UHF antenna cable joiner?

[scooba_285]

hi, i put a winch on the other weekend and couldnt be bothered disconnecting the uhf cable when i took the bullbar off so i just cut it, my question is, is there a connector i can get to join the cable back together? im hoping jaycar sell them but thought i would see if anyone has gone this way before
cheers

 

[Krankin]

U can get a male and a female PL259 type or BNC types from a shop or from Egay....

new coax is better as a join means loss.

 

[KraftyPg]

I'd just use solder and heat shrink if I was to join but agree with Krankin, where possible unjoined cable is better.

 

[Bvandermaat]

I bought a joiner from Jaycar for the same thing and it works well. Cost a dollar or something like that.

 

[ianf]

Suggest you join using a male to female BNC connectors. Losses are minimal and you can easily disconnect if the bull bar needs to be removed again. However I would suggest you tape up the BNC connectors with electrical tape or self amalgamating tape.

 

[Krankin]

and i would insist you do a SWR on the system after said reconnection of cut coax as you may gain more than just minimal loss from the experience.

 

[FatBoy89]

I connected mine with one of the little cheaper jaycar hobbies and haven't had a problem
At all

 

[equipt]

You can get coax joiners from jaycar or dick smith for about $3. But as mentioned before a cable without joins is going to be much better.

 

[terryc]

and i would insist you do a SWR on the system

How do you do that?
I'm accustomed to having to tune aerials in the HF range, but that was decades ago. so I was quizzical about the ease of just swapping the hand held UHF's stubby aerial for either of an external unity or 6/9db gain aerial.

Is there something built into modern UHF to auto compensate, or at 5watts, it doesn't matter that much?

 

[Krankin]

How do you do that?
I'm accustomed to having to tune aerials in the HF range, but that was decades ago. so I was quizzical about the ease of just swapping the hand held UHF's stubby aerial for either of an external unity or 6/9db gain aerial.

Is there something built into modern UHF to auto compensate, or at 5watts, it doesn't matter that much?

Doesnt matter..1, 2 or 5 Watts, if the swr is bad....no good for transciever.
UHF ants...dont need tuning (generaly) but sometimes you may get a bad antenna, or you may nick the coax and not realise, etc, etc....but u need a swr meter to check this anyway....i personally wouldnt and dont run my radios without doing this simple check.