[HCARC] Rotator Cable

[H. Vordenbaum]

It certainly wouldn't hurt to use an 8 wire cable.
The two heavier wires are for the motor.
My Yeasu G-2800 uses 6 wire cable that they were nice enough to include 131
ft. of it.  It came with connectors attached for each end.
I see that the HY-GAINS have connectors now instead of the old terminal
strips which were a nuisance.
K5HV


-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Gary and Arlene Johnson
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 19:39 PM
To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCARC] Rotator Cable

In the pursuit of getting everything ready to go into conduit to get to the
top of the hill, I am getting ready to take Mr Bill's advice and remember to
run rotator cable to the tower site.  Most every rotator manufacturer says
to use 6 conductor cable and all of the rotator cable I have been able to
find has 8 conductors (2 larger and 6 smaller gauge wires)  Am I missing
something here??  Am I really going to need all 8 wires OR could I use the
extra pair of wires to bring 12 volt to the tower vs running a second
dedicated 12 volt line??

Asked in the interest of doing it right the first time vs doing it twice.

Gary J
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013
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