Hello ....., I have seen the emails going back and fort about the yaesu
rotors.I had a 1000GSX for a while but the winds here in the High Desert
took care of this toy real quick.
I have the M2 Orion 2800 and this is the king of the rotors!
Also the service is excellent. I had one small problems once and the owner
him self was on the phone with me and did not hang up till the problem was
solved. Well worth the money.
73 Will, K6NDV
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Wallace <andywallace@home.com>
To: K7LXC@aol.com <K7LXC@aol.com>
Cc: K3AIR@aol.com <K3AIR@aol.com>; towertalk@contesting.com
<towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Problems with YAESU Rotor
>
>Steve--
>
>The clutch would only let loose in dangerously high winds. I'd rather
replace a
>coax connection then worry with a tower twisted down--I think it would be a
>little cheaper.
>
>Andy K5VM
>
>K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 99-02-13 19:29:30 EST, andywallace@home.com writes:
>>
>> > It is my
>> > understanding that the most dangerous high wind force on a beam
mounted
>> > on a tower is a twisting force as opposed to simply blowing the tower
>> > over. If this is so, why don't all rotors have some sort of a clutch
that
>> > will let the beam freewheel when the twisting force gets sufficiently
>> > high? Seems like it might save a lot of rotors, beams and not a few
>> > towers. I have a relatively small Yaesu rotor--I would much rather
>> > replace it then the beam and/ or the tower if I get hit with a very
high
>> > wind.
>>
>> Well, you probably wouldn't want your antenna changing heading when
>> you're trying to work that P5 station and the wind's blowing. At some
point
>> the rotator has to run up against some kind of stop or it'll rip the
feedline
>> as it keeps turning in the wind. Bad idea actually.
>>
>> Cheers, Steve K7LXC
>
>
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