[TowerTalk] CAT 5 as Rotator cable

[Kirk Harding]

Martin,

I've been using this configuration for quite a while and it works great.
The only exception is that I don't run the cat 5 cable directly to the
rotator.  I run the cat 5 with shield to a Polyphaser line protector
(IS-RCT) and then continue from the Polypaser to a M2 2800-P rotator.  The
entire run is about 200 feet.  

Kirk K6KAR/4  

 
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Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:41 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] CAT 5 as Rotator cable

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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