I'm sending this to the list, many often ask that discussions that might
apply to others *not* be taken off-line.
After 38 years on a 5 acre "farm" in Auburn CA, we moved last fall.
This spring I will install a flag pole vertical in the backyard of our
new [to us] home in Sparks NV. I will also have an end-fed wire along
the fence, commencing adjacent to the flag pole. I want to remote my
KAT500 at the base of the flag pole, and use it as both a auto-tuner and
a remote antenna switch between the two antennas. My HOA will be happy,
I'll be able to make some RF and see my P3 at home, and I also can run
remote to W7RN where the coefficient of aerial aluminum is very high.
I know that the KAT500 won't likely directly match the end-fed wire, I
know how to deal with that, and I know that no "antenna tuner" has ever
actually "tuned" an antenna. :-)
I will have about 120' of 2 1/2" PVC buried from the shack to the pole
and will have room in it for power, coax, and control cables. I plan to
have the KAT500 & power supply in a weather-proof box at the base of the
pole.
1. Can I extend the AUX connections into the shack so the KAT500 will
track the receiver? If so, what kind of cable is required [I've heard
CAT-5 will work?]
2. Do I need to run any other circuits, other than coax and the AUX,
from KAT500 into shack?
3. Reno/Sparks is a high desert [4,500'] directly adjacent to the
Carson Range and Sierra Nevada [really big mountains]. Winter temps go
down into single digits, it does snow/rain. Should I do anything to
prevent condensation in the weatherproof box [light bulb, drain hole, ???].
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
- www.cqp.org
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