[TowerTalk] how to do coax on ring rotor?

Wed Mar 27 19:57:44 EDT 2019

 Same here.  Coax goes UP the boom truss, then a loop, then back UP the tower, then drops down inside the ring.   I put the coax in the middle of the tower face, to keep the coax away from the ring teeth.  
Since the coax wraps around the boom to the top of the boom (3 separate feedlines on 2 C31XR's), I placed small, thin rope from the boom truss to the boom, to minimize the open space under the boom truss.   This is to keep turkey buzzards from landing on the boom and destroying the coax with their sharp talons.  
Tom, N2SR

    On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 12:34:49 PM EDT, StellarCAT <rxdesign at ssvecnet.com> wrote:  

 Thanks Dick - seems that is the way to go - up the boom truss, loop down and 
then back up again. I hope to test this out in a couple/few weeks.

I'll be looking for the 'right' coax as well. I had been thinking of 9913F7 
which has a stranded core.

Gary

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dick Green WC1M
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:23 PM
To: 'Tim Duffy' ; 'StellarCAT' ; 'tower'
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] how to do coax on ring rotor?

I have coax and SteppIR control cables, taped together, that loop above the 
boom because all three of my rings sit about a foot above a guy bracket. The 
guys and brackets could interfere with a loop below the rings.

There are some photos of the tower on my website, www.wc1m.com, which shows 
why below the rings won't work for my setup, but the photos can no longer be 
enlarged and it's hard to see the loops (and not all that easy to see them 
in the hi-res versions.) The site is hosted by the ISP I ditched years ago 
and I haven't done any maintenance since. Need to move the whole thing to a 
new host. One of the huge number of very time-consuming low-priority 
projects on my list.

>From memory (still lots of snow on the ground here), the coax is attached to 
the tower about 5 feet above the ring, drops straight down and loops back up 
to the top of the boom truss support, which is a 3-foot piece of galvanized 
pipe offset from the ring's boom cradle using a custom mounting plate made 
from roof truss plates. The key is that the boom and pipe are mounted away 
from the tower face, leaving enough room for a loop. From the top of the 
truss support, the coax goes straight down the pipe, to which it's taped, 
then snakes out along the boom to the feed point. Pretty sure I used 
Bury-Flex for the coax, which is quite flexible, but I might have used 
RG-213 because the runs from the stack match are only about 35 feet or so.

73, Dick WC1M

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Duffy <k3lr at k3lr.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 3:26 PM
To: 'StellarCAT' <rxdesign at ssvecnet.com>; 'tower' <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] how to do coax on ring rotor?

HI Gary

Have the loop below the boom works very well here. You have to have a safe 
climber in place for the installation and it check out  360 degrees while 
someone in the shack (linked by radios) operates the control box. Take 
measures to insure the coax can never get caught by the guy attachment 
hardware. The key to this is coming off the boom about 3 feet away from the 
tower face.

73
Tim K3LR

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
StellarCAT
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 1:56 PM
To: Tim Duffy; 'tower'
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] how to do coax on ring rotor?

Thanks Tim ... as I wrote David direct -  it was a "DUH!" moment when I read 
his note - which was to use the truss support upright. I have been focusing 
too much on the actual antenna and the coax along the boom .... thinking 
loops around the tower and drapes etc.... I hadn't even considered the truss 
support. That should be pretty straight forward.

I do have a guy right below, within 3', so I'm reluctant to let it hang down 
directly from the boom .... although it looks like that is what you do Tim.

Gary
K9RX

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tim Duffy
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 12:27 PM
To: 'StellarCAT' ; 'tower'
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] how to do coax on ring rotor?

Hello Gary:

You can go to my website and see lots of photos of coax with ring rotors.
There are 23 ring rotors here - so if you have questions after looking at
the photos and videos - please email me and I will help

http://www.k3lr.com  look at contest photos and videos

73
Tim K3LR

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
StellarCAT
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 12:00 PM
To: tower
Subject: [TowerTalk] how to do coax on ring rotor?

I’ve got two TIC ring rotors that are going up – hopefully this spring ...
they’ll have 2 7 element 10’s on them ... (yeah, I know, 10M’s).... and I’m
trying to figure out the best way to handle the coax coming off of the
antennas. Both going up from the ring as well as going down. I need up
because one of the rings will be mounted 4’ above a guy point so going down
isn’t likely to be a solution.

Anyone done this already and gone through the trials and tribulations of
getting it right?

You’re welcome to write direct to my ARRL email address or post here...

thanks – Gary, K9RX
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