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I would NEVER use a rotator rated for 5 sq. ft. with an antenna system of 5 sq.ft. No headroom whatsoever and one step away from failure. I had a CDE rotator ( bought out by Hygain) rated for 7.5 sq. ft and used it with an antenna system approaching that and broke two ring gears over the years. It was properly mounted inside the tower with a thrust bearing at the top. It was the wind that tried to rotate the rotator that broke the gears. Now I am looking at installing approximately 22 sq. feet of antennas and have a Yaesu G-2800DXA rotator rated for 32 sq. ft. I feel better about this.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 655571, member: 39"] I would NEVER use a rotator rated for 5 sq. ft. with an antenna system of 5 sq.ft. No headroom whatsoever and one step away from failure. I had a CDE rotator ( bought out by Hygain) rated for 7.5 sq. ft and used it with an antenna system approaching that and broke two ring gears over the years. It was properly mounted inside the tower with a thrust bearing at the top. It was the wind that tried to rotate the rotator that broke the gears. Now I am looking at installing approximately 22 sq. feet of antennas and have a Yaesu G-2800DXA rotator rated for 32 sq. ft. I feel better about this. [/QUOTE]

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