I've got a rotator issue with a Yaesu 2800 DXC. Its no longer turning.
I've determined that the issue is inside the rotator itself as if I have the controller buttons pressed while I am up the tower, I can hear the electric motor inside the rotator housing running, but nothing is turning above the rotator. Broken gear or something like that.
I wouldn't have thought I would have been putting too much pressure on it with only 4 x 8m long 144 MHz yagis. And in actual fact, I have recently removed these and am now running yagis which are only about 2.5m long and its been about a month since the smaller yagis were installed and everything was fine, but least week I was turning it and suddenly it just stopped mid rotation. Perhaps something was already cracked and was a matter of time before it failed.
I have another one of these under my 50 MHz yagi which is 13m long and nearly 60 kg, with no dramas.
My question is, does anyone know where I could purchase a Yaesu 2800 rotator by itself without a controller, as I dont need another controller?
Or does anyone even have a 2nd hand one they are not using that they could sell ?
Thanks
I've determined that the issue is inside the rotator itself as if I have the controller buttons pressed while I am up the tower, I can hear the electric motor inside the rotator housing running, but nothing is turning above the rotator. Broken gear or something like that.
I wouldn't have thought I would have been putting too much pressure on it with only 4 x 8m long 144 MHz yagis. And in actual fact, I have recently removed these and am now running yagis which are only about 2.5m long and its been about a month since the smaller yagis were installed and everything was fine, but least week I was turning it and suddenly it just stopped mid rotation. Perhaps something was already cracked and was a matter of time before it failed.
I have another one of these under my 50 MHz yagi which is 13m long and nearly 60 kg, with no dramas.
My question is, does anyone know where I could purchase a Yaesu 2800 rotator by itself without a controller, as I dont need another controller?
Or does anyone even have a 2nd hand one they are not using that they could sell ?
Thanks