[HCARC] Yaesu GA-3000 Rotor Shock Mount

[Gary J - N5BAA]

Thanks Mr. Bill.  It was just one of those things that caught my eye, 
especially after Harvey had just talked about his tower and his 2800. 
Sometimes things like this rattle around in my brain and then on a Sunday 
Morning they just spill out - hence the question.  Someday when I have 
graduated from really tiny Pistol-dom and get the uncontrollable urge to dig 
a big hole in the ground (I'll build an in ground swimming pool - HAH!!!) 
I'll put up a tower big enough to warrant a 2800 and a shock absorber.

Not soon though - at least for the tower, but in the future when the house 
is paid off (7 years) and if the economy hasn't tanked I will seriously 
think about a pool.  It would almost make summers bearable.  And I have 
enough experience with water chemistry to keep the water clear.  In fact 
since I do rainwater collection with 28,500 gallons of storage, it would be 
neat to fill it with rainwater vs hard well water.  I already fill my hot 
tub with rainwater - it makes the water chemistry so much simpler when you 
don't have to overcome 30+ grains of hardness.  The amount of chemicals you 
have to put in well water to run a hot tub properly makes it like bathing in 
a chemical soup.

Gary J
N5BAA

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Tynan
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 2:35 PM
To: Gary J - N5BAA ; hcarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [HCARC] Yaesu GA-3000 Rotor Shock Mount

Gary and all:

No, I don't have one, although I have had a 2800 for abt 15 years. It's the
best rotator I've ever had. Of course, I don't have a big 4 element 20 or a
40 meter beam, just the 50 ft boom M2 for 6 meters, the 36 ft boom 2 meter
and other assorted VHF and UHF antennas. If I was to have a big 20 meter
beam or a 40 meter beam, I probably would be worried abt the shock and would
have the GA-3000.

My $.02 worth.

73,

Bill, W3XO

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From: "Gary J - N5BAA" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 9:39 AM
To: <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [HCARC] Yaesu GA-3000 Rotor Shock Mount

> In CQ magazine I saw a reference to a Yaesu GA-3000 rotor Shock Mount that 
> is designed to absorb the shock of a large antenna array stopping when 
> using the Yaesu 2800 rotor.  It supposedly absorbs the shock of stopping 
> thus helping to prevent damage to the turning rings.  While I don’t either 
> have an array that is big, nor the ability to mount a 2800 rotor in my 
> crank up tower, it was something I have not heard of in any of our 
> presentations on antenna towers.  DOES ANYONE USE THIS Shock Mount or is 
> it some extra stuff that only the BIG GUNS with BIG TOWERS need to be 
> concerned with.
>
> 73
>
> Gary J
> N5BAA
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