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@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] T2X rotor stuck
Message-ID: <7c33ca4ec381fe296163c937b6d6436d.squirrel@www11.qth.com>
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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
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