Question re CB coax connectors

Hey guys, first post here, spent some time cruising around and reading but haven't found an answer to my question and it looks like there's some knowledgeable folks here. I appreciate any thoughts.

I have a mag mount Lil' Will. I'd like to have my cable 'permanently' - by this I mean under the rug, trim, etc. - wired in my vehicle but I want to remove the mag mount when parked (I live in the city). I was kind of surprised that the Lil' Will came with the coax permanently attached. I guess I'd just assumed there'd be some sort of fitting - isn't that the whole point of a mag mount? To make it removable? Anyway... I've asked around and gotten a couple different responses. First was to use 50 ohm TNC male and female connectors. Sounds great, but unbelievably I can't find such a thing anywhere locally or on the internet. There's plenty of TNC male, and TNC to something else (RF, BNC, whatever) adapters, but the thing I'm picturing is proving tought to find. The next guy told me 'never to splice coax' as it would effect performance, SWR, etc., but if I HAVE to do it use two PL259s and a coupler.

If anyone has anythoughts here I'd appreciate it. I'll probably just go with the 259s as they're in stock at radio shack. The connection will be inside the truck (not in the rain). Do you think splicing the coax will affect performance that much? I can't really think so, as long as the connections are all solid, but maybe I'm wrong. And if I'm wrong I obviously won't be able to return or sell the antenna.

The alternative would be to see if I can return the Lil' Will and get a Wilson 1000, or whichever one has a permanent mount and removable antenna. Kind of wish I'd though of that first but I like the low profile of the Lil' Will.

I only use the CB on longer trips and only to monitor traffic, etc., and for the entertainment (you guys are pretty entertaining, most of the time. Can you watch the language when my girl is riding shotgun though? Thanks.)

Let me know what you think, thanks.

 

Squirrel, what prevents someone from walking away with the magnet? I think the way to go is to have a hard mount through the roof with a removable antenna... I'll do that next time.

I did find TNC connections that I think will work, thanks 25 for encouraging me to go back and look again. I guess they don't do male to female but I'll use TNC the same way I was gonna use the 259s - two males and a coupling.

Squirrel, I just got an SWR meter, small one I'm gonna keep in the line. I thought tuning the Lil' Will meant cutting to length? There isn't much range for lengething/shortening in the housing. Did you have to keep cutting yours or just move the placement around?

Thanks again.

 

So WA4, you're saying go with the PL259s? I really have no idea what the difference is between them all. The TNC recommendation came from Wilson antennas, for whatever that's worth...

 

WA4, thanks again. Connections will be inside the vehicle. Assuming solid connections, do you think performance will be noticeably affected?

Thanks to everyone who responded here. Good forum.