Cable

[enumrob]

I'm in the process of getting my BUD back up and running after several years of no use. The cables are all shot and need to be redone. I can't find any of the old school ribbon cable with the positioner cables and for the polorotor. I'm thinking of using landscape cable for the actuator. The c and Ku feeds are covered using Rg6 no issues there. Where are people using for actuator cables and polorotor?

 

[Brct203]

I'm in the process of getting my BUD back up and running after several years of no use. The cables are all shot and need to be redone. I can't find any of the old school ribbon cable with the positioner cables and for the polorotor. I'm thinking of using landscape cable for the actuator. The c and Ku feeds are covered using Rg6 no issues there. Where are people using for actuator cables and polorotor?

landscape cable is good for the actuator motor. For the sensor, I use shielded alarm cable. The shield is important and should be grounded at the positioner end (and not connected at the actuator end)

as for the polarotor, keep in mind that modern receivers don't have the electronics to control them, so you might want to consider using a LNBF instead. If you still want to use the polarotor, you can use cable similar to the sensor cable

 

[enumrob]

landscape cable is good for the actuator motor. For the sensor, I use shielded alarm cable. The shield is important and should be grounded at the positioner end (and not connected at the actuator end)

as for the polarotor, keep in mind that modern receivers don't have the electronics to control them, so you might want to consider using a LNBF instead. If you still want to use the polarotor, you can use cable similar to the sensor cable

I appreciate the response. I ordered up what you suggested. I have a Titanium Satellite ASC1, been out of service for years, I pulled it out of storage and it powered right up. I can't wait to get this back online.