[TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Dave,  Since the MS spell check now seems to be so important in how we 
organize our posts, please put in "obamacare" (with a lower case o) and 
see how bill Gates apparently has a sense of humor.

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
On 1/4/2015 1:18 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> 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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