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Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor Cable

To: Dave Tipton <dave@lodave.org>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor Cable
From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:55:09 -0400
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On Jun 23, 2006, at 9:34 AM, Dave Tipton wrote:

> Ok, so I'm sure it's been asked before, but is there any real  
> problem with using Category 5 cable to control a Ham IV?

I've used ordinary 4-conductor bell wire with about a 100 foot run to  
control an AR22. Note that the AR22 doesn't have a brake solenoid,  
which is the largest current draw in the HAM rotators.

You might do OK with Cat 5 cable if you mount the motor phase  
capacitor up at the tower and then double up the two freed up wires  
on pins 1 and 2 -- the solenoid connections.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

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