Check out spinkler wire at Home Depot. 18 GA, 7 conductor is available. Of course, it can be buried if required. The wire I used specifically said okay for burial. Run the numbers to see if the voltage drop is an issue based on length. There is 4 and 5 conductor available also. You could use more than 1 cable and parallel if needed. I was in a rush and I have used the sprinkler wire for a rotator without any issues yet. I occurs to me that perhaps UV resistance might be an issue, but haven't had a problem yet. Any comments from anyone else on the use of sprinkler cable for rotators?
73, Bill NJ1H
On 5/29/2011 5:16 PM, Mike1234 wrote:
I have looked all over the place I was wondering if someone could tell me where I can get the six conductor rotator cable for the yaesu 5500 rotator.
Mike N8GBU
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