[TowerTalk] Rotors that fit

Skip kj6y at aol.com
Fri Oct 20 18:38:45 EDT 2017


The M2 OR-2800 will fit with the round plate not the oval. 


Skip, KJ6Y. Sent from my IPhone

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Marv Shelton <marvs at att.net> wrote:
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> 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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