[TowerTalk] Quiet antenna rotators?

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Bill Parry wrote:
>
>You might mention to him that the noise is a mechanical brake that 
>increases the safety of your antenna system.
>
Nice one   :-)


The total amount of noise from a Ham-x will depend more than anything on 
the way the operator uses it. A single sequence of "click... whir... 
click" is nothing to object to, even if it's repeated every few minutes. 
But if someone has the habit of repeatedly jiggling the controller to 
drop the brake wedge into *exactly* the best notch, that is sure to 
create an irritating clatter.

The problem also increases if someone is doing all this on a quiet 
summer evening or at night, when sound tends to carry and people are 
more sensitive to it.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK