When getting on for the SS SSB today, I found the antenna would rotate from
north to exactly NE or NW and no further. The rotator is a Yaesu G-450A
that was first installed October 2007 in a crankup tower at about 50 ft. By
eye from ground level it appeared that the coax and control cable were not
fouled. Seems like there should be a clue as to the trouble provided by the
exact stoppage at plus and minus 45 degrees from north, but I dont know what
it is. Prior performance has been OK except a time or two I noticed the
rotation slowing down as it went past NE, but at the time I though it was
just the wind load, it can be very windy here. I may not be able to get the
tower down for some time, and any thoughts would be appreciated.
73, Jim w3cp
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