Hello,

New at this.
Have never tried this before, and would appreciate your opinion on.

Have a coax cable with an mcx connector on one end, and an old small
indoor antenna on the other.

Would like to cut off and discard the antenna, but keep the mcx and
cable to it.

mcx on pigtails seem really hard to find at a reasonable cost.

Then, I would like to solder some sort of bnc to the now bare end;
possibly a solderable bulkhead bnc or...

SW receiving application only; No transmitting.

If the bnc bulkhead connector is left, more or less loose, rather than
being mounted in some metallic enclosure, would I ever notice the
difference for receiving 30 MHz ?

Suggestions for other bnc types that are solderable, rather than the
bulkhead style, that would be neater ?

Thanks,
Bob