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djn
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Initially Posted - 06/14/2006 : 19:11:59

Hi All, I am working on the mast this weekend and have the four prong deck connector from WM, but I am having a hard time finding a through hull connector for my antenna coax. Any suggestions? Cheers.

Dennis
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Gloss
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Response Posted - 06/14/2006 : 19:27:46

Catalina direct used to sell one, but their English supplier quit making them, I'm sure that helps you a lot.
What I did was to run a coax through the deck, and then use one of those cable clam waterproof fittings by blue sea systems (page 63 of your West catalog). Not very elegant, but it works. I keep the connections well greased with dielectric grease too.
The only other thing I could think of would be to get a really long PL-258, female to female coax connector, but then I wonder how well it could be sealed.
You are not the first to try to figure this one out.
Good luck, and let us know if you come up with a better plan

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 06/14/2006 : 19:47:40

Dennis,
I used a SO-239 Bulkhead fitting. I soldered the coaxial to it and sealed/mounted it. This gives me a male fitting mounted on deck to screw the PL259 to. When I'm not using the plug like when the mast is down etc. I have a rubber cover that fits tight over it.

You can pick'm up [url="http://www.dxengineering.com/products.asp?ID=16"]here[/url] or maybe Radio Shack.

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 06/14/2006 : 20:07:52

My cable clam has worked without problem for years. Cheap, easy, available, reliable.

Brooke

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 06/14/2006 : 22:50:04

Like Brooke, I'm very satisfied with a Cable-Clam to get the coax through the deck, and then a regular cable-to-cable coax connector below deck, near the Cable-Clam.

-- Leon Sisson

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djn
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Response Posted - 06/15/2006 : 17:41:12

Hi Brooke and Leon, I just installed the Cable-Clam today. Very easy and looks professional. Thanks.

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 06/15/2006 : 20:32:16

how bout me, I first suggested the cable clam

I'm the Rodney Dangerfield of the website

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 06/15/2006 : 20:35:57

You rock our socks, Frank.

Brooke

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djn
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Response Posted - 06/16/2006 : 07:14:23

Great job Frank. Thanks for the suggestion. Cheers.

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 06/16/2006 : 08:10:24

thanks Dennis

Just kidding there

I'm always glad to help someone out

By the way, since I step and unstep my mast a few times a year when I take my boat on vacation I have a coax connection on the exterior of the cabin top. Therefore I do not have to take apart the clam fitting. Is that what you did?

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djn
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Response Posted - 06/16/2006 : 08:47:01

Hi Frank, no I installed a four pin connector and the clam right in front of the mast on the flat untextured surface. I do not have a trailor for my boat or a vehicle that could pull it, so the clam was fine for me. In hind sight, I hope the jib sheets do not get caught up in them. Cheers.

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 06/16/2006 : 12:45:38

I have a 5 pin connector (anchor, deck, steaming, windex, ground) and of course the clam, and the jib sheets do not hang up in it. I think it's because the forward lower stays keep the sheets far away from it

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djn
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Response Posted - 06/16/2006 : 13:49:04

Interesting about putting a light on the windex. I'd not thought of that. Cheers.

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StSimon
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Response Posted - 06/18/2006 : 14:56:11

Frank,

I looked high and low for a 5 pin connector. I ended up settling on a 4 pin and so I could not light the windex. Where can I get one like yours?

Thanks,

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 06/19/2006 : 05:31:52

I'm heading out the door for work right now so I can't look up the part number. But it is made by Aqua Signal, you can find it in the West Marine catalog in the electrical section

I'll get back with you later

I should have checked my Powerball number. Maybe I don't have to go to work at all and could go shopping for a Cabo Rico

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