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Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor
From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 22:18:58 -0700
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Does it matter? Would anyone not understand what you meant if you used either term? Has anyone ever not understood what was meant when discussing that-which-turns-the-mast no matter which term was used?

But to answer your question, yes ... it should be called a rotator (even though my spell check indicates otherwise).

;)

Dave   AB7E



On 1/3/2015 10:05 PM, Don wrote:
Does this mean my old prop pitch motor should be called a rotator?

Don W7WLL

-----Original Message----- From: Ward Silver
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 8:58 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor

I am *so* glad to see this pointed out...thank you.

That which turns is the rotor.  That which causes the rotor to rotate is
the rotator.

But ham jargon is what it is.

73, Ward N0AX

On 1/3/2015 5:47 PM, towertalk-request@contesting.com wrote:
To this reasonably new ham (2011), it looks like the antenna would be the
"rotor" and the thing that spins it would be the "rotator." Hy-Gain and
Yaesu seem to agree on their websites, as they call the devices that turn
antennas "rotators."  Maybe they've always been that way?

Just a thought....

Matt King
KK4CPS

ro?tor
?r?d?r/
*noun*

    1. a rotary part of a machine or vehicle, in particular:
    - a hub with a number of radiating airfoils that is rotated in an
approximately horizontal plane to provide the lift for a rotary-wing
       aircraft.
       - the rotating assembly in a turbine, especially a wind turbine.



ro?ta?tor
?r??t?t?r/
*noun*

    1. *a thing that rotates or that causes something to rotate.*
    - ANATOMY
       a muscle whose contraction causes or assists in the rotation of a
       part of the body.

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