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

[Grant Saviers]

I think it is not difficult to have *NO* wires or coax runs for multiple 
towers to transceiver using the Green Heron Everywhere (GHE) system and 
  "ether" ethernet and remote amplifiers.

GHE can be set up to wifi switch antennas, stacks, move rotators, and 
continuous tune and switch segmented tuned antennas.  My station does 
all of these via wifi receivers although they are connected from the 
single amp to the 3 towers with control wires and coax.

If lightning is a big concern this is the ultimate fix, all wireless. 
WWA is the lowest strike are in the US so while I'm well protected, it's 
not top of list for my QTH.

Most amplifiers now remote easily over ethernet/internet and that 
removes the long coax.  Ubiquiti for instance for links.

I think there other system choices than GHE.

Grant KZ1W
Redmond, WA

On 5/17/2022 19:27, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Of course this only works for stations with a single tower and the equipment
> may be more easily damaged from lightning strikes.
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> Kelly Taylor ve4xt 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
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