[TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotors
Pete Smith
n4zr@contesting.com
Sun, 11 Jun 2000 14:28:47 +0000
At 05:57 AM 6/11/00 -0700, Jack Schuster wrote:
...
>I replaced a G1000SDX for a friend recently after a
>lightning hit, and found that Yaesu changed from a 5
>pin to a 6 pin conector...so we had to replace the
>connector on what otherwise would have been a very
>easy job! One of the advantages of the Yaesu is that
>smaller gage rotor cable than that required by Hy Gain
>rotors is adequate.
According to Texas Towers, the change from 5 to 6-conductor cable on the
new-production rotators -- denoted by a trailing "A" on the serial number
-- was made to meet CE requirements (something to do with grounding?). So
we now have the G-800A and the G-1000SDXA!
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
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