Jack, nothing better than the Tail Twister. I have two of them and have no
problems. However, some towers will not accept the physical size.
Phil W3LI
From: "Jack Emerson" <w4tje@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: w4tje@earthlink.net,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
<tentec@contesting.com>
To: TenTec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Lightning Strike
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:54:50 -0400
My station suffered a lightning strike this week. The Orion 2 will have to
go back to the shop unless someone can help me solve the problem. The radio
comes on in transmit. Pulling the amp keying lines out of the jacks puts it
back in receive. But then it won't go back into transmit. The only way to
make it switch from transmit to receive is by toggling the keying loop
on/off in the menu system. Master reset didn't help.
So it looks like it will have to be shipped. My big problem however, is
that the strike knocked out my main antenna rotor. This is where any
advice/opinions would be even more welcome, because I'm sitting here
scratching my head trying to figure out how to attack this problem. The
rotor is the M2 Orion 2800, which has been up since last November. I bought
it because I needed a heavy duty rotor to handle the load of a very large
yagi mounted on top of the blue ridge. From that standpoint, it has handled
the high winds here fine. But frankly, it's just very complicated to use,
and I am too often having to re-calibrate it. I need a rotor that is
capable of holding up to these winds, but I want one that is simple to use.
I don't need or want one that is tied in to my computer. I just want a
rotor that will hold my antenna when the wind blows. And it does blow hard
here. So any of you please e-mail me here or direct and give your 2 cents
on recommendations for a heavy duty rotor t
hat is simple to use. At my old QTH, I found my yaesu gdx 1000 rotor very
capable, and it was simple enough to use. Anyone using the larger yaesu
rotor?
73 de Jack W4TJE
Jack Emerson
w4tje@earthlink.net
EarthLink Revolves Around You.
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