[TowerTalk] MonstIR/Orion problem

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/27/2006 6:21:35 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>>  It appears that the m2or2800 clamp is a massive but poor >design.   Have 
> you  modified yours?
> What suggestions do you  have.  I have two of those >rotators so any 
> suggestion other  than
> be prepared to re-clamp them will be greatly  appreciated.


>  I had a rotor here that had a slipping  problem so I drilled through the 
boom 
and clamp and that held it.   Only problem came when we had a really bad 
windstorm, instead of slipping,  it took the gears out in the rotor.


        This sounds like a typical  Hy-Gain rotator failure. Is that right? 
With the current worm-gear drive  rotators (e.g. Orion, BigBoy, AlfaSpid), they 
won't suffer the same fate. That's  why I'm really reluctant to pin Hy-Gain 
and Yaesu rotators but don't have a  problem with the worm-gear types.
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH