My friend stored, for the winter, his mast along with the radar antenna and
cable in the spars shed for years.
This year it appears that the mice or squirrels have chewed on the cable and
the radar is not functioning.
I wonder if a new after market cable can be bought and where. Or maybe the
cable can be repaired?

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My friend stored, for the winter, his mast along with the radar antenna and
cable in the spars shed for years.
This year it appears that the mice or squirrels have chewed on the cable and
the radar is not functioning.
I wonder if a new after market cable can be bought and where. Or maybe the
cable can be repaired?


Yep on one, doubtful on the other.

i'm curious, does radar just use a standard antenna cable with coax
ends on it or is it something special ?

The older radars use a cable of 12-24 single conductors and 1 shielded coax
embedded in it. Hard to repair, probably expensive to buy. If of extreme
budget, you could buy multi conductor then try to buy matching separate
coax. Make sure both are outdoor/sunlight & water resistant.
Lee Haefele
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i'm curious, does radar just use a standard antenna cable with coax
ends on it or is it something special ?

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"purple_stars" wrote:

i'm curious, does radar just use a standard antenna cable with coax
ends on it or is it something special ?


Most Radar interdeck cables are multiconductor, with one coaxial
cable in a shielded cable. Yes, they can be repaired successfully
if one takes great care, as most of the wires are carrying DC
or power circuits, with a few low frequency AC circuits, like Sweep
Timing, Heading Pulse, and Pulse Trigger. The coax is usually a 75 Ohm
RG59 type cable, that is bringing the baseband video from the receiver
to the display.

Bruce in alaska
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