Wayne,
Years ago I had an AC powered rotor 800 feet from the shack. The voltage drop
was too much over that long run of wire and the motor wouldn’t turn. I added a
5 VAC filament transformer (or was it 12 volts?) in series with the motor lead
leaving the shack to boost the voltage. It solved the voltage drop problem.
Is there a way to boost the DC voltage at the RT21? Copper's not cheap.
73,
Steve
N6SJ
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Keith Dutson
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 7:44 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com; Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu 2800DXA
Likely the current draw in colder weather is dropping voltage below rotor
requirement. So, I would increase the wire to 2x14 and 6x18. I got mine from
Wireman.
73, Keith NM5G
On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 09:18:41 PM CDT, Wayne Kline
<w3ea@hotmail.com> wrote:
I have a Yaesu 2800DXA rotor on my 40/30 antenna. It’s rotor length to the
antenna is 390 ft.
I am using the 6 conductor 18 ga on the tower 80 ft. and 2X16 ga and 6X20ga
with two extra wires added one to CCW and one to CW motor control. B MY
issue is during the winter below 30 deg. F. many time to rotor will not turn
in that cold WX
The control box is ab Green Heron RT21 ??? bigger wire to the base ?
Wayne W3EA,
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