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Re: [TowerTalk] Can 1/4" or 3/8" Andrew SUPERFLEX be used for a Rotor lo

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Can 1/4" or 3/8" Andrew SUPERFLEX be used for a Rotor loop?
From: Mac <libbysales@austin.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:04:32 -0500
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Indeed I have done this and continue to do it, ONLY with using 1/2" superflex and not ONE issue or regret, absolutely not a single issue.  Now that said, i do use a cable grip or woven sock, or at the political risk of calling it a Chinese finger grip to hold all the weight below the grip thereby the "loop and such is essentially weight free and only has to make the 400 degree or so circle.. I let my tower beam "over travel" about 20 degrees in each extrema direction.

While likely not determinable, i like the idea of my feedline being unbroken as well not dealing with water proofing the connection points of the cables..

Best:  mac/mc  w5mc

On 7/15/2020 11:05 PM, RVZ via TowerTalk wrote:
Hi Guys,

I'm wondering if anyone has successfully used 1/4" or 3/8" Andrew SUPERFLEX all the way 
from your shack to the antenna, including forming the rotor loop?  I'd like to use a one piece 
Superflex cable from the shack to the my VHF antenna including having it form the rotor loop.  
I'd locate a large rotor loop in the middle of the rotor rotation range so the most the Superflex 
would ever have to move is 180 degrees.
Please advise if this can be done with SuperFlex?
Thanks & 73,
Dick- K9OM

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