[TowerTalk] Yaesu rotators

[Pete Smith]

At 12:14 PM 6/30/2004, Alan AB2OS wrote:
>I am sure that a Yaesu G-800 would handle what I want to put up, but I 
>thought that a G-1000 would give a better safety margin. Yet I notice that 
>the eham reviews rate the G-1000 rotators lower than the G-800 models; the 
>G-1000 actually received several 5/5 ratings, but the 0/5 and 1/5 ratings 
>pulled the average way down. Are the bigger ones really so much worse than 
>the smaller ones?
>
>Opinions? Experiences?


I think that's error from a small, self-selected sample.  I have owned both 
G-800 (2 years) and G-1000 (9 years now).  The G-1000 was still going 
strong when struck by lightning last August -- pot is fried, and I haven't 
repaired it yet.  I replaced it with another.  It is turning a C-3S and a 
2-element 40m shortened yagi (18-ft boom).  The control boxes are 
identical, and the rotators almost so - the G-1000 is about 1/2 inch taller.


73, Pete N4ZR
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