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1. [TowerTalk] Clanking Tail Twister II (score: 1): Author: dotravel@aol.com; Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:40:09 -0400 (EDT); I have a Tail Twister II on top of my wall mounted Tri-EX 33' crank up tower with home-brew 8' 5th section and 2' tall base. Because the tower is mounted to the wall of the shack I hear every sound f; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00444.html (8,860 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Clanking Tail Twister II (score: 1): Author: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:02:27 -0700; Why do you feel the need to "take it apart"? Does it rotate the antenna? The brake on a Hy-Gain rotor is very loud. It's a large AC operated solenoid that pulls the brake wedge away from the braking; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00453.html (10,865 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Clanking Tail Twister II (score: 1): Author: Jay Kesterson K0GU <k0gu@verinet.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:28:56 -0600; Wedge brake rotators do make a sound when the brake is actuated. I had a house bracketed tower ONCE. I could hear all manner of vibrations from the antennas. Yaesu rotators use a worm gear and not a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00456.html (9,901 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Clanking Tail Twister II (score: 1): Author: "Chet" <chetmoore@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:30:51 -0400; Hi Jon, The brake clanking is music to my ears, it's a great aid in trouble shooting rotor problems. I recommend Raising the antenna to 90 or 100 feet to lessen the noise. Sounds to me like your roto; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00457.html (11,595 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Clanking Tail Twister II (score: 1): Author: "Julio Peralta" <jperalta4@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:23:50 -0400; All the Yaesu rotors I know about are Planetary Gear Systems not worm gear systems. Julio, W4HY tower with home-brew 8' 5th section and 2' tall base. Because the tower is mounted to the wall of the s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00460.html (10,989 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Clanking Tail Twister II (score: 1): Author: Jay Kesterson K0GU <k0gu@verinet.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:35:39 -0600; You are right or course. But they still have no noisy wedge brake. 73, Jay K0GU _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00461.html (8,718 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Clanking Tail Twister II (score: 1): Author: Hans Oortman <hans.in.buitenland@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:39:19 +0200; Exactly, all Yaesu rotators have planetary gears. Create rotators are rotators with worm gears and there for make no noise. I have and still use Create rotors in my tower to turn HF beams with booms; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00463.html (11,895 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Clanking Tail Twister II (score: 1): Author: dotravel@aol.com; Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:58:56 -0400 (EDT); A big thanks to everyone for your responses (group and via email). If I can't quiet the TX2 down I may have t replace it with a quieter rotor. Regards, John NA6L The text below about the challenges i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00474.html (11,026 bytes)

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