[TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotor Repair?

[Richard McGaver]

I have a 1000SDX that is shot!     Who... does fix these gems?
Rick   NK9G   mcgaver@execpc.com 
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe L Blackwell <aa4nn@juno.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotor Repair?


>
>If you open your Yaesu rotator, be prepared for a lot of ball bearings to
>fall out.
>de Joe, aa4nn
>
>"Dave D'Epagnier" <DDEpagnier@compuserve.com> writes:
>> 
>> Well, I got my cracked rotor mast clamp replaced for my G-600x. Yaesu
>had
>> it in stock. It's interesting that they now say it's important to pin
>the
>> mast. They include a long bolt and drilling instructions for it. My old
>> clamp didn't even have a hole for pinning.
>> 
>>  Anyhow, in one of my brighter moments, I attached the rotor wires up
>wrong
>> and applied about 900mW to the position sensing potentiometer in the
>rotor
>> and smoked it. How can I get this fixed? Is it easy for me to fix  this
>or
>> is opening a rotor liken to tearing into an automobile transmission? 
>> Has anybody on the list ever replaced one of these? Should I do it 
>myself or
>> send it off to Norm's etc?
>> 
>> tnx,
>> 
>> Dave
>> K0QE
>> 
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>
>73, de Joe  aa4nn
>Ten-Tec only, CW only.
>eeetet   ee
>
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