[TowerTalk] Need rotator cable - 350 ft of 2-12 & 2-18 for M2 Orion 2800

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Scott,

You will have problems with inaccurate rotator position indication if you use 4 wire cable on the Orion 2800 rotator.  Noise from the motor causes the position indicator to read false pulses if the two small wires are in the same cable as the large motor wires.

I use two separate cables on my Orion rotators.  The position indicator has been completely trouble-free, despite the 500 foot cable lengths.

73
Frank
W3LPL





---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 13:55:21 -0500
>From: "Scott Dickson, W5WZ" <W5WZ at arrl.net>  
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Need rotator cable - 350 ft of 2-12 & 2-18 for M2 Orion 2800  
>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
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>I need 350 ft of rotator cable for the M2 Orion 2800.  For this length, the
>manual recommends minimum of 2-12 and 2-18.  The Wireman is the only source
>I've been able to locate.
>
>Are there others?
>
>--Scott, W5WZ
>
>
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