[HCARC] Rotator Cable

[W4wj at aol.com]

Gary...
 
How long is the cable run for the rotor?  On real long runs, you  may
have to double up the motor conductors, with two more  parallel conductors, 
because of the voltage drop during rotation.
 
73
Don
W4WJ
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/15/2013 8:23:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
qltfnish at omniglobal.net writes:

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
>  ______________________________________________________________
> HCARC  mailing list
> Home:  http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc
> Help:  http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post:  mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by:  http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list:  http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
>
>
> -----
>  No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>  Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6173 - Release Date:  
03/14/13
>  

______________________________________________________________
HCARC  mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcarc
Help:  http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post:  mailto:HCARC at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by:  http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list:  http://www.qsl.net/donate.html