Hi Jeff, I had an indication problem on my 5500 many years ago....
I opened the rotor and discovered that there was a cold solder joint on of the pot contacts...a proper solder joint solved the problem...an easy one to check first...... > I'm having a problem with my 5500 after a thunderstorm. What is happening >is that the rotor works manually, but doesn't display az and el information >on the control box. Also when I try to use computer control it goes all the >way to stop in both azimuth and elevation. I'm thinking this might be in the >control box, as both az and el are doing the same thing, the control box >being the single point of failure. Did anyone ever have this problem? How >can I diagnosis what chip might be at fault without a schematic. I vaguely >remember having this same problem after a close lightning strike with my >prior az el Yaesu box about 14 years ago but don't remember what chip I >swapped out, or how I determined which one was at fault. This getting old >thing really sucks. Any help would be appreciated. > >73 Jeff kb2m > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb 73, Dave, WB6LLO [email protected] Disagree: I learn.... Pulling for P3E... _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
