[TowerTalk] CAT 5 as Rotator cable, sprinkler wire

[Pete Smith]

At 03:55 PM 6/18/2004, wa3gin wrote:
>Some day you should go measure the voltage at the rotor and compare it to 
>the voltage at the control box.  The results might lead you to upgrade the 
>guage of
>wire you're using.  Publish the results for the list.


Anyone who is interested in this and hasn't already done so should take a 
look at the copper wire table in any ARRL Handbook.  It gives ohms/100 feet 
for all AWG sizes, which makes it very easy to figure out whether you have 
enough copper for the motor leads.


73, Pete N4ZR
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