[TowerTalk] Rotors that fit

Marv Shelton marvs at att.net
Fri Oct 20 12:48:48 EDT 2017


I own a TX-472 tower.  The top section of which is the ‘standard’ triangle that is 11-7/16” per side.
While a Hygain Ham IV will fit inside with sufficient clearance when the tower is lowered and all the sections are nested, a T2X rotor can make contact with the cross braces and can only be fully nested when the rotor is in a specific position.
I am wondering how other hams deal with the issue of rotors not fitting fully inside tower sections of crank-ups?
One thing I could do is place a steel stop beneath the rotor shelf height so that when lowered, the top section will not fully nest inside the next section.
I’d like to use the T2X instead of my Ham IV, better still, I’d like to install a rotor with greater accuracy because of the UHF and VHF boomers that are on the mast along with my SteppIR.
Anyone have any ideas besides mine? Any recommendations for more accurate (1-2 degrees) rotors?

Marv wa2bfw





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