[TowerTalk] T2X rotor stuck

[Earl Morse]

Having a box of Tailtwisters and HamIV rotators is going to make it hard to plunk down $2500-$3000 for a worm drive.  Would love to have one, maybe further down the road.  

A new installation is going to have a lot of costs even if you have all the parts already.  I will probably put up the old rotator with the intent of changing it out at a later date, maybe an earlier date if it continues to act up.  Right now I have to take it all down then evaluate what I have and what I want to do.  Not sure if I am going to get new antennas or rebuild all the current ones.  Then there is the radio that is now old enough to drink in every state.  What's DSP?  A new radio is high on the list just because I want to easily remote the station this time.

Maybe by the time I retire it will all be done.  Unless Ham Radio starts to pay better it is going to remain a hobby and on the back burner.  Are they taking that pecuniary interest clause out of the rules yet? ;)

Earl
N8SS

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 16:29:18 -0400
From: "john at kk9a.com" <john at kk9a.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] T2X rotor stuck
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If you rebuild your station, I would consider using a rotator without a
brake. There are less things to go wrong and you need less conductors
running all the way to your tower. I have not used a rotator with a brake
in decades and I have no issues with large Yagis staying in position.

John KK9A