darticus
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HAM RG-58 SPLICE HELP AND LENGTH HELP
I hooked up a used 2 meter antenna in my porch so I can just pull up the SMA connector from the floor and use my newly roof mounted antenna. After I ran everything I found a cut in my coax and don't know if I should trust it but I don't want to run a new wire and waste this. It seems to be working fine but think I should splice it at this cut so it doesn't go any further. Any thoughts of a splice method or who sells a good splicer for rg-58 coax.
The other part of this is that it seems that we don't pay much attention on Ham to check SWR like on CB. Is there a reason for not being as concerned as on CB? I ran the RG-58 cable about 75 feet and added ends. Should the coax be a certain length. Should I be concerned with SWR for this 2 meter antenna set up. I'm using mostly a YAESU VX-7R in my portable porch location. Thanks Ron
I hooked up a used 2 meter antenna in my porch so I can just pull up the SMA connector from the floor and use my newly roof mounted antenna. After I ran everything I found a cut in my coax and don't know if I should trust it but I don't want to run a new wire and waste this. It seems to be working fine but think I should splice it at this cut so it doesn't go any further. Any thoughts of a splice method or who sells a good splicer for rg-58 coax.
The other part of this is that it seems that we don't pay much attention on Ham to check SWR like on CB. Is there a reason for not being as concerned as on CB? I ran the RG-58 cable about 75 feet and added ends. Should the coax be a certain length. Should I be concerned with SWR for this 2 meter antenna set up. I'm using mostly a YAESU VX-7R in my portable porch location. Thanks Ron