Since you have to diconnect it at the antenna end (the almost unreachable place ) and it is not for a repeater, why not just cut it back to where it is convenient to work on it (preferably indoors and weather protected) and provide a new piece of cable as a jumper to the antenna. If you cut the old cable back far enough from the exposed end you should be able to get to clean braid and center conductor, and insert ing a barrel connector wont degrade your signal enough to worry about.
Doug N3DAB --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, John <johnk.mch...@...> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I need to replace a PL-259 on the end of a piece of RG-8U at the antenna > end. The coax shielding is severely corroded, I can cut back aways and > still reach but I need to clean the shielding so I can solder on a new > connector. Any suggestion to do this. > This is on the roof of a building and the coax is routed around the > rampart to the antenna mount and almost impossible to replace. > Before the "cable cops" jump on me it's not for repeater service. > > Thanks, > > John > > -- > John Mc Hugh, K4AG > Coordinator for Amateur Radio > National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC > Home page:- http://www.wx4nhc.org >
