On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:45:58 EST, you wrote: >There is something else that burns up in those Yaesu analog >rotators besides the lamps. If you leave your rotator turned on all the >time, >you wont get much life out of either the lamps or the servo motors. > >What I do is leave the rotator turned off unless its actually >being used to rotate the ant. Which is easy to do since the >on/off switch sits right next to the position buttons. > >I've never had to service the control box on the two Yaesu rotators >in operation here. But if you leave it turned on you certainly will. >Someday Yaesu might update their old line of analog rotators to the digital >world. Otherwise -- they are excellent rotators and a true value. > >Frank W7is
[snip] Never had a failure from my G-2800DXA which has been on for ten years. However, it could happen next week ;) Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin 1775 Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. http://www.n5ge.com http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
