A couple of years ago I had a problem with my 800SDX.. Seemed that 2 M
traffic on my cluster tranceiver caused the indicator to read up to 30
deg off when my node was transmitting. That was fixed by lifting the
ground wire on the AC cord above ground with one of those 'adapters'.
Now I realize the problem described by Pete and by Steve may not be
related, but that particular trouble vanished. The adapter is still in
the line..
Good luck.
73
Gil, W4PJI
Pete Smith wrote:
>At 12:43 PM 3/6/02 -0800, gary stilwell wrote:
>
>>1-- The rotator was used extensively last week with all the DX activity and
>>also over the weekend with the DX contest. Problem DID NOT resolve itself.
>>
>>2--Yaesu suggested I plug the control box into a seperate dedicated AC plug
>>rather that a plug serving other accessories. This DID NOT resolve the
>>problem.
>>
>
>Hmmm... do you have any connectors in the line between the back of the
>controller and your rotator (other than the factory ones? My suspicion has
>been that my Cinch-Jones plugs are the source of the problem. I have
>treated the connectors with DeOxit, which seems to make it go away.
>
>In my case, a milder version of the problem has the rotator seeming to be
>slow to stop and slow to start up. Problem was also traced to excessive
>resistance in the C-J plug.
>
>A dedicated AC plug is snake oil.
>
>Are you confident that it's just the controller and not the antenna itself?
> I'm thinking perhaps the brake isn't engaging immediately, so the antenna
>overshoots. I do know that in the new-style control boxes the indicator
>isn't on all the time, but only when the button is pressed in one or the
>other direction
>
>73, Pete N4ZR
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