On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:49:40 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:


If you don't have experience with attaching or soldering antenna
connectors, what you need is to obtain a length of pre-manufactured
cable RG-58U with PL-259 connectors on either end.

You can find premade, soldered cables at AES or HRO - they are about
$30 or there abouts for 24 feet.

If you really, really want to roll your own, for about the same cost,
West Marine sells RG-58U and the connector kit - trust me, if you have
never done it before, get the premade cable.

I've been soldering RF connectors for 50 years or so and I still screw
one or two up a year.

I was planning on trying to do the connector myself in order to keep
the hole coming out of the side of my console as small as possible. I
don't have experience in attaching connectors...what about the
solderless ones?

I will likely be installing the antenna on the bow rail. Pics
available at:

http://home.sc.rr.com/linusb212/main/boat/