[TowerTalk] Rotor on the verge of failure?

[john at kk9a.com]

I think that you should have used Yaesu's largest rotator for that antenna 
load or something even stronger.  It costs more initially, but it saves 
money and aggravation in the long run.  At my P40A station used a Yaesu 
G-2800DXA to turn a  homebrew 4el 20m - 36' boom and a 2el 40m Optibeam and 
it held up fine for a number of years (except for a lot of corrosion) in 
Aruba's constant wind.

John KK9A


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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor on the verge of failure?
From: Tony Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:35:10 -0400


On 4/10/2010 6:51 PM, Mike wrote:
> Not normal.
>

Mike,

I was afraid of that.

I had Yaesu 800 series rotator failure a while back so I purchased a
1000 thinking it would hold up. Need something a bit more stout that
will fit inside my US Tower HDX 555 and spin a 5 el 20 meter mono bander
and a 3 el Steppir.

> You do not give any information how you have it mounted, but if you have 
> it
> bolted to a plate inside the tower I would check the Four mounting bolts
>

I checked all the bolts today and they were tight on both the mounting
plate and the rotator. The noise does appear to be coming from the
rotator itself.

A picture is worth a thousand words as they say -- I can send you the
video if you like?

Thanks,

Tony -K2MO




> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tony
>
>
> All,
>
> I have a Yaesu 1000 antenna rotor that seems to be making a bit more
> noise than usual. It creeks a bit as the wind moves the antennas around.
> I recorded some video while on the tower today and was wondering if
> anyone could tell me if the noise is normal wear and tear or if it's on
> the verge of failure? The rotor is only few years old.
>
> The video is roughly 3MB.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony -K2MO
>
>
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