[TowerTalk] Repetition

[Doug Renwick]

Tom,

Boy, there sure is a lot of bitchy hams around these days.
Why not buy a good quality rotor in the beginning?  It will
be with you for a long time, provide trouble free service
and you can upgrade your antenna in the future.  There you
have three good reasons.

Doug/VA5DX

Rick Karlquist wrote:
> Tom Martin said:
> 
>>Also, why do the majority of the hams on here make recommendations for
>>rotors that are overkill for the antennas to be turned and very costly?
>>Not everyone that reads this reflector has two or more towers with
>>muli-stacked arrays.  I really don't think that you need a $1000 rotor
>>to rotate a 3 element SteppIR!
> 
> 
> Many people are recommending the Alfa Spid, which is $1000 Canadian
> or $700 US.  You will pay as much or more for a Ham IV with computer
> interface.  The Alfa Spid has many advantages over the Ham IV that
> have nothing to do with turning capacity.
> 
> Rick N6RK