Hey!

I thought you might enjoy this video as you usually don't get many chances to open up a T2X HF Rotor system! K2GXT has a damaged rotor on our HF beam that has decided not to turn. We have an extra rotor laying in the club room that needs a little work so here it is, all opened up and easy to see. I am not sure if the AC hum is suppose to be there, I'm pretty confident that it is and it's just the sound of the brake's solenoid... I hope



We have about $60 of parts to order such as bearings, grease, and a few others. Considering its a $400 rotor I think getting our hands dirty will not only be fun but financially easier too! Does your club have a rotor?

Thanks,
-Brent

Actually, I am looking forward to dissassembling the HyGain CD-45 on our tribander. Your video may be of more use than you may know!

Our club does have a rotor on our MFJ-1775 Antenna. The antenna itself does an all-right job, and it does take up very little space. The rotor is drastically under worked now as it used to support a 4-element 20M Yagi.

W9NAA has a rotor on our 20m-6m yagi, which is in pretty good shape. We also have an AZ/EL rotor combo currently mounted, but never hooked up, so we don't know their statuses. We are planing to run cable/feedline to them, and if they work, use them for 23cm, 70cm and 2m yagis for satellite ops.

Finally got all the parts to rebuild K2GXT's extra Hy-gain Rotor and install it in replacement of the broken one that is currently on the tower. It took a couple weeks to get them and unfortunately many members of the club are getting hammered down with homework, labs, school... like right now, it is 7PM on a Friday and I am taking a break while working on a lab in the EE building... sounds like engineering school .

I will get pictures up as soon as possible, it will be a good break from school and a nice "get your hands dirty" project replacing the gears and grease. Although this won't be ready for SCR it will get us back on our 2 element beam and free up the Off-Center-Fed Dipole.

Thanks,

-Brent

Ive got a Hy Gain rotor very similar to that one that I am in the process of rebuilding. Picked it up cheap at a swapfest.

I have overhaulded and repaired a few rotors for my school club. Our satellite tower, which i started the project of revamping, but was unable to finish before i graduated had a damaged rotor. It was a Yaesu AzEl contraption, not sure the exact model. The high end one I believe. The steel bracket that held the motor had been bent and twisted. few minutes in the machine shop and I milled a replacement out of aluminum, far stronger than the original sheet steel. Put it back together and greased it up, good as new. No. Better than new.

Put it back together and greased it up, good as new. No. Better than new.

Sounds like a lot of things when you do it yourself these days

Thanks,
-Brent