[TowerTalk] Rotor loop coax for UHF

[Drax Felton]

What brand and coax type would be best to use on a stack of VHF UHF Yagis 6 meters through 1296 for the rotator loop when transitioning from 1/2 inch hard line?

  



On Sep 18, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Wayne Kline <w3ea at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gary
>  There are many ways to skin a cat. My way with a flat top with  there  TB 3 thrust bearing and there protruding bolts and sharp edge, is to transition any hardline connectors below the top plate ( A good place to test the antenna and feed line from also ) 
> then put the RG 231, 214  inside a reinforced 3/4" piece of garden hose.  I install the antenna in the north position 1/2  it's rotation
> and  wind 2 turns  one laying on the flat top and one taped 6 to 8" above  the flat plate. most of these install's are in  the snow and ice of Eastern PA NJ NY or Dell and to the best of my knowledge there was never a frayed, tore coax with this  type of configuration.
> 
> Like said said there just another way  to