Hi Pete
Reading your Yaesu rotator woes ... I did the same as you to my towers.
1000' rolls of #12 UF was only around $180 in 1990 !
But do you think the UF wire is BAD ? I have taken a few direct lightning
hits and fried the 22 ga control wires but ( knock on wood)
not the heavy 12 ga UF wires ??? I have been using low voltage landscape
wire for the HD motor runs up and down the tower
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOW-VOLTAGE-OUTDOOR-WIRE-500FT-16GA-STRANDED-2-COND-ALT-FOR-GTO-RB509-/371050249419
YMMV
Wayne W3EA
PS I use multi conductor sprinkler wire for for indication ... and switches
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:57:31 -0400
> From: n4zr@contesting.com
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Control Cable for Rotators
>
> When I installed my tower and rotators 15 years ago, copper was
> relatively cheap. My total run is approximately 340 feet to the top of
> the tower, and so I just ran 4 x 3-wire UFB house wire out and up the tower.
>
> I'm thinking I probably should replace the cable, and the price of that
> much UFB is breathtaking. Yaesu says 18 AWG minimum for 40M (130 ft) or
> more. But for the length I'm using I'd think that 16 AWG for the 2
> motor leads would be minimal, while something much lighter, such as
> all-weather network cable with doubled conductors might do for the
> potentiometer.
>
> Advice much appreciated.
>
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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