Hello Group I'am currently replacing the motors on my AlfaSpid RAS and the azimuth motor is no problem but on the elevation motor there is what I call a hidden screw. It's tucked away down in the housing. you can see it and get a screwdriver to it,BUT, there is no slot for the screwdriver. The head is hollowed out as for a allen wrench,BUT, no hex for the wrench to grab. I don't think that it has been rounded out because I bought the rotor new and it's never been apart before by me. All the other attaching screws are flat headed screws so not sure why this one is different. Anyway I was wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this before ?
Thanks John W0JW
Sorta sounds like a pop rivet to me....
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of John Fickes Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 12:30 AM To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid help
Hello Group I'am currently replacing the motors on my AlfaSpid RAS and the azimuth motor is no problem but on the elevation motor there is what I call a hidden screw. It's tucked away down in the housing. you can see it and get a screwdriver to it,BUT, there is no slot for the screwdriver. The head is hollowed out as for a allen wrench,BUT, no hex for the wrench to grab. I don't think that it has been rounded out because I bought the rotor new and it's never been apart before by me. All the other attaching screws are flat headed screws so not sure why this one is different. Anyway I was wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this before ?
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Hector AD6D used to be the Spid repair guy for Force12 in the US, maybe look him up and send him an email.
Dave-KB1PVH
On Sun, May 20, 2018, 09:48 Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com wrote:
Sorta sounds like a pop rivet to me....
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of John Fickes Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 12:30 AM To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AlfaSpid help
Hello Group I'am currently replacing the motors on my AlfaSpid RAS and the azimuth motor is no problem but on the elevation motor there is what I call a hidden screw. It's tucked away down in the housing. you can see it and get a screwdriver to it,BUT, there is no slot for the screwdriver. The head is hollowed out as for a allen wrench,BUT, no hex for the wrench to grab. I don't think that it has been rounded out because I bought the rotor new and it's never been apart before by me. All the other attaching screws are flat headed screws so not sure why this one is different. Anyway I was wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this before ?
Thanks John W0JW
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Hi John,
You can also contact Spid in Polen directly. They have been very helpful:
http://spid.net.pl/en/contact/
Stefan
On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 11:31 PM John Fickes kc0bmf@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Group I'am currently replacing the motors on my AlfaSpid RAS and the azimuth motor is no problem but on the elevation motor there is what I call a hidden screw. It's tucked away down in the housing. you can see it and get a screwdriver to it,BUT, there is no slot for the screwdriver. The head is hollowed out as for a allen wrench,BUT, no hex for the wrench to grab. I don't think that it has been rounded out because I bought the rotor new and it's never been apart before by me. All the other attaching screws are flat headed screws so not sure why this one is different. Anyway I was wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this before ?
Thanks John W0JW
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