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joe joe
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 12:12 am: | 
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does anyone know the life of a rotor i have one it's about ten year old how long do they last for |
Bruce
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 5:03 am: |
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mine went from 1968 and is still working if you dont overload then they will last a long time. My rotor only was turning a 5 elm 2 meter beam for years and when it was on the tower in the 70 turned a pair of 220 antennas and a 4 elm 6 meter beam ... 1975-86 now its being regreased i havent had time since i took it down to finsh that and put it and the beam back up if i remember right its a TR-44. |
Kirk
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 10:16 am: |
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Jo-Jo- what kind is it? any thrust bearing on it? whats the load that its turning in sq.ft? |
Tech808
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 10:54 am: |
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joejoe,
30 years on mine and still going strong.
Let me know what Name / Brand & Model and if you should ever have any problem's let me know.
Lon
Tech808 |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 12:31 pm: |
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I bought a used rotor and control ( the old bakelite plastic control box) once at a yard sale that was bought new in 1957 and it still worked up until i sold it like 8 years ago!!!! |
joe joe
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 1:09 pm: |
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i have a rack shack i made a suport bearing that attach to the both masts i use it with a shoot star it work fine with no problem i was thinking about puting up a new one or rebuilt the old |
Pointman
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 2:43 pm: |
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The one on my house for the TV antenna is now 20+ years with no issues and it sits here taking the punishment of these harsh NH winters. |
joe joe
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 6:28 pm: |
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thank you for all your input joejoe |
