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Subject: [TowerTalk] Yaesu rotor
From: dick@libelle.com (Dick Flanagan)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 14:05:32 -0800
At 1:16 PM -0800 3/2/98, K7LXC wrote:

>    When people ask me about pinning masts, my recommendation is that they
>don't.  I feel that what happens is the forces get pushed down to the next
>weak link in the chain. In this case it's a gear or brake. It's much easier
>and cheaper to go up occasionally and re-align the antenna than it is to swap
>out and repair rotators.

Just as a data point, pinning the mast will void the warranty on the M2
Orion 2800.

73, Dick

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