## You could also have loosened the mast clamps..and manually pointed the yagi
at the rare one.
Plan B... get a bigger rotor for the job..or at least one that is more
reliable. Then again, if the interconnects
are unreliable, it’s a moot point. I see some folks with m2 OR-2800 or
similar have had 10 ft pigtails
installed by the factory, instead of the usual 2 foot...... then do the cross
connect on a terminal strip, inside a nema box.
That would be the most reliable method.... but not the fastest...vs quick
disconnects. A 100-200 ft pig tail would also work.
Jim VE7RF
From: Big Don
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 4:54 AM
To: Jim Thomson
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor cable / Steppir cable connectors
The_Man asked, "Why would anyone want to install quick disconnects?"
Those were our reasons.
But another important reason we omitted is: You don't always get to do a rotor
replacement during ideal weather.
We wouldn't do this now, but back in the day, we once replaced a rotor in 15
deg weather when some Rare_One
we needed was going to be on that day. Also, the pile-up won't wait while one
fiddles with 8 screws.....73, Don N7EF
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 20:26:46 -0800
From: Big Don <bigdon39@gmail.com>
To: W3YY <w3yy@cox.net>
Cc: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor cable / Steppir cable connectors
FWIW, the quick disconnects available from Norm's Rotor have gold pins on
both halves.
Pricey, but don't expect any corrosion..
After nearly 40 years of using the old Ham IV 8-screw terminal strips
(never had a reliability problem)
we are now converting to Norm's disconnects. As geriatrics become an issue,
every extra minute on the tower hurts. Disconnecting and reconnecting the
8-wires can consume 15-30 finger-fumbling vision-impaired minutes ---
dealing with rusty screws and wires, slipping wire ends under those screws
that really don't unscrew far enough to make the job easy, keeping the
wires from oozing out from under the screws while tightening them,
re-stripping and forming the wire ends if any broke during the
disconnecting operation, finally making sure the connections are correct
and tight,
Maybe y'alll got a better way, but we always have done it with the rotor
laying precariously *LOOSE* on its side, on the rotor shelf, in order to
get necessary easy access to the terminal strip, Not something you want
especially if some wasps seize the opportunity to attack.. A Rohn 25 rotor
shelf is not very wide, makes a lousy workbench. It is now a 10 second
operation with the rotor solidly bolted in place.....
73, Don N7EF
## why not just install Sta-kon crimp connectors on each of the 8 x wires..
then solder em after crimping. [ -SNIP- ]
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