[Towertalk] Fixing a Yaesu 450XL Controller

[Richard M. Gillingham]

It is always bad to let the smoke out.  It is very difficult to put back 
in...

Hope you find a fix.
73
W1RG

George Skoubis wrote:

>Hi,
>
>  I bought a Alpha Delta DX-A twin sloper to get on 160, 80, and 40 meters
>with one feedline.
>
>  After getting the antenna mounted and tuned on 160 I saw a spot for a VP2
>station (CW).  He couldn't hear me with 100 watts so I switched my amp on
>and tried again with about 500 watts, after calling him twice I noticed a
>burning smell in my shack (never a good sign in my experiences so far) so I
>stopped calling.
>
>  I noticed smoke swirling out of my Fluidmotion SteppIR controller (I had
>left it and the rotater controller on since I had been using 20 meters) and
>at first I thought I had ruined the antenna controller.  I changed
>frequencies and could hear the motors working so that wasn't the problem.
>
>  What was the problem was the rotator controller beneath it.  It still
>turns the antenna either direction but the indicator needle is stuck in one
>position and the overlap led is stuck on.
>
>  Anyone have any idea on how to fix this short of sending it in?  I would
>like to have it working by SS Phone weekend...
>
>Thanks,
>
>George / KF9YR
>
>
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