Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
For the last couple of years I've had a cable sitting on the dash of my truck. I had a 2m mobile unit that I installed in 2020 (an OLD Kenwood TM-241 that I bought used off of CL) and I ran the antenna cable down through the dash and over towards the door. Originally I just had the cable run through the door opening near the hinge but that caused wind noise (and wasn't good for the cable, I'm sure, to be pinched like that.) I've already drilled one hole in the firewall for the power cable and I don't mind drilling another, BUT my cable has a PL-259 (big) on one end to attach to the radio and an NMO (much smaller) on the other end. I DON'T want to drill the hold big enough to pass the NMO connector through, I'd rather cut the cable, drill a hole just big enough for the cable and THEN crimp the connector on after passing it through (the antenna is a lip-mount on the hood.)
So what tools to I need to crimp this? And am I right in assuming it would be easier to crimp the NMO connector than a new PL-259? Or would the PL-259 be easier? I don't really care which except that if I have to crimp the PL-259 then I have to "push" the cable upwards through the dash which is more difficult than my current setup where I pushed it downward towards the firewall (I hope this makes sense.)
I took the old Kenwood out, in part because of the noise caused by the antenna cable, but I'd really like to put in a mobile 2m/440 radio. I've got the power connection but I need to get the antenna connected and I really don't have any desire to drill a hole in the roof of the truck.
Thanks in advance!
So what tools to I need to crimp this? And am I right in assuming it would be easier to crimp the NMO connector than a new PL-259? Or would the PL-259 be easier? I don't really care which except that if I have to crimp the PL-259 then I have to "push" the cable upwards through the dash which is more difficult than my current setup where I pushed it downward towards the firewall (I hope this makes sense.)
I took the old Kenwood out, in part because of the noise caused by the antenna cable, but I'd really like to put in a mobile 2m/440 radio. I've got the power connection but I need to get the antenna connected and I really don't have any desire to drill a hole in the roof of the truck.
Thanks in advance!