[TowerTalk] rotor or rotator

[Larry Banks]

Sorry about the spelling...

So now I understand.  The rotor, which is inside the stationary rotator and
is connected to the aerial by a semi-rigid element, rotates and therefore
turns the aerial.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Larry Banks
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 11:43
To: Ham - Tower Talk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] rotor or rotator

So now I understand.  The rotor, which is inside the stationary rotator and
is connected the the aerial buy a semi-rigid element, rotates and therefore
turns the aerial.

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ




-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Turner
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 23:36
To: Towertalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] rotor or rotator

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On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 20:50:58 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>
>Ham 55 years. Hrd them called both all these years.
>
>K9IL

REPLY:

I have too, but only rotator is correct. A rotor is a device that
itself rotates, such as the moving part in an electric motor. A
rotator is a device that causes something else to rotate but itself is
stationary.

73, Bill W6WRT
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