[SCCC] FW: Yaesu rotor conversion to 220 volts

[Chip at Heil]

Marko, Yaesu should be contacting you shortly on this. It's easy.

73/hei de Chip K7JA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Woll" <n6vi at socal.rr.com>
To: <marko.L.myllymaki at nokia.com>; <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] FW: Yaesu rotor conversion to 220 volts


> Hi, Marko.
>
> I have a Yaesu G-1000DXA, which has the same manual and schematic as for 
> the G-800DXA.  The schematic shows a single primary winding on the power 
> transformer, and the manual refers to the AC voltage for which the unit is 
> marked.  (My controller is marked "117 vac".   It looks to me as though 
> the unit is not designed to be switched from one input voltage to another 
> and that any conversion would require relacement of the power transformer. 
> Assuming Yaesu follows the same design philosophy for the G-450A / 
> G-800SA, you should probably order a unit built for 220 vac.
>
> If that's not possible within your time constraints, you might run the 
> 117v unit off a 240 :120 transformer.  It draws only one Amp at 120v, so 
> you shouldn't need "big iron" to do the job.
>
> 73,
>
> Marty N6VI
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: marko.L.myllymaki at nokia.com
>  To: sccc at contesting.com
>  Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:57 PM
>  Subject: [SCCC] FW: Yaesu rotor conversion to 220 volts
>
>
>  Perhaps someone here would know this also.
>
>  From: Myllymaki Marko.L (Nokia-D/SanDiego)
>  Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:54 PM
>  To: 'cq-contest at contesting.com'
>  Subject: Yaesu rotor conversion to 220 volts
>
>  Hello,
>  In next couple days I'm looking to buy Yaesu rotor in US, either G-450A 
> or G-800SA and ship directly into location for fall contest.  I will not 
> see the rotor until November.
>  Does anyone here know how to exactly convert either of these rotor models 
> for 220 V operation ?  Information I found in a web is bit confusing and 
> Vertex phone line puts you on eternal hold and eventually hangs up.
>  73 de Marko N5ZO
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