Check out this M2 website:
http://www.m2inc.com/products/rotors/or28002.html
Bob W6TR
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From: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 7:02 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Orion OR2800P
>I have spent the last hour searching for information on the Orion OR2800P
> rotator. All I found were opinions such as "I like it", "built like a
> tank", etc...but absolutely no information on how it's constructed, or the
> actual mechanics of the thing. I did find one photo of the assembled unit
> which doesn't even show scale.
>
> Would some one please describe the insides for me? What do they use for
> load supporting bearings, what kind of gears, are they spur or worm gear.
> If
> worm gear is a single or double reduction. What do they use for a brake if
> not a dual worm gear?
>
> If you need parts how long to get them? What kind of service and turn
> around
> time. Are there any parts that are a long delivery item?
>
> Are parts readily available for the controllers.
>
> For me it's not just how well an item works but how well it's supported
> and
> whether parts are standard and readily obtainable. Standard, readily
> obtainable parts is second only to "is the rotator adequate to do the job
> with a substantial safety margin".
>
> For large arrays like my system (there are *much* larger systems out
> there)
> I want the speed to either step up and down or smoothly increase and
> decrease at the beginning and end of any movement.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
> N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
> www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)
>
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