- 1. [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Stallman <n5dg@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:56:07 -0600
- I'm using a tail twister rotor 350 ft form the control box turning a 2 el quad, This problem reoccurs each winner when the wind blows ..Well in fact any time the wind blows .. With the wind 20 mph or
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00331.html (6,889 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:59:09 -0500 (EST)
- Two ways to go... Put the starting cap at the rotor , or put the starting cap at the junction box below. I simply removed the cap from the control box and mounted it at the base of the tower...worked
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00332.html (8,328 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: TexasRF@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:05:24 -0500 (EST)
- Hello all, correct me if I am wrong but doesn't moving the capacitor to the rotator free up a couple of conductors that can be repurposed to lower the voltage drop to the motor? 73, Gerald K5GW In a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00333.html (8,983 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: TexasRF@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:11:25 -0500 (EST)
- Should have also mentioned that the capacitors are notoriously failure prone. There are far better and longer lasting capacitors available from air conditioning parts suppliers. As the original capac
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00334.html (9,759 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:18:16 -0500 (EST)
- That's correct. Those two can be ganged with the two number 14s, but it probably won't be necessary if the cap is moved. Out in KH6 I had a 500 foot run to my 4 el 40 at 150. With the trades constant
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00335.html (9,476 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Jones" <n6sj@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:09:16 -0800
- Ed Do you know the voltage actually reaching the rotor? When I had this problem with a Yaesu rotor on a long run of cable, I added a "boost" AC transformer in series with the rotor line at the contro
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00336.html (10,032 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:13:20 -0500 (EST)
- 2 el quad, This problem reoccurs each winner when the wind blows ..Well in fact any time the wind blows .. With the wind 20 mph or more the rotor stalls , I did use # 14 wire on the motor leads and I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00337.html (8,030 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:16:04 -0800
- Yes. I have a long run to the rotor on my tall tower, and use ordinary 14-4 house wire for most of the run. It really is the least expensive way to do it. While the jacket won't last forever in the s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00338.html (8,442 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:58:48 -0500
- Or even your local hardware store, most likely stocked for the same purpose. The value is not critical. If you go a little over it won't hurt...might help in this case. I think I paid about $10 for o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00340.html (11,943 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Stallman <n5dg@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:21:17 -0600
- OK thanks everyone , My rotor is getting old so I'll replace the Start/Run capacitor with a new one and place it in the junction box at the base of the tower .. Something tells me this will do the tr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00343.html (9,028 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TowerTalk] Long rotor run (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Cotter <n4lg@qx.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:46:03 -0500
- Ed, I run about 450ft of 10/3 w/gnd from my shack to one of the prop pitch rotors on the back tower. To understand how well things were working topside, I also ran 450ft of CAT-5 cable (8x #22 twiste
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00356.html (9,940 bytes)
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