[TowerTalk] Help with rotor valuation, Telrex

[K8RI]

On 1/5/2013 10:19 AM, Matrin Sole wrote:
> Thanks Dave,
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> Yes, that's the one Ha, well it was early last year when I first came into
> this great pile of stuff, sometimes you have to invest when you spy the
> Alpha 77 in the pile! So I'm just working my way through it. Sold of a lot
> of stuff but the rotator seems to have sat  for a while, time to get it
> moved.
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> I'd rather forgotten some of what came out of that thread, indeed I think
> there were a couple of messages I missed altogether so thanks for the
> pointer. Think it gives me enough to work with and will try to sell locally.
> There are a couple of 'big' antenna stations in this corner of the world.
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> 73
> Martin, HS0ZED
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K1TTT
> Sent: 05 January 2013 20:44
> To: 'Towertalk'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Help with rotor valuation, Telrex
>
> To refresh memories, you asked about this one last year (ain't google
> great), and posted a picture at: http://tinyurl.com/78r5nk8 And there is a
> thread in the archives describing it:
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2012-02/msg00399.html
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> If the selsyns and motor work and there isn't too much play in the chain
> drive I would probably pay $500 for it if someone had it nearby and I had a
> use for it.  Without a pressing need for it I might invest $250 and spend
> some time cleaning it up to resell.  It will probably need to be cleaned up
> and painted, and maybe have the gear boxes opened up to check for
> lubrication and make sure there isn't any water damage in them.  The motor
> should also probably be checked.  One big problem with some of the old
> telrex rotors is that they only fit in BIG towers, you can't stuff them into
> rohn 25 or similar towers, and they are kind of a waste for small antennas
> anyway.  This kind of limits the market for them.  The use of selsyns also
> limits the use of after-market controllers, you have to refit them to use a
> pot for indication or use the old controller.
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matrin Sole [mailto:hs0zed at csloxinfo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 13:05
> To: 'Towertalk'
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Help with rotor valuation, Telrex
>
> I have a large rotator that I am trying to find information on and some idea
> as to value. Since it is really too big for anything I might ever have I
> will likely dispose of it if I can figure out a reasonable value. Weighs
> about 40kG so unless you live in Thailand I don't think this is for you.

Boy, but do I wish you were a bit closer to Michigan, I'm planning  a 
heavy duty crank up and will have to construct something similar for a 
rotator.

I was going to mount a rotator on the outside of a small tower ( still 
might) so I already have the P80 chain, gears and idlers, but that's a 
long way from the finished product.

73

Roger  (K8RI)