A "yup" to Lee and a "nope" to Chuck....at least not this model
The Yaesu model G-400 (and I suspect the 450 as well, which was the original
subject) uses a 28 v AC motor with a 100 uf cap in the control unit.
73 Don
VE6JY
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Could it be that Yaesu has a motor start capacitor problem like that
which
> > occurs in Ham-Ms?
> > Lee
>
> Nope. Yaesu uses DC motors and simply reverses polarity to change
direction.
> The voltage is varied to allow speed adjustment and the controller on the
> preset models drops the voltage to the minimum a few degrees before the
> preset point is reached. Pretty slick. I'm betting its a cable problem.
>
> Chuck, N4NM
>
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