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• Joining coax cables
  • Your best bet is to use connectors and a barrel
    • Is it an SMA connector? or a mini UHF?
  • How about for a VHF coax?
    • Don't splice coax
      • It's deck stepped.
        • Nope
        • Deck stepped masts.
        • These are all good suggestions
          • The best way to join is RF cable is with connectors
            • I did some searching on the web
        • My mast is deck stepped too...
          • Based on advice and lots of reading
          • You can also use a "snorkel"
            • Internal snorkel.
              • That's pretty much what I have now
            • Schnorkel...Is that Cherr-man for weatherhead?
              • I'm pretty sure it's from the French "la snorkelle."
                • Ahhh! Bien Sûr
              • Charlie, I happen to know you are very familiar with "le snore"
  • Best is to shorten and re-attach the plug.
    • Al has it, shorten and re-attach the plug...
      • Agreed this is best in most applications...
  • coax splice