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Re: [TowerTalk] New to Group, WTB M2 OR2800PX and Rohn TB4 Thrust

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] New to Group, WTB M2 OR2800PX and Rohn TB4 Thrust
From: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:15:57 -0500
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Many of us go bargain shopping and install marginal equipment. Those choosing professionally re-purposed prop pitch motors such as those provided by Kurt Andress complain less as they have little opportunity to do so. Installations of equipment on your (below mentioned) list are not the majority topics for a couple reasons: 1.  They don't fail as often and 2. They constitute a small minority of installations.

The above is my personal opinion.  YMMV

Patrick        NJ5G

On 9/21/2017 6:36 AM, Clay Autery wrote:
Curious why folks don't talk about the AlphaSpid RAK and BIG RAK
more....  These seem to be the answer to torque, braking, and mast
clamping...

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On 9/21/2017 12:25 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:52:20 -0700
From: David Needham <k8aja73@gmail.com>
To: K7LXC@aol.com
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 177, Issue 43

<Talking to the M2 Factory Tech Support today, apparently the DC motor,
<splined drive shaft and improved mast clamps came at the same time.

##  I have both the DC version...and the AC version.  They both have the 
splined shaft,
and both have the same, lousy mast clamp.

##  The original rotor was called an ORION  OR-2300.  It used a keyed shaft, 
and an AC motor,
and a lousy mast clamp.

##  When M2 bought out the rights to the OR-2300, they improved it  with the 
new splined shaft,
and higher torque,  2800  vs 2300 in lbs. M2s version of  the mast clamp was an 
improvement
over the original Orion OR-2300.

##  M2 made ONE change later on, and switched from an AC motor to a DC motor.  
The square
control boxes look identical, except one outputs dc instead of ac.   No point 
and shoot.  Back then,
you could only buy both the rotor and box at the same time.   Now you can buy 
the rotor separate
from the box.

##  The K7NV   mast clamp for the OR-2800  rotor is a real treat, but it only 
works for one diameter.
He can build them for any diameter you want.   The K7LXC version is for 2 inch 
OD only.

##  The oem M2 mast clamp is less than desirable, even though it looks heavy 
duty, and will work on
any mast from 1.9 inch OD up to 3.0 inch OD.

##  The OR-2800, with DC motor, GH control box, and a real mast clamp is 
serious $$$.

Jim  VE7RF
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