I purchased a 4' Francis pre-tuned cb24 hotrod antenna recently. First antenna for my first cb radio a president McKinley. On the specs for this antenna it calls for 18' of RG58 cable. I have a place in town that sells all sorts of cable, so I order 20 foot of Belden 50 Ohm RG-58 #8240. I also bought some pl259 connectors. I paid for it all at the counter and the warehouse guy brought the cable to me in a bag I take off, get home, look in the bag and this stuff is SUPER thin. WAY thinner than cb antenna wire I have seen in the past. In fact it's so thin that I don't think it will work with the pl259 connectors I bought. I could probably fit 3 ends of this cable into the pl259 connector sleeve. What did I do wrong? Go easy on me, I'm new to all this.
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RG-58 CB antenna wire, why is it so thin?
- Thread starter sjm78
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Don't know what kind of PL-259's you ordered but the solder on kind have reducers to accommodate RG-58.
Thanks for the info, learned something new today!
mmckenna
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Yeah, shop didn't give you all the parts you need. The standard UHF connector fits RG-8. If you want to use smaller cable, you need the reducer mentioned above. The shop you purchased from should have those in stock.
