[TowerTalk] The T2X Rotor

[K8RI]

I've used the Tail Twisters over the years with good luck with the exception 
my current set up which is way too large for the T2X.  It's only a TH-5 at 
100 feet, but at 115 feet is a 7L 6-meter beam on a 28'10" boom and a 14 
foot cross boom at 130 feet with a pair of 12L 2-meter beams and a pair of 
11 L 440s. OTOH an HDR 300 couldn't handle it either<:-)) Both lived very 
short lives.

I would think a T2X would hold up well as long as both the weight and wind 
load are within its specs.

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

> I've been using a T2X to turn a KT34XA since 1981. At one time, there was
> even a 13 element 2M KLM Long Boom Antenna mounted on the very top for 
> about a
> dozen years. I'm guessing, but I think the first one lasted a dozen years 
> or
> so. I replaced it with a refurbished one from Norm's Rotors & that  one 
> lasted
> 5 or so years until it needed replacing by yet another of Norm's 
> Refurbished
> Rotors. The last two have the 5 second brake delay feature the  original 
> one
> did not. IMO ... it's a fine rotor ... and I certainly can't  complain 
> about
> not getting my monies wroth out of them since 1981. I'd buy one  again 
> with
> hesitation.
>
> 73 & GL.