Hey all
I am in the process of rebuilding my station at my new QTH post earthquakes here
One topic I have been looking into recently is the ability to bring key/control
lines back from my VHF-SHF arrays back to the shack
What do you guys do when faced with so many control lines??
For example
One mast alone has!
144 mast head preamp 12V DC line (2 lines) + keying line ( 2 lines )
432 masthead preamp 12V DC line (2 lines) + keying line ( 2 lines )
1296 masthead preamp/amp 12V DC line (2 lines) + keying line ( 2 lines ) +
28V DC line (2 lines)
Rotator ( SPID - 4 DC wires – 4 pulse wires for direction Screened)
So one mast alone has 22 wires for either DC / control / key lines!
The other mast will be just as bad with 3400, 5760, 10g and 24g on it!
I shall install power to the base of the mast so I can minimise DC runs for
transverters etc
But does anyone else bus bars for this kind of job?
Preferably something with transient protection on it ??
Any suggestions gratefully received – interested in what some of the bigger
stations are using !
Cheers
Simon ZL4PLM
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