[Yaesu] Yaesu Rotator

[Morris Wideman]

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Tom here is another link to Yahoo Groups which are email list also, at the search type in ham radio and you will send a ton of list maybe you can find some info there if you have not already. Some of the list you have to join to view but you can select read at the list only which will keep all the email from your email box. There are groups for all kinds of ham radio activities so some you may find interesting.
Morris WA4MIT 73
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On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:56:51  
 Tom Horton wrote:
>Howdy,
>
>  I hope someone here has experience with the little G-450XL Yaesu rotor.
>I have been having problems with mine.
>Had it down for a while and checked it out the other day and it worked fine on
>the bench. Reinstalled it and it worked fine for a while.After several 
>rotations,
>it quit again in the same manner as before. The previous problem was
>thought to be a bad cable. I repaired the cable and as I said above, the 
>rotator worked.
>
>  What it is doing now, as was the last time, when you press either the 
>right or left direction
>switch, it sorta hangs there and then the indicator just takes off and runs 
>full scale around
>the face of the dial...BUT, the rotator does not move.
>
>I really am at a loss as to what is wrong. I have spoken to some rotator repair
>shops but no one except Yaesu works on these.
>
>If you have an idea of what the problem might be, please e-mail direct to 
>k5iid@ntelos.net.
>
>A friend has a Yaesy 800 rotor, and we are wondering if his 800 controller 
>would work on mine just to eliminate that part.  I know they are definately 
>different,but would it be a possibility to use it for troubleshooting?
>
>Thanks for listening...
>73, Tom K5IID 
>
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