The symptoms of coax with water in it is high SWR. Crackling in your signal can be caused by a bunch of different things. It has been my experience that water runs downhill and both times I've had water in my coax, the coax sucked it up and I found it at the bottom of the hill.
Buy, Borrow or steal a better soldering iron. This is a worthy investment if you'll be soldering your own connectors on.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Weller-10...4#.UjClG8ZHQXc
I've had a Weller WP-35 iron for my bench since 1993. But I don't use it for coax work. I do use a Weller Portasol P-1K for indoor coax solder jobs. Tips are hard to find and getting expensive.
Hope this helps.
Originally Posted by KA9MOT
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