[TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotor Dial Lamp

[Larry]

IdiomPress makes a small illuminator board for HyGain rotor boxes
which might work. It has 3 LEDs and is intended to sit on top of a
meter with a clear top. It has a rectifier to get the DC voltage for the
LEDs from a 28VAC source in the HyGain units. It was about $11 
for the kit I think. I don't know if it would work for the Yaesu control 
unit or not. Search for "Rotor-EZ".

73, Larry  W6NWS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotor Dial Lamp


> On 12/8/2011 12:50 PM, Jerry wrote:
>> My 1000 DXA's dial lamp burned out...again.
> 
> This came up several months ago. Search the archives. It's a tough lamp 
> to replace. Rather than attempt it, I found some nice bright LEDs and 
> managed to squeeze them into the right side of the bezel from behind, 
> without totally taking the controller apart (which you do NOT want to 
> attempt). You'll need to wire them in series, and connect them where the 
> existing lamps are connected, adding a series resistor to limit the 
> current to a safe value. I don't recall what value I used. As I recall, 
> the internal V+ was about 12V.
> 
> The result is not as good as the original, but probably cost a lot less, 
> and I won't have to do it again.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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