Hello All,

I think I made a big damage.

I own a Yaesu G-5500 Azimuth/Elevation Rotators.

Behind the control box I put a rectangular male and female socket on both azimuth and elevation so I can disconnect

the control box when I have to intervene in the shack.

Today I had to intervene in the shack so I had to disconnect the control box. At the end of the operation I reconnected

the control box, but while I was about to work a satellite, I noticed that the elevation side had stopped at around 15 degrees

while the satellite was at 60 degrees. I checked the connections and noticed that I absentmindedly put the elevation side connectors backwards,

that is, instead of having:

CONTROL BOX PINS          MOTOR PINS

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5

6. 6

I had:

CONTROL BOX PINS          MOTOR PINS

1. 4

2. 5

3. 6

4. 1

5. 2

6. 3

I have replaced the Elevation connectors to the correct position but now I am noticing that

When I press the UP button on the control box, the Motor does not move but after about

1 second I see the Elevation needle in the control box meter that from 0 degrees, hits full scale beyond 180 degrees.

Staying in this position if I press the DOWN button on the control box, the Motor does not move but after about

1 second I see the Elevation needle in the control box meter that from 180 degrees going back to 0 degrees.

Please anybody can tell me if the problem belongs from the motor or from the control box and how to solve it?

Any help will be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance

73 de Enzo IK8OZV
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