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Subject: [TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotors
From: kk6t@joneslumber.com (Terry Dunlap)
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:12:39 -0700
At 09:22 PM 3/27/97 -0500, JAMES T BRANNIGAN wrote:
>This is a good news/bad news item.
>A few weeks ago I made some disparaging remarks about CDE type 
>rotators...and touted my Yaesu G-800SDX.
>Bad News ...Last night the indicator on my six month old Yaesu 
>stopped working. (eating crow)
>Good news.. Yaesu service was very responsive.
>More good news. The problem is in the indicator box and not at the 
>top of the tower..
>Bad news...The box has to go back to Yaesu for repairs.

Had the exact same problem with my 800.  If I remember correctly,
it was the indicator motor that was bad.  I was glad I didn't have to
pull the rotor down but still ticked me off.  And that was after the
power switch dying (the quickly mailed me a new switch, no questions
asked)

73 de Terry KK6T



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