[TowerTalk] rotor comparisions

[Tower (K8RI)]

I'm not familiar with the M2 rotor, but to me, the HDR- 300 isn't even in
the same league as the PST-61.  I went through several HDR 300s in as many
weeks. I ordered the PST-61 and it's been going a good two years.

There are probably better rotors out there, but my experience has been some
what limited.


Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com


> Which is better and why?M2 2800 or whatever they call it now,Prosisteil
> PST-61 or Hy-Gain HDR-300.Looking for a stout rotor to turn some big
stacks
> of uhf beams in a high wind area.I have a PST-51 up there now but I keep
> shearing off the "pin" bolt and I don't want to put a bigger one in and
then
> break the rotor.Plus I think the bolts that hold the rotor plate to the
> rotor are getting stretched which means it can turn 20 dergrees or so back
> and forth and then that puts a lot of torque on the "pin" bolt and then
ping
> it breaks.The "pin" bolt is grade 5 3/8*4 with a grade 5 cap screw.It does
> indeed break as to just getting lose and then fall off.  Gregg  K9KL
>
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