I went to an electronics shop back when and tried to find some antenna
wire connectors of some sort, and I found some, but they apparently did
not work as I can't get much signal strength. I guess I could try to
find some on some electronics site, or take some measurements and post
them here and someone can suggest a solution.
--FT
On 11/26/16 7:01 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
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
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--FT
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