[TowerTalk] Is there such a thing as Overkill

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/29/2007 5:09:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  As you know when weather gets better up here in Seattle I'm  putting up a 
Glen Martin 9ft with an A4S on it. 

>  My old  HD73s looked tired so I bargained with the boss (Wife) and just 
ordered the  Yaesu G-800DXA.   Its a 20sqft rotor with a 1299 K  rating.

>  The A4S with the 40m is like 6sf.    

>  the G-450 may have handled it fine (A 10sf rotor) ... but I  thought since 
I got the ok to go for the bigger. 

>  Over kill  ?
 
    It's kinda hard to have overkill with a rotator.  If it's capacity is 
bigger than it's actual load, it just won't be working as  hard - always a good 
thing to extend its service life. The rotator is the weak  link in the 
rotatable antenna chain so any time you can increase its  reliability, you're ahead.
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH