Sirius/XM antenna wire?

Most often it is a coaxial cable, with an outside shield and a stranded core conductor. It can indeed be cut and shortened, but if you can't use the proper "N" style connectors, then carefully solder and shrink the joints in the splice. Slight loss of signal may occur with this method, but negligible.

No, this is a very small wire that almost has to be a single lead. It doesn't resemble coax at all. I would guess it to be a solid wire, but just hoped that someone might have cut it to shorten it too.

It is coaxial cable not a solid wire. Just small stuff. No way can you work on that stuff without special tools. Try to locate a smaller length of coax with the proper connectors already on each end.

It is coaxial cable. Splicing it properly will be difficult or impossible. I don't see the need to shorten it. Just tie up the excess neatly somewhere out of sight.
My sat. radio ant. cable has been cut accidentally once. I did the best I could with solder and heat shrink tubing. It's ugly but surprisingly works pretty well. I don't recommend doing it on purpose.

Do NOT do that. Just make small circles of it and wrap with tape etc.

I am a Certified ET. Do things like that for a living.

Can it be done? Yes. Can you do it. NO.

YC 1 wrote:
Do NOT do that. Just make small circles of it and wrap with tape etc.

I am a Certified ET. Do things like that for a living.

Can it be done? Yes. Can you do it. NO.

Thanks! I believe all of you!! :B

I'll back up YC one more time. It can be done, but only if you REALLY know what you're doing. Coil up the excess and have a beer..

Why not stuff the excess down a crack, slot or other opening. Or, double-side tape it high on the windshield and hide the excess in the headliner or cabinet. If the roof is fiberglass it will see right through it. Mount it outside on a mirror and bring it in through the mounts. Hide it inside a vent cover or, shroud or dome. There is always a pathway to sneak a wire through.

I extended my wire about 15 ft on my unit. It was a simple job for me to do and the unit works fine.

I have been working in the television industry for a major TV network for 24 years with our Engineering / Integration dept so doing this was a no brainier for me.

The cable I used to extend the wire was Belden 83264 it is just about the same size as the original but the only drawback was the color...its brown vs black. I just made sure the extension was hidden.

I don't remember if the center conductor was braided or not, not a big deal if it is just tin the wire if it is

Basically all you do is do a western union splice on the center conductor....insulate with heat shrink then wrap the two shields around each other and solder them, then insulate with heat shrink you also want to make sure it water tight if its outside

If you want I can post pics on how it done

I cut and rejoined a Sirius antenna wire to get it through a ~1/8 inch hole in the wall. Worked fine, just takes some careful soldering technique.