[ADXA] rotators

[charles at mckenziemonuments.com]

I could not get a T2X to handle the Mosley 67c3 on my tower tried 2 of 
um, rebuilt, repair, replace with Yaesu 2800 not a bit of trouble, I am 
now controlling it with the 4O3A rotor genius and the compass on the 
boom. That works slick. But I think Norris gets the problematic T2X’s 
I’ve not given um to him yet cause I like the guy, was thinking about 
giving um to someone I don’t like!

Charles




On 2024-09-06 00:59, w5znjoel at gmail.com wrote:
> Dennis,
> 
> I have had four Yaesu rotors and can highly recommend them. They do
> not have a break wedge like the Ham-x rotors. The gears and gearing
> ratio is different, and significantly better, than the Hy-Gain Ham-x
> and T2X rotors and that provides the “break” for the system. I
> have had a G-800, two G-1000, and two G-2800’s. I had a G-800 as the
> rotor for my 17/12 meter JK Yagi and 30 meter JK Yagi (all on the same
> tower). It worked fine. I have since replaced it with a G-1000 for no
> other reason than I had one and wanted a larger rotor for those
> antennas. I now only have two Yaesu rotors in use here, the G-1000
> just noted and a G-2800 rotating an M2 KT36XA and M2 6M9KHW. No issues
> to date. The Yaesu rotors only require five control wires. Two for the
> motor and three for the azimuth direction which, by the way, is
> soooooo much cleaner and smoother than the Hy-Gain pot readout.
> 
> I have no experience with the Yaesu rotor controllers so I can’t
> speak to those. I use the Green Heron controllers.
> 
> There is only one negative with the Yaesu rotors. It is my
> understanding you cannot buy parts for them. I have never needed to
> repair one and have never tried to order any parts, but that is what
> I’m told.
> 
> Opinions and preferences vary greatly, especially in amateur radio. My
> comments above are based on my experience with Yaesu rotors over the
> past 12 years. I completely stopped using Hy-Gain rotors at that time
> have none is use here.
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
> 
> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Dennis Schaefer
> Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2024 9:42 PM
> To: ADXA <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ADXA] rotators
> 
> A local friend needs a new rotator.  He is looking at a Yaesu G-800.
> He recently almost lost everything in 80 MPH winds and we had two
> similar storms within a week.  He wants to make sure he gets something
> with a good brake.   The Yaesu rotators say the braking system is
> “mechanical and electrical stopper”.   No one seems to know what
> that means.  I guess it is somewhere between the steel wedge in the
> Ham-X rotators and relying on the motor gears to resist windmilling
> like some of the low end rotators seem to do.
> 
> Anyone have any words of wisdom I can pass along to him?   The antenna
> is a small tribander, so he will probably be OK.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Dennis/RZ
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