What do you use for your rotator, antenna switch, etc. connectors at your SPG boxes? I like to disconnect my antenna feed lines and control lines when thunderstorms approach, etc. I've looking for id
For all but the coaxial cable or open wire feeders I would look at these: <http://www.weatherpack.com/>. Also look at the Metri-Pack series for high current (> 20A) applications. They are found in al
Good question. It's not easy to answer if you have a lot of cables, like I do. I think my current count is in the neighborhood of 30 cables. Here are some pictures of how I do it: http://share.shutte
In one word, Nothing! I do not normally disconnect the cables coming into either station (shop or house) which are also interconnected. There are just too many cables. I agree the safest and surest p
For those using Cinch-Jones connectors and other connectors that seem to develop intermittency problems over time - I have had very good luck with the family of conductivity improvement chemicals mad
That would have been my answer before the big disaster. Went 10+ years without a problem. Then the big one struck. I suspect part of the reason for my good luck was that one tower was a crankup with
For whatever another anecdote may be worth, my station is on the second floor in an old house, and for that reason I concluded long ago that the classic Polyphaser approach would be a waste of money,
Like Pete, my station is on the 3rd floor of my house and SPG simply is not feasible. I have long subscribed to the "disconnect everything" thesis and in the 55 years I have been a ham I have never l
How much 'air gap' are you looking for? For non-RF signals, what about bringing them all into a circular multipin connector. The plastic (or metal) ones resembling the familiar MIL type round connect
I use trailer wiring connectors with good success. I take two of the flat 4-wire connectors and tape them tight together to make 8-wire connectors. They are waterproof and rugged, made to take the ab
You can get 8 Pin Molded Rubber Connectors here *http://tinyurl.com/8-Pin-Molded-Connector Click on *Molded Trailer Connectors<http://www.wiringproducts.com/contents/en-us/d174.html> at top of page T
I tried a number of products for quick disconnect of rotator cables outside. Nothing seemed to prevent corrosion. Then about five years ago at Dayton a vendor of electrical connectors had an eight pi
Hello Dennis, Nice to see you at the EARS meeting. As for the company you are promoting here, I think I stock most of the things that this company has, but at a lower cost. Most are listed on my web
This tower has been struck at least 15 visually verified times and was averaging 3 times a year, but hasn't been hit at all in the last two. The tribander is at 100' wile the vertically polarized 144
<snip> Hi Larry, I think Deutsch is the company you're thinking of: http://www.deutsch.net/deutsch-home.aspx?page=1 Where I work, we use their connectors to join a wiring harness to a snow plow contr