[TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable?

[N1BUG]

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 
Scotch Super 88. (I trimmed the length of each wire differently so 
no two actual splices overlap) Entire cable in the splice area is 
wrapped with butyl rubber, then glue lined heat shrink, then Super 
88. The splices are "ugly" but underground no one can see them.

Paul N1BUG



On 06/24/2016 08:47 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
> 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 simple.
>
> Mike va3mw
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Rudy Bakalov via TowerTalk <
> towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> 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 brevity, typos, or
>> inappropriate autocorrect.