I have had good luck using house wiring as per K8CC's suggestion in NCJ
about 20 years ago...
You can get a mega spool of it at a home center...the conductors should be
more than enough for your needs!
73,
Jim, K4OJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Baker" <w5iz@yahoo.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:25 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] M2 2800P-A
> Learned colleagues,
>
> I just installed a M2 2800 rotator and am having a
> devil of a time getting the display to track with the
> antenna position.
>
> My the cable run on the tower is 140 feet and from the
> tower to the house is another 180 feet for a total
> cable run of 320 feet. I broke the cable at the base
> of the tower to eventually install lightning
> protection. There is no lightning protection in the
> circuit at this time.
>
> I am using 2 x 12 and 2 x 16 for the 4 control wires.
>
> The antenna tracks perfectly with the box at the base
> of the tower on the 140 foot run, but goes haywire
> when the 180 foot run to the house is tied in. I
> checked the run to the house and it is perfect. I
> also ran another separate 180 foot run to the house
> today and still have the indicator box going haywire
> when the total run is 320 feet.
>
> Eric at M2 recommended using RG8X for the reed
> switching pair of leads...keeping the power leads as
> the 2 x 12. Before I go buy 320 feet of RG8X I wanted
> to hear from any of you on the reflector as to whether
> you think this will cure the gremlins.
>
> Thanks and 73 de Al W5IZ
>
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