[TowerTalk] yaesu rotors

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/26/2008 5:33:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  Am putti9ng up a KT36XA at 120 ft and am thinking of rotors.  The T2X wont
survive much in Ohio winter and spring winds


Dude!
 
    You're right - not the best  choice.

>  Prositel is too big and cumversome and I worry abt  service.
 
    They have good points and not so good  ones.

>  Yaesu is questionable. I had one and it worked for  less than a yr.are they
any better now and can you get them fixed in the  US



        Which one? The 2800 seems  to be a pretty robust rotator with very 
good reliability. I've seen some big  stuff turned with one.
 
        The best rotator on the  market today? The Orion 2800 with a Green 
Heron controller and my Orion  mast-clamp. The combination totally eliminates 
the 1 fatal problem and 1  semi-fatal problem if you were to use the factory 
stuff. 
 
        The mast-clamp is $150  and is very strong, using 6 U-bolts. 
 
Cheers & GL,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH



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