[TowerTalk] A Couple of Rotor/Coax Cable Questions

[john at kk9a.com]

The cables that came with my Yaesu G-2800 DXA rotators over 15 years  
ago were gray PVC so this sounds correct.  The cables and rotators  
worked perfectly in Aruba.  All of the multiconductor control cables  
that I have at my NC station are also gray.  What is the concern  
regarding color?

John KK9A


Mike & Becca K9MK wrote:

Greetings,

Years back I acquired a Yaesu 2800 series rotor.  IIRC the control  
cable was a pre-fabbed black jacketed PVC type cable.

A local is selling a NOS/NIB G2800 and I noticed the control cable is  
a gray color now, and the cable is quite flexible.  Having a bad  
experience with gray jacketed coax before I was wondering if anyone  
has a Yaesu 2800 rotor with this type of control cable on their tower  
now, and how it is holding up?


Thanks

73's  Mike K9MK/5