Antenna Cable
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Antenna Cable
I screwed up and pulled the antenna cable from the back of the radio on my 07 Ultra. I thought it was a male jack. It wasn't and I messed it up.
Can I cut it off and install a jack? I know the antenna jack on the internal antenna I bought fits into the radio fine.
I want to put a Y adapter in the radio and still use the stock cable to the external antenna.
Can I just replace the end with something from Radio Shack?
Can I cut it off and install a jack? I know the antenna jack on the internal antenna I bought fits into the radio fine.
I want to put a Y adapter in the radio and still use the stock cable to the external antenna.
Can I just replace the end with something from Radio Shack?
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I'm not sure about the repair, but wouldn't keeping the external antenna defeat the purpose of having an internal antenna? I mean, the main reason that I installed an internal is because I didn't like the look of the external and the fact that it got in the way when I had my rack on.
BTW, I did the same thing (pulled the external cable out of the radio & trashed it) when I was installing the internal. Damn thing looked like a regular plug.
BTW, I did the same thing (pulled the external cable out of the radio & trashed it) when I was installing the internal. Damn thing looked like a regular plug.
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I'm not sure about the repair, but wouldn't keeping the external antenna defeat the purpose of having an internal antenna? I mean, the main reason that I installed an internal is because I didn't like the look of the external and the fact that it got in the way when I had my rack on.
Or, even without the tourpak and using the relocated connection on the frame.
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What you are trying to do is called diversity. It's two antennas fed into a radio and the strongest signal will be used by the receiver. I'm not sure that you can do this successfully by splitting an antenna line with a Y though, the setups I've seen on cellular and 2-way had two isolated antennas and inputs.
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It has to unplug somehow, right? But how??? If the cable is wrecked is there an easy fix?
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Antennas are a tuned length---- the length is determined by the frequency of the radio waves you want to pick up.
The antenna also has an impedance.
using a Y cable changes both of those to some random value, that won't work-
you could perhaps run an extension cable to a point where you can reach it and plug in the hidden antenna in town, then unplug and plug in the tour pak antenna when the tour pak goes on
a 'diversity' system, is 2 complete antenna and receiver units with sensing circuitry to send the stronger on the 2 signals to the output.
( i use diversity wireless systems in the concert world for mics and guitars)
mike
The antenna also has an impedance.
using a Y cable changes both of those to some random value, that won't work-
you could perhaps run an extension cable to a point where you can reach it and plug in the hidden antenna in town, then unplug and plug in the tour pak antenna when the tour pak goes on
a 'diversity' system, is 2 complete antenna and receiver units with sensing circuitry to send the stronger on the 2 signals to the output.
( i use diversity wireless systems in the concert world for mics and guitars)
mike
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Antennas are a tuned length---- the length is determined by the frequency of the radio waves you want to pick up.
The antenna also has an impedance.
using a Y cable changes both of those to some random value, that won't work-
you could perhaps run an extension cable to a point where you can reach it and plug in the hidden antenna in town, then unplug and plug in the tour pak antenna when the tour pak goes on
a 'diversity' system, is 2 complete antenna and receiver units with sensing circuitry to send the stronger on the 2 signals to the output.
( i use diversity wireless systems in the concert world for mics and guitars)
mike
The antenna also has an impedance.
using a Y cable changes both of those to some random value, that won't work-
you could perhaps run an extension cable to a point where you can reach it and plug in the hidden antenna in town, then unplug and plug in the tour pak antenna when the tour pak goes on
a 'diversity' system, is 2 complete antenna and receiver units with sensing circuitry to send the stronger on the 2 signals to the output.
( i use diversity wireless systems in the concert world for mics and guitars)
mike
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What you are trying to do is called diversity. It's two antennas fed into a radio and the strongest signal will be used by the receiver. I'm not sure that you can do this successfully by splitting an antenna line with a Y though, the setups I've seen on cellular and 2-way had two isolated antennas and inputs.
Any idea on how to repair the connection on the original cable?
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I ran into the same thing. Does anyone know, how does the antenna unplug from the back of the radio?