IARU...W1AW etc.

[Marijan Miletic]

Hi USA,  You stand a great chance in IARU HQ as the best 30 S5 op's will be in
California for WRTC parties :-)   73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU.

>From silver at ax.apc.org (Carlos Augusto Silveira Pereira)  Sat Jun 15 10:17:16 1996
From: silver at ax.apc.org (Carlos Augusto Silveira Pereira) (Carlos Augusto Silveira Pereira)
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 06:17:16 -0300
Subject: HY-GAIN ROTOR
Message-ID: <199606150917.GAA02107 at ax.ibase.br>

Dear friends,

I will go to Florida on August 4th, during my vacation and I intend to purchase an antenna rotor. I am not sure which one I will buy.

There are two options in AES (Orlando):

- The HAM IV (304)................................US$ 379.95
- The T2X Tailtwister (303) ......................US$ 449.95

I have heard that the T2X has some problems however it is extra heavy duty. What do you think? The HAM IV sounds enough for my purposes but the price difference is not so high but in the future I intend to raise more beams and a  heavier rotor would be better.

I would like some advises from contesters who know both models.  Which problems the T2X could have?


Thank you in advance,

Carlos - PY1CAS
E-mail: silver at ax.apc.org

ps. I hope to raise my beam for the CQWW!


>From n1mm at usa.pipeline.com (Tom Wagner)  Sat Jun 15 12:31:16 1996
From: n1mm at usa.pipeline.com (Tom Wagner) (Tom Wagner)
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 11:31:16 GMT
Subject: HY-GAIN ROTOR
Message-ID: <199606151131.LAA28029 at pipe1.t1.usa.pipeline.com>

Carlos, 
 
I have a Ham-IV that I am replacing with a T2X.  My Ham-IV has come apart
on the tower 
twice now, so I need something more heavy-duty.  The Ham-IV is held togther
with  
four screws that are tapped into the top bell housing.  These fell out, and
allowed the 
rotor to come apart and free-wheel in the wind. 
 
The T2X is held together with 6 bolts with nuts that go thru the bell
housing.  This should 
be better (I hope) than the Ham-IV. 
 
I will be using Lock-Tite on the bolts, just in case. 
 
My antenna is a TH-7 -- 7 elements on a 24' boom. 
 
Get the T2X.  You might also buy a heavy-duty brake wedge from C.A.T.S.
while you are  
in the U.S.  ($15, I believe).  That is the most frequent thing to break in
the Ham-IV/T2X 
rotors. 
 
Tom