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Posted by MAS on December 22, 2007, 4:09 am


Hi all,

I have a Garmin 296 and a remote antenna that I want to mount about 40cm
from the GPS unit. The cable on the remote antenna is a good 2mt's too long
so is it ok to just coil it up and tie it out of the way or does coiling the
cable cause interference ?

Am I better of cutting the cable to the right length and fitting a new BNC
connector ?

Cheers..



Posted by Conor on December 22, 2007, 7:27 am


> Hi all,
>
> I have a Garmin 296 and a remote antenna that I want to mount about 40cm
> from the GPS unit. The cable on the remote antenna is a good 2mt's too long
> so is it ok to just coil it up and tie it out of the way or does coiling the
> cable cause interference ?
>
> Am I better of cutting the cable to the right length and fitting a new BNC
> connector ?
>
Should be OK.

--
Conor

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.

Posted by Andrew (G0RVM) on December 22, 2007, 8:04 am


MAS wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a Garmin 296 and a remote antenna that I want to mount about 40cm
> from the GPS unit. The cable on the remote antenna is a good 2mt's too
> long so is it ok to just coil it up and tie it out of the way or does
> coiling the cable cause interference ?
>
> Am I better of cutting the cable to the right length and fitting a new BNC
> connector ?
>
> Cheers..

Either would be just fine. However, if one end of the cable is moulded into
the antenna, you may be better off just coiling the wire - hold it together
with a couple of cable ties - in case you ever want to move it further away.
Sods law and all that....

Andrew



Posted by Peter on December 22, 2007, 11:53 am


Andrew (G0RVM) wrote:
> MAS wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a Garmin 296 and a remote antenna that I want to mount about 40cm
>> from the GPS unit. The cable on the remote antenna is a good 2mt's too
>> long so is it ok to just coil it up and tie it out of the way or does
>> coiling the cable cause interference ?
>> Am I better of cutting the cable to the right length and fitting a new BNC
>> connector ?
>> Cheers..
>
> Either would be just fine. However, if one end of the cable is moulded into
> the antenna, you may be better off just coiling the wire - hold it together
> with a couple of cable ties - in case you ever want to move it further away.
> Sods law and all that....
>
> Andrew
>
>
A shorter cable will always be better for signal strength, however the
original will have had the plug fitted properly (we hope). A poor DIY
job could well be worse. Unless you have problems I would leave it
alone. Just don't coil it too tightly (3 inch dia loops is fine) and
don't put it where the cable will get squeezed.

Posted by MAS on December 22, 2007, 2:53 pm


Thanks Conor, Andrew, Peter,

I will leave it as it is and coil it..

Regards. MAS

> Andrew (G0RVM) wrote:
>> MAS wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have a Garmin 296 and a remote antenna that I want to mount about 40cm
>>> from the GPS unit. The cable on the remote antenna is a good 2mt's too
>>> long so is it ok to just coil it up and tie it out of the way or does
>>> coiling the cable cause interference ?
>>> Am I better of cutting the cable to the right length and fitting a new
>>> BNC
>>> connector ?
>>> Cheers..
>> Either would be just fine. However, if one end of the cable is moulded
>> into the antenna, you may be better off just coiling the wire - hold it
>> together with a couple of cable ties - in case you ever want to move it
>> further away. Sods law and all that....
>> Andrew
> A shorter cable will always be better for signal strength, however the
> original will have had the plug fitted properly (we hope). A poor DIY job
> could well be worse. Unless you have problems I would leave it alone. Just
> don't coil it too tightly (3 inch dia loops is fine) and don't put it
> where the cable will get squeezed.



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