I have a 1988 Hunter 28.5.
I took my antenna analyzer to my boat to measure the antenna match on the VHF radio today and found that the SWR is about 4:1 (too high!).
I have a record from a few years ago where it was 1.2:1 (very low, as it should be).
(I'm an old time ham radio operator, so I know about radios, coax & antennas.)
I strongly suspect that the coax has gone bad, and I'd like to change it. I'll probably use RG-400 (Teflon) coax.
I can see where the old coax goes up the bottom of the mast support tube near the bilge pump at the base. There is some black plastic wire loom around it and the other mast wires.
What I'd like to do is to cut the coax there, solder onto the new coax and pull it up. But my concern is that it may be tied off in a bundle with some other wires inside the mast.
Do I need to drop the mast?
Is anyone familiar with pulling up a new coax?
One more question: Do they use standard UHF connectors (PL259) at the antenna?
Thanks,
Sir Michael
I took my antenna analyzer to my boat to measure the antenna match on the VHF radio today and found that the SWR is about 4:1 (too high!).
I have a record from a few years ago where it was 1.2:1 (very low, as it should be).
(I'm an old time ham radio operator, so I know about radios, coax & antennas.)
I strongly suspect that the coax has gone bad, and I'd like to change it. I'll probably use RG-400 (Teflon) coax.
I can see where the old coax goes up the bottom of the mast support tube near the bilge pump at the base. There is some black plastic wire loom around it and the other mast wires.
What I'd like to do is to cut the coax there, solder onto the new coax and pull it up. But my concern is that it may be tied off in a bundle with some other wires inside the mast.
Do I need to drop the mast?
Is anyone familiar with pulling up a new coax?
One more question: Do they use standard UHF connectors (PL259) at the antenna?
Thanks,
Sir Michael