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If I am reading that right, he is splicing 1/2" hard line by stripping it back and twisting the center conductors together with wire nuts, then bonding the outer shield somehow with hose clamps leaving several inches of the center conductor with no shielding over it and bent away from where the shield is connected together.

We really need to see a picture of that.
I have to agree with Marconi, this is not the way to splice coax, the 75 ohm impedance in that section of the line must be really out of whack.
As for it working.....ya it might work but you have to think that it is really not the way to do a splice in coax and who knows what the loss is going from one end to the other..
I think he really needs to do the test Eddie was talking about....to see how much of the power from the radio is being lost in the feed line before it gets to the antenna.
I see the advantage of putting a antenna up on top of a hill as opposed to down in a hole, or up against the side of a mountain but I have to think that if he used the proper connectors it would be way better that splicing it like that.
The W7NN Home made connectors would be a much better way to go...Don`t you think?

73
Jeff

<blockquote data-quote="AudioShockwav" data-source="post: 357125" data-attributes="member: 6">If I am reading that right, he is splicing 1/2&quot; hard line by stripping it back and twisting the center conductors together with wire nuts, then bonding the outer shield somehow with&nbsp; hose clamps leaving several inches of the center conductor with no shielding over it and bent away from where the shield is connected together.&nbsp;We really need to see a picture of that.I have to agree with Marconi, this is not the way to splice coax, the 75 ohm impedance in that section of the line must be really out of whack. &nbsp;As for it working.....ya it might work but you have to think that it is really not the way to do a splice in coax and who knows what the loss is going from one end to the other..I think he really needs to do the test Eddie was talking about....to see how much of the power from the radio is being lost in the feed line before it gets to the antenna.&nbsp;I see the advantage of putting a antenna up on top of a hill as opposed to down in a hole, or up against the side of a mountain but I have to think that if he used the proper connectors it would be way better that splicing it like that. &nbsp;The W7NN Home made connectors would be a much better way to go...Don`t you think? 73Jeff</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AudioShockwav, post: 357125, member: 6"] If I am reading that right, he is splicing 1/2" hard line by stripping it back and twisting the center conductors together with wire nuts, then bonding the outer shield somehow with hose clamps leaving several inches of the center conductor with no shielding over it and bent away from where the shield is connected together. We really need to see a picture of that. I have to agree with Marconi, this is not the way to splice coax, the 75 ohm impedance in that section of the line must be really out of whack. As for it working.....ya it might work but you have to think that it is really not the way to do a splice in coax and who knows what the loss is going from one end to the other.. I think he really needs to do the test Eddie was talking about....to see how much of the power from the radio is being lost in the feed line before it gets to the antenna. I see the advantage of putting a antenna up on top of a hill as opposed to down in a hole, or up against the side of a mountain but I have to think that if he used the proper connectors it would be way better that splicing it like that. The W7NN Home made connectors would be a much better way to go...Don`t you think? 73 Jeff [/QUOTE]

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