I don't know about the T2X but on the Ham IV there's a big rig gear that
will loose teeth if the wind get's into it and the rotor quits moving even
though the indicator seems to tell you otherwise. I'd guess that's your
problem.
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> From: Ivo Pezer, 5B4ADA/9A3A <9A3A@spidernet.com.cy>
> To: Tower Talk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Antennas Reflector
<antennas@qth.net>
> Subject: [Antennas] T2X problem
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 3:12 PM
>
> Another surprise this morning. Murphy surely loves my new
> QTH.
> I went to the roof to remove some unused cables and found
> out that my antennas are rotating freely in a slight wind. I
> can't call it a storm, because it is not a storm. I've got
> two Force 12 duobanders on the mast (total less than 15 sq
> ft wind load) and my mast is mounted in two bearings with
> T2X inside 40 ft Rohn 25. I can hear the brake and the
> indicator shows that T2X moves, but it doesn't move my
> antennas.
> Is it possible that gear assembly is broken????
> Anybody with similar problem before I go up and take T2X
> down?
>
> Ivo 5B4ADA
>
> This adds T2X to the Murphy's list (two alpha amps, parallel
> port on my PC, some ant problems).
>
>
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