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Can you solder antenna cable

I am looking at buying an early 2011 macbook pro which needs some replacements. They have uploaded a video which shows that one of the black antenna cables have broken in half. He says that you could solder this cable back together. Will it work? I could get a soldering kit, but I just need to know if it is:

A) Possible?

B) How difficult?

C) Is it worth doing?

Here is the youtube video of what it looks like:

https://youtu.be/BX3TaJzbOmE

Here is a photo of the broken cable:

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Coaxial cables of that size are extremely difficult to repair even if you have good soldering skills and tools. On top of that you’ll need good magnification and lights, preferably a microscope. Unless the price is so attractive to justify a full display assembly replacement or the work/parts to replace the cable I would not recommend the purchase based on the soldering option only.

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Are you sure this is a coaxial cable? The seller seems to think it is not, and when I search it up i dont see any cables resembling the three thing black cables.

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@solrackko Nope, not sure at all, I just have a number of clueless answers I throw out at random just for the fun of it.

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