The proper way is to install connectors on both ends of cable, and use the appropriate adapter between them. You can't keep the impedance correct when you splice and solder coax. For instance, a male connector on each piece of wire, and a female-female connector between the two. Screwed up impedance at a splice will lower the signal level getting to the radio.
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I had to replace the antenna on my Suburban years ago, it is pretty much > impossible to snake a new antenna cable from the antenna to the radio, so I > cut the old one and tried to bodge up a connector between the 2 cable > pieces but it has never worked right. I was thinking to finally solder the > center conductor then wrap something around it and pull the > sheathing/shielding back together and solder it or something. Is this how > you did it? > > --FT > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
