out as I was not turning it a lot.
Would an aging motor starting capacitor act intermittently like this?
The control box is about 14 years old. Any other ideas?
Tnx,
Barry W2UP--
Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
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