Yaesu G-450CDC Medium-Duty Rotator Systems are the entry-level rotator and controller that are perfect for small HF beams, a tri-bander or VHF and UHF antennas up to about 10 sq. ft. of tower-mounted wind load. A lesser wind load of about 5 sq. ft. can be handled when mounting the G-450CDC on top of a pole with the optional lower pole bracket, GC-038.
This
latest model uses a DC motor for extra torque and reliability. It was first released in 2019.
Rotate Amateur and professional antennas with the Yaesu's handsome 220/240 Vac
desktop remote control console, featuring a compass-style indicator at the
station operating position. The G-450CDC rotator system provides 450 degrees of
azimuth rotation in just over one minute. The rotator handles masts of 1.25 to
2.48 inch outside diameter and, when tower mounted, a total vertical mast load
up to 200 lbs.
This
rotator comes with a mast clamp to fit your antennas to. The rotator will fit on a standard tower,
however if you want to pole mount it,
then you need the GC-038B pole mount that we also list, nothing
else. You get all the connectors and
you just need some cable as below.
In the Yaesu G-450CDC, the clamshell rotator design utilizes 98 heavy 7/16-inch
dual-stacked circumferential ball bearings to distribute load over the full
diameter of the housing. This design minimizes stress and wear, and practically
eliminates the possibility of destructive water entry: there is no shaft hole
in the top of the housing. Yaesu's factory-lubricated rotator units are housed
in Melamine resin-coated die-cast aluminium intended to provide
maintenance-free operation under all climatic conditions.
Beginning in 2019 the new Yaesu G-450CDC Rotator motors and controllers operate
with a 20 V DC control voltage, four-wire system, using the provided connectors
to be installed at each end of the user supplied control cable, same as the
previous models. For clarity, the new DC rotator motors are marked
"G-45CDC" at the connector. The rear panel of the controller is
titled "G-450CDC" on the serial number label.
All control cable assemblies for all modern Yaesu rotator systems use the same
connectors with "1 to 1 pin-out" connector wiring. Therefore, older
cable assemblies are compatible with the new Yaesu G-450CDC components, which
only use pins 2, 3, 4 and 5 in each connector. For control cable runs less than
125 ft. use four-conductor 0.5mm² control cable. If the rotator cable
needs to be longer than 125 ft. then use four-conductor 0.75mm² The input
voltage for the G-450CDC controller is labelled "220 VAC" to indicate
a nominal house supply of 220 to 240 Vac.
Note: ours are sourced from Yaesu UK not imported directly, and hence they show 240V on the back of the rotator. Ours also come with GL-33 mast adapters to allow a small diameter mast to used and still keep the mast concentric to the main rotator body.
When you need a medium-duty rotator system, which is durable and attractive,
order a new Yaesu G-450CDC Medium-Duty Rotator System from Dave Cawley of
Timestep.
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Dave G4IUG