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Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator loop construction?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator loop construction?
From: K8RI on TT <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:32:35 -0400
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On 8/23/2011 11:17 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
> Should a rotator loop be constructed so that it goes +/-180 or should it be
> more like 360-720? The first reverse as it goes through the midpoint of

I set mine to mid rotation so it can run 3 full turns.   Then again my 
rotator runs 540 degrees.

I let the could lay flat on top of the tower. It forms a could much 
like  a watch spring.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> rotation whereas the second would just wind either tighter or looser.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim ab3cv (rotator rookie...)
>


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