[TowerTalk] CAT 5 as Rotator cable

[Tower (K8RI)]

My own thoughts are Cat-5 is a tad fragile. As I recall it's solid instead
of stranded with the wires loose inside what amounts to a  thin walled
plastic tube.


Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com

> The hole is dug, the tower will be up in, I hope, a matter of weeks, the
> store room has been inventoried and normal service will be resumed soon.
> Amongst all the 'stuff' I have a 100 metre drum of bright red CAT5 cable.
> What I don't have is anything really suitable to connect my Yaesu G800SDX
to
> its' control box.
>
> Question. Will CAT5 do the job?
>
> Distance is about 55 metres, say 180 feet.
>
> I would use one pair each for the motor winding and three separate wires
for
> the direction pot, shield would be bonded to the tower and ground system.
>
> 73's
> Martin, HS0ZED
>
>
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