[TowerTalk] Rotor Cable size

Norm Duxbury duxburyn at bellsouth.net
Wed Sep 8 13:06:30 PDT 2010


Dan,

I am using R83 over a 200+ ft distance plus I have mounted the HAM IV rotor 
motor starting capacitor in a box at the tower base.  Works perfectly in FL 
environment.

Norm - W1MO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bookwalter" <n8dcj at yahoo.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 09:22
Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotor Cable size


> Sorry for the extra bandwidth I forgot to include this with my feedline
> question...
>
> I will be turning the PRO57B with a Tailtwister , and am wondering what 
> size
> rotor cable I should use , the run from the shack to the rotor is about 
> 250' ,
> Texas Towers has several to choose from , my guess is that I need one of 
> the two
> larger sizes.
>
> they list these two larger ones on their website:
>
> R83, (2-#14, 6-#18)
> R84, (2-#12, 6-#16)
>
> thoughts/experiences ?
>
> Dan N8DCJ
>
>
>
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