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Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor
From: "Jim Hargrave" <w5ifp@gvtc.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 15:19:35 -0600
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I'll ditto this one. 
I have a TV rotator mounted horizontal in the middle of a 14 element
2 meter beam.  I use it vertical for FM and horizontal for SSB.
Mine must be a "rotating rotor" since it is mounted to a 10 ft.
extension on top of my TH-6 and the whole mess rotates with the
TH-6.
It's real nice to get all this sorted out.

73, Jim - w5ifp@gvtc.com

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On
>> Behalf Of Phil Snyder
>> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 2:29 PM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor
>> 
>> Now don't be too hasty. I did have a ham friend who had a small
TV
>> type rotor on the boom of his 3 element CC 6 meter beam so he
>> could go vertical for FM or horizontal for SSB. I never did ask
how
>> the tuning worked, but I assume ( hate that word) he used a
tuner.
>> Or he didn't care!
>> 
>> Phil
>> N9LAH
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/4/2015 2:02 PM, Jim Forsyth wrote:
>> > I don't think you would use a positioner to change polarity,
did
>> you
>> > perhaps mean polarization (polarisation)?
>> > 73 Jim, AF6O
>> >
>> >
>> > On 1/4/2015 11:47 AM, GALE STEWARD via TowerTalk wrote:
>> >> Before my retirement, I worked in the Antenna Division of a
>> large
>> >> defense company that designed and built electronic systems for
>> >> various branches of our military.
>> >> We had both indoor and outdoor antenna ranges, eight in total.
>> All of
>> >> our positioning devices we simply called "positioners". All of
>> these
>> >> ranges had positioners for azimuth, elevation, and antenna
>> polarity.
>> >> All in all, seems to be more descriptive word!
>> >> HNY & 73,Stew K3ND
>> >>
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