[TowerTalk] ProSisTel PST110D-Pro Rotator

[john at kk9a.com]

Save yourself a lot of grief and future expenses, buy a prop pitch rotator.

John KK9A


To:	towertalk reflector <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	[TowerTalk] ProSisTel PST110D-Pro Rotator
From:	David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
Date:	Sat, 21 Nov 2015 01:04:01 -0700


The horrendous wind gusts I get on my hillside QTH ... raging 80 to 90 mph
swirlers that apply a push-pull torque on the boom (and therefore the
mast) when they hit the antennas head on ... have stripped the gears on my
PST-61D rotator, so I'm in the market for a heavier duty version. I don't
need lots of rotating torque and I don't need lots of weight bearing
capability, but I do need the equivalent of a lot of braking torque ...
mostly really beefy gears. I've been considering the monster PST110D-Pro
but I'm aware of one nearby ham who has had recent reliability problems
with the motor in two different PST110D rotators that he purchased.

I sent an email to Array Solutions almost two weeks ago
(info at arraysolutions.com) asking them for their comments on the issue but
they haven't bothered to respond, and a bunch of internet searching has
come up with very little information (good or bad) on the PST110D.

So does anyone here on the reflector have any first hand experience with
this rotator ... or know anyone who does? Thanks in advance for any
comments.

Dave   AB7E