[TowerTalk] C-32XR, XM24 - rotor

Tyler Stewart k3mm@erols.com
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:50:13 +0100


A T2X should be fine and more than adequate.  I've had one on a KT34XA plus
402CD for 3 or 4 years now with no problems at all...other than the usual
problem with a sticky brake everyonce in a while.

W3LPL has used them to turn 48 foot boom 5 el 20's....they dont like it, but
they do work....for a while :)

73, Ty K3MM

----- Original Message -----
From: Mel Martin <mel@interlink.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 14:43
Subject: [TowerTalk] C-32XR, XM24 - rotor


>
> The T2X is not up to the job in my opinion. I installed one to turn a
> 3el Hygain 40M beam, and it lasted less than a week before breaking the
> main gear. Also the torque is barely adequate. The HDR300 worked fine
> for me, but those new "Big Boy" rotors are worth a look. Atually the
> first HDR300 I used also failed in a short time. When they were first
> introduced, they used a cast main gear. It cracked. Hy-Gain provided me
> with a replacement machined gear (which later production used) and it
> lasted 'till the "Big Ice Storm" last year which destroyed the antenna.
> The rotor survived. Watch out for those cast gears if you buy a used
> HDR300.
>
> --
>
> Mel Martin
> mel@interlink.net
> VE2DC
>
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