[TowerTalk] Yaesu rotor questions

Mon Jun 7 18:15:37 EDT 2021

Yaesu shock mount is GA-3000.

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73 de W3AB/GEO

On Jun 7, 2021, 09:01, at 09:01, towertalk-request at contesting.com wrote:
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>   1. Re: Yaesu Rotator Questions (N4ZR)
>   2. Re: Yaesu Rotator Questions (Stan Stockton)
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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
>Message-ID: <009a01d75b0f$a61fadd0$f25f0970$@wavecable.com>
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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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