[TowerTalk] Rotor Control Cable

[Kelly Taylor]

Depends on the rotator. The Hy-Gain rotators (from the old Ham-x variety) require heavier conductors to the motor windings. Are the four conductors of the smaller cable the same size as the larger two on the eight-conductor cable? You can lose two conductors (freeing them up to be doubled with the motor-winding leads) by mounting the motor-start capacitor somewhere on the tower (it doesn’t HAVE to be in the control box). 

But as Mike said, it would be tedious keeping track of the colour coding. Is your time worth $30?

73, kelly, ve4xt,




> On May 9, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Timothy A. Holmes <taholmes160 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys - another one for the pile of questions
> 
> I was looking through the DXE catalog the other night and noticed that 8 conductor rotor cable is .89 cents a foot, and 4 conductor is .29 cents a foot.  ASSUMING (and yes, I know the rules about assuming) Since I haven't looked it up online YET, that the wire gauge is the same in both types of cable, is there any hurt, harm or danger in using 2 runs of the 4 conductor (total of about 60 dollars) vs 1 run of the 8 conductor (about 90 dollars)?
> 
> I should note that I am currently using 2 runs of cable for the rotor and it works great -- I want to do this "right" but I also want to be sensible with my budget
> 
> Thanks
> TIM
> W8TAH
> _______________________________________________
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk