[TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor

[David Gilbert]

Does it matter?  Would anyone not understand what you meant if you used 
either term?  Has anyone ever not understood what was meant when 
discussing that-which-turns-the-mast no matter which term was used?

But to answer your question, yes ... it should be called a rotator (even 
though my spell check indicates otherwise).

;)

Dave   AB7E



On 1/3/2015 10:05 PM, Don wrote:
> Does this mean my old prop pitch motor should be called a rotator?
>
> Don W7WLL
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ward Silver
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 8:58 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor
>
> 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.
>
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