Bill.
I had one of the first four element steppir and they originally
used a section of PVC pipe with two and caps and a slot in the bottom
part of the two. The original stepper motors had pigtails and you terminated
all of these wires into two nylon terminal strips and connected the matching
wires from the control cable these wires and terminal strip were placed
inside
the PVC pipe. The pipe was attached to the boom via a stainless strap clamp.
Didn't move the ends and made sure the slot was facing down. The antenna
was up almost 7 years(until lightning got it) they sent a little supply of
dielectric grease and the connections were good when the antenna came down.
I used a variation of this method at the base of a 50 foot tower for the
rotor line.
I had the splice new cable and I simply took a short length of PVC and one
cap mounted it with the cap up and strapped it to the leg of the tower and
put the splice up in the tube and that was out there for several years
with no problems. Depending on the size of the connectors will determine
the diameter of the PVC pipe.
73
Larry K1ZW
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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:37:41 -0800
From: Bill Straw via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotor cable / Steppir cable connectors
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I'm spending way too much time trying to find what I need, time to ask...
I need to be able to break apart my rotor cable, so I need a
weatherproof M/F set for 8 conductor 18 AWG.
Also I need to break apart the Steppir control cable, 12 conductor + shield
22 AWG.
These disconnects are at the top of the tower so a weatherproof M/F set
is very important.
73, Bill KO7SS
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