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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/U7DOHLMFEPJZHEPWOEUSSKB266GQAPAU/",
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    "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/2IFW3UFODJ3NTGAOKXMAT6VUIKLOCUU7/",
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        "address": "WA6FWF (a) comcast.net",
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    "sender_name": "Kevin Schuchmann",
    "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Potentiometer replacement",
    "date": "2015-03-15T15:27:11Z",
    "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/T5ZDVSJXSA6ZQ7NQQFWW5N7ATU2Z5FIR/",
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    "content": "Jim, Thinking some more about this I guess you could have also broken \nthe nylon coupler to the gears, will be interested to see what you find..\n\n73 Kevin\n\n\nOn 3/14/2015 9:37 PM, Kevin Schuchmann wrote:\n>    A picture would be worth a thousand words, but lets give it a try, \n> the motor is attached to what looks like a metal \"bow tie\" and is \n> surrounded by a coil spring with a bent  tab at each end, when the \n> motor runs the bow tie grabs a tab and \"pulls\" the spring with it and \n> the pulling winds the spring  in slightly and reduces it's size thus \n> dropping drag, when not running and you try to manually turn it the \n> bow tie is now  \"pushing\" against the spring tab which makes the \n> spring try to  get bigger and drag goes up stopping you from moving, \n> if your freewheeling...\n>\n> A) setscrew loose on bow tie and is slipping on motor shaft\n> b) bow tie is too high or low and allowing spring tab to miss\n> c) rotor got jarred badly and spring got knocked out of position\n> d) previous maintenance put the wrong grease on the spring and it is \n> slipping (how would I know that? lol)  should be white lithium and \n> just a little\n>\n> 73 Kevin WA6FWF\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> On 3/14/2015 8:47 PM, Jim Jerzycke wrote:\n>> Here's a quick question for those that have had the azimuth rotor \n>> apart.....\n>>\n>> Last year when I packed things up from Field Day, I left the antennas \n>> and cross-boom in my \"Mini Portable Roof Mount\" system. During the \n>> drive home, my son noticed the antennas were windmilling in azimuth.\n>>\n>> When we got home and unloaded the set up, you could turn the azimuth \n>> rotor by hand. It still hits the stops, and I haven't tried to run \n>> it, but I'm wondering what shook loose during the ride home.\n>>\n>> Yeah, me bad for not pulling the cross-boom out!\n>>\n>> I haven't taken the azimuth rotor apart yet (I have 4 complete G-5400 \n>> and G-5500 sets), so do you think I really busted something, or did a \n>> setscrew just come loose?\n>>\n>> 73, Jim  KQ6EA\n>>\n>> PS....I'll be using my \"regular\" setup for Field Day this year as \n>> NI6BB onboard the Battleship Iowa.\n>>\n>>\n>>\n>\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 \n> of AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite \n> program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n\n",
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