Absolutely correct Mark, regular house wire is the way to go. It is available
in almost any size and readily available at any discount home improvement
store. I have no "rotator cable" anywhere in my station.
John KK9A
-----Original Message-----
From: AA6DX - Mark [mailto:aa6dx@arrl.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 7:22 PM
To: john@kk9a.com; towertalk@contesting.com
Cc: ct1ilt@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] rotor @ 200m distance
RRR -- Big wire works fine. Don't be thinking of only "Rotator Control Cable"
-- Locally Romex was the least expensive route. Then go to rotator wire at
each end, like into the shack and at the base of the tower...worky worky! Mark
AA6DX
-----Original Message-----
From: john@kk9a.com
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 1:07 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Cc: ct1ilt@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] rotor @ 200m distance
Mistyped I meant to say your might need 3mm or larger wire.
-----Original Message-----
From: john@kk9a.com [mailto:john@kk9a.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 3:56 PM
To: 'towertalk@contesting.com'
Cc: 'ct1ilt@gmail.com'
Subject: re: [TowerTalk] rotor @ 200m distance
The rotator should work fine if you use large enough wire. You may need 6mm or
larger wire. I have rotators with 130m control lines and have no issues.
However, I think most stations use verticals for a multiplier stations to
minimize interference and then no rotator is necessary.
GL
John KK9A
To: Hans <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] rotor @ 200m distance
From: Filipe Lopes <ct1ilt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:44:02 +0200
Hi guys,
I am putting a temporary tower about 200m away for INBAND during CQ WW SSB.
My question is regarding the rotor, what kind of cable or how should one rotate
the rotor at such distance? I guess the voltage drop is quite high, meaning the
rotor will turn very very slowly or even not turn at all.
I am going to use either a YAESU G1000DXC or a KR600.
Any ideas are welcome.
T
hanks
73's Filipe Lopes
CT1ILT - CR6K
F4VPX - TM3M
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