[TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor

[Ward Silver]

I am *so* glad to see this pointed out...thank you.

That which turns is the rotor.  That which causes the rotor to rotate is 
the rotator.

But ham jargon is what it is.

73, Ward N0AX

On 1/3/2015 5:47 PM, towertalk-request at contesting.com wrote:
> 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
> ?r?d?r/
> *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
> ?r??t?t?r/
> *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.