[TowerTalk] Yaesu G-2800DXA Not Rotating

[john at kk9a.com]

One of the first things I would check is the rotator connector.  The boot 
covering the connector does not completely waterproof this connector and the 
indicting system will not work properly when this is wet or there is a poor 
connection from dirt or corrosion.

John KK9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Price" <k5hsv at yahoo.com>
To: <john at kk9a.com>
Cc: <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu G-2800DXA Not Rotating



John, thanks for asking. I had the XYL rotate the beam while I watched. It 
rotated completely fine. A full 1.5 turns effortlessly. The problem has been 
narrowed down to the control box in the shack, not registering correctly as 
to what's going on outside.

Ok, my next day off I'll open it up and see what I can figure out. Hopefully 
something simple. I doubt it's the cable since it rotates just fine but the 
readout is wrong and appears slow in the shack but is fine outside.

73s/TNX
Paul Price - K5HSV

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On Jun 11, 2009, at 4:19 PM, <john at kk9a.com> wrote:

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>