I've got a US Tower MA-770MDP on order with the RMC-1000 remote. I want to prewire my shack before the tower arrives. Does anyone know the specifics of the required cable - how many conductors and si
Ray, Thanks very much. I guess that rotor cable would be too lightweight? I know that this tower design has been around a long time - I didn't realize 40 years. The winds are mostly gentle in my area
Mike - good to know! So I probably should not be running the RMC-1000 cable in a 3" PVC pipe alongside my coax, Steppir and rotor cables into a single NEMA box on the outside of my shack wall? That i
Good news on the cable. I just heard back from Remi the engineer at US Tower. He states, "The cable needed for the RMC1000 is a 7~8 conductors #22. It does not carry 120V. It can run in the same cond
Remi just revised his response to me after 5 minutes :) He wrote, "I stand corrected, the cable do carry 120 volts, and should be #20 7 or 8 conductors. It only carries the signals for the relays, so
Ray, I just joined the list today so hope I am responding properly. Thanks for the pics. Are your MARB and MAF parts from 40 years ago as well? They look brand new. Very nice job on your base. I'm in
Ray, I just joined the list today so hope I am responding properly. Thanks for the pics. Are your MARB and MAF parts from 40 years ago as well? They look brand new. Very nice job on your base. I'm in
I know that I need a 2"OD mast for the MA770 that I have on order. I'm trying to decide on the length of mast that I need to order. The tower spec sheets are skimpy on how the round mast fits to the
Hi all. I am about to order about 110 feet of coax for a new MA770MDP tower/ Steppir DB18 install. I'm thinking of using either genuine LMR400 Ultraflex or Davis Bury Flex coax. Davis BuryFlex is che
Happy New Year. I asked this question on the Steppir Yahoo Group but didn't get an adequate answer. I'm probably being way too compulsive but I'll ask it here since there are so many experienced memb
I installed my MA-770MDP and Steppir DB18 last month and have made a 5 minute slideshow on Youtube for anyone else anticipating such a project. Hope this is helpful. You can enlarge to full screen if