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1. [TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable? (score: 1): Author: Rudy Bakalov via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:33:41 -0400; I know certain coax cables are direct burial while others are not. But what about the rotator control cable? Can I bury it without any conduits? Rudy N2WQ Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse br; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-06/msg00350.html (6,908 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable? (score: 1): Author: Michael Walker <va3mw@portcredit.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:47:56 -0400; Hi Rudy I have buried cable many times. Just make sure there are zero splices in as they will corrode underground. You may have rebury or replace at time. Pushing it through garden hose is pretty sim; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-06/msg00354.html (8,029 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable? (score: 1): Author: Tom_N2SR via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 09:52:22 +0000 (UTC); Why not use sprinkler system control cable? It's cheap and it's made for direct burial. Two issues. The "standard" that you can find in the box stores is only 7 conductor, but you can probably f; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-06/msg00356.html (9,554 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable? (score: 1): Author: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 09:55:55 -0400; My rotator cable to the southwest tower is buried (250 feet) since 2006. It has some splices, but no problems yet. Each wire at a splice is twisted and soldered, then wrapped with butyl rubber, then; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-06/msg00359.html (8,651 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable? (score: 1): Author: "Jeff DePolo" <jd0@broadsci.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 14:25:43 -0400; I've used 10 conductor 18AWG sprinkler wire for Ham-IV and T2X, which is readily available (Google says Home Depot even carries it). With 10 conductors, you double up on two sets of wires for the tw; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-06/msg00368.html (8,316 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable? (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 15:06:00 -0400; It depends, but it sounds as if what you have will work just fine if it's buried in a stone free environment. I would have slipped simple heat shrink tube over each wire splice, but it sounds as if y; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-06/msg00369.html (10,642 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable? (score: 1): Author: Roger D Johnson <n1rj@roadrunner.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 15:18:35 -0400; The sprinkler cable I bought a while ago was copper coated steel. Quite a bit more restive than pure Cu. 73, Roger On 6/25/2016 2:25 PM, Jeff DePolo wrote: Why not use sprinkler system control cable?; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-06/msg00370.html (9,331 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable? (score: 1): Author: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:02:59 -0400; Comments interlaced below... If I ever find a stone here that wasn't placed by man, I may die of shock. I live on pure sand with a naturally accumulated thin layer of what passes for topsoil over it.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-06/msg00376.html (11,290 bytes)

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