[TowerTalk] Worm Gear drive rotator

[K8RI on Tower talk]

Thanks to Brad for jogging my memory as to the Alpha Spid.  Unfortunately I 
thought it ran a lot more torque.  It's just a tad less than the HDR-300 
which didn't prove very sucessful here. OTOH I think most of that was due to 
the brake system on the 300.

The prices on these things will scare you.  The Alpha Spid is up to near 
$900 and the new version of the one I have is now just a tad over $2,000. 
I'd have to get the PST-61 HD which has the PST-71 motor to get the 
equivelant of the torque of my older unit.

I really want to get a back up unit, but my entheusiasm is waning a bit at 
that $2,000 price tag. <sigh> Of course I really want to get a much larger 
replacement for the TH-5 too. <:-))

73

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com


>A while back we were talking about heavy duty rotators.  I have one of the
> prosistel units and there was another that used a worm gear drive.  I've
> been searching my records and the archives, but both rotator and heavy 
> duty
> roatator turn up a *lot* of returns.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
> N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
> www.rogerhalstead.com
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