Hi Fred, I have been running my remote KAT500 for 3 CNY winters straight now without any problems. My connection to the site (about 100 feet) is LMR400DB and power (heavy duty extension cord) only. The communications is WiFi using a Lantronics serial server talking to the KAT500 utility. I tried using Ethernet for the communications but the noise and spurs were pretty bad. As to your numbered questions:
1. I don't know as I have never tried or missed the AUX connection, but I have also heard that other people have been successful with CAT5 or CAT6 cable. 2. I think having the serial connection to the KAT500 is very useful. Of course it is essential if you don't have the AUX connection (I don't). 3. It looks like I have about the same winter conditions as I do. My enclosure is entirely open at the bottom and all cables come up here with a drip loop. I have no heating system installed. If you think one is necessary be sure to turn off during summer. BTW my installation is almost completely shaded by heavy foliage in the summer. See a couple of pictures here: http://ab2tc.com/ AB2TC - Knut k6dgw wrote > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: > Elecraft@.qth > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to > lists+1215531472858-365791@.nabble -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Remoting-KAT500-to-base-of-antenna-tp7612797p7612805.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
