[amsat-bb] G-5500 Rotator Cable

[Burns Fisher]

At first I tried thermostat wire, but what a pain.  Solid wire and stiff!

I finally found this stuff:
https://www.shireeninc.com/osc/cables/ret-control-cable

It's $1.25/ft, but what I liked is that it came with nice connectors.  So
what I did was get two lengths (one az, one el)  and cut them so I have one
connector a foot or 2 from the cut.  I connect that end to the control box,
and the other cut end to the Yaesu plug.  Now I have a nice plug that I can
use to disconnect the control box easily.  I don't remember the size of the
wires, but the have to be at least #20.

That all said, bigger (i.e. a smaller number) than #20 will certainly work
ok.

On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 9:20 PM Bill Booth <ve3nxk at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2018-11-03 9:25 PM, Frank Karnauskas wrote:
> > The Yaesu manual calls for six wires #20AWG each.
>
> I just used the regular rotor wire.....works fine.
>
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