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Re: [TowerTalk] Rotors that fit

To: Marv Shelton <marvs@att.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotors that fit
From: Skip via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Skip <kj6y@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:38:45 -0700
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The M2 OR-2800 will fit with the round plate not the oval. 


Skip, KJ6Y. Sent from my IPhone

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Marv Shelton <marvs@att.net> wrote:
> 
> I own a TX-472 tower.  The top section of which is the ‘standard’ triangle 
> that is 11-7/16” per side.
> While a Hygain Ham IV will fit inside with sufficient clearance when the 
> tower is lowered and all the sections are nested, a T2X rotor can make 
> contact with the cross braces and can only be fully nested when the rotor is 
> in a specific position.
> I am wondering how other hams deal with the issue of rotors not fitting fully 
> inside tower sections of crank-ups?
> One thing I could do is place a steel stop beneath the rotor shelf height so 
> that when lowered, the top section will not fully nest inside the next 
> section.
> I’d like to use the T2X instead of my Ham IV, better still, I’d like to 
> install a rotor with greater accuracy because of the UHF and VHF boomers that 
> are on the mast along with my SteppIR.
> Anyone have any ideas besides mine? Any recommendations for more accurate 
> (1-2 degrees) rotors?
> 
> Marv wa2bfw
> 
> 
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