[HCARC] Rotator Cable

[Gary and Arlene Johnson]

So, the rotators use the two heaviest wires for the motor and four of the 
remaining six for direction.  Sounds good to me - then I do have 2 extra 
wires I can use for something else.

Gary J
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H. Vordenbaum" <tower2 at stx.rr.com>
To: "'Gary and Arlene Johnson'" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net>; 
<hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: [HCARC] Rotator Cable


> 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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