Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor

[Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>]

Dave,  Since the MS spell check now seems to be so important in how we 
organize our posts, please put in "obamacare" (with a lower case o) and 
see how bill Gates apparently has a sense of humor.
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
On 1/4/2015 1:18 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
> 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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