"aemeijers" wrote in message
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Subject says it all, almost. Checked the local Borgs- they don't even
carry twinlead any more, much less 4-conductor outdoor-rated ribbon cable.
One place had crappy rather overpriced 3-conductor cable from China, in
small coils, which is apparently the modern standard. I could fake it with
2 runs of outdoor-rated landscape light zip wire, but that would look
crude. I looked online, but didn't find 4-conductor. When I was a kid,
every hardware store had a big reel of it, and you bought how much you
needed.

I'm trying to do a low-buck backup TV signal source, and with stations in
3 major directions, I have to repoint antenna to feed my converter box. I
was all set to buy a flying-saucer omni antenna, but tripped across
(literally) this rotor and control box for 2 bucks at a garage sale. It
works (on the ground at least), but the cable is too short for my roof,
and in pretty nasty shape.

Rotor box says 'colormaster lc100a' on it. Looks to be a clone of the
channel master my family had when I was a kid.

Anybody know if all 4 wires are really needed, or can I combine 2 of them?

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aem sends...

It has been a long time and I do not know if all 4 are needed.

Radio Shack has this 3 wire cable:

http://www.radioshack.com/search/ind...2 0cable&sr=1

Happy shopping.


Colbyt