[NCC] [MRRC] More rotator comparison questions

[John S Comella]

I used a G2800 with a stack: duo band 12/17 meter Yagi  (2 elements for
each band on a single boom) over a 40 meter Moxon.  No problem for the
G2800.  I broke two TailTwisters before installing the G2800.

John, N8AA

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 10:50 AM Earl Morse <kz8e at wt.net> wrote:

> Can't speak for the Yaesus as I only have one and that was on the low
> tribander on the second radio but the auto point and shoot worked great on
> it.
>
> The rest of mine are Tailtwisters and Ham IVs.  Never had any problem with
> turning the XM240 and  KT34XA but the brake sticks sometimes and the wiring
> block will corrode.  I have picked up a few over the years from tower take
> downs and a disentegrated wiring block / exploded ring gear seam to be the
> common failures.  The ring gear is only die cast.  I think I have one that
> had a stripped gear in the down shift gear assembly.
>
> I don't mind the Hygain stuff but I need to outfit them with a point and
> shoot/ brake delay so I don't have to rotate them by hand during the heat
> of battle.
>
> Earl
> N8SS
>
> --- k8cc at comcast.net wrote:
>
> From: David Pruett <k8cc at comcast.net>
> To: Robert Hayes <kw8n at aol.com>
> Cc: "ncc at contesting.com" <ncc at contesting.com>,  "mrrc at contesting.com" <
> mrrc at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [MRRC] More rotator comparison questions
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:52:44 -0400
>
> Bob,
>
> I have a couple of G2800s and these are much robust in all ways than a
> Tail-twister.  I’ve been turning big 5L 20m yagis with G2800s since 1996.
>
> Ken, W8MJ has turned his Telrex full size 2L 40 for several years with the
> smaller G1000.
>
> Dave, K8CC
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 30, 2020, at 2:16 PM, Robert Hayes via MRRC <mrrc at contesting.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > How would you compare the Yaesu G-2800 versus HyGain Tailtwister?  Your
> opinions please?
> >
> > TNX KW8N
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