31-05-2018, 08:42 AM
Morning all,
After a recent re-shuffling of the radio bench I've noticed that the Yaesu G5500 rotator controller causes interference on 2m when the controller is close to the radio/coax cables - about two S points!
If I put the controller on the opposite side of the bench the interference reduces significantly, but my arms aren't long enough to operate the radio and rotator controller at the same time
I was thinking about replacing all the caps in the controller and installing ferrites to reduce/stop the interference, but a better option would be to replace the controller (and Foxdelta ST3 interface) all together with something new and sparkly.
I know of a VK5 and VK3 (TrueNorth) controller, but are there any others around? Ideally something to totally replace the G5500 controller (AZ and EL) and the Fox Delta ST3 computer interface.
Cheers
Jayson
VK1JA
After a recent re-shuffling of the radio bench I've noticed that the Yaesu G5500 rotator controller causes interference on 2m when the controller is close to the radio/coax cables - about two S points!
If I put the controller on the opposite side of the bench the interference reduces significantly, but my arms aren't long enough to operate the radio and rotator controller at the same time
I was thinking about replacing all the caps in the controller and installing ferrites to reduce/stop the interference, but a better option would be to replace the controller (and Foxdelta ST3 interface) all together with something new and sparkly.
I know of a VK5 and VK3 (TrueNorth) controller, but are there any others around? Ideally something to totally replace the G5500 controller (AZ and EL) and the Fox Delta ST3 computer interface.
Cheers
Jayson
VK1JA