[amsat-bb] More Rotator Questions

Gary gary_mayfield at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 30 03:18:23 UTC 2020


We have a winner! Thanks Mark.

73,
Gary "Joe" kk0sd

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Johns, K0JM <k0jm.mark at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2020 12:44 PM
To: Gary <gary_mayfield at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] More Rotator Questions

It appears to be an RCA 10W707 from circa 1960 or so.
One sold on eBay recently for $300!
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Mark D. Johns, KØJM
AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor
Brooklyn Park, MN USA   EN35hd
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"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
   you would stay out and your dog would go in."
    ---Mark Twain

On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 12:34 PM Gary via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> I am still going through my box 'o' salvaged rotators and came across a Mystery rotator. It looks a lot like an Alliance U-100, but can accommodate a slightly larger mast. It also is a 5 wire rotator, not 4. The 'weather proofing' ring is black. And the connection screws are in a different pattern than the Alliance T45 or C225 rotators.
>
> I posted some pictures to a small write up here:
> http://www.kk0sd.net/mystery/mystery.htm
>
> Finally, Does anyone know off the top of their head which screw on a Channelmaster 3 wire rotator is CW, which is CCW and which is the common?
>
> I appreciate you taking the time to look.
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Gary "Joe" kk0sd
> gary_mayfield at hotmail.com<mailto:gary_mayfield at hotmail.com>
>
>
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