Thanks to Greg, Ed, Michael, and Jerry! The Digi-Key order has been placed, and I am a little closer to AZ/EL again.
73, Gary “Joe” kk0sd
From: Jerry Ehlers w0sat2@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 7:15 PM To: Gary gary_mayfield@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Alliance U-100
Gary: I worked on these rotors in 1950,s and 60,s The capacitor is a 2 terminal 155 Mfd @ 50 volts non- polarized This makes the 2 phase motor turn the rotor. Jerry w0sat
On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 5:56 PM Gary via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.orgmailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote: Years ago I used an Alliance U-100 for an elevation rotator. I turned the control box upside down and the "S" indicated "Straight Up". The click box indicator does not lend itself to computer control, and I parted with that setup long ago. I picked up a couple junker U-100s the other day without a control box. I don't really need the control box, but was hoping someone could tell me the value of the starting cap in the control box.
Does anyone happen to know the value of the starting cap in the U-100 control box?
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