[WARC] Beam at Witoka, Need Yaesu Connector & Cable

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> On Oct 21, 2023, at 12:39, Mike Foerster via WARC <warc at w0ne.org> wrote:
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> I’m plotting on putting the club’s Mosley Classic 33 beam up at Witoka for the HF Remote station (ICOM IC-7300).
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> The Off Center Fed Dipole (OCFD) seems to match pretty well on 80 & 40, but isn’t so good on 20, 15 & 10 meters.  With the club’s beam, we can cover these 3 bands quite well.
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> We have an 8’ quad stand & some 21’ masts that we can use to mount the antenna, getting it up to about 25’. 
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> Mike Cizek, W0VTT gave us a thrust bearing that will be mounted near the top of the mast and held with ropes down to the ground.    
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> We had setup this antenna like this for the Winona County Fair this last summer.
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> We also have a Yaesu G800 rotor & controller, however, we don’t have the 7 pin round connector nor the 6 wire rotor cable that would be required to turn the rotor.    To begin with, we will mount the stand, rotor mast and antenna, setup in a fixed position pointing to the east (east coast & Europe).  If there is enough interest, perhaps we will connect up the rotor to the remote system.   That can be done at a later.
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> It will take 3 to 4 guys to put the mast & antenna up, but we’ll plan that at a later date.  I’ll have the stakes in the ground prior to any ground frost.
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> We’re looking for a 7 pin round connector that is used with the Yaesu rotators and about 50’ of at least a 6 conductor rotor cable.
>   If you can help with this, it would be very much appreciated!
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> Thanks & 73,
>      Mike, W0IH
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