Sebastion, Alan, Stan and group,
Thanks for all your input. In fact, it was Alan who suggested the, ah hah, obvious (dumb) thing which was to switch the connectors on the rotators just to be sure. The buzzing of the cable seemed to suggest an internal rotor problem, but when I switched cables at the azi/ele the problem switched. Brought the connectors down and the yellow rotor wire was broken off in the storm damage at the connector. Phewwwww
So, bottom like, aside from $25 in new steel bolts to repair damaged roof mounts, I got away pretty easy and hopefully will hear you all back on Sats after over a year off the air...!!
Michael K3MH
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Sebastian Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:48 PM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: G-5500 rotor motor intermittent
Michael, you have received a lot of information about troubleshooting the rotor on this reflector.
However, if you are not able to repair it, I just wanted to let you know (in case you didn't see my post a few days ago), that contrary to popular belief, Yaesu still fixes their rotors, specifically both the G-5400/5500.
I had a bad azimuth rotor, and I shipped it to them. I believe they charge a $35 estimate fee. If you decide to fix it, the fee is waived.
My rotor cost me just a little over $100 and was very securely shipped to me. I received a post card when it was received, and a phone call telling me what the total would be; once I gave the ok, I had it back in my hands in one week, and it's up and running again.
Of course, if you are able to troubleshoot it, you will be learning more than I did, but I admit that at this point in life, I would rather have someone who knows what they are doing fix it, and $100 in today's world isn't a lot of money.
73 de W4AS Sebastian
On Jun 20, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Michael Hatzakis Jr MD wrote:
Ok, sorry for the additional post, this is a follow up. After my debugging session today, I am fast-forwarding to what I expect will be the ending to this little fairy tail, that is, I see me climbing up and pulling down this damn rotor to either replace or repair.
So, next natural question is, if I am going to repair, what should I repair while I have it open or are there people who do a good job in rebuilding Yaesu rotors, roughly 5 years old??
Michael K3MH
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