[Yaesu] G-1000SDX

[Jerry K]

Hi Marty,

Sorry to hear the Rotor Doc doesn't do Yaesu, I kind of wondered myself if
he did.

I guess for every yin there's a yang. I've sent rigs back to Yaesu twice in
the last 6 years or so, and have been treated quite well both times, with
reasonably priced, relatively timely repair work. Haven't sent my rotator
back, though. (knock on wood) Maybe their rotator department isn't as
efficient. :-)

When I put up a new 45G three years ago I went with a Yaesu rotator
G-1000DXA and haven't been sorry so far, but we'll see over the long term. I
may eventually find out I should have bit the bullet for a G-2800 instead.
Like most, I've always had Ham IV's before, but had occasional problems with
the braking, which I personally believe is a somewhat weak mechanical
design. Also, I never much liked the Ham IV's manual brake release setup on
the control box. I put up a 36 ft boom Force 12 C3XLD 10-element
"multi-monobander" (three feed lines) at 82 ft on the new tower, which is a
fairly stiff rotational load here in the land of constant/gusty winds. I was
concerned the braking on the Ham IV might not last long in the new setup.
The little G-1000DXA does seem to have sufficient braking power -- last year
I sheared the 9mm mast pin at the rotator and the antenna pinwheeled 90
degrees in a storm, but the rotator itself braking never flinched. It did
give me trouble once recently, turned out to be the Molex (or whatever it's
called) 6-pin connector on the back of the control box going intermittent.
Some judicious tweaking of the pins and a shot of Deoxit fixed that, thanks
to a tip from Glenn Zook and several others.

I am getting ready to add five mast steps and a 6M beam above the Force 12,
but that shouldn't be too much added rotational load for the rotator, which
is mounted 10' deep in the tower and carries no vertical or side-to-side
load at all (maybe that's why it hasn't broken). This will be the first time
I've ever used mast steps, so it will be interesting find out what the
pucker factor is at 92 feet at the top of a 13 foot 2" mast. I expect it
will feel a little different than standing on the tower, but I'll just have
to keep reminding myself that a skinny little piece of 4130N tubing is
actually pretty strong stuff.  :-)

73, Jerry W5KP


-----Original Message-----
From: yaesu-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:yaesu-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Martiin Pearlman
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:20 AM
To: Yaesu
Subject: [Yaesu] G-1000SDX


Hello all,

Thanks to all that responded to me. I had a nice long chat with Norm via
Norm's Rotors, but he doesn't work on Yaesu. He told me that alot of time
you find that the circuit boards are bad. He also told me some horror
stories about Yaesu Service, and hams having to wait as high as 3 months to
get it returned to  them. I wrote Yaesu Tech about 4 days ago, and they have
yet to respond. Being that they changed the model from and SDX to a DXA,
they don't usually work on obsolite models. I believe I will go back to   a
Ham IV. 73's and g.b.

Kind regards,
Marty, W3QK

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