[amsat-bb] Re: 5500 rotor problem

The 450 is a 360 degree system vs the 5500 is a 450 degree system, or at least that is what the yaesu website says. I wish it were a direct interchange, but the top casting is different. I have a 5500 that took some wind damage and them some weeks later took a tree down hit. Got fairly lucky, in that I only bent some elements on the antenna in the second event. The rotor was previously damaged from the high wind event. In that event I got 80+mph and a flying 10ft dish impact. Guess that's what broke the azmith.