Can anyone help me return the favor by helping me through this problem. Interface for yaesu g5400 and g5600 antennarotators. This is the full text index of all service manuals, schematics, datasheets and repair information documents. The yaesu g5500 azel rotator is a popular rotor for use with ham satellites. Kfactors for yaesu rotators in footpounds g2800dxa. Each model is designed for reliable business communications in a wide. This is a very simple arduino library intended to make it possible to easily control yaesus g5500. Yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500 instruction manual pdf service manual for.
I use nova for windows for my satellite tracking program into the 5500s control box. Some japanese oem part subcontractors for the kenpro yaesu rotators were located in the villages of japan northern prefectures that were damaged, destroyed, or evacuated due to the march 11, 2011. Home amateur radio yaesu g5500 elevation rotor g5500 rotor elevation rotor repair after only three years being outside, but rarely used, my g5500 elevation rotor did not rotate any more. Box 75525, 1118 zn schiphol, the netherlands yaesu uk ltd. Upon disassembly found the local salt spray and rain had intruded into the rotor assembly. The ft991a is the next generation in all mode, all band mfhfvhfuhf transceiver with c4fm system fusion digital capability. Yaesu rotator instruction manual of g5500 double rotator. Arduinobased amateur radio antenna rotator controller. It allows the rotator to be interfaced to ham radio deluxe or other programs that support the yaesu rotator command set. I can not for the life of me configure my yaesu gs232b computer controller with the yaesu g5500 with the satpc32 software.
All the files are listed by models, so very easy to find the critical information. This is an arduino based rotator interface that emulates the yaesu gs232a or gs232b interface, and the easycom protocol. To retrieve your new key, visit the following website to check for your replacement key. This is the largest repeater information site in the world. Release the key to begin scanning toward a higher frequency. Yaesu ft3900 ft 3900 ft3900 user and service manual. The yaesu g5500 is ideal for space communication antennas as well as many other amateur applications. Tennozu parkside building 258 higashishinagawa, shinagawaku, tokyo 1400002 japan yaesu usa 6125 phyllis drive, cypress, ca. Page 1 basic manual dual band transceiver id5100a id5100e the photo shows the id5100e version. You can also click here to see all the manufactories that mods. Yaesu sep kit g5500 separation kit for g5400 g5500 azimuth elevation rotators.
Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator, wired for 117 or. Arduino library for interfacing with the yaesu g 5500 controller for elaz antenna positioners. This is a list of radio manuals and assorted instructions that can be downloaded for free here. Download free pdf for yaesu ft857d hf transceiver other. These units include the interface cables for the connections to the rotator controller and a pc serial port.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions. Modifying the vx4000, vx5500, and vx6000 vco for 6 meter operation 160 kb pdf by warren dyckman k2wd this is a companion to the above articles that details the vco access part of the conversion. This is a very simple arduino library intended to make it possible to easily control yaesus g5500 controller and the elaz positioner that it connects to. Yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500 pdf user manual for yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500. Yaesu rotators indispensable for making difficult contacts possible. The fm bird contacts were made by using the participants. Arduinobased interface providing easycomm command control of yaesu g5500 azel rotor controller. The vx5500 also has 5w highpowered audio output for crisp audio that helps you hear in noisy environments. The yaesu g 5500 parts can sometimes be retrofitted, with a bit of work, ask yaesu usa service rotator repair techs for details. Broke my g5400b az rotor, will g5500 az rotor be compatible. Since then many alternative, more costefficient alternatives have appeared on the home brew market. The fm bird contacts were made by using the participants personal hts for uplink and the vr5000 for down link. Integrated software for logging, rig control, digital modes, satellite. The programmer allows you to create and save as many files as you want for your radio.
You should not need to go through these steps to calibrate your. Set up your rotor as detailed in the instruction manual so that at maximum. Choose from a wide range of antenna types, including singleband, dualband, multiband, vertical, trap vertical, wire, yagi, vhfuhf and hfvhf mobile, and more. Introduction to amateur radio satellites fvarc presentation 91511 tracking hardware antenna azel rotators m. The current release version of ham radio deluxe is v6.
Vx 5500 operating manual page 1 vx 5500 operating manual the vx 5500 series are fullfeatured fm transceivers designed for flexible mobile and base station business communications in the vhf 5010 watts. Click here to download the corrected user manual for the g5500 rotator. Please click here to view the g5500 wiring diagram. This unit includes a preset and no manual operation is allowed, so its necessary. Introducing the all new quantum gx6000 commerical grade fixed mount vhf with nmea2000 and integrated ais receiver. Four momentary switches control the g 5500 azimuthelevation rotor system. W9ke satellite tracker g5500 project home rotor microcontroller motor controller yaesu g5500 software virtual g5500 ipoint. The two factorylubricated rotator units are housed in weatherproof melamine resin coated diecast.
It is two independent conventional motor driven rotors one for azimuth and one for elevation. Introduction this article describes the pstrotator application software pstr. Managing all the options of this great little radio becomes easy with the programmer. Yaesu rotator computer controllers are interface devices that link your yaesu rotator controller to your computer via rs232 com connection. I also have a yaesu g5500 controller used for azimuth and. Loud, fullsounding audio audio companding ensures fullsounding audio for narrow band channel applications. Ham radio deluxe software the radio amateurs best asset. This particular project is designed to interface the yaesu g5500 rotor system to an. View and download yaesu g5500 instruction manual online. Pstrotator is a windows program used to control antenna rotators also called rotors in azimuth and elevation or just azimuth figure 1. That really isnt clear in the advertisement articles. Before xsatcom can be started, there must be four files with valid. It requires 5 digital pins 4 for motor control and 1 for an activity led and 2 analog pins. Manual for yaesu other ft857d hf transceiver free download.
The vx5500 also has an internal emergency microphone that can transmit should the regular microphone become damaged or unusable. Programming software for yaesu ft3900 ft 3900 ft3900. Ham radio deluxe software radio amateurs best asset. Download yaesu rotator g5500 docs ham radio, amateur radio, two way radio, cb radio, walkie talkie service manuals and reapir information.
All the manuals in this dvd pc and mac are in pdf files adobe reader xi or in tif files, 5500 files. G650c g 5500 g550 1 m2 100 3,000kgcm 600kgcm 100kg. The yaesu gs232b grants digital control of almost all yaesu antenna rotators and comes equipped with its own pic18c452 microprocessor and a 10but analogtodigital converter. Yaesu ft3900 ft 3900 ft3900 programming interface schematics for yaesu. From the vfo mode, press and hold in the key for one second, and while still holding in the key, rotate the dial knob to select the bandwidth for the vfo scan ner. The yaesu g5500 parts can sometimes be retrofitted, with a bit of work, ask yaesu usa service rotator repair techs for details. Current list of vertexstandard radio programming files available for download in the members area. Files can even be shared between users via email or the internet. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems g5500. Amsatna reserves the right to select material for the amsat journal based on suitability of content and space considerations. Manual for yaesu other g5500 rotator free download. The low cost is achieved without any dodgy ebay lcd displays or jumble of parts and wires plugged into a protoboard. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for.
The 5500 is about the only game in town if you need an azel rotor for satellite work. Yaesu rotator computer controllers gs232b free shipping. The rotators may be mounted together on a mast, or independently with the azimuth rotator inside a tower and the elevation rotator on the must. You will need to complete a simple registration before being able to access the files. Satellite tracker interface american radio relay league. Jul 04, 2015 download k3ng arduino rotator controller for free. Included are two sets of rotator plugs to make up your own rotator controller cables. Jan 21, 2010 yaesu data management unit dmu2000, and utilize its powerful audio scope, oscilloscope, spectrum scope, logging, and rotator control capabilities using your own personally selected and purchased computer display monitor. Download free pdf for yaesu g5500 rotator other manual. Use the standard arduino process for installing and using this library. The cabling was still ok, and the rotor motor tried to rotate, but no rotation happened. The gs232b also includes a db9 male connector for connection to your computer through the rs232c port.
Files are decompressed supported zip and rar multipart archives text is extracted from adobe acrobat pdf or plain text documents so that you are able to perform searches inside the files. Satellite antenna system with tonna antennas and yaesu rotator g5500. The cut, copy, paste and insert features of the programmer make channel management easier than ever. Yaesu ft 991a service manuals and schematics fulltext search. You will see all the files as you open it in your pc or mac computer. The ft991a includes multimode operation on cw, am, fm, ssb, and digital modes packet, psk31, rtty and c4fm, with 100 watts of hf50mhz capability 50 watts. It seemed to be an obvious solution to improve the boom length of the. There were many lessons learned during the last and pilot ti2 space and adjustments in the focus and curriculum resulted for this years effort. It is the cleanest solution and still enables use of the switches on the yaesu controller if you wish. If you want to see manuals from other manufactories you can click on the manufactory menu in the left side. So a new project was born, fixing my elevation rotor. Tripleband heavy duty submersible transceiver vx8r yaesu. Simply install the blueparrott updater on your computer. The blueparrott updater is a free software program enabling your headset firmware to be updated with the latest functionality.
Rotor repair hints and links received from the amsatbb group. W1aw satellite array with antennas for 144, 430, 1200 and 2400 mhz. Providing simultaneous control of 450 degrees of azimuth rotation and 180 degrees of elevation rotation, they are perfect for eme moon bounce and satellite communications installations. This program does not perform management of any memory that is present in the hardware of the supported.
If youre just starting out in satellite operation, the g5500 provides a complete azimuthelevation rotation system thats ideal for most all amateur applications. The g 5500 rotor system has variable resistors connected to the azimuth and elevation rotors that are turned along with the antenna. One lower mast bracket is included with this rotor combination. This is an arduinobased rotator interface that interfaces a computer to a rotator or rotator controller, emulating the yaesu gs232ab and easycom protocols which are supported by a myriad of logging, contest, and control programs. If you elect to separate the elevation portion from the azimuth portion of this package an additional lower mast bracket gc038 will be required. Some japanese oem part subcontractors for the kenproyaesu rotators were located in the villages of japan northern prefectures that were damaged, destroyed, or evacuated due to the march 11, 2011. This is a very simple arduino library intended to make it possible to easily control yaesu s g 5500 controller and the elaz positioner that it connects to. Yaesu rotators that support this computer interface are models g2800dxadxc, g0dxadxc, g800dxa and g5500 rotators. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Satellite operations at arrl headquarters, newington, ct usa. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for radio astronomy whitham d. No matter what type of antenna or antenna system you need, youll find it at dx engineering.
Kindly do not embed graphics or photos in your manuscript. Tennozu parkside building 258 higashishinagawa, shinagawaku, tokyo 1400002 japan yaesu usa 6125 phyllis drive, cypress, ca 90630, u. The repeater builders technical information page is an informational help site by kevin custer w3kkc. It works with satpc32 and may work with other tracking programs that use the yaesu gs232 commands. A variation on method 2 is to use just part of the yaesu controller system eg the output of the direction indication.
Current stock status at these ham radio outlet locations. Named after the wellknown ft101, a corner stone in the history of hf transceivers, create the future of hf communications with the birth of the ftdx101. In most cases, the modified controller retains its original manual control features. Arduino library for interfacing with the yaesu g5500 controller for elaz antenna positioners. The yaesu g5500 provide 450 azimuth and 180 elevation control of medium and largesize unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station operating position. Here are some pictures from the repair of the g5500 azel rotor which had been installed for 2.
Ive written four long illustrated pdf files for setting up the ic9700 and the ic7300 and had over 250 requests world wide. Yaesus azimuthelevation combination rotator for satellite antennas with wind loads up to 10 square feet. This article was extracted from the peekskillcortlandt amateur radio assn, inc, newsletter pcara update volume 17, issue 2, february 2016. The yaesu g5500dc provide 450 azimuth and 180 elevation control of medium and largesize unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station operating position. Interface for yaesu g5400 and g5600 antennarotators i started to deal with earthmoonearth communications in the middle of 2005. The following computation example uses the data gathered with the prototype satellite tracker interface. Please read this manual carefully before installing the rotators. The g5500 features an interface jack for computer control and a full azimuthelevation rotation system with a rotation range of 180 degrees from the elevation rotator and a turning range of 450 degrees from the azimuth rotator. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems are specially designed to accommodate horizontal crossbooms to mount pairs of vhf and uhf directional antennas for space communications. Works with windows 7 32 and 64 bit, windows 8 and 8. Admsm320007 software software program memories and other setting of both the yaesu ftm3200 and ftm3207 radios.
Complete azel rotation system if youre just starting out in satellite operation, the g5500 provides a complete azimuthelevation rotation system thats ideal for most all amateur applications. If you have any information that is not on the list please consider emailing this to me to add to the list for everyone to use. Chirp free radio programming software chirp is constantly being updated and improved to work on more and more radio models, but often has major or minor issues when attempting to program baofeng hts, depending on the radio firmware version, and the baofengs firmware cannot be updated. Rotor control box can be modified to operate on 220240 vac.
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