THIS is the correct answer, he who cut it can fix it! Joe
From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2022 10:47 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Antenna cable woes Lots of options. You could terminate the 2 ends with the typical connectors and then use a joiner. You could use you're splicer. Nothing will ever be as good as the cable was before it was cut. I'd ask the yard to replace the cable. Period. They broke it, they should fix it... Correctly. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sat, May 28, 2022, 12:07 Charlie Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: The yard that removed my mast to replace the rod rigging just cut the mast antenna cable and so I either have to have another cable run or 'splice' the current cable using one of the Sheakspeare fittings that claim to connect the shield and the conductor without solder, etc. Has any one on the list used such connectors and had any luck (or hints on how to proceed!) or am I faced with running new cable and the expense of someone to climb the mast, etc. The connector was only $16 so I figured it was worth that much to give it a try. Thanks, Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 36 XL/kcb New Bern, NC