[Towertalk] Yaesu indicator

[Don Havlicek]

Steve,
It sounds like the 'sending potentiometer' in the rotor is LOOSE.
Don
N8DE

UpTheTower@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Greetings, TowerTalkians --
> 
>     I've got a question on the NEW Yaesu rotators. About a year ago or so
> they changed some of the rotator design to include DC motors and they went
> from a 5-wire control to 6-wire. My question has to do with the NEW set-up -
> not the old one.
> 
>     Observing a 2800 rotator, everything looks normal. It starts, stops, and
> goes in the desired direction when you ask it. The problem is that the
> control box acts kind of weird. Sometimes the indicator when started will
> back-up in the opposite direction before heading in the right one. Sometimes
> the indicator will keep going and overshoot the actual heading when it stops.
> Sometimes the rotator heading and the indicator don't match but toggling the
> rotation switch will get it to catch-up to the correct heading. Is this
> "normal" for the new configuration? Or is there a control box/indicator
> problem? The indicator and rotator headings can be up to 45 degrees off. Like
> I said, the rotator actually appears to be operating just as you'd expect.
> The rotator is less than six months old. Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
> Tower Tech
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