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Field day antennas and kits : part 5
 Rotor use on field day:
 Somehow,rotors have been deemed off-limits in some unsaid word by amateurs
during field day operations. This is nothing more than pure BS. If you have a
beam antenna then get that rotor under the beam and use it,especially if you
are running 'A' for field day.
 If you believe an amp or two draw on a generator for 30 secs is going to 
uin
your power source,well...what can I say. Even in an emergency condition,it is
not necessary to run a wire antenna and have a car battery as a source of
power every time. But that may be all you have.
 Rotors work and they work well. Pre-preps include quick disconnects on your
control cables,lubrication of the bearings,U-bolt de-corrosion and 
ubrication
,pre-testing as a MUST before using a rotor on field day or in emergency use.
 Rotors can be stored in storage boxes made of wood or old luggage.
SOME NOTES:
 o Do not over rate your rotor.
  - Light duty means light duty.
    Don't stack a 10m and 20m beam on a rotor built for a TV antenna.
 o Do tin the wires before attaching them to rotor and/or controller.
  - Frayed wires are shorts waiting to happen.
 o Do not attach the control wires with the control box powered.
 o Do disconnect via the QD connector when lightning storms are in the area.
  (MOLEX Style quick disonnects)
  - Power down the rotor and use the QD. It's the one item we seem to forget
  in a lightning storm.
-WS
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