[Towertalk] RE: Yaesu G1000SDX

Erik Jakobsen erik@urbakken.dk
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 14:32:49 +0100


On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 16:37:04 -0500
Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:

> At 03:36 PM 12/2/02 -0500, Rudy Marcelletti, K8SWD wrote:
> >Erik:  You take a lightning hit?  I don't computer control my G1000SDX, 
> >but you describe what mine did for a while after a close strike, or direct 
> >hit--I don't know which.  The needle would spin around uncontrollably and 
> >sometimes point in the right direction, sometimes not.  When I would look 
> >outside, the antenna was aiming correctly where I had the preset pointing, 
> >but the needle would spin wildly, but would eventually stop in the 
> >vacinity where I was pointed.  Well, this summer I took another 
> >hit--direct I think.  It wiped out about $3,500.00 of on non-ham stuff in 
> >the house, but only 2 ham power supplies.  My rotor is now FIXED!  No 
> >explanation for it other than something up top was loose as my controller 
> >was disconnected at the time of the storm, and lightning fixed it!
> 
> 
> I have seen this behavior when the Cinch plugs in my Yaesu rotator control 
> lines were flakey -- fixed them with an application of Caig R5.  The notion 
> that lightning fixed a control box full of semiconductors strikes me as 
> pretty creative.  More likely you had bad connections somewhere, and 
> something serendipitous caused them to go good again.  I suppose its 
> conceivable that the pot itself was intermittently open -- don't know about 
> that one.

What is Caig R5 ?. Conductive grease ?.
 
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> 
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