Dear friends,
I live in seven floor building in Belo Horizonte - Brazil and recently
raised a 2 element Yagi on its top. However, the
neighbors did not allow me to pass the cables (rotor and coaxial cable) at
the outside of the building. I used the elevator but the company which makes
the service complained that it is illegal and asked me to remove them (I am
doing that tomorrow morning). Thus so I have two options to follow:
1. To give up ham radio.
2. To pass the cable all the way down the stairs (making curves and paiting
the cable).
I confess that after almost one year arguing with the neighbords the option
number l is getting more and more close. I am tired of explain things and
be misunderstood. But when I think about this option I get sad because I
have been a ham since I was 18 (I am 34 now) and I like our hobby very very
much. Most of my friends are hams! I do not want to give up!
The option number 2 looks fine but I have not talked about it with the
others. But considering that they aprove it.... The problem I have here is
the 420 ft of cable (each one) required to go all the way down to my
apartment.I am using 164 ft of:
- RG213 50ohms coax cable
- 2 cables of 4 wires each (1.5mm, I believe AWG 14) to feed the hy-gain
Ham III rotator.
My question is:
If I want to increase the 164 ft of rotor cables. Which cable should I use?
420 - 164 = 256 ft
I believe that 1.5mm cable is not ok to connect to the existing cable,
right?
Considering that I want to keep the old rotor cable
(for economical reasons). Which cable should I use to extend it? 2.5mm
(AWG 12) will work?
Thanks in advance and 73,
Carlos PY4RO
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