[TowerTalk] Prop Pitch Rotor Recommendation Needed - New Question.

[N2TK, Tony]

And the Green Heron is so much easier to use than the 2800 controller. Use
the pot to select where you wan t the rotor to turn to or use the two push
switches to manually rotate.
73,
N2TK, Tony

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From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Rajiv Dewan, N2RD
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:32 PM
To: Bill Erickson
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Prop Pitch Rotor Recommendation Needed - New
Question.

Just a few ways in which the Green Heron is superior, (working off of
memory)
- works with almost any rotor, including prop pitches, tic rings,
tower turning systems, etc.
- will work with AC or DC motors
- will work with resistance, or reed type sensors
- works / interfaces well with PCs
- highly programmable operation (ramp speeds, stops, orientation)
- can be slaved to other units to provided co-rotation or counter
rotation (for example to keep an antenna on the mast
pointed the same way while the tower itself rotates)
- you do not have to advantage of all of the features now, it will
grow as you antenna farm does,
- replace rotors with other brands with no change to rotor box
- industry best display (large, bright, emissive)
- uses solid state instead of relays that might stick
- can take run length of wire into account by putting by sensing the
voltage at the rotor and adjusting automatically at source
- can remote the rotor control circuit while keeping the rest of the
interface in the shack (this works for really large wire runs or high
current rotors)
etc.

I have no financial interest in Green Heron.  Jeff is a friend.

Raj



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Rajiv Dewan, N2RD
n2rd at arrl.net
FN13fc

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On Jan 23, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Bill Erickson wrote:

> Gentlemen:
>
> Thank you for the many responses.
>
> The two venders recommended have been Green Heron  and the M2
> RC2800PP.
>
> The Green Heron received the most "votes".
>
> Can anyone tell me what features make it superior to the M2 unit?
>
> Green Heron's website lists it's cost at $ 549.
>
> Do they also sell thru dealers?
>
> Is there a better place to buy one?
>
> Thanks, and 73.
>
> Bill     N6MXU
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