[K4RY] Tower climbers

[Sharan Asundi]

Folks,

This is Sharan Asundi from Tuskegee University. We have had our station in operation for ~1 year now. The antenna rotators on our ~40’ tower had stopped responding. Based on suggestions in this forum, we have tested our controller and it seems to be working fine. We procured a spare controller and based on testing it with the rotators, it seems like the connections on the rotators may have gotten loose. On the day of our tower installation, there was rain and lightening, particularly at the end, so our installer may have done the connections in a hurry. If you’ll are aware of anyone who can get to the top of tower, please let us know. If you have some safety equipment, which will enable us to get to the top, that’ll be helpful as well.

As always, thanks for your suggestions.

Sincerely,
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Sharan Asundi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Science Engineering
516 University Avenue
329 "Chappie" James Center
Tuskegee, AL 36088
Office: (334) 727-8768
Fax: (334) 724-4587
Email: asundi at mytu.tuskegee.edu