airband coax joiner

[BrendAn]

can anyone tell me if i can cut and join this antenna lead without losing performance or causing some other issue.

[Underwood]

Yes, providing you can make a reliable new connection with a 50 Ohm connector , the coax length on these bought antenna isnt tuned in any way its just sold with a usable length

but lengthening it a lot will  reduce the signal/noise ratio a bit

[BrendAn]

23 minutes ago, Underwood said:

Yes, providing you can make a reliable new connection with a 50 Ohm connector , the coax length on these bought antenna isnt tuned in any way its just sold with a usable length

but lengthening it a lot will  reduce the signal/noise ratio a bit

Thank you. 

I don't want to lengthen it. Just want to cut and join to the old lead because it is a pain to remove from the AC.

[BurnieM]

I always replace the whole coax length even if the work takes significant time.

 

20 years of corrossion but leaving the last 10% does not make a lot of sense to me.

 

 

[skippydiesel]

5 hours ago, BurnieM said:

I always replace the whole coax length even if the work takes significant time.

 

20 years of corrossion but leaving the last 10% does not make a lot of sense to me.

 

 

I agree with you - don't skimp, replace the lot.

 

However if you insisted on cutting & splicing/joining;

• Cut  so as to have about 20 mm extra length
• Slid a suitable piece of shrink tube onto one end
• (Both cut ends)
• Peel back the insulation & remove
• Peel back the wire shielding & retain
• Strip the insulation of the inner wire
• Twist the inner wires together, to make a neat mechanical join (solder if available) OR join with small tubular crimp joiner
• Tape to insulate
• Restore wire shielding as best as you can - wrap with aluminium foil, to make good shielding
• Slip heat shrink over join and shrink in place

Job done!😈

 

 

 

 

[spacesailor]

Wouldn't it be simpler to put a male end onto one piece,  then a female end onto the other. .

The  joining parts are readily available from ' Jaycar ' or your nearest amateur radio group .

spacesailor

[BrendAn]

16 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

Wouldn't it be simpler to put a male end onto one piece,  then a female end onto the other. .

The  joining parts are readily available from ' Jaycar ' or your nearest amateur radio group .

spacesailor

Yes , a 50 ohm connector as advised by underwood. It's not very old so corrosion is not a problem. I leaned on the antenna by mistake when I was fitting aileron cables and it snapped off.