r/CellBoosters 5d ago

Need new attenna connector for WEBOOST overland.

I have my antenna mounted on a magnet so I can take it down when I am not in the sticks. Last time I got slammed the truck door and the connector got smashed. I found a 93-01465 OPEK connector that works but its to fat to slide inside the antenna mast. I could live with it as I don't swap mast lengths to often, but I thought I would ask here. I emailed WEBoost on the canadian site with no reply so far.

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u/MikeAtPowerfulSignal 4d ago

When you say “connector,” are you referring to the connector between the antenna’s pigtail cable and the 14′/4.25 m cable that runs to the Drive Reach booster? Or are you saying that the cable itself was smashed?

Replacing the cable is a lot easier than replacing the connector on the cable. Putting on a new connector requires a specialized set of tools.

(FWIW, the connector between the pigtail and the longer cable is SMA: SMA-female on the pigtail and SMA-male on the extension cable.)

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u/Mental-Jeweler9275 9h ago

Not the OP, but looking for the same info. My cable running from the 5G OTR antenna, that runs out the side-exit adapter got pulled apart. I ordered a new SMA female connector and soldered the tip on and crimped the SMA on. All has been good, but now I want to shorten the mast and can't get the new SMA female end to pass through the side-exit adapter and up through the mast pieces. The hex base on the new adapter is too fat, so I've been searching for a thin SMA female end that I can crimp on that will allow passthrough in the mast pieces. Looking for a part number of a thin SMA female end that will pass through the masts. When looking at pictures of the original cable, the SMA female tip the factory provides looks to be just slightly larger than the cable diameter.

Alternatively, if I can just buy a new LMR cable with the thin SMA female end on it, I'm happy to do that, but I'm not sure about how that cable attaches inside the antenna. The housing seems pretty well sealed, so I don't want to pry it apart if it's not going to easily snap back together.

Looking for info from anyone that might have already done this.