Due to several comments concerning attempts to contact Yaesu have been met with no contact or delays, I thought I'd pass on the info I made available to another on this list. I have found that by using the email/internet approach first then following up via phone to finalize my purchases seem to be reasonably successful. Hopefully this will help others here on the list.
Regards,
Reid, W4UPD
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: John Price Re: Re: Pots for 5400 or 5500? Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:02:15 -0400 From: w4upd updwrb@bristor-assoc.com To: Peter apby80@dsl.pipex.com References: 967674.78237.qm@web39808.mail.mud.yahoo.com8d1b8e80906161604k79740d4w915a36e74ee4f1a0@mail.gmail.com 4A3829E0.10302@bristor-assoc.com 1600FE2C35AD4664987BDDA7C683F2E1@parents 4A38DB6E.2070602@bristor-assoc.com 000f01c9ef4a$722b79c0$56826d40$@pipex.com
Directly from Yaesu. You go to sales (email) to get the part number for the item # in your IPB. Then when they send you the part number, you forward the email to parts and they give you a price. You can order via mail, but since you don't know the shipping and I am in the US here, I just finally follow up with ordering via a phone call to the parts department.
Regards, Reid, W4UPD
Email for part numbers: t.factor@vxstdusa.com Phone: 714-827-7600 x 1513 Email for price: yaesuparts@vxstdusa.com mailto:yaesuparts@vxstdusa.com b.velarde@vxstdusa.com mailto:b.velarde@vxstdusa.com Phone: 714-827-7600 ext 6800
Excerpt from their email: (We do not sell parts internationally you can contact export@vxstd.com mailto:export@vxstd.com and they will refer you to the office you need to contact)
Peter wrote:
Hello Reid I obviously missed something in this thread, could you tell me where you ordered the Pots from.
Peter G0BHP
I ordered them yesterday and they are on route now.
Item #: 17 500 ohm potentiometer. P/N S8101823 $12.35 each.
This is the rotator positioning pots in the rotators. The same pot is used in both azimuth and elevation. The pots can do 360 degree rotation and therefore are different from standard pots. I suspect the 5500 is the same but I won't swear to it since I only have the 5400.
Regards,
Reid, W4UPD
George Henry wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "w4upd" updwrb@bristor-assoc.com To: "John Price" n4qwf1@gmail.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org; "Peter Sils" kd0aa@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:25 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Pots for 5400 or 5500?
I'd be surprised if the pots were not the same as they are the same values and size. Also, I have ordered the Elevation and Azimuth internal position 500 ohm pots which are the same and cost $12.35 each (mine were corroded from the weather).
Regards,
Reid, W4UPD
How recently did you order them? I, too, had heard that the AZ/EL position pots were NLA from Yaesu...
George, KA3HSW
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