Thanks to all who replied.
Consensus of opinion is that it is a connector problem, either at the
control box or at the rotator.
I'll check the connectors and clean them. Hopefully that will take care of
the problem.
Thanks again.
John
N6ZAE
At 06:27 AM 1/28/2012, you wrote:
>The suggestion about connections was a good one. My G-1000DXA was erratic
>like that.
>Turned out the cable wasn't plugged all the way in the back of the control
>box.
>
>73, Mike NF4L
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My Yaesu G-1000DXA rotator has started acting weird.
> >
> > If I turn it clockwise, say to 180 degrees, the needle goes around to 180
> > degrees but when I take my finger off the button the needle jumps back to
> > 150 degrees. This is fairly consistent, although occasionally it jumps back
> > less than 30 degrees and sometimes it doesn't jump at all.
> >
> > When I turn it counterclockwise, the needle initially moves 10 or so
> degrees
> > clockwise, then starts around counterclockwise as it should. But when I
> take
> > my finger off the button, the needle continues on clockwise for another 10
> > or 20 degrees.
> >
> > Checking the antenna, it appears to be pointing in whatever direction the
> > needle ends up pointing after all its gyrations.
> >
> > Anyone ever had a G-1000 behave like that? Any suggestions as to
> whether the
> > problem might be in the control box or the rotator? Any help on what to do?
> >
> > John
> > N6ZAE
> >
>
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