RCA VH226E Programmable Outdoor Antenna Rotator

Using for 6 meter Moxon and 2 meter Yagi antennas. Works well and withstands Oklahoma storms and the winds sweeping down the plains! Have had up through tornadic storm with 80 mph winds, ice storm, and sustained 50-55mph winds during spring. No damage seen to the braking system and works very well. Much cheaper option than ham rotator and can handle 3 sq ft of antenna well. UPDATE: Have now been through 91mph wind gusts of 4-5 seconds with 15 min of sustained 65-70mph winds and still doing well. Oklahoma is lovely during Spring and early summer:) My rotator is mounted on a well guyed aluminum flag pole of 26’ above ground and 30” below ground in concrete. This has been my 6m/2m mast for 2 years now and through countless storms. Everything works well. I do annual maintenance checks on the system and tighten, reseal, etc. I remain happy with this system.. UPDATE Mar 2023: Changed antennas to an Eantenna 2850 6m/10m Moxon and a Create 108-1300MHz Log Periodic just over 1 year ago. The RCA rotor is handling the heavier load and increased wind load very well. No issues at all, despite severe storms with 70-80mph wind gusts and hours of steady 30 mph Oklahoma winds with frequent gusts up to 50 mph. For the techies, my total antenna & mast weight is 9.6 kg and the wind load is 0.21 m sq. My other RCA rotator system for my LEO VU satellite array is also holding up equally well. These rotators have been a very cost-effective investment for my ham station and should handle just about any residential TV antenna on the market.

This is a good unit for a small lightweight rotor. It is being used to turn a vertical receiving loop and it is working well. I was surprised to hear how quiet it is when rotating. The control box only shows direction in degrees / 10, so for instance a reading of 12 on the controller means 120 degrees. I also had to enlarge the opening for my rotor control cable which is flat instead of round - possibly round cable would not have presented any issues. But those are small nits for what is a very nice rotor for the price. As long as you don't overload it with an antenna that is too large, and pay attention to getting the control cable wiring to match between the 3 connections on both ends, you should have no issues at all.

This rotator is a light duty item that works well with smaller fm, or tv antennas. Its lightweight design adds to its simplicity of installation. You can add to its durability by adding an optional “thrust bearing bracket “ to the lower part of the antenna masting. It comes with a programmable control box and remote that will remember the antenna locations to customize where the antenna should go by pressing a custom code number and letting the antenna point itself directly toward the station you want to view. All automatically! For the cost, it’s relatively inexpensive compared to the others, but gets the job done in rotating smaller outdoor antennas with ease. Needs additional three conductor cable between the control box and rotator.

The unit appears very well built and functions as advertised with one exception that depends on your TV. The literature on the unit indicates that it has 12 memory locations that you can use to find and store antenna locations that are optimum for your reception area. And this is true, BUT: If you have a TV (like ours) that cannot permanently store the digital channels then there is no way to use this, or any, antenna positioner without rescanning the channels each time you move the antenna. If this was the old days of analog TV, it would work great as the channel numbers are locked in. We have an "older" Samsung flatscreen TV, probably 8 years old or so. Like all digital TVs, you hit the auto-scan and it finds all the channels it can for the given antenna position. Then if you move the antenna (manually or with this remote device) you scan again which erases all the previously found channels and populates the list with the new found channels. I did a lot of research to see if there was a way to lock them in and found none. I tried saving the channels as favorites, but these got erased also when doing a new scan. So, if you have a TV that can properly store the channels, or just want a remote positioner for that convenience, I think it works very well. If you want to use the position memory function to quickly move from one station to another and your TV can't permanently store the channels, then you will have to scan each time you rotate the antenna. And that doesn't work for me.

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Qualité prix et Montage facile très bien ; mais le gros problème cet que le bloque commande fonctionne en 110 V ? Donc achat en plus d'un transfo d'isolement 110v/230v

Perfect. Works great

Zit een Amerikaanse stekker en staat 110 volt op.

This was purchased to turn a 4 element 2m quad ham radio antenna. It arrived quicker than expected, well boxed and full instructions. You will need a drop Down adapter from 240v to 110v for around 10.00. Cable is 3 core mains. Available at the local store. Very, very quiet, turns with ease! Program it to all the directions and your fine. You don't even have to do that you can use the remote to control it manually. Excellent value at a yaesu rotator that's overkill for light weight 2m antennas. 2e0rte.