Yaesu G-800DXA, User Manual

Page 1: ...G 800DXA G 1000DXA G 2800DXA Antenna Rotator Controller User Manual ...

Page 2: ...ation of suitable lightning arrestors on all control cables and coaxial lead in cables from your antenna installation See your dealer for details of available lightning protection devices If an electrical storm should be reported in your area quickly unplug the control cable from the rear of the rotator s control ler box and disconnect the AC cable from the wall outlet Disconnect the coaxial cable...

Page 3: ...eading for the rotator to which it then turns automatically In the G 2800DXA model when a fast rotating speed is selected special auto slow start and auto slow stop features avoid sharp jolts to the antenna array and tower Activating the rotator causes it to begin turning at slow speed As the an tenna approaches the desired heading rotation automatically slows before bringing the antenna to a gent...

Page 4: ...tary START switch to activate automatic rotation to the desired heading You can press the LEFT RIGHT switch to abort preset operation Note If you change the rotator starting position to the 0 N North set the PRESET control to the desired antenna heading according to the inner angular scale 0 90 around this con trol à SPEED Control Set this control for the desired rotating speed between approximate...

Page 5: ...ndicating needle Ä PRESET ADJ A B Potentiometers These controls calibrate the angle of the PRESET control on the front panel to match the azimuth indi cating needle Pot A should be adjusted only near the 180 ｰ position and Pot B only near the 270 450 position Å OUT VOL ADJ Potentiometer This control presets the voltage range at pin 4 of the 6 pin mini DIN EXT CONTROL Connector for cali bration of ...

Page 6: ...e Table the above specifications for pole mounting will be met if the antenna is mounted on a mast not longer than 0 3 m 0 7 m2 x 0 3 m 0 21 0 27 0 45 x 40 safety margin G 800DXA 1000DXA or 0 6 m 0 7 m2 x 0 6 m 0 42 0 48 0 8 x 40 safety mar gin G 2800DXA Advice We recommend that your antennas mast should not exceed 60 of the maximum rating to ensure a safety margin Less than 0 3m G 800DXA 1000DXA ...

Page 7: ...mast weight The antenna system K factor then is the sum of the three antenna K factors K1 K factor of 14 21 28 MHz 5 element Yagi K1 Turning Radius 5 6 m x Weight 26 kg 2 kg 156 8 Antenna Weight Mast Weight 6 kg 3 K2 K factor of 18 MHz 3 element Yagi K2 Turning Radius 5 0 m x Weight 14 kg 2 kg 80 Antenna Weight Mast Weight 6 kg 3 K3 K factor of 50 MHz 5 element Yagi K3 Turning Radius 2 6 m x Weigh...

Page 8: ...nsert the pins into the supplied rectangular plug at the opposite controller end of the cable Be sure that each wire from the round connector is routed to the correspond ing pin number in the rectangular connector i e 1 to 1 2 to 2 etc 7 Temporarily connect the round plug to the rotator and the rectangular plug to the controller Make sure that the POWER switch on the controller is set to OFF then ...

Page 9: ...pin Plastic Connector Assembly of 7 pin Metal Connector Tin the wires with solder Make sure to insert the Water Resist Boot first 1 2 5 3 6 6 3 4 5 1 2 7 4 7 Terminal 7 is not used Pin 7 of the seven pin metal connector is not used as viewed from pin insertion side as viewed from solder side Wiring for the control cable identical numbers to be connected ...

Page 10: ... indicator needle which should also have rotated fully 360 so as to be pointing exactly to 180 If the indicator needle is not pointing exactly to 180 go to the rear panel of the controller and use a small screwdriver to adjust the FULL SCALE ADJ po tentiometer see the drawing to the right so that the indicator needle points exactly to 180 9 Press the RIGHT switch again and continue rotation to the...

Page 11: ...mall teeth in the edges of the sheet lock around the edge r Replace the needle and bezel in the same direction as they were before see diagram at the below Bezel Azimuth Indicator Needle Dial Heading Sheet PRESET Knob Calibration Perform this procedure only if it is not possible to align the PRESET knob tracking using the PRESET ADJ A and PRESET ADJ B potentiometers on the rear panel as described ...

Page 12: ...tightened until the spring washer becomes flat then tightened further by 1 2 to one turn maximum 9 Install the rotator control cable s round plug into the jack on the side of the rotator s base and tighten the connector ring to secure the connector Slide the rub ber boot over the connector while putting a slight amount of inward pressure on the rubber boot use electrical tape to secure the back en...

Page 13: ...tion Must be parallel M8 x 16 length 16 mm Spring Washer Less than 1 m More than 1 m Rotator Mast Bearing GS 065 option Provide sufficient slack Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 5 Antenna Mast Figure 6 Installation of the G 800DXA G 1000DXA Rotator and Antenna on Tower ...

Page 14: ...htened until the spring washer becomes flat then tightened further by 1 2 to one turn maximum 9 Install the rotator control cable s round plug into the jack on the side of the rotator s base and tighten the connector ring to secure the connector Slide the rub ber boot over the connector while putting a slight amount of inward pressure on the rubber boot use electrical tape to secure the back end o...

Page 15: ...ption Must be parallel M8 x 18 length 18 mm Spring Washer Antenna Mast Less than 1 m More than 1 m Rotator Mast Bearing GS 065 option Provide sufficient slack Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 13 Figure 14 Installation of the G 2800DXA Rotator and Antenna on Tower ...

Page 16: ...rol rotator speed proportionally 4 Outputs 2 to 4 5 VDC corresponding to 0 to 450 rotation 5 Common ground 6 N C The Rotor Rotation Angle Detection Output voltage at connector pin 4 can be adjusted using OUT VOL ADJ on the controller rear panel By adjusting the pin 4 output voltage to 4 5V when the rotor rotates to 450 rotation from 0 to 450 can be converted to approximately 0V to 4 5V Because of ...

Page 17: ...mentary 300 kg 661 lbs or less continuous 1 200 kg 2646 lbs momentary Mast Outside Diameter φ38 to φ63 φ48 to φ63 Braking Type Mechanical and Electrical stoppers Antenna K Coefficient 180 or less 230 or less 950 or less Wind Loading Area 0 75 m2 x 0 6 m or less Pole Type 2 m2 or less Tower Type 0 75 m2 x 0 6 m or less Pole Type 2 2 m2 or less Tower Type 1 m2 x 0 8 m or less Pole Type 3 m2 or less ...

Page 18: ...t 1 Rotor Unit 1 Mast Clamp 1 pair Control Cable 40 m 6 core cable 1 M8 x 95 mm Socket Head Cap Screw 1 M8 x 18 mm Hex Bolts 4 M8 x 30 mm Hex Bolts 4 M8 x 70 mm Hex Bolts 6 Split Washers 14 Flat Washers 10 M8 Nuts 7 Plastic Dial Heading Sheet 1 Optional Accessories GC 038 Mast Clamp for the G 800DXA and G 1000DXA GC 048 Mast Clamp for the G 2800DXA GS 050 Universal Thrust Bearing for 28 50 mm mast...

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