[TowerTalk] Fwd: Fast, cheap, and or good... Pick two.

[Matthew King - KK4CPS]

To this reasonably new ham (2011), it looks like the antenna would be the
"rotor" and the thing that spins it would be the "rotator." Hy-Gain and
Yaesu seem to agree on their websites, as they call the devices that turn
antennas "rotators."  Maybe they've always been that way?

Just a thought....

Matt King
KK4CPS

ro·tor
ˈrōdər/
*noun*

   1. a rotary part of a machine or vehicle, in particular:
   - a hub with a number of radiating airfoils that is rotated in an
      approximately horizontal plane to provide the lift for a rotary-wing
      aircraft.
      - the rotating assembly in a turbine, especially a wind turbine.



ro·ta·tor
ˈrōˌtātər/
*noun*

   1. *a thing that rotates or that causes something to rotate.*
   - ANATOMY
      a muscle whose contraction causes or assists in the rotation of a
      part of the body.


On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <
towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:

> Cheers!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g at windstream.net>
> To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jan 3, 2015 6:04 pm
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Fast, cheap, and or good... Pick two.
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> ....... antenna and rotor (when exactly did rotors become rotators?
>    (Maybe about the time all problems became issues?)
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> "Rotator" is not even in my spelling verifier.
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> Hans - N2JFS
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