Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 27 May 91 02:17:36 EDT From: gaarder@anarres.ithaca.ny.us Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Looking For Inexpensive Outside Wire Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 401, Message 5 of 10 Lines: 26 A friend and I are planning to run some cable from my house to his, a distance of about 1000 feet, and are looking for advice on where to find suitable wire at minimum cost. The plan is to go underground right near the houses, and overhead through the trees in the intervening woods. We need at least two pairs carrying RS-422 data, and an extra pair or two for some sort of voice link would be very nice. I have scrounged some underground phone cable and some drop wire, but not enough yet. One possible source of cheap wire is military surplus WD-1 field telephone wire. I've been told that it is steel wire, or possibly a combination of copper and steel. Does anyone know which, and what kind of resistance per unit length the stuff has? Also, any gotchas about using wire intended for underground use overhead? Any other ideas? Thanks, Steve Gaarder gaarder@theory.tc.cornell.edu gaarder@anarres.ithaca.ny.us [Moderator's Note: For only a thousand feet, why not go underground for the whole trip? It will be less conspicuous to vandals and others, and avoid the problem of trees getting cut down and winter ice storms pulling the wire down, etc. PAT]