Quote Originally Posted by W3WN View Post
One suggestion: As long as you're drilling a hole for coax, drill an extra one or two. Saves time in the long run, do it while you have the tools handy. Now, if you can get one at a hamfest, you could mount a "long barrel" (12 inch to 18 inch double-female SO-239) for future use, or even just put a short run of coax there (I would put a baggie and a lot of tape around the outside connector to protect it from the weather)

Im not drilling anything. The satellite dish is directly above the room that the radio will be going in. And there is already coax running from the dish to the room. But it's Cable TV coax installed for our modem. We've since switched companies and now that we have Uverse those lines aren't used anymore. I'm just going to pull it out and replace it.