For many years "we" have been sending our damaged, non-working, cranky,
whatever, rotors back to HyGain-Telex to be refurbished. For a very nominal
price (I recently heard that they have finally jacked up the cost...) we
received a clean, completely restored, working rotor, usually without undue
delay.
Not long ago we returned a rotor for rework, and for the first time asked that
the "new" style connector be installed. When received the rotor did have a
very nice rotor cable "pigtail" terminating in a 9-Pin "locking" male
connector. What was missing was the mating connector for the run of control
cable up to the rotor. Not only was there no "spare" matching connector, there
was nothing to indicate the make, model, etc of the part, nor a suggested
source.
QUESTION: I this the common experience of others who have requested that the
"kit" be installed by Hy-Gain-Telex ?
If so, where does one obtain the necessary mate for the gismo...
We contacted a "competitor" in the "rotor connector" business, received a
supposedly "matching" female conector, only to find that the "pins" in the
male and the "jacks" in the female are not of the same "size".. The net
result is a connection that works only wlen you "wiggle" the connector... not
really appropriate for our use.
We'd be interested in hearing from any who have had similar experiences. Looks
like another opportunity to learn somethng new about this facinating hobby of
ours.
Tnx,
Joe, W5ASP
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