OK guys, after this question I know you will all wonder how I passed the tech exam, and frankly I wonder myself.
Something in the ceiling of a parking garage downtown grabbed my magnetic antenna (cheap hershey kiss) and ripped the magnet and coax cable out of the base.
So, I soldered the coax shield wire to the magnet and the center coax wire to the pin of the antenna. I then put it back together with a high temperature silicone. I seems to work OK but I now hear a wizzing or whurring when listening to others.
Was I sposed to solder the shield wire to the magnet?
I also broke the center pin inside the SMA connector so Radio Shack hooked me up with a new $7 connector. I think I hit the point of deminished return when I bought the antenna for $20.
Can anyone direct me in this matter?
Thank you,
Marc Duncan
Something in the ceiling of a parking garage downtown grabbed my magnetic antenna (cheap hershey kiss) and ripped the magnet and coax cable out of the base.
So, I soldered the coax shield wire to the magnet and the center coax wire to the pin of the antenna. I then put it back together with a high temperature silicone. I seems to work OK but I now hear a wizzing or whurring when listening to others.
Was I sposed to solder the shield wire to the magnet?
I also broke the center pin inside the SMA connector so Radio Shack hooked me up with a new $7 connector. I think I hit the point of deminished return when I bought the antenna for $20.
Can anyone direct me in this matter?
Thank you,
Marc Duncan
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