[TowerTalk] De Lee---Yaseu rotator

[Tom Horton]

Chuck,
  Sorry but this Yaesu rotor does in fact use an AC motor and it does have 
a start
capacitor.
  Maybe some of the bigger more heavy duty Yaesu rotors do use DC motors, 
but not
this model.
I still think it's a cabling problem too, but I have replaced the cable 
just yesterday...brand new cable.
I have the connector apart now and it does show a bit of evidence of 
moisture invasion.
In the morning, I am going to hook up the box to the rotor with only about 
a 1 foot pigtail.
  It's nice having an antenna elevator so you can do this fron the deck.
Thanks.
Tom K5IID





At 17:41 01/27/02 -0600, Chuck Lewis wrote:


>----- 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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