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 hesita
I am not sure what a Green Heron combo is but for sure Green Heron controllers are cream of the crop. I have quite a few of them and support is also excellent. In my opinion a stock Yaesu G-2800DXA (
Author: Chick Allen via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:49:30 -0400
Gary - I've been using the Green Heron RT-21 controllers with good success. They're easy, come pre-programmed and have great service. My choice of rotators is the Orion 2800PXAZ. Beefy and nice ramp-
! agree re Yaesu 2800 either new or old model are good rotators except for the Yaesu controller. It works fine but the mickey mouse pointer o-ring drives are a pain to replace when they go flabby.
Gary, My choice would be the Yaesu G-2800DXA with a Green Heron RT-21 controller. I originally had a Tailtwister but they are notorious for the capacitor in the controller going bad. As a replacement
Folks, Thank you for the direct and list, informative replies. So many direct replies and I am grateful & I'll reply to each directly but I'll use the list to offer a global reply right now. There wa
Hi Gary; Just a small correction - the Alfa Spid is actually made in Poland but with much input from us in Canada (Alfa Radio). For mounting outside of a tower like you describe, it's something the R
Author: k7lxc--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:18:26 -0400
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. good choice but I have no experience with new rotors. I'd appreci
This sounds like something that could be used with a side mounted beam/tribander/5bander for enabling it to rotate at least 90-120 degrees or something like that. I have been thinking of trying somet
Which capacitor? There are several. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of tommy@k6ye.com Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 11:56 AM To: G
Yes the RAK (or big RAK) model rotators are well suited for side mounts as they are easily mounted on a standoff mast... very easy to make - 2 lengths of angle iron, 2 short pieces of pipe and a slee
Jim, Sorry about that. It is the very large (usually black) capacitor connected across the motor leads (C2). Ideally, this cap should have been located at the rotor rather than the controller. I orig
Actually with a swinging gate to offset the boom, and an outside tower but close mounted rotator to swing the gate will yield almost 270 degrees of beam azimuth rotation. I designed a rotator suppor
I prefer and use a pair of the Alfa Spid RAK and Green Heron controller combos. You can jack the supply voltage to the rotator up via the controller to increase rotational speed. Along with that, the
Don´t you like the Big Boy rotators? aka Prosistel https://www.arraysolutions.com/prosistel-general-info And the Array´s control? https://www.arraysolutions.com/Rotators/ra-s1 73, Maximo ____________
Folks, Thanks again for all the on & off list replies. I looked at the options and decided to go with the Green Heron 21D controller with the larger readout & an Alpha Spid RAK. I thought about the b