[Elecraft] OT Help to find rotator part

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Dave Lankshear wrote:
>Hi folks.  Apologies for the bandwidth, especially today, but I wonder if
>anyone can help me locate a 500 ohm pot that's used for direction indication
>in the Yaesu G-400RC rotator?  I've been on a search mission now for quite a
>while and have achieved a 100% failure record thus far.  In the instruction
>manual for the G-400, it's item 6 in the list of parts on page 14.  The pot
>in the rotator is the same as the one in the RC, the round controller.
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>Maybe there's one in a junkbox somewhere, or a dealer has one lying around?
>I'd really be most grateful.
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>Thanks & 73.  Dave G3TJP
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As far as I know, the Yaesu G-400 is the same design as the old Kenpro 
KR-400. The same applies to the -600 models. More recently, Yaesu 
upgraded these to model numbers ending in -50, but still within the same 
family.

All the "RC" ("Round Controller") versions use the same 500R 360 degree 
pot in both the rotator and the controller, so this may help you to find 
a spare in a listing for some other model.

Many other parts are also shared between different models (but obviously 
not all of them, so order with care).

Any of the UK main Yaesu dealers should be able to help you. 
Alternatively, try the UK-contest, CDXC or RSGBtech mailing lists 
-there's sure to be someone who had to buy one fairly recently.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek