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

[Lux, Jim]

On 5/17/22 9:03 AM, Kelly Taylor 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?

Fiber is cheap and reliable ($100-200 for "media converters" plus the 
fiber.  the "per foot cost" of fiber is quite low.

Running power out is actually fairly easy (probably easier than running 
coax).

It would be difficult to operate your Korean War vintage boat anchors, 
though.




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> Just a question. Flames will be ignored.
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> 73, kelly, ve4xt
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>> On May 17, 2022, at 10:59, Steve Maki <lists at oakcom.org> wrote:
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>> Very little 7/8" either.
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>> 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 :-(
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>> -Steve K8LX
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>>> 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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