I would like to hear from those in regards to ideas for the following. I
know there are those who have long runs of control cabling for rotation,
switching, etc. so I seek your ideas and advice.
I have a need for a temporary set up of a run that is 300 feet from the
operating position shack/controller to the top of the tower controlling
a Ham 4 rotator. The final set up with be a run of 700 feet from tower
to the operating position shack/controller
Would it be best to provide a disconnect near the connection point at
the top of the tower with a short pigtail to the Ham 4, as well as a
disconnect/splice point at the bottom of the tower, and a final run to
the shack/controller?
Based on previous discussions/ideas tossed around here within the last
2-3 weeks I would most likely take some ideas from the group in regards
to utlizing trailer type connects/disconnects and also splices within
the entire run.
A primary point/concern of my post is the length of the run on the
temporary 300 ft and to the final goal of 700 ft. What size of the
conductors/wire/cable to utilize for the effort. Some part being heavy
duty 8 conductor rotor cabling in conjuction with splices and/or runs of
UF solid wire cabling from 14 gauge to 10 gauge such as 14/3, etc. or
other such ideas on conductor size. A reasonable cost/maintenance
perspective would be ideal keeping in mind going from the 300 ft to the
700 ft in the future and ease of said transistion. None of this will be
buried, I have that part taken care of.
*(tower/rotor)*****short pigtail/run-->>>---*****(pigtail/connect
splice)*****run to bottom of tower -->>>-->>>-----*** **(bottom of
tower/connect splice) *****--->>>---->>>---*-****temp
run*****>>---->>>>>>>---->>>>>>----->>>>>>>------>>>>>------->>>>> 300
ft expanding to 700 ft>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (later
to be the permanent run)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>*** **to connect/splice back to 8
conductor rotor cable ham 4 controller in shack.****
Besides possibly utilizing trailer type connects/disconnects I was also
considering utilizing 8-10 conductor terminal blocks for
splices/junctions etc. and I could possibly place those in weather
resistant boxes at those points where required....What is the thought on
that approach?**
Thank you for all the input/ideas and73! Ed K5OF in NC
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