Hi, all.

So, here's a related question:

I use a mag-mount on our vehicle for 2 meters and 440, and tonight, I just 
noticed that the outer jacket on part of the coax feedline was becoming hard 
and inflexible, and has even split in one place.  As a temporary repair, I 
wrapped where the outer jacket of the coax is split with electrical tape, 
then put coax seal over the tape, and wrapped the connection again with an 
outer layer of electrical tape.

I suspect that this fix will not last forever, and that I may be looking at 
buying another magmount at our next local swap.  If I could, I'd take the 
magmount apart, and just replace the coax, but it is all molded together, 
and won't come apart easily.

Any thoughts on this situation, and what I have done, would be appreciated.

Someday, maybe someday, all of my antennas will be working again without 
problems.  It certainly has been a rough few weeks for a number of us on the 
list as far as antennas are concerned!

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: splicing coax


Chris,
I wouldn't do it.  You would have to retain the coaxial part of coax
and that would be very difficult.  Also, whatever insulation you
placed around the center conductor would probably have different
dielectric properties than what the cable has and that would screw
things up as well.  You could place connectors on the ends of the
pieces and use a barrel connector to connect them.  That would work fine.
Sorry to rain on your parade.
Pat, K9JAU At 03:27 PM 3/7/2011, you wrote:
>Hello,
>Is it a good idea to splice coax?  I wouldn't consider it for an outdoor
>run but what about indoors?
>
>Chris