I spent the morning replacing the cable from the G-5500 up the mast and that was probably a good thing but it did not solve the problem. After pulling the G-5500 and GS-232b out of the computer rack I found the blue wire that is in the AZ connector, a part of the factory harness that goes to the G-5500 had never been crimped to the pin insert. Only the wire insulation was crimped where it should have been and finally gave way. Pulled the connector out of the connector body and installed it properly and then reinstalled it. The system is working better then ever and no more intermittent rotor to SatPC32 communications problems. I am now working on my celebratory bean and spinach soup that my wife made for lunch that was ready 2 hours ago. Long story short, I have read some of the threads recently posted regarding SatPc......and recommend not counting it out until all options are checked. I would not speak to this if I had not experienced this myself.
Bob KB3PMR
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