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Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: Feeding single band HF yagis 500+ ft from the shack

To: Kelly Taylor <ve4xt@mymts.net>, Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: Feeding single band HF yagis 500+ ft from the shack
From: "Joseph B. Fitzgerald" <jfitzgerald@alum.wpi.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 16:47:28 +0000
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Kelly asked:
>Curious… at what point, given the cost of hardline, does one consider running 
>code-compliant power out to the towers, 
>putting the RF components there and using either ethernet or fibre between the 
>control heads in the shack and the rf components?

As soon as it get cheaper!  That is largely why the cell phone people don't 
have much Heliax for us these days ... they put the radios at the top of the 
tower.

de KM1P Joe
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