Grasscatcher Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 I thought this would be a simple task......was I ever wrong! I need to find a 90 deg. MCX connector end to replace a damaged one on the coax of a Garmin 27C external antenna. Radio Shack says Huh? What's that? No listing ... Garmin says, Duh, we don't know....Try Radio Shack....yeah right! I can only find bulk wholesale places that have them on the internet. Anyone got an idea where? Anyone ever have to replace one? It would probably take about 2 minutes to whack the coax and crimp a new one on with the correct size crimpers. Coax is 174a I believe. Quote
seldom_sn Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 I thought this would be a simple task......was I ever wrong! I need to find a 90 deg. MCX connector end to replace a damaged one on the coax of a Garmin 27C external antenna. Radio Shack says Huh? What's that? No listing ... Garmin says, Duh, we don't know....Try Radio Shack....yeah right! I can only find bulk wholesale places that have them on the internet. Anyone got an idea where? Anyone ever have to replace one? It would probably take about 2 minutes to whack the coax and crimp a new one on with the correct size crimpers. Coax is 174a I believe. Try this, a new antenna and connector costs half of Garmin's price. http://www.amazon.com/Gilsson-Universal-Am...0507&sr=1-2 Quote
Grasscatcher Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 I already have a second antenna , a Garmin 25C, so I don't want or need yet another. Neither do I want to throw away what would be a perfectly good antenna except for a mickey mouse broken connector.....which ought to be easily replaced. I guess I'm just from the old school and think that broken things should be repaired if possible instead of thrown away. The key there is "if possible"....... Quote
jholly Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 And of course once you get the mcx connector that costs just about much as the Gillson antenna you find the only way you can put the connector on the RG-174 is with a $100 crimper. Trying to solder that thing together would be a nightmare. That Gillson antenna is looking better all the time. Quote
Grasscatcher Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 Wow! I just got a serious case of deja vu. Everybody loves a WA............ Notice the date on that one? I was hoping , with the passage of time, that someone else may have come up with a new idea. I guess the answer to that is now obvious. Quote
+coggins Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Digikey has them and will sell them individually. They even ship to Colorado. Edited June 8, 2010 by coggins Quote
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