On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 16:37:04 -0500
Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
> At 03:36 PM 12/2/02 -0500, Rudy Marcelletti, K8SWD wrote:
> >Erik: You take a lightning hit? I don't computer control my G1000SDX,
> >but you describe what mine did for a while after a close strike, or direct
> >hit--I don't know which. The needle would spin around uncontrollably and
> >sometimes point in the right direction, sometimes not. When I would look
> >outside, the antenna was aiming correctly where I had the preset pointing,
> >but the needle would spin wildly, but would eventually stop in the
> >vacinity where I was pointed. Well, this summer I took another
> >hit--direct I think. It wiped out about $3,500.00 of on non-ham stuff in
> >the house, but only 2 ham power supplies. My rotor is now FIXED! No
> >explanation for it other than something up top was loose as my controller
> >was disconnected at the time of the storm, and lightning fixed it!
>
>
> I have seen this behavior when the Cinch plugs in my Yaesu rotator control
> lines were flakey -- fixed them with an application of Caig R5. The notion
> that lightning fixed a control box full of semiconductors strikes me as
> pretty creative. More likely you had bad connections somewhere, and
> something serendipitous caused them to go good again. I suppose its
> conceivable that the pot itself was intermittently open -- don't know about
> that one.
What is Caig R5 ?. Conductive grease ?.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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