[TowerTalk] Yaesu G-2800DXA Not Rotating
john at kk9a.com
john at kk9a.com
Thu Jun 11 14:19:42 PDT 2009
The Yaesu G2800DXA is a nice rotator. Are you sure that nothing is binding
and that your coax is free?
John KK9A
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Yaesu G-2800DXA Not Rotating
From: "Paul Price Jr."
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:22:22 -0700 (PDT)
I just turned on my control box last night and tried to work some stations
when
I noticed when I tried to rotate my beam the control box was very slow, in
addition, it would only turn in the range of 60-180 degrees. This morning, I
went outside and disconnected the ICE spike protector and went back inside
to
find out nothing had changed. I climbed the tower to see if anything looked
kinked or twisted but didn't find anything out of sorts. Does anyone have
any
experience with a similar problem and any ideas as what I need to do before
I
pack this thing up and send it back to Yaesu in California? Using my Fluke
meter it would be nice to be able to determine that it's just a bad cable.
However, the fact that the rotor turns slowly and only partially makes me
think
its in the rotor its self... Ideas?
PS: I love the rotor but I'll be darned if I ever buy something that can't
be
worked on by Norms or Rotor Dr. This thing may have to go back to Japan
since
Yaesu doesn't keep parts on hand, from what I've read!
Best of 73s,
Paul - <k5hsv at arrl.net>
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