[Hi-zreceivingarraydiscussions] Power Over Coax Issue

[Don Moman VE6JY]

That voltage drop is normal.  I have to use close to 30 v in the shack for
a similar length run.  The surge device (MOV?)  in the control unit cannot
handle this voltage without releasing a smell.....

73 Don
VE6JY


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Brian Sarkisian, KG8CO
<cqkg8co at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I just finished up the 8 Circle Array this afternoon, and it decided not
> to work.
>
> After making sure my wiring was correct, I checked the voltage out at the
> RX array.
>
> When I check it before (without the remote receiver and the phasing units
> connected, the volt meter
> said I was getting 13.8 volts at the RX array so I thought I was in
> business.
>
> Once I connect the remote receiver and phasing units, I see that the
> voltage drops to about 7 volts.
>
> The feed line is about 1100 feet +/- of RG-6 coax
>
> Should I be seeing this sort of voltage drop, and if so what type of input
> voltage can the power over
> coax injectors can handle?
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Brian, KG8CO
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