Remi just revised his response to me after 5 minutes :)
He wrote, "I stand corrected, the cable do carry 120 volts, and
should be #20 7 or 8 conductors. It only carries the signals for the
relays, so no high amperage. And there is no voltage when the control
box is turned off after extending or retracting."
I then emailed him again and double checked that it could run in the
same conduit with coax and rotor cables and he replied, "Yes, as I
said, it would be off while transmissions/radio operation ".
So there is my answer....heavy duty rotor cable should do it and no
need for a separate conduit.
73, Howard W6HDG
At 10:33 AM 11/6/2014, you wrote:
The RMC-1000 requires a 7 conductor cable. There is very little
current flowing since it only controls relays in the external
unit. The only concern is that the cable carries 120VAC so it
should be rated for that. I have a 100' run of 7 conductor, 20 AWG
cable run inside of the conduit that carries the 120VAC power to the motor.
-Mike-
WA6ZTY
From: Howard W6HDG <W6HDG@arrl.net>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:25 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] RMC-1000 remote - what type of cable to run?
I've got a US Tower MA-770MDP on order with the RMC-1000 remote. I
want to prewire my shack before the tower arrives. Does anyone know
the specifics of the required cable - how many conductors and
sizes? I don't imagine that US Tower will be providing this cable,
will it? Tnx Howard W6HDG
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