Stus-List Re: Antenna cable woes
THIS is the correct answer, he who cut it can fix it! Joe From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2022 10:47 PM To: Stus-List Cc: Josh Muckley 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 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
Stus-List Re: Antenna cable woes
Thanks for the backup Joe but after seeing a more detailed description it sounds like the cable did not previously have a service disconnect to allow for removal of the mast from the boat. As described earlier by myself and followed by Andy Frame the use of a PL-259 connection on both cut ends joined together by a 238 barrel is probably the best choice. This will allow the mast to be more easily removed and installed in the future. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD May 29, 2022 9:43:06 AM j...@dellabarba.com: > THIS is the correct answer, he who cut it can fix it! > > Joe > > *From:* Josh Muckley via CnC-List > *Sent:* Saturday, May 28, 2022 10:47 PM > *To:* Stus-List > *Cc:* Josh Muckley > *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 > 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 > >
Stus-List Re: Antenna cable woes
AMEN!! Neil Andersen, W3NEA Rock Hall, MD 21661 484-354-8800 From: Joe Della Barba via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2022 9:43:04 AM To: 'Stus-List' Cc: j...@dellabarba.com Subject: Stus-List Re: Antenna cable woes THIS is the correct answer, he who cut it can fix it! Joe From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2022 10:47 PM To: Stus-List Cc: Josh Muckley 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 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
