I'll let the others kid you about the color code, Jim.
But, I know what you meant.
Be aware, that while observing the color code is highly effective
and reliable, there are cables out there that have different
colors. My cable run to my rotator and remote antenna switch is
made up of at least two different types of cables--maybe even
three or four!.
In my junk box, I have at least one or two cables with large red
and black wires and brown, orange, yellow, green, blue, and
white small wires. Yet another couple of cables with large white
and black wires and b,r,o, y, g, and b small wires.. So, don't
take it for granted what the colors are going to be.
In the ideal world, only one type of cable would be used at an
installation. However, there are circumstances that arise where
'crossed' cable types are used. The best thing to do is to
simply make up a wire list to tell you what is what on each end
and at the interface points in between.
Keep it for future reference--Guaranteed, you will need it.
I've found computer files to be very effective in keeping such
data in a place I can relocate it. Win95 has made it much, much
easier to give meaningful and descriptive file names to aid
relocating the file.
I also put the current cable's color code on the back of the
rotator control box. Should I ever have to remove the cable from
the control box, I know I can put it back the way it was without
guessing
73,
dale, kg5u
>
>I use the standard resistor color code.....1
white................2
>black.............3 brown.............4 red............5
>orange..............6 yellow...........
>7 green..................8 blue.....................Easy for my
>electronically oriented mind.....
>
>Just my 2 cents worth.....
>
>73!
>
>Jim W7RY
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Rhodes <rhodes@willinet.net>
>To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: Sunday, October 03, 1999 1:23 AM
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Hy-Gain rotor tip
>
>
>>
>>Again, thanks to everyone who sent me tables, schematic, etc.
As I was
>>taking the wires off of the back of the control I was reminded
of a tip I
>>think I first picked up here a long time ago. That is when
wiring the rotor
>>cable to arrange the wires in alphabetical order of the colors.
For example
>>Black, white for 1&2 then blue, brown, green, orange, red,
yellow for 3-8.
>>I always make up a chart anyway, but at a glance I can tell if
I have made
>>any wiring errors.
>>
>>Hope this helps someone as much as it has helped me. Now I have
to go back
>>up the tower and see if I somehow damaged the plug that I got
from the
>>Rotor Doctor. I seems that I have at least 2 & possibly 3 open
circuits. I
>>am glad the weather held out today.
>>
>>
>>Jim Rhodes KC0XU
>>rhodes@willinet.net
>>
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