[amsat-bb] Re: [Fwd: Re: Re: John Price <n4qwf1@gmail.com>Re: Re: Pots for 5400 or 5500?]

Wed Jun 17 16:11:38 PDT 2009

My resent experience with Yaesu has been most impressive. I called and
ordered the pots for the control box and the order department was very
helpful. I called back to today to inquire about the pot for the rotor and
the order department connected me to tech support were I was told the
5400,5500 and 5600 rotors all use the same pot. I was returned to the order
line were I ordered 3 of the 500 ohm pots. The people were as nice to chat
with as any I have ever dealt with. 5*'s to Yaesu for an excellent service
department. I encourage anyone to just ring them up if you need parts or
have questions. If anyone needs the phone number or part numbers drop me a
email.

73's << John

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:09 PM, w4upd <updwrb at bristor-assoc.com> wrote:

> Due to several comments concerning attempts to contact Yaesu have been
> met with no contact or delays, I thought I'd pass on the info I made
> available to another on this list. I have found that by using the
> email/internet approach first then following up via phone to finalize my
> purchases seem to be reasonably successful. Hopefully this will help
> others here on the list.
>
> Regards,
>
>    Reid, W4UPD
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Re: [amsat-bb] Re: John Price Re: Re: Pots for 5400 or
> 5500?
> Date:   Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:02:15 -0400
> From:   w4upd <updwrb at bristor-assoc.com>
> To:     Peter <apby80 at dsl.pipex.com>
> References:
> <967674.78237.qm at web39808.mail.mud.yahoo.com><
> 8d1b8e80906161604k79740d4w915a36e74ee4f1a0 at mail.gmail.com>
> <4A3829E0.10302 at bristor-assoc.com>
> <1600FE2C35AD4664987BDDA7C683F2E1 at parents>
> <4A38DB6E.2070602 at bristor-assoc.com>
> <000f01c9ef4a$722b79c0$56826d40$@pipex.com>
>
>
>
> Directly from Yaesu. You go to sales (email) to get the part number for
> the item # in your IPB. Then when they send you the part number, you
> forward the email to parts and they give you a price. You can order via
> mail, but since you don't know the shipping and I am in the US here, I
> just finally follow up with ordering via a phone call to the parts
> department.
>
> Regards,
>    Reid, W4UPD
>
> Email for part numbers:   t.factor at vxstdusa.com   Phone:   714-827-7600
> x 1513
> Email for price: yaesuparts at vxstdusa.com <mailto:yaesuparts at vxstdusa.com>
>                    b.velarde at vxstdusa.com
> <mailto:b.velarde at vxstdusa.com>     Phone:    714-827-7600 ext 6800
>
> Excerpt from their email: (We do not sell parts internationally you can
> contact export at vxstd.com <mailto:export at vxstd.com> and they will refer
> you to the office you need to contact)
>
> Peter wrote:
> > Hello Reid
> > I obviously missed something in this thread, could you tell me where you
> > ordered the Pots from.
> >
> > Peter G0BHP
> >
> >
> > I ordered them yesterday and they are on route now.
> >
> > Item #:   17   500 ohm potentiometer.  P/N S8101823 $12.35 each.
> >
> > This is the rotator positioning pots in the rotators. The same pot is
> > used in both azimuth and elevation. The pots can do 360 degree rotation
> > and therefore are different from standard pots. I suspect the 5500 is
> > the same but I won't swear to it since I only have the 5400.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >       Reid, W4UPD
> >
> >
> >
> > George Henry wrote:
> >
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "w4upd" <updwrb at bristor-assoc.com>
> >> To: "John Price" <n4qwf1 at gmail.com>
> >> Cc: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; "Peter Sils" <kd0aa at yahoo.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:25 PM
> >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Pots for 5400 or 5500?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> I'd be surprised if the pots were not the same as they are the same
> >>> values and size. Also, I have ordered the Elevation and Azimuth
> >>> internal position 500 ohm pots which are the same and cost $12.35
> >>> each (mine were corroded from the weather).
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>>    Reid, W4UPD
> >>>
> >>>
> >> How recently did you order them?
> >> I, too, had heard that the AZ/EL position pots were NLA from Yaesu...
> >>
> >>
> >> George, KA3HSW
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