[NLRS] Coax to antenna feedpoints: an unbroken run or a rotor loop transition connection?

[David Palm]

I have new antennas to put up for 50/144/222/432.  I may have time to get
them up before the September contest.

My question is whether most of you run an unbroken cable all the way from
your lightning arrestors to the feedpoint of the antennas (with enough
extra at the top to create a rotor loop), or whether you do a run from the
arrestors to a junction box at the top of the tower, then transition to
shorter rotor loop sections to the feedpoints?  It's an additional hassle
and some loss involved in the second scenario, but now I'm thinking that in
terms of being able to service individual antennas it would be nice to be
able to disconnect them at the top of the tower and have only a relatively
few feet of cable to wrangle with.

Your thoughts would be helpful, as this will all be happening quite soon.

73,

David  W9HQ