How to fix antenna cable?

Mudhorn

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The end of my antenna cable broke that attaches to the antenna. Is it best to fix by soldering, attach a new end, or just run a new cable? Is there an epoxy that would work? Remember some made for TV ad back in the day that claimed cold soldering.
It was the MICROMOBILE® MXTA24 LOW PROFILE ANTENNA CABLE
 

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Looks like it's standard RG58 coax which means you can get a new NMO mount and solder it to the end.

However, Midland seems to have used a special NMO mount that also has a bit of weatherproofing on it. Most standard mounts are meant to have the underside in the interior of a vehicle and thus don't have anything in the way of water resistance.

If you're okay with having less-than-stellar weatherproofing, you could pick up a new NMO mount for about $8 or so and solder/crimp it on.

Otherwise, it looks like you might be able to pull back the plastic on that mount and re-solder the center pin. Definitely don't go for the cold-soldering nonsense as it doesn't work.
 

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