Yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500 instruction manual pdf service manual for. Hi folks, can anyone help me by sending me a jpeg or similiar of the schematic page out of your yaesu g5500 controller. Unit 12, sun valley business park, winnall close winchester, hampshire, so23 0lb, u. Yaesu ftm400d ftm 400 d ftm400d programming interface schematics for yaesu. Yaesu fta550 series manuals and user guides, transceiver. Download yaesu rotator g5500 docs ham radio, amateur radio, two way radio, cb radio, walkie talkie service manuals and reapir information. It is two independent conventional motor driven rotors one for azimuth and one for elevation. In this page you find schematic, users and instructions manuals, service manuals, technical supplement, leaf leads and other good stuff.
W7kkes yaesu g5500 azel rotor repair rotor repair hints and links received from the amsatbb group here are some pictures from the repair of the g5500 azel rotor which had been installed for 2. If youre just starting out in satellite operation, the g5500 provides a complete azimuthelevation rotation system thats ideal for most all amateur applications. 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. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for. This software simply takes the output from one of the many satellite tracking programs and converts the heading information from the tracking program. The download area is the result of an active cooperation between the radioamateur. Here you will find instruction manuals, service manuals, user guides schematic, brochures etc. Since then many alternative, more costefficient alternatives have appeared on the home brew market. Database contains 2 yaesu fta550 series manuals available for free online viewing or downloading in pdf. Yaesu ft2500m ft 2500 m ft2500m user and service manual.
Satellite antenna system with tonna antennas and yaesu rotator g 5500 neven, 9a5yy. Each rotor is mechanicaly connected to a pot which provides an analog dc voltage proportional to the position of the rotor. The yaesu g450a is the ideal antenna rotator for vhf and uhf antennas or small tri banders. Use the standard arduino process for installing and using this library. Arduino library for interfacing with the yaesu g 5500 controller for elaz antenna positioners. Satellite tracker interface by mark spencer, wa8sme. Yaesu g 5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems are specially designed to accommodate horizontal crossbooms to mount pairs of vhf and uhf directional antennas for space communications. The yaesu g 5500 is ideal for space communication antennas as well as many other amateur applications. As described in an earlier post, a few weeks ago i burnt out the azimuth portion of my yaesu g5500 rotator similar to a g5400 after the antenna array accidentally hit the. The two factorylubricated rotator units are housed in weatherproof melamine resin coated diecast. Please click here to view the g5500 wiring diagram. The yaesu ftdx5000 series of hf50 mhz 200 watt transceivers are a new premium class of yaesu radios with two fully independent receivers plus many unique options and accessories. The yaesu g 5500 azel rotator is a popular rotor for use with ham satellites.
The yaesu g5500 provide azimuth and elevation control of medium and largesize unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station operating position. Discussion in satellite and space communications started by kd9isn, sep 6, 2019. View online or download yaesu g5500 user manual, instruction manual. Two 7 conductor metal plugs with weatherboots are included. Kfactors for yaesu rotators in footpounds g2800dxa. Yaesu ft2500m ft 2500 m ft2500m programming interface schematics for yaesu. The resource is currently listed in in a single category. Yaesu g5500 supports both manual and automatic control. Wisat32, however, does not support cat steering of the icom and yaesu half duplex.
Complete azel rotation system if youre just starting out in satellite operation, the g 5500 provides a complete azimuthelevation rotation system thats ideal for most all amateur applications. The gs232b also includes a db9 male connector for connection to your computer through the rs232c port. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. Needle should be at 0 if not, manually place the needle on 0 on the g450a unscrew the needle in the center and manually move the needle to 0. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator, wired for 117 or. One lower mast bracket is included with this rotor combination. The nowdiscontinued g5400b and g5600b replaced by the g 5500 provide 360 degree azimuth and 180 degree elevation control of medium and largesized unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station operating position. Before you test this portion of the circuit, ensure that you set the fullscale voltage for the 180o and 450o rotor positions to 4.
So a new project was born, fixing my elevation rotor. A variation on method 2 is to use just part of the yaesu controller system eg the output of the direction indication. Click here to download the corrected user manual for the g 5500 rotator. The yaesu g5500 is ideal for space communication antennas as well as many other amateur applications. Cd24 charger, cd40 charger cradle, fgps2 gps antenna, fp1030a power supply, g5500 rotator, g800dxa rotator, vl linear amplifier and vp power supply. The g 5500 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 rotator computer controllers gs232b free shipping on. I also have a yaesu g5500 controller used for azimuth. Modifications for the yaesu vr5000 resource detail the. The satnogs project has an arduino shield that, when combined with k3ng arduino code, can act as a yaesu g 5500 controller for little cost. Download free pdf for yaesu g5500 rotator other manual. Yaesu gdxc heavyduty rotatoryaesu gdxc heavyduty rotator for large hf arrays.
Next wireup the adc and the position voltage connections to the g5500. Yaesu rotators that support this computer interface are models g2800dxadxc, g0dxadxc, g800dxa and g 5500 rotators. W9ke satellite tracker g5500 project home rotor microcontroller motor controller yaesu g5500 software virtual g5500 ipoint. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator, wired for 117 or 220 v, for satellites wind load. It is the cleanest solution and still enables use of the switches on the yaesu controller if you wish. Yaesu diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. User manuals, guides and specifications for your yaesu fta550 series transceiver. 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.
In most cases, the modified controller retains its original manual control features. If you elect to separate the elevation portion from the azimuth portion of this package an additional lower mast bracket gc038 will be required. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems g5500. Satellite tracker interface american radio relay league. I use nova for windows for my satellite tracking program into the 5500 s control box. The 5500 is about the only game in town if you need an azel rotor for satellite work. Set the select switch on the back of the control box to adj mode. The main category is yaesu vr5000 resources that is about yaesu vr5000 resources. The yaesu g5500 requires two six conductor control cables not supplied. 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.
The factorylubricated rotator unit is housed in weatherproof melamine resin coated diecast aluminum, to provide maintenancefree operation under all climatic conditions. You can test this portion of the circuit by using the features of the editor. This particular project is designed to interface the yaesu g5500 rotor system to an. Azimuthelevation rotator combination for satellite earth station or other antenna system with one common control unit. Tracking sends only the azimuth and elevation data. Satellite antenna system with tonna antennas and yaesu. Yaesus azimuthelevation combination rotator for satellite antennas with wind loads up to 10 square feet. Set up your rotor as detailed in the instruction manual so that at maximum. Satpc32 automatically recognizes the data format and no file editing is required. Automation of directional antenna positioning is possible with yaesu rotator computer controllers. Com document library instruction manual g54008 i g56008 \lw yasu v yaesu musen co. Tennozu parkside building 258 higashishinagawa, shinagawaku, tokyo 1400002 japan yaesu usa 6125 phyllis drive, cypress, ca 90630, u. This program does not perform management of any memory that is present in the hardware of the supported. If nothing happens, download github desktop and try again.
Yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500 pdf user manual for yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500. Interface for yaesu g5400 and g5600 antennarotators i started to deal with earthmoonearth communications in the middle of 2005. One lower mast bracket is included with this rotor. Pdf user manual for yaesu ft2500m ft 2500 m ft2500m. Yaesu rotator instruction manual of g5500 double rotator.
Tennozu parkside building 258 higashishinagawa, shinagawaku, tokyo 1400002 japan yaesu usa 6125 phyllis drive. The vr5000 is a communications receiver providing general coverage reception from 100 khz to 2600 mhz on the cw, ssb lsb and usb, am, and fm wide and narrow. The cabling was still ok, and the rotor motor tried to rotate, but no rotation happened. The yaesu brand is well known among ham radio aficionados and is synonymous with premium quality ham radios. Computeraided antenna pinpointing via the optional. The yaesu g550 provides 180 elevation control of unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station operating position.
I use nova for windows for my satellite tracking program into the 5500s control box. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems g5500 free. The yaesu g5500 azel rotator is a popular rotor for use. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems are specially designed to accommodate horizontal crossbooms to mount pairs of vhf and uhf directional antennas for space. Normanby business park, unit 1445 normanby road notting hill 3168, victoria, australia. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator with connectors for. Please read this manual carefully before installing the rotators. 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. The gs232 protocol is supplied with the devices documentation like yaesu.
View and download yaesu g5500 instruction manual online. It seemed to be an obvious solution to improve the boom length of the. Home amateur radio yaesu g 5500 elevation rotor g 5500 rotor elevation rotor repair after only three years being outside, but rarely used, my g 5500 elevation rotor did not rotate any more. Whitham reeve is a contributing editor for the sara journal, radio astronomy. Rotor control box can be modified to operate on 220240 vac. Manual for yaesu other g5500 rotator free download. The rear panel of the control box has six screw terminals for azimuth and six terminals for elevation. Project home rotor microcontroller motor controller yaesu g 5500 software virtual g 5500 ipoint all the difficult and challenging software required for this project has been written by others. 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. With the 450degreesouthcentered azimuth rotor yaesu g5500 the option. Interface for yaesu g5400 and g5600 antennarotators. From stationary multifeature communications equipment to portable devices, yaesu has consistently represented the best in communications equipment to the worlds top dxers for over half a century. This link is listed in our web site directory since thursday apr 16 2009, and till today modifications for the yaesu vr5000 has been followed for a total of 2781 times. This is a very simple arduino library intended to make it possible to.
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