[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 222, Issue 8

Mon Jun 7 12:36:58 EDT 2021

To do it the way they want it...maybe 4 or 5K for the lighting.  It will not be approved unless the lighting is there.
73  Bill

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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Yaesu Rotator Questions (N4ZR)
  2. Re: Yaesu Rotator Questions (Stan Stockton)
  3. Need Ameritron RCS-10 relay unit (W7ZZ)
  4. Re: TOWER LIGHTS (FOLLOW UP) (KD7JYK DM09)

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 15:05:47 -0400
From: N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotator Questions
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Regarding the ball bearings - wouldn't you expect them to be a metric size?

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 6/6/2021 11:58 AM, Zoli Pitman HA1AG via TowerTalk wrote:
>  Hi Stan,
>
> See below.
>
>      On Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 3:14:48 AM GMT+2, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>  Hoping someone with experience with Yaesu rotators can help me.
>
> 1.? DX Engineering website and other websites say the G-1000DXA has one hundred 7/16? diameter ball bearings.? The Yaesu G-1000DXA manual says ninety eight 3/8? diameter ball bearings.? Which is the correct diameter?
> 49 pieces on both sides, 98 in total - I can confirm (Dont put in the 50th!!) . 3/8"is more likely, I can check next week exactly.
>
>
> 2.? I think the ball bearings in these rotators may be chrome as opposed to stainless steel.? I?m planning to put up a G-1000 DXA on Cayman Brac.? Because of corrosion should I buy whatever size they really are in 440 stainless steel and replace them? Anything else I should do if I muster the courage to open it up?
> If I were you I wouldn't open it up unless you are ready for some heavy learning. It is not straightforward to put it together with the right positioning of the end switches and both halves.
>
>
> 4.? Looked at the shock absorber plate after a post on here the other day.? Would four of something like this in between a couple of plates do the same thing? Any need to have this or no?? I?ve never owned a Yaesu rotator before.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/333896390330?epid=1567122718&hash=item4dbdc696ba:g:eEcAAOSwUJtgMXv4:sc:ShippingMethodStandard!72761!US!-1
>
> It is a good idea especially if you have big antennas and/or a location with gusty winds. It is better that the rubber absorbs the twisting forces and not anything else. 2800 has no soft start and soft-stop but some controllers like ERC 1 by DF9GR can do iirc
>
> 4.? In case I ever decide to buy one, curious to know whether a G-2800 will fit in 25G top section with flat plate top?
>
> yes.
> Put in some overvoltage protection on the control lines. the control box doesn't like static.
>
> 73, Zoli HA1AG
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 14:32:10 -0500
From: Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com>
To: Zoli Pitman HA1AG <ha1ag at yahoo.com>
Cc: "TowerTalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotator Questions
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Thanks, Zoli.  Maybe the balls are metric.  If you have ability to know for
sure I would like the information.

Stan

On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 10:58 AM Zoli Pitman HA1AG <ha1ag at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Stan,
>
> See below.
>
> On Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 3:14:48 AM GMT+2, Stan Stockton <
> wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hoping someone with experience with Yaesu rotators can help me.
>
> 1.  DX Engineering website and other websites say the G-1000DXA has one
> hundred 7/16? diameter ball bearings.  The Yaesu G-1000DXA manual says
> ninety eight 3/8? diameter ball bearings.  Which is the correct diameter?
>
> 49 pieces on both sides, 98 in total - I can confirm (Dont put in the
> 50th!!) . 3/8"is more likely, I can check next week exactly.
>
>
> 2.  I think the ball bearings in these rotators may be chrome as opposed
> to stainless steel.  I?m planning to put up a G-1000 DXA on Cayman Brac.
> Because of corrosion should I buy whatever size they really are in 440
> stainless steel and replace them? Anything else I should do if I muster the
> courage to open it up?
>
> If I were you I wouldn't open it up unless you are ready for some heavy
> learning. It is not straightforward to put it together with the right
> positioning of the end switches and both halves.
>
>
> 4.  Looked at the shock absorber plate after a post on here the other
> day.  Would four of something like this in between a couple of plates do
> the same thing? Any need to have this or no?  I?ve never owned a Yaesu
> rotator before.
>
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/333896390330?epid=1567122718&hash=item4dbdc696ba:g:eEcAAOSwUJtgMXv4:sc:ShippingMethodStandard!72761!US!-1
>
> It is a good idea especially if you have big antennas and/or a location
> with gusty winds. It is better that the rubber absorbs the twisting forces
> and not anything else. 2800 has no soft start and soft-stop but some
> controllers like ERC 1 by DF9GR can do iirc
>
> 4.  In case I ever decide to buy one, curious to know whether a G-2800
> will fit in 25G top section with flat plate top?
>
> yes.
>
> Put in some overvoltage protection on the control lines. the control box
> doesn't like static.
>
> 73, Zoli HA1AG
>
>

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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 13:07:58 -0700
From: "W7ZZ" <w7zz at wavecable.com>
To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Need Ameritron RCS-10 relay unit
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Thanks to those who responded to yesterday's posting, both on and off list,
but I have come up  with a brand new unit locally.  73 W7ZZ

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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 14:01:13 -0700
From: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net>
To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TOWER LIGHTS (FOLLOW UP)
Message-ID: <2fc2f3d4-6f62-a633-acd9-6347d8775311 at earthlink.net>
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"You pay $350 USD to a retired general who comes out to the site to 
"approve it...He was the one who wanted the lighting...$350 USD is about 
what most of the people make in a month."

I see the problem...  What is the cost of lighting, compared to the cost 
of approval?

Kurt

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