Yaesu G-1000DXA User Manual

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G-800DXA / -1000DXA / -2800DXA User Manual
Control Cable Installation
The control cable to be used should have six stranded
conductors of at least 0.5 mm (#20 AWG) diameter if the
cable is shorter than 40 m in length (125’); if the cable is
longer than 40 m, use conductors with a diameter of 0.75
mm (#18 AWG) or larger.
1. Disassemble the supplied round plug: slide off the
rubber boot, remove the setscrew from the shell using
a small screwdriver, then unscrew the shell from the
plug. Save the setscrew in a safe place until step 10,
so you don lose it.
2. Slide the rubber boot, the round shell and the connec-
tor assembly components onto the “rotator” end of the
cable as illustrated. Leave enough cable protruding to
allow easily dressing the end of the cable.
3. Using special care to avoid nicking the insulation of
the individual wires, strip back 20 mm (about 25/32”)
of the outer jacket from the both ends of the cable.
Now strip 4 mm (about 5/32”) of insulation from each
wire, being careful not to nick the conductors.
4. Solder the wires to the (rotator end) round plug pins.
Note the color of the wire and the number associated
with each pin for reference later. Pin 7 of the round
connector is not used! Conrm that all solder joints
are firm and cleanly made, as this part of the cable
will be difcult to access once the rotator is installed
on top of the tower. Do not slide the shell onto the
connector at this time.
5. Crimp the supplied pin contacts onto the wires on the
opposite (controller) end of the cable, per the illustra-
tion on the next page.
6. Referring to your notes of the wire color at each pin
of the round (rotator end) connector, insert 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 plug the controller’s AC cable into your
station’s AC outlet.
8. Set the controller’s
POWER
switch to “ON”. The pi-
lot lamps on the controller should become illuminat-
ed, and the meter needle on the controller may rotate
so as to align itself with the current position of the
rotator (remember the two units have not been aligned
with each other).
9. Press the
LEFT
(rotation) side of the seesaw switch,
and conrm that the rotator (when viewed from the
top) and the controller’s needle turn counter-clock-
wise together. Stop rotation, then press the
RIGHT
(rotation) side of the seesaw switch, and conrm that
the rotator and indicator needle turn clockwise. If ro-
tation does not occur as indicated, turn the
POWER
switch “OFF”, and re-check your cable connections.
10. If the rotator and controller are working as described,
replace the plug shells, setscrew, and rubber boot (re-
moved in step 1).
Before installing the rotator, mast, and antenna, prepare the rotator control cable and test rotator system performance on the
ground. Potential alignment, cabling, or other problems can quickly be resolved on the ground; once a rotator is mounted,
however, troubleshooting may require that the tower be climbed and/or the rotator be removed and lowered to the ground!
Control Cable Preparation (G-800DXA/-1000DXA)
In the
G-800DXA
and
G-1000DXA
models, the user must supply and prepare the control cable, per the simple instructions
below.
20mm
8.6〜10.5mm
4mm

Yaesu G-1000DXA Specifications

General

Brand	Yaesu
Model	G-1000DXA
Category	Controller
Language	English