I am wanting to swap out the BNC receiver connector to an N
connector on my Kenwood TKR-750 2 meter repeater. After contacting
Kenwood and getting quoted some crack prices I figured I'd see if
anyone has anything laying around or has any ideas on here.
I've got the BNC Connector and the existing cable that goes from the
BNC to the RX Board removed from the repeater and sitting on my desk.
I also have an N Female connector that I want to put in line. The
existing coax interconnect is not long enough to cut the BNC off of
and solder the N on and have it be sufficient length to reach both the
board and the back of the repeater.
The cable is the super small sized coax terminated one one end with
the little micro RCA looking plug and the Connector is on the other
end. If I remember correctly it looks exactly like the coax
interconnects found in the Mitrek, Syntor and all them. I'm thinking a
scrap Mitrek or Syntor would work fine (any thoughts on just ganking a
cable from another radio?) Anyone know where I can purchase a new
cable terminated with that micro plug from (other then Kenwood,
because I'm not about to pay $34 for two feet of cable)
Also, I've been thinking about taking some small copper pipe and
routing it inside the repeater from the BNC opening in the rear to the
RX board to run the coax inside of for a little better shielding
against the TX. Any thoughts/comments/suggestions on that idea?
Thanks guys!
Alex N4TIA
