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[mihry@argontech.net (Michael D. Ihry)]

By the way, Lowes here sells 3 conductor #14 (3
conductors + ground) for about $22 per 250 feet.
If you parallel two of these you can get the eight
wires you need for Ham series rotor.  One
connecton to the rotor is ground so you can use
the ground conductor of one cable for that.  The
meter circuit is low voltage so you can use the
ground of the second cable for one of its leads.
Where this gets to be a real benefit cost wise is
when you go over 325 feet.  The commercial rotor
cable gets as expensive as low loss coax....

73 de Brian/K3KO


Brian Smithson wrote:
>
> I've seen suggestions in the past to use household wire for rotor
> cable. My question is which kind to handle the elements - how does
> regular romex do in UV? Other types?
>
> Tnx es 73!
>
> -Brian n8wrl
>
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