[TowerTalk] Rotor cable protection

Gary Schafer garyschafer at comcast.net
Fri Mar 12 09:32:13 PST 2010


Just get a handful of movs and a metal box. Connect an mov from each wire to
ground. That's all that is in the polyphaser box.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:08 AM
> To: Tower and HF antenna construction topics.
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor cable protection
> 
> Hi Jim, I am getting ready to buy a couple of the polyphaser ones after
> researching it a bit.
> Joe
> KI4TZ
> 
> Jim Miller wrote:
> > I've seen lots of advice on grounding and protection of antenna signal
> leads
> > but little on what to do with the rotor cable. It seems that since it
> is
> > elevated and remote it is likely subject to similar pickup issues.
> >
> > Or am I missing something?
> >
> > I'm assuming I should bring it through the same service entrance
> location as
> > the coax. What to do about protection etc?
> >
> > 73
> >
> > jim ab3cv
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