[Antennas] Question

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:22:49 -0500

You can mount a weather-tight box on the outside wall and use electrical
conduit
to the inside to pass the coax, rotor cables, coax switch control cables,
ect....

In my case , (Brick home) I removed the cement from around a single brick
using a
1/4" masonry bit and passed (2) pieces of PVC conduit through the hole ,
using
standard conduit fittings to attach the electrical box to the outside wall
and again
on the inside.

Be sure to caulk where the box meets the outside wall and save the brick
that you removed.
If you were careful when removing the brick, you can simply re-cement the
same brick back
back in place if you no longer need the hole. Also be sure to use proper
grounding on any
feedlines / control cables before entering the house. I use the metal
electrical box and conduit
to pull in my 12 volt emergency power from the deep-cycle battery located
outside .
Hope this was helpful..............John Brown -  KE4HIE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Bullon" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] Question

> Hello Rudy
> What I do is open the window and put a piece of plexiglass in the opening
> (The window in the shack is a vertical sliding window). I then place a
short
> piece of broomstick between the sliding part of the window and the window
> frame so no one can open the window from the outside.
> I have feed thru connectors in holes drilled in the plexiglass. for the
> coax. Control lines for the rotor and switching are feed from the shack
> though holes in the plexiglass with  4 pin trailer connectors on the
outside
> end to mate with the lines coming from the lightning suppressors in the
> metal box out side and below the window.
> One tip mark the freed thru connectors and control line on both sides of
the
> plexiglass so no matter if you are inside the shack or outside the window
> you know what goes where.
> 73
> Rick
> KC5AJX
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Antennas] Question
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:22:04 -0700
>
> Living here in the valley of the sun, Chandler, Az in my case, a large
> majority of us live in stucco-clad homes. If this is your situation or
even
> any other type of construction, I was wondering how you brought in your
> antenna feedlines and other wires into your shack? Did you go through the
> wall? If so how, what kind of installation did you do? Through the window?
> Under the door? If your antenna's are in the attic, how'd you bring the
same
> wires down to your operating station? An inquiring mind would like to
know.
> T.I.A.
>
> Rudy
> WW7AZ
>
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