[TowerTalk] Ham Shack Cable Entry

[DavidC]

Do I read-in correctly that the 4" and 2" conduits are
buried?

So this means that the cables that will populate that conduit
will make two 90 degree turns at the Polyphaser panel 20'
from the house and another pair of 90 degree turns at the
house?  Any way that you can ease those turns a bit, so you
may run RG-8 size coax?  (Press, The Wireman, could tell you
if he has anything for full-power that can handle those sharp
turns.  I kept my pvc at knee-level - above ground - to avoid
the turns.  Doesn't look as nice though!)

Hmmm.  Anyhow, I'd have a plate mounted on your inner
wall as you have suggested and have the SO-239s on it,
ready for quick disconnects.  I presume that the 2" conduit
is for power and rotor control lines?  You'll also need a
plate for those.

The advantage of a box may be less likelihood of damaging the
wall when you decide to reconfigure something inside the box.

Pulling the original cables, not to mention trying to add to them
later, is going to be a challenge given all of those tight turns --
more experienced folks on the list will have good solutions for
that I am certain!  ;-)

- Thanks! & 73, DavidC  K1YP in Hudson, FL

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> I'm in the process of having a new home built.  The shack is on the first
> floor at ground level, no basement. There will be a disconnect panel
> mounted on the outside of the side of the home, 20 feet from the operating
> position, where the Polyphaser "stuff" will be installed. The tower is
> another 50 feet from that disconnect panel.
>
> I'm looking for ideas on how to bring the cables into the shack.  At this
> moment the builder ran 4 inch and 2 inch conduits from the disconnect
panel
> to the outside wall closest to the proposed operating position. The
> conduits are inside a currently unfinished 2X6 wall,  vertically
positioned
> and capped.
>
> The builder wants to know how I want to finish this part of the
> installation.  He suggested a small electrical panel mounted near the
> floor,  or  90 degree elbows which the sheet rock guy will blend into the
> finished wall.
>
> I can think of a couple of other alternatives, such as an aluminum or
> copper panel populated with UHF
> feedthru connectors.
>
> Your ideas via E-mail would be appreciated,  I'll consolidate them into
one
> file.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gene Spinelli,  K5GS


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