[amsat-bb] Counterbalance weight on antenna rotator?

Bob Hammond propgrinder at gmail.com
Fri Oct 4 17:01:02 UTC 2019


I forgot to add that all my antennas are end-mount with the 2M antenna on
one side of the EL rotor and the 23cm and 70cm antennas on the other side.



On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 7:56 AM Bob Hammond <propgrinder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do a lot of you, or all, use a counterbalance weight on your elevation
> rotor?  If so, how did you implement it?
>
> I have 3 antennas (2M, 70cm, 23cm) on my cross boom and want to reduce the
> load on the Yaesu rotor so it lasts longer.
>
> 73s,
>
> Bob
> W7OTJ
>


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