Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor

[David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>]

Does it matter?  Would anyone not understand what you meant if you used 
either term?  Has anyone ever not understood what was meant when 
discussing that-which-turns-the-mast no matter which term was used?
But to answer your question, yes ... it should be called a rotator (even 
though my spell check indicates otherwise).
;)

Dave   AB7E



On 1/3/2015 10:05 PM, Don wrote:
> Does this mean my old prop pitch motor should be called a rotator?
>
> Don W7WLL
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ward Silver
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 8:58 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor
>
> I am *so* glad to see this pointed out...thank you.
>
> That which turns is the rotor.  That which causes the rotor to rotate is
> the rotator.
>
> But ham jargon is what it is.
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
>
> On 1/3/2015 5:47 PM, towertalk-request@contesting.com wrote:
> > To this reasonably new ham (2011), it looks like the antenna would be 
> > the
> > "rotor" and the thing that spins it would be the "rotator." Hy-Gain and
> > Yaesu seem to agree on their websites, as they call the devices that 
> > turn
> > antennas "rotators."  Maybe they've always been that way?
> >
> > Just a thought....
> >
> > Matt King
> > KK4CPS
> >
> > ro?tor
> > ?r?d?r/
> > *noun*
> >
> >     1. a rotary part of a machine or vehicle, in particular:
> >     - a hub with a number of radiating airfoils that is rotated in an
> >        approximately horizontal plane to provide the lift for a 
> > rotary-wing
> >        aircraft.
> >        - the rotating assembly in a turbine, especially a wind turbine.
> >
> >
> >
> > ro?ta?tor
> > ?r??t?t?r/
> > *noun*
> >
> >     1. *a thing that rotates or that causes something to rotate.*
> >     - ANATOMY
> >        a muscle whose contraction causes or assists in the rotation of a
> >        part of the body.
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