Uniden 520 CB install
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Now that I'm back on my computer and not typing on a phone, I'll suggest more details:
- you have choices of two types of PL259 connectors: solderless or solder. Buy both and play with them. Solderless may work for you and less complicated. If you have extra cable, cut a piece of it off and take it with you to the store. Usually, the coax should state what kind of cable it is on the side. This info will help you when you're buying connectors.
- if solder type, as said already, pre tin the coax
- get a spool of solder. I use super thin diameter solder. This makes it easy to shove it into tight places before melting.
- use a small vise and put the PL259 connector in it. Connector can be bought from radio shack.
- connector needs to face up in the vise. You'll be shoving the conductor through the bottom.
- Yes, you'll need a vise unless you have a third hand.
- I like how much you've stripped the end, but cut all this off and start over while following the direction on how much coax to strip on the package. Work the braid like they show on the PL259 package. The braid strands should go around the outer part of the conductor like a dress. The braid can NOT touch the center conductor.
- cut off the foil shield.
- Make sure that every SINGLE braid strand has been accounted for!
- ok, now take a real close look and make sure no strands are touching the center conductor!!!
- shove the whole thing through the connector until you bottom out. You may have to twist while inserting. You'll have a little bit of extra coax center conductor poking through.
- heat up the center part of the connector with the soldering iron. When it's hot enough, the solder should melt and fill up inside space where the coax center conductor is poking through.
- when the center part is filled with solder, you're done. Try not to overflow and come out and over the top of the center part of the connector. Keep everything inside.
- snip off the excess coax center conductor.
- snip off the excess braid strands if needed or just leave it alone.
Let me know if I confused you!
- you have choices of two types of PL259 connectors: solderless or solder. Buy both and play with them. Solderless may work for you and less complicated. If you have extra cable, cut a piece of it off and take it with you to the store. Usually, the coax should state what kind of cable it is on the side. This info will help you when you're buying connectors.
- if solder type, as said already, pre tin the coax
- get a spool of solder. I use super thin diameter solder. This makes it easy to shove it into tight places before melting.
- use a small vise and put the PL259 connector in it. Connector can be bought from radio shack.
- connector needs to face up in the vise. You'll be shoving the conductor through the bottom.
- Yes, you'll need a vise unless you have a third hand.
- I like how much you've stripped the end, but cut all this off and start over while following the direction on how much coax to strip on the package. Work the braid like they show on the PL259 package. The braid strands should go around the outer part of the conductor like a dress. The braid can NOT touch the center conductor.
- cut off the foil shield.
- Make sure that every SINGLE braid strand has been accounted for!
- ok, now take a real close look and make sure no strands are touching the center conductor!!!
- shove the whole thing through the connector until you bottom out. You may have to twist while inserting. You'll have a little bit of extra coax center conductor poking through.
- heat up the center part of the connector with the soldering iron. When it's hot enough, the solder should melt and fill up inside space where the coax center conductor is poking through.
- when the center part is filled with solder, you're done. Try not to overflow and come out and over the top of the center part of the connector. Keep everything inside.
- snip off the excess coax center conductor.
- snip off the excess braid strands if needed or just leave it alone.
Let me know if I confused you!
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I went to work after I posted the picture I figured I would have to solder the wire I have done it on my speakers and a few other things I am not very good at it but have done it enought to get the job done. I was nervous about the shield on the outside and what I needed to do.
I solderd the copper wire together and then used electrical tape to cover it up well. then ran the tin shield back over it and then solderd the wire strands together.
I did run into a problem when getting ready to mount everything. Like I stated it my first post I wanted to mount my CB in the ash trays spot. well because of my Navigation and my iPod chord and my back up camera chord all my amp lines speaker lines there wasn't enough space to put the CB in without it sticking out over my LR cup holder
So I ended up installing it on the center counsel on the d/s it works pretty good I was a little worried about it being in the way of my leg but it doesn't really bother it, I'm 6'4" so not bad at all... I will get a better pic of it from the top. I was just trying to get everything put together when
came in and told me we were in a tornado warning and she wanted to run out to her parents where they have a basement.fj4068 said:
This is genius!
The filter is a capacitor. It looks like a small cylinder with two leads coming out of one side. It is used to block lower frequencies (like the midranges in the human voice). This is why when I first hooked up my Ham radio's speaker outputs to the speaker terminals, they were really quiet.
I shorted out (jumped) the capacitor's terminals with a short piece of wire and the result was a much louder voice.
I should have been able to figure this out myself... Long live Mud!