[TowerTalk] Rotor and controller choice

[Gary Smith]

I need to replace my old Tailtwister & 
control. It was stuck most of last winter 
and would not free up till I manually 
worked it back & forth and finally broke 
it free. It still has moments of 
hesitation in travel and though I can have 
it rebuilt, it's 40 years old and I need a 
more current controller anyway.

I removed the almost 40 year old Hy-Gain & 
replaced it with a M2 6M7JHV with 2.5 Sq 
feet of loading. It is on a roof mounted 
tripod. Eventually I will have a tower and 
HF beam, I'm looking at beams with 13 sq 
ft of wind loading and will have the 6M 
above the HF antenna so 15.5 wind loading 
is down the road. With that, I should 
consider a rotor to handle 20 Sq ft just 
to be on the safe side. I've been looking 
at digital controllers that allow me to 
manually choose the degree or use the 
logging software to aim it. 

At this point the Green Heron combos look 
affordable but looking at the Eham 
reviews, the rotors aren't getting the 
best marks. I'd rather get the right 
rotor/controller now and be overkill for 
the 6M antenna but be ready for the HF 
beam a few years down the road.

The Green Heron controllers seem to be a 
good choice but I have no experience with 
new rotors. I'd appreciate thoughts on a 
good combo for me to look at. A highly 
reliable rotor with quick rotational speed 
is important to me.

Suggestions?

73,

Gary
KA1J