All: I had same problem with a G5400 several years ago.
I was able to REPAIR the position pot by resoldering the the very flexible lead to the center. I then used a piece of tape to act as a strain relief so that the torque and motion would NOT be transmitted to the solder joint, but would be absorbed over the length of the wire. It has worked fine ever since.
Good luck! 73, Jim wb4gcs@amsat.org
David Johnson wrote:
Hi Jeff,
It sounds like the feedback pot has gone open circuit on the rotary element. It's connected to the centre solder lug by a flexible lead which stiffens over time and eventually breaks A common problem with the 5500 after a period of use of a couple of years.
The rotator will need to be pulled apart and the pot replaced.
It's happened to quite a few people. Sorry, can't more help from this side of the pond.
73
Dave
On 11 Jul 2007, at 14:01, Jeff Griffin wrote:
I'm having a problem with my 5500-azimuth display and control. I haven't used it in a few weeks, tried to work some passes last night and discovered that I lost azimuth control and display. Big problem here is that I had an operation on my shoulder on July 6th and have the use of my left arm only. So I thought I would ask here to try and streamline the repair process. Here are the symptoms...
Elevation works fine in manual or computer control.
Azimuth works in manual mode, but no location information is displayed on control unit or pc software. Also no computer steering , only way to turn is manual input , but no position display.
I tried to tweak the azimuth pots, no joy. Was thinking possible dead spot. Any useful info would be appreciated. Sometimes I wonder if I hit bottom yet in this worst year of my life...
73 Jeff kb2m
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