[CQ-Contest] Hy Gain Tailtwister

[David Pruett]

I've had three Tailtwisters, a Ham IV, a Ham III, a Ham II and an 
original Ham-M here at K8CC, and I've never had a brake stick except on 
the Tailtwisters.  All three of my Tailtwisters are 1970s vintage, so 
the brake sticking was not unexpected.

I've also operated at a lot of other stations, and the only brake 
sticking I've experienced was with Tailtwisters, not the smaller 
Ham-series.  SOme of these people are turning large tribanders and 
shorty-40s.

I know people who've stuck with the Ham-IV rather than upgrading to the 
Tailtwister just for the brake sticking problem.

So the field experience that I"m aware of disagrees with the assertion 
that "Most, if not all, the Hy-Gain rotators are notorious for the brake 
sticking".

It's good to hear from Steve that the T2X's wedge has been improved.  
Maybe I'll upgrade my units...

Dave/K8CC


K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 10/29/2007 5:02:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> cq-contest-request at contesting.com writes:
>
>   
>>  Most, if not all, the Hy-Gain rotators are notorious for the  brake
>>     
> sticking. This has been going on for at least 15 years and  probably
> more. They refuse to fix it. 
>
>
>
> Au contraire. Back in the  90's or so (maybe further back), Hy-Gain 
> redesigned the brake so that it was  more beveled instead of the squared off original 
> version. It helped but didn't  eliminate the problem. That's also why a popular 
> mod (e.g. DCU-1,  Logikey) is to have the rotator go slightly into the 
> opposite direction  before turning in the desired one. 
>  
>         Sorry a 40+ year old  electro-mechanical design is not up to your 
> standards.
>  
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
> TOWER TECH 
> Ex-National Sales Manager for Hy-Gain Amateur  Products
>
>
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