Do you have A/C power at your tower?
It may be easier to buy a controller that can be remote controlled and just use
a short run of rotor cable from the base of the the tower to the rotator.
I think Green Heron everywhere does this...
I just installed a 4O3A Rotor Genius at the base of my tower. It is controlled
via WiFi. It controls my Tic Ring and my M2 2800. The antenna position
sensors are magnetic so the Tic Ring Pots and the M2 Reed Switch swaps will
just be memories now.
I thought I would mention this as the price of wire is pretty high...
Good Luck with your decision.
George / W7GES
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> On Apr 2, 2021, at 4:12 PM, CEPitts <cpitts@ec.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to hear from those in regards to ideas for the following. I
> know there are those who have long runs of control cabling for rotation,
> switching, etc. so I seek your ideas and advice.
>
> I have a need for a temporary set up of a run that is 300 feet from the
> operating position shack/controller to the top of the tower controlling a Ham
> 4 rotator. The final set up with be a run of 700 feet from tower to the
> operating position shack/controller
>
> Would it be best to provide a disconnect near the connection point at the top
> of the tower with a short pigtail to the Ham 4, as well as a
> disconnect/splice point at the bottom of the tower, and a final run to the
> shack/controller?
>
> Based on previous discussions/ideas tossed around here within the last 2-3
> weeks I would most likely take some ideas from the group in regards to
> utlizing trailer type connects/disconnects and also splices within the entire
> run.
>
> A primary point/concern of my post is the length of the run on the temporary
> 300 ft and to the final goal of 700 ft. What size of the
> conductors/wire/cable to utilize for the effort. Some part being heavy duty 8
> conductor rotor cabling in conjuction with splices and/or runs of UF solid
> wire cabling from 14 gauge to 10 gauge such as 14/3, etc. or other such ideas
> on conductor size. A reasonable cost/maintenance perspective would be ideal
> keeping in mind going from the 300 ft to the 700 ft in the future and ease of
> said transistion. None of this will be buried, I have that part taken care of.
>
> *(tower/rotor)*****short pigtail/run-->>>---*****(pigtail/connect
> splice)*****run to bottom of tower -->>>-->>>-----*** **(bottom of
> tower/connect splice) *****--->>>---->>>---*-****temp
> run*****>>---->>>>>>>---->>>>>>----->>>>>>>------>>>>>------->>>>> 300 ft
> expanding to 700 ft>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (later to be
> the permanent run)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>*** **to connect/splice back to 8 conductor
> rotor cable ham 4 controller in shack.****
>
> Besides possibly utilizing trailer type connects/disconnects I was also
> considering utilizing 8-10 conductor terminal blocks for splices/junctions
> etc. and I could possibly place those in weather resistant boxes at those
> points where required....What is the thought on that approach?**
>
> Thank you for all the input/ideas and73! Ed K5OF in NC
>
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