[TowerTalk] Fw: Feeding single band HF yagis 500+ ft from the shack

[Chuck Dietz]

I was wondering the same thing. I’m surprised that no amp company makes an
amp to go at the tower. Maybe remote a rig and amp close to the towers?

Chuck W5PR

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 11:23 AM Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net> wrote:

> Curious… at what point, given the cost of hardline, does one consider
> running code-compliant power out to the towers, putting the RF components
> there and using either ethernet or fibre between the control heads in the
> shack and the rf components?
>
> Just a question. Flames will be ignored.
>
> 73, kelly, ve4xt
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 17, 2022, at 10:59, Steve Maki <lists at oakcom.org> wrote:
> >
> > Very little 7/8" either.
> >
> > We use thousands of 1/2" short jumpers, but we buy them pre-made, so
> there's very little bulk surplus 1/2" available anymore :-(
> >
> > -Steve K8LX
> >
> >> On 5/17/2022 10:41 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> >> Connectors are really not expensive, especially surplus N style. It is
> >> unfortunate for us that the cell towers no longer use 1 1/4 and 1 5/8
> >> Heliax, it was much easier to get surplus than it is now.
> >> John KK9A
> >> Grant Saviers KZ1W wrote:
> >> One thing I observed in the past (>3yrs ago) looking for surplus
> >> hardline was that the larger diameters (>7/8) are sold at a bigger
> >> discount.  Connectors get expensive, but only two are needed.
> >> A factor impacting the market is new cell towers don't use much hardline
> >> any more, all the RF stuff is at the top in the antennas.
> >> Grant KZ1W
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