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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/FLTVE4Z7UGTMIW225HWZYT5CPTIJITTA/",
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        "address": "rolf.krogstad (a) gmail.com",
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    "sender_name": "Rolf Krogstad",
    "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] another rotator question",
    "date": "2018-03-27T17:14:54Z",
    "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/EPE4IUUPZP2Z2UGIAPKVD3DLTSUN34ME/",
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    "content": "The antenna is rotating.   I do a visual check and the antenna is\nhorizontal.\nI have the controller indicating zero, I press the DOWN button and hold it\nfor a bit.\nWhen I go out and do a visual check the antenna is now elevated above zero.\n\nRolf  NR0T\n\nOn Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Mike Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:\n\n> Is the antennas physically moving up when you press the up button? IE when\n> you press a button, is the rotor moving opposite, or is the needle\n> indicating opposite?\n>\n> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 11:53 AM, Rolf Krogstad <[email protected]>\n> wrote:\n>\n>> Question:  My elevation rotator (Yaesu G-5400) works fine, but to raise\n>> the\n>> elevation I have to press the down button and to lower it, I press the Up\n>> button.  How do I reverse this so it works as intended?\n>>\n>> Background:\n>> I had been the traditional HF ham for years.  I had a tower with a TH7 and\n>> a Yaesu G-1000-DXA rotator.  I then got into working satellites.  I\n>> purchased a used Yaesu G-5400 rotator and controller.  For the five years\n>> since installing the elevation rotator I have been manually controlling my\n>> rotators.  I relabeled the up and down buttons on the controller and all\n>> was good.  A few years ago I purchased a new LVB Tracker from AMSAT-NA but\n>> it sat on the shelf.\n>>\n>> I am now automating my rotators.  I have the azimuth rotator working fine\n>> and have connected the LVB Tracker to control the elevation rotator and\n>> done the configuration routine.  I can control the elevation using the LVB\n>> buttons, but must press up for down and down for up.\n>>\n>> I looked at the controller schematic and it appears that pins 1, 2, 3 of\n>> the rotator cable connector are connected to the potentiometer:  pins 1\n>> and\n>> 3 are on either end of the pot windings and pin 2 is the wiper.\n>>\n>> I set the antenna to 0 degrees elevation (0 on far left).  I tried\n>> reversing the wires for 1 and 3, 1 and 2, 2 and 3.  I don't think any of\n>> these will help me here, but am not sure.\n>>\n>> Any suggestions on how to reverse the buttons so that up is up and down is\n>> down?\n>>\n>> Thanks\n>>\n>> Rolf   NR0T\n>> Grid EN34\n>> _______________________________________________\n>> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.\n>> Opinions expressed\n>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n>> AMSAT-NA.\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>\n>\n>\n",
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