[TowerTalk] Yaesu rotors

[Pete Smith]

At 06:06 PM 6/8/00 EDT, K3AIR@aol.com wrote:
>
>Hi gang,
>
>Would like to know of anyone's experiences with the Yaesu antenna rotors.
>Their specs say the G2800SDX will handle 34 sq ft of wind load.  Likewise 
>their lesser models have some nice specs for the price.  Yet their weight
>compared with say, a T2X, makes me wonder a little.  I realize there's
>differences in the materials, but I'd like to good the rotors really are.
>I'm planning to put up a C31XR with maybe something yet-to-be-determined
>above it.

They are amazing.  My G-1000 weighs 7.7 lbs, but turns a C-3 and an EF-240S
effortlessly.  I'm sure a 2800 will be up to that job.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 



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