[TowerTalk] FW: Yaesu 2500 rotator control line

[john at kk9a.com]

Why would it not work?  All of my rotators are at least that far away and
work fine. Larger diameter wire has less resistance and your control box and
motor will have no idea that they are so far apart.

John KK9A


From: Steve K7AWB
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 3:39 PM
To: k7awbgoog at gmail.com
Subject: Yaesu G-2800 rotator control line

My rotator is 102 feet high in a rohn 25 tower with the yaesu-supplied
control 
cable attached. Although the cable supplied with the rotator is 130 feet (40

meters) long with the two connectors attached, I will cut it at the bottom
of 
the tower to go into a big metal box for feedline/control line connecting.
Then 
I will use additional cable, undefined as of yet,  in 3" ABS tubing
underground 
to the outside wall of the shack where it will again go into a metal box
(ks7p 
company) and connect into the shack equipment. 

The distance from the bottom of the tower to the shack outside wall is 240 
feet. That combined with the up the tower cable and 25 feet in the shack
itself 
means a total approximate length of 370 feet.

Yaesu personal said the rotator will not work at that distance.

What do you recommend I use to finish the project?

Steve k7awb
Nine mile falls wa