Mike I have had good luck soldering the central conductors of the coax cable ends together, then wrap that soldered joint with electrical tape, then slide the shield wire together on top of the electrical tape as well as yo can, and wrap it with aluminium foil. Before you start put shrink wrap on one of the separated cable parts and after the aluminium wrap is on slide the shrink warp over the foil and heat to get a tight seal...about 2 inches either side of the joint should be good. This works fine on my gps antenna wire and the joint is only slightly larger diameter than the original wire.
Dwight Veinot C&C 35MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List Sent: September 3, 2014 2:21 PM To: mcrom...@bell.blackberry.net; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List dummy move and followup question Our new to us boat came with a Furuno GP31 GPS and external antenna with the GPS mounted in Nav Station. Helm had a much newer Garmin 740. We decided to replace Furuno with a new Raymarine MFD chartplotter at Nav Station. The antenna was still in place. I had posted the Furuno on Kijiji and have an interested buyer. Unfortunately now that we have a liveable interior we also have headliners etc which are one of the biggest curses on a sailboat. While attempting to remove the Antenna I had the cable removed for about half its length after removing way to many access panels but it was stuck somewhere in the nether reaches of the boat. One slightly too aggressive tug and I now have an antenna with two pieces of cable (much easier to remove by the way). So I have been reading about splicing GPS antenna cables. This one is Coax style and there has been a lot of information that BNC ends and a barrel connector will work. Does anyone (especially Fred) have experience and advice on this? I think I may have just reduced my selling price to zero and may be making a gift of the unit to the potential buyer Mike _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4745 / Virus Database: 4015/8124 - Release Date: 08/29/14 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
