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I would like to shorten a premade cable which at the moment has BNC plugs each end and 2.1 plugs as well (not coaxial size cable ie RG59), could i cut the cable at the required length and then fit a BNC balun, should i fit a balun both ends or should i use a soldered BNC plug on the end i cut. Advise from anybody would be most helpful

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You could cut it to length & then resolder a BNC if you are ok with soldering. When finished make up a cardboard tube to fit over the solder connection & then fill with hot glue. This will give some degree of strain relief similar to the molded ones.

You could also use a balun to re-establish the BNC connection but you would need one on both ends. Baluns are simply balanced to unbalanced transformers. If you convert it to a balanced signal at one end you will need to restore it to unbalanced at the other. This will also involve putting a bit of loss into the transmission line (insertion loss)

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