[HCARC] Rotator Cable

[Gary and Arlene Johnson]

In the pursuit of getting everything ready to go into conduit to get to the top of the hill, I am getting ready to take Mr Bill's advice and remember to run rotator cable to the tower site.  Most every rotator manufacturer says to use 6 conductor cable and all of the rotator cable I have been able to find has 8 conductors (2 larger and 6 smaller gauge wires)  Am I missing something here??  Am I really going to need all 8 wires OR could I use the extra pair of wires to bring 12 volt to the tower vs running a second dedicated 12 volt line??

Asked in the interest of doing it right the first time vs doing it twice.

Gary J
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013