[TowerTalk] Long rotor cable run

[T A RUSSELL]

Re: Long Rotor Cables

The method I use is to run a regular 8 conductor cable to the base 
of the tower.  There I attach an appropriate phase shift capacitor.
(With the capacitor at ground level, I don't have to climb the tower
in January to replace it if it fails!)

For the LEFT, RIGHT, and SOLENOID lines, I use 3 wire house 
wiring (#12 or #14).  For the Ground lead, I hose-clamp a wire to
the shield of my CATV hardline.  Any light wire will serve for the
direction indicator pot.

de  Tom  N4KG
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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:37:31 -0400 "Jan L. Ditzian"
<ditzian@greenepa.net> writes:
>
>I am putting up a tower at the top of my hill, about 600 feet
>from the hamshack.  I do not yet have a rotor, but I wondered if
>others who have faced a distance like this have any
>tried-and-true tricks for powering the rotor at this distance. 
>There is no electric power near the tower.  
>Does anyone have a recommendation on wire type, power conversion,
>etc.? Cost is an object, but I would like to know what has worked
>in the past.
>
>Thanks,
>Jan, KX2A
>
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