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Re: [TowerTalk] G-2800SDX rebuild notes/videos/advice?

To: "Paul Beckmann" <wa0rse@gmail.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] G-2800SDX rebuild notes/videos/advice?
From: "K0DAN" <k0dan@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 15:12:23 -0600
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Paul...

AFAIK there is not much info available on servicing the Yaesu rotors (the 800, 1000, and 2800 are all very similar, as are their controllers). Attached is what limited information I have on servicing these rotors. Be careful when you attempt your repair, as I have heard that Yaesu does not service them!

Frist off, one of the Yaesu manuals is on the BAMA site, and for all intents and purposes the manuals are interchangeable. The manual contains info on both the controller and the rotor, and there are exploded drawings of all.

As to bench testing, of course a Yaesu controller is the easiest and will allow you to display the azimuth of the motor. Absent that, you can put + or - 12V DC across pins 4 and 5 and rotate it CW or CCW. The motor turns faster with more DC voltage, and I think you can throw as much as 18 to 24 at it. I wouldn't go higher than that. Also, Pins 1, 2, 3 go to a 500 ohm resistor strip which is inside the motor (there is a similar 500 ohm potentiometer inside the controller (Pin 2 is the wiper). This forms a voltage divider which derives the azimuth setting of the motor, and displays it on the controller. It is a pretty basic circuit, which Yaesu has made ungodly complex with the design of the controller!

Hope this helps, and good luck with your project!

73

dan
k0dan

-----Original Message----- From: Paul Beckmann
Sent: February 20, 2017 11:47
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] G-2800SDX rebuild notes/videos/advice?

Hello!

As many of you know, I'm beginning the planning phase of my first serious
tower project and am hoping for help from the list. (The result from my
first question: The site appears to be 250' or so from the shack, away from
house-generated noise, away from falling tree danger and danger of falling
on the house, and at an esthetic location but within reasonable reach of
the shack.) Here is  my next question:

I'm lucky enough to have a (working?) used Yaesu G-2800SDX that was mounted
for a number of years and stored after that for a while by the person I
bought it from. I'm planning on plugging it in on the bench and see if it
moves correctly when the box is manipulated.

I live in Minnesota with some of the widest yearly temperature swings in
North America. I'm thinking of pulling apart, cleaning, and re-greasing the
motor head before putting it up.

Advice on "how to" disassembly, "what with" grease, and "how to" bench test
would be highly appreciated!

73
--Paul, wa0rse
* Paul Beckmann*
*Vista Meadows Homestead*
*30125 719th Street*
*Lake Township, MN 55041*
*wa0rse@gmail.com <wa0rse@gmail.com>*
*612-414-0302 (cell, leave msg)*
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