There can be a lot of voltage drop in 250' of wire so you want to be sure
that it is adequately sized to avoid problems. For long runs, I typically
use house wire for the motor leads and a separate small multi-conductor
cable for the sensor.
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotor Cable size
From: Dan Bookwalter <n8dcj@yahoo.com>
Reply-to: Dan Bookwalter <N8DCJ@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:22:44 -0700 (PDT)
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Sorry for the extra bandwidth I forgot to include this with my feedline
question...
I will be turning the PRO57B with a Tailtwister , and am wondering what size
rotor cable I should use , the run from the shack to the rotor is about 250'
,
Texas Towers has several to choose from , my guess is that I need one of the
two
larger sizes.
they list these two larger ones on their website:
R83, (2-#14, 6-#18)
R84, (2-#12, 6-#16)
thoughts/experiences ?
Dan N8DCJ
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