[TowerTalk] Can I bury rotator cable?

[Roger D Johnson]

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?   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 find cable
>> with more conductors online.  
>> Tom, N2SR
> 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 two high-current
> motor lines.  Two 18-gauge wires in parallel is about the same as 15 gauge.
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