[TowerTalk] utility box and feed-throughs

[Hans Hammarquist]

I am planning to put a box near the top of my tower and use it for various signal wire connections such as rotator cables, antenna switches etc. My idea was to pull a multi-conductor cable between my shack and this box, have several screw terminals in the box to attach whatever I need signal and power for. (Yes, I have a 115 V output in the tower already. It has survived several winters so far. No, I don't have power on it unless I need to.)


In order to make the box reasonable water tight I plane to use regular, sealed feedtrough for the cable. My dilemma is: What feed-through do I use for the cables between the rotators and the switches etc and the box? I can add a sealed feed-through each time I need a new connection but that requires me to make a hole in the box and put a sealed feed-through each time. Not a big deal if yuo are on the ground or in your work shop but hanging by one arm, 80 feed up does not appeal to me.


Is there anything out there made for this purpose? It needs to be very easy to use, be able to accept several cables, if so small and it needs to be able to seal out at least insects but water is also not very welcome.


73 de,


Hans - N2JFS