Tony wrote:
> On 4/13/2010 8:05 PM, ronald schmid wrote:
>
>> Get up their and make sure the bolts are all tight. Mabe it will make the
>> noise while your up their Ron / N6DCN
>>
>>
>
> Ron,
>
> Ive been on the tower several times (see link below). Tower / rotator
> bolts are tight. The noise seems to be coming directly from the rotator
> itself and some say it's normal, others say it's not. I'm hoping that if
> it does fail, it will freeze and not free-spin. Not sure what to expect
> with Yaesu's planetary gear rotators.
>
I've not seen any rotators using planetary gear trains that offered much
resistance to rotation. IOW you can probably turn most any of them by
hand when the wedge is disengaged, which is the reason I went to
rotators that use double worm gear drives.
73
Roger (K8RI)
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>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony -K2MO
>
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