I suspect he was thinking cheap and easy lol.
a ten element 2M beam probably weighs 5lbs with a wind load of less than 1 
sq ft.
Use one small thrust bearing on a piece of push up, with the rotator at the 
bottom, and it might turn a bit slower, but it'll do the job nicely with a 
small TV antenna rotator.
The trick with the needle on the control box is a good one...though isn't it 
kind of easy to knock it out of whack?

I've got one of those sitting downstairs that needs new caps or something.
Then again, it might work fine.  The old fella had it up for over 30 years 
and said it wasn't working quite right.  When we took everything down, the 
connecters for the rotator cable and the terminals on the rotator itself 
were very very badly corroded.
So I've got the 48FT medium duty tower, the 4 element cushcraft a4s and ham 
IV rotator and no where to put it all up haha.
73
Colin, VA6bkx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: tv roters for beam antennas


> The control boxes for the Yaesu rotors have a round glass front cover that
> simply comes off when you turn it counter clockwise just a few degrees.
> With the cover off, you can touch the needle and easily determine where 
> the
> antenna is pointing.  Yaesu makes a number of different rotors, with 
> various
> amounts of torque and load capacity.  I can't remember what the model
> numbers are for their smaller units, but I have had very good luck with 
> the
> G1000 and G2800.  I am using the G2800 right now to turn my big SteppIr 
> DB36
> that has a 36 foot long boom, and max element length of 49 feet.  It 
> weighs
> about 200 pounds, but the full weight is supported by a pair of large 
> thrust
> bearings.  The Green Heron rotor control box is also a good choice, and it
> works with rotors of different manufacturers.
>
> HTH
>
> KD7GC
>
> .
>
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Edward alonzo
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 7:45 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: tv roters for beam antennas
>
> Good evening:
> I just made a contact here in my state on one of my local repeaters, =
> thats offered me a cushkraft 10- element beam antenna.
> Model number
> A14-10s I think it was and he said I would need a tv rotor because the =
> one he had for it quit working.
> do any of you guys have any experience with rotors. it seems like I've =
> heard they have modified some rotors so that you would know which way =
> your antenna is pointing.
> Any Ideas?
> Thankyou.
>
>
>
> Edward Alonzo
> CallSign KE5KRI