HYS TCJ-N1 Hole Mount with 13' RG-58 Coax Cable NMO to PL259 - Ideal for All NMO VHF/UHF/CB Radio Antenna Review

This is a good mount except for the coax cable used. I'm a radio amateur and have used this on a hood mount. The problem is with the coax cable and a lot of RF interference causing my engine electronics and engine control unit, as well as horrible RF hissing on my radio while the engine is running and when buttons are pressed. I switched the cheap coax to RG-142, the problem was solved.

Connection on both ends works great. I cut the pl259 off at the end for easier routing and trimmed the excess cable. One thing I noticed is that the outer copper wire in the cable isn't high density, meaning it doesn't have many strands. I didn't deduct any stars because the signal is still strong and has no noise so I don't think it matters, just an observation.

I think the price-performance ratio is good. When applying liquid adhesive tape, I didn't notice at first that there was corrosion at the soldering point. It was gray and I thought it was solder. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the ground/negative part of the cable had no connection, not even a thread! I cut off the plastic shielding from the bottom and solder both connectors. At least RG58 has copper.

This is a good mount except for the coax cable used. I'm a radio amateur and have used this on a hood mount. The problem is the coax cable and a lot of radio interference causing my engine electronics and ECU and an awful lot of high frequency hiss in my radio while the engine is running and when buttons are pressed. I switched the cheap coax to RG-142, the problem was solved.

The connector at both ends works fine. I cut the pl259 off at the end for easier routing and trimmed the excess cable. One thing I noticed is that the outer copper wire in the cable isn't high density, meaning it doesn't have many strands. I didn't deduct any stars because the signal is still strong and has no noise so I don't think it matters, just an observation.