Gerry,
You have discovered the First Rule of Troubleshooting: "Most problems are simple"!
Too often we fear the complicated problem and overlook that simple things happen most often. * Is there a source of power * Is there a break in connections * Is a switch or setting wrong You probably can add to this list of simple things.
73 Ed - KL7UW
At 07:32 PM 9/14/2008, Gerry wrote:
Thanks to all that replied to my request for help. Problem was in the rotor cable, about 22 inches from the rotor found cable jacket bruised (three of the six wires found to be broken). Cause unknown appears that the cable was compressed (squashed) and subsequent movement back and forth over a period of time finally broke wires inside jacket . Using a power supply in the shack and a test bulb at the rotor, we were puzzled, as to why using one wire as common, that three wires failed the test. It was just by chance that we found the damaged spot. The Rotor Gods were with us today hi hi.
Thanks Again, Hope to be back up and running soon.
73
Gerry VE4GTB / KD7MDB
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