And why wouldn't it be accurate, especially if it is the same part? They're both 450 degree systems.
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: R Oler [mailto:orbitjet@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 22:41 PM To: glasbrenner@mindspring.com; kb2m@comcast.net Cc: Amsat BB Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: 5500 rotor problem
LOL I bet that was accurate...Robert WB5MZO
From: glasbrenner@mindspring.com Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 21:53:44 -0400 To: kb2m@comcast.net CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 5500 rotor problem
My 5500 has had a 450 motor in it for about 8 years :)
It was cheaper to buy a used rotor than the motor from yaesu parts.
73, Drew KO4MA
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.
I was getting ready to take my rotor down and dissemble, but decided to give it another test through the cable. I found that it started working. Upon further examination I found that both the Azimuth and the Elevation cables were somehow severely stretched and were both intermittent at that one spot in the both cables. I ended up cutting a 3 foot section out of each rotor cable and splicing back together. I have no idea how this just manifested itself. I did have some major construction projects going on, new house built, old house demolished, 25 by 50 by 20 foot septic system hole dug. All this within 5 foot of my satellite array ! But after all of this it hooked up plug and play to the new house. Very strange, that the cable problem just showed up, almost a year later. But all is once again good in kb2m satellite operations again. I should be back on the air this evening :-) Thanks to all the good debugging suggestions, I have filed them away, also Drew thanks for the tip on the motor compatibility with the 5500 and 450. I was going to sell the 450 rotor, but will now keep for a spare..
73 Jeff kb2m
For what its worth, I replaced my 5500 azimuth motor with one from a 650 a couple of years ago. Direct replacement, no problems.
Alan ZL2BX
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jeff KB2M Sent: Saturday, 8 October 2011 12:08 To: 'R Oler' Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 5500 rotor problem
And why wouldn't it be accurate, especially if it is the same part? They're both 450 degree systems.
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: R Oler [mailto:orbitjet@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 22:41 PM To: glasbrenner@mindspring.com; kb2m@comcast.net Cc: Amsat BB Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: 5500 rotor problem
LOL I bet that was accurate...Robert WB5MZO
From: glasbrenner@mindspring.com Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 21:53:44 -0400 To: kb2m@comcast.net CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 5500 rotor problem
My 5500 has had a 450 motor in it for about 8 years :)
It was cheaper to buy a used rotor than the motor from yaesu parts.
73, Drew KO4MA
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