I would agree. The cable must have wicked water. If you don't get back to shiny braid, you'll likely have a very lossy chunk of coax.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "n3dab" <rb_n3...@tds.net> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 4:50 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning coax corrosion > Since you have to diconnect it at the antenna end (the almost unreachable > place ) and it is not for a repeater, why not just cut it back to where it > is convenient to work on it (preferably indoors and weather protected) and > provide a new piece of cable as a jumper to the antenna. If you cut the > old cable back far enough from the exposed end you should be able to get > to clean braid and center conductor, and insert ing a barrel connector > wont degrade your signal enough to worry about. > > Doug N3DAB > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, John <johnk.mch...@...> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I need to replace a PL-259 on the end of a piece of RG-8U at the antenna >> end. The coax shielding is severely corroded, I can cut back aways and >> still reach but I need to clean the shielding so I can solder on a new >> connector. Any suggestion to do this. >> This is on the roof of a building and the coax is routed around the >> rampart to the antenna mount and almost impossible to replace. >> Before the "cable cops" jump on me it's not for repeater service. >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> >> -- >> John Mc Hugh, K4AG >> Coordinator for Amateur Radio >> National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC >> Home page:- http://www.wx4nhc.org >>
