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Re: [TowerTalk] Rotors - your thoughts please.

To: "Lee Buller" <k0wa@swbell.net>,"TowerTalk Reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotors - your thoughts please.
From: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:55:23 -0500
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I hadn't seen this original post before I replied late on in the thread so I have a couple of additional comments.
Although I recommended the Pro Sis Tel series in the other post, if you are only turning a TH6 at 60 feet the Ham III should be more than sufficient.


The T2X should be more than sufficient if it's in good shape and it's a long way from the $1300 to $2500 for the PST61 and 71 rotors. Actually it's a long way from the much less expensive Alpha Spid as well.

This is why I went with the PST61 http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower.htm
There are a lot of photos and even though small they add up and it might be slow to load.



Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member) N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2) www.rogerhalstead.com

Towertalkians......

I have a 60 foot 25G tower with a TH6DXX and a HAM III as a Rotor. I actually have two HAM III rotors...one for a spare...but....

I am looking to do some tower work this spring and summer and wonder the collective wisdom about getting a different rotor. These rotors are 20 to 25 years old...they have been rebuilt by Norms at least once...and I wonder if I should go to a different rotor.

So, what do people like out there? T2X? Yaesu? Stay with what I got? AlphSpid?

I can either have mine rebuilt again or go with a T2X that is used....

I will be getting a new beam but I am not sure what yet....could be a SteppIR 3-element, a C4, or an OPTI-Beam.

So, what do you all think based on your experience....

Lee - K0WA

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