Antenna adapter question - Finally Installed - 03/28/08
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Can I take this adapter, cut off the unused arms to save some room behind the dash, and seal it off with liquid tape?
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Yup should work.
Just make sure none of the wire hairs touch on the cut pieces before you tape it up.
Heck you could cut off the ends you need, solder them up and loose the puck in the middle altogether.
Just make sure none of the wire hairs touch on the cut pieces before you tape it up.
Heck you could cut off the ends you need, solder them up and loose the puck in the middle altogether.
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Originally Posted by vital49
That thing is sweet. Where'd you find it? I've never seen those before.
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From an electronic standpoint, that monster is a disaster. It defeats the purpose of "shielded cable" and allows for the introduction of all kinds of noise. Personally, I wouldn't let that within a country mile of my car. Except to maybe run over it a few times.
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Well I figured I'd give it a try and if it doesn't work I'll give in and go buy one... First I cut all the unnecessary plugs off then cut off all the rubber surrounding the puck. I trimmed off whatever I didn't need of the guts then sealed it all up with the liquid tape.
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By industry (or any reasonable) standard this is completely unacceptable when dealing with RF signals. Personally, I don't even feel this should be posted since it may only encourage others to follow what is an extremely poor practice.
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Originally Posted by ddalder
By industry (or any reasonable) standard this is completely unacceptable when dealing with RF signals. Personally, I don't even feel this should be posted since it may only encourage others to follow what is an extremely poor practice.
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Originally Posted by lglarum
Originally Posted by ddalder
By industry (or any reasonable) standard this is completely unacceptable when dealing with RF signals. Personally, I don't even feel this should be posted since it may only encourage others to follow what is an extremely poor practice.