Topband: RF in My Rotor cable

[George & Marijke Guerin]

John, etc.,

I have a HyGain T2X rotator and have bypassed the 7 ungrounded leads to
ground with 0.01 ufd 1KV disc ceramic capacitors.  I have no meter movement
or LED indications.

You should also check transmitting with the control unit unplugged from the
AC mains and see if that cures the movement and lighting.  If the AC line
cord is the problem, I would bypass it to ground (both sides) with 0.1 ufd
at 500 V or 1KV and put a ferrite or iron powder ring choke on the AC line
cord.

Also, I dress the cable down the tower to ground level and bring it into the
shack in a plastic conduit at ground level.  I have been driving a shunt fed
tower as a 160 meter TX antenna that way for almost 20 years without rotator
indicator issues.

Good luck,   73,    George  -  K8GG

----- Original Message -----
From: "linda doyle" <ldoyle at gwi.net>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:55 AM
Subject: Topband: RF in My Rotor cable


> Hi can someone help me with a suggestion on how to rid myself of rf
getting into my rotor control box,when I'm on cw the direction lights blinks
and the meter swings up abt a 1/2 on the scale in concert with my sending im
not sure if thats harmful been doing it for sometime now ,with nothing
blowing up but I would like to cure the problem.. john k1gun..
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